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Maggie and Liz get into a lot of trouble these days | Maggie | negative | 0 |
This book is very informative, describing in detail how to do various types of beadwork, primarily loomwork | loomwork | neutral | 0 |
Tony Hill is also in Europe, helping the police solve a series of murders in which psychologists are the victims | Tony Hill | neutral | 0 |
Yet East of the Mountains remains a beautifully imagined work, in which the landscape reflects both Ben's desperation and his intermittent delight | East of the Mountains | neutral | 0 |
In the book a senior named Liz faces problems like: I love my boy friend, but do I love him enough to have sex with him; and If I do get pregnant what will I do? Will I have the baby or get an abortion? Paul Zindel did a great job writting this book | sex | neutral | 0 |
Not one to avoid the grisly, McDermid provides plenty in this fast paced thriller-mystery that follows two stories, Jordan's attempt to con a notorious drug and human smuggling crime boss in Germany and the serial killer who moves between Holland And Germany with ease to dispatch his victims | McDermid | neutral | 0 |
That's why Mister Monday is so irresistible, and it's a great book not only for fantasy readers, but also for anyone looking for a great story | story | positive | 0 |
Dr Tony Hill and DCI Jordan are back - hurrah! Tony Hill is the profiler who has retired to a backwater university to lick his wounds after the traumatising experiences he has suffered in the past | DCI Jordan | positive | 0 |
I was kind of expecting Leaf to be with Arthur through the book as a sidekick, but I liked Suzy just as well | Leaf | neutral | 0 |
Anyone who likes Harry Potter would like this book because it is about fighting and neutralizing evil people | evil people | neutral | 0 |
Captain Hasting is a man that really appreciates seeing his old friend again but gets really confused sometimes and also he does believe in what every person says | Captain Hasting | neutral | 0 |
There are other great secondary characters as well, Monday's Noon: the bad guy, loyal servant, strong and fierce | secondary characters | positive | 0 |
I also liked the strange, deformed "people" and the wooden robot-creatures that wielded axes and drills | people | positive | 0 |
When everyone starts getting sick from a plague, Arthur has to go in a special house and save everyone | special house | neutral | 0 |
The book relates, with common sense and humor, instructions given early Americans on proper table manners, conversation and correspondence, dress, behavior in the drawing room and in public places, and it includes a special, more intimate section - "For Womankind" | correspondence | neutral | 0 |
This was not supposed to happen, the Days were supposed to keep the Will whole and pass it on to a rightful heir without conflict | the Will | neutral | 0 |
Detective Carol Jordan and Dr | Carol Jordan | neutral | 0 |
This is the first book in the Keys to the Kingdom series by Garth Nix | Garth Nix | neutral | 0 |
Angela has all goodness,while Diabolo is utterly disgusting | Diabolo | negative | 0 |
Liz and Sean seem to be a smooth and sophisticated senior high school couple | Sean | neutral | 0 |
While at school Arthur obtains a "Key" shaped like a minute hand on a clock | clock | neutral | 0 |
Khajuraho is a case in point, where the erotic nature of much of the adorned temples was a real shock to early explorers | Khajuraho | neutral | 0 |
Very good characters with competent development and well thought out roles within the story | roles | positive | 0 |
Set in the Pacific Northwest, the prologue of THE INTRUDERS starts with an apparently random home invasion, murder & fire | Pacific Northwest | neutral | 0 |
Soon Arthur is being pursued by more dog-faced Fetchers, and a strange plague is sweeping his town -- and somehow the Key is keeping him alive, even though he was supposed to die of an asthma attack | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
I love fantasy and science fiction, but this storyteller forgot something very important | fantasy | positive | 0 |
The lawyer says he tracked Jack from his book and would like Jack to investigate the brutal murders of thirty-seven year old Gina Anderson and her son Joshua in their Seattle home; the house was trashed and the husband a lecturer at the nearby community college vanished | Joshua | neutral | 0 |
I suggest this book to people who love mysterys and adventure | mysterys | positive | 0 |
Most of the book explores the tricks and turns by which psychoanalysis maintained its authority | turns | neutral | 0 |
As Gellner rhetorically asks, concerning the Holy Grail of "adjustment," "[I]s adaptation, adjustment to any regime, including a tyrannical one, a sign of mental health?" The Soviets, hardly orthodox Freudians, famously answered "Yes!" | Gellner | neutral | 0 |
McDermid is the author of several series including one with serial killer profiler, Tony Hill and DCI Carol Jordan first introduced in the superb THE MERMAIDS SINGING | Carol Jordan | neutral | 0 |
Angela comes out very peacefully and doesn't cry afterwards, but Diabola comes out kicking and screaming and almost bites the nurse's finger off | Angela | positive | 0 |
This is where Arthur must unravel the secrets of the key and discover his true fate | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
Dark fantasy writer Garth Nix expanded his readership with his excellent "Seventh Tower" series, an original and much-publicized fantasy work | Dark fantasy | positive | 0 |
Part of the "Paladin Movements and Ideas" series, this book is an exploration of the latter half of the 19th century, explaining where Sigmund Freud came from and why he happened when he did | Paladin Movements and Ideas | neutral | 0 |
Now, I had read all of the Seventh Tower Books before this book came out, so I knew that Garth Nix was a good author | Garth Nix | positive | 0 |
The real plot involves Carol, her relationship with Tony, and a sting operation that is completely unbelievable | sting operation | negative | 0 |
When Guzzler Gummidge wishes on an old lamp, he becomes invisible | Guzzler Gummidge | neutral | 0 |
The book has lots of interesting magic, blue-and-yellow-striped dinosaurs, an angry old man who is chained to a gigantic clock, and a pair of truly macabre creatures who gouge out the old man's eyes every day at 12 o'clock | magic | positive | 0 |
They introduce their awkward friends Maggie and Dennis to each other | Dennis | negative | 0 |
Christie was an absolute marvel! | Christie | positive | 0 |
Former LAPD cop turned author Jack Whalen and his wife advertising executive Amy left Southern California to live in the Seattle suburbs | Jack Whalen | neutral | 0 |
The slow mating dance between Hill and Jordan gets a lot of buildup and little payoff | Jordan | neutral | 0 |
Liz and Maggie are the main characters so this could be described as a book for girls, but the lives of Sean and Dennis are also described in important sub-plots | Dennis | neutral | 0 |
Angela and Diabola's mother and father start to realize that being around each other Angela and Diabola are slowly balancing | Diabola | neutral | 1 |
At first I was amused an entertained by Angela and Diabola the novel by Lynne Reid Banks, but as it progressed and became exceedingly darker, I read the jacket to find that this book was recommended for ages 9-12 | Angela and Diabola | neutral | 0 |
When Jack calls the hotel where Amy is supposed to be staying he learns she was never booked there | Jack | neutral | 0 |
"Mr Keay explores literature (such as the Ramayana), the leftovers of earlier civilisation (such as coins), architecture (Buddhist, Hindu and Moslem), and paintings | literature | neutral | 0 |
Meanwhile Amy shows up at home and wonders why Jack is so upset | Jack | neutral | 0 |
When Sean and Liz meet up again, she gives him what he wants, but | Sean | neutral | 0 |
For every "Forever" there's a "My Darling, My Hamburger" that contains a great story bogged down by changes in the world | My Darling, My Hamburger | neutral | 0 |
I just finished "Skylar in Yankeeland" and wasn't overly impressed | Skylar in Yankeeland | neutral | 0 |
Primo Levi is a writer too compelling to put down | Primo Levi | positive | 0 |
Young adult readers may be slightly confused by all the twists and machinations, but will still be thrilled by the adventures of Arthur and his friend Suzy Turquoise Blue as they negotiate the secrets of the House, guided by the Will, and armed with nothing but the Key, a great deal of common sense, and a very strong will to survive | Suzy Turquoise Blue | neutral | 0 |
They introduce their awkward friends Maggie and Dennis to each other | Maggie | negative | 0 |
Then, Aurther notices a strange house that only he can see | Aurther | neutral | 0 |
I kept skimming and skimming, thinking with my fingers crossed that "this will all make sense later, I'm sure," but eventually I got at least a glimmer of a storyline involving a young nine year old girl who at first seems like she's been kidnapped by an evil, foul smelling man, but within a few pages we find out that this "abduction" is not really what it seems and the the 9 year old, cute little Madison, exhibits the cold, maniacal soullessness of an adult, and an especially demented one at that | young nine year old girl | neutral | 0 |
Hill and Jordan have collaborated professionally in the past | Jordan | neutral | 0 |
She shares visions with Jack, who digs deeper into a cesspool in search of his wife | Jack | neutral | 0 |
Suddenly he was the holder of a strange key, shaped like the minute hand of a clock, and Mister Monday was impatiently waiting for Arthur's expiry date to come up | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
I liked the way the author described all imnportant and non-important characters in such detail, but I didn't like the way he kept coming back to the question "why did Arthur get the key, why is he still alive, who are Mister Monday and Sneezer" | author | positive | 0 |
" McDermid's skill as a writer of fast-paced and well-crafted thrillers makes this new novel a "must-read" for fans of this genre | McDermid | positive | 0 |
The characters are likeable, the plot is complicated yet compelling and the writing superb | characters | positive | 0 |
After Arthur had to go on a bus but made him self have an asthma attack and then was taken to the bus to be taken to the hospital | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
Liz and Sean are very into each other, but Sean keeps pushing the issue with whether or not they are going to "do it | Sean | neutral | 0 |
I was interested enough in the strange and original concept to read on to the next book, so I would venture to say that Mister Monday is definitely worth reading at least once | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
When Amy turns up missing during what would otherwise be a routine business trip to Seattle, Jack immediately begins to investigate, only to discover that her disappearance is more a misunderstanding than anything else | Amy | neutral | 0 |
It is a novel and not historical text book but he really takes you into the time and place | novel | neutral | 0 |
After Arthur defeats Mister Monday he surrenders his strange powers to "The Will" | Mister Monday | negative | 0 |
If you're paranoid at all, you're going to get your instincts jumpstarted within a few pages of reading THE INTRUDERS | THE INTRUDERS | neutral | 0 |
You will find yourself captivated by each letter in this book, you will see that you are swept away in the pages but don't want to come out! Mister Monday will do anything to get the key back (you will have to read to see if Arthur makes it through the book alive)! | Mister Monday | neutral | 0 |
Captain Hastings receives a letter from an old friend Hercules Poirot, a detective who has worked together with Hastings many times earlier | Captain Hastings | neutral | 0 |
Monday and he is being pushed about by his butler, Sneezer | Sneezer | neutral | 0 |
Author Anne Kingston deserves five stars-plus for her exhaustive research and objective presentation of the subject | Anne Kingston | positive | 0 |
Even a plot synopsis makes this apparent | synopsis | positive | 0 |
Angela and Diabola's mother and father soon figure out that Angela and Diabola aren't going to balance any time soon | Diabola | neutral | 0 |
Carol Jordan is an ambitious Detective Chief Inspector who is well trained in criminal intelligence | Carol Jordan | positive | 0 |
The author's genius is in portraying the labyrinthine venality of Whitehall and Fleet Street powerbroking at a time when solidarity against a rapacious common enemy was desperately necessary | author | positive | 0 |
Also chasing down Radecki is Petra Becker, a criminal intelligence officer in Berlin who has been after him for years and is hot on his trail after the murder of a drug dealer | criminal intelligence officer | neutral | 0 |
I would have preferred more emphasis on Tony Hill's aspect of the book, but we don't always get what we want, and this book certainly displays Carol Jordan's full abilites | Tony Hill | negative | 0 |
Its about twins | twins | positive | 0 |
But no matter what Angela loves Diabola, even when Diabola trys to kill her | Diabola | neutral | 0 |
In one chapter, Levi describes how many of the prisoners, after fourteen hours of manual labor, would assemble in one corner of the camp in a market | Levi | neutral | 0 |
A girl and her boyfriend decide to take that step but they don't think of the consequences | girl | neutral | 0 |
The book also shows the corrupt nature of early Chicago politics and the start of Prohibition | corrupt | neutral | 0 |
I think Kolbler does a good job of detailing the rise of the Mafia | Kolbler | positive | 0 |
When Jack's wife Amy reappears as if nothing is wrong but begins to act just a little bit "not Amy," he finds himself in an uneasy team with the old buddy, Fisher, trying to ferret out the truth behind a shadowy group whose members seem to be hiding some truly strange things | Jack | neutral | 0 |
I was disappointed enough in the book to move along to another author, as opposed to reading the rest of the Carol Jordan/Tony Hill saga | Tony Hill | neutral | 0 |
Angela is sweet and she loves her sister dearly | Angela | positive | 0 |
Marshall takes his time putting out new novels, but it's always worth the wait | Marshall | neutral | 0 |
The book is by a British woman, the characters are mainly British, and yet the publishers chose an American man to read it! Wow! That choice totally ruins the book | characters | neutral | 0 |
Mister Monday while Arthur was having a asthma attack and some fetchers | Arthur | neutral | 0 |
In the letter he urges Hasting to come to the hotel where they once met for the first time the Styles, because there is to be a murder | Styles | neutral | 0 |
On the face of it, Arthur Penhaligon is very poor material for a hero | Arthur Penhaligon | negative | 0 |
As Diabola becomes meaner, she develops powers | Diabola | negative | 0 |
Perhaps Dobbs perceived a need to include Carol, Sue and Anna to make it less of a Guy Read | Carol | neutral | 0 |
Later that week a plague hits the town, Arthur has to unravel the mysteries of the key to save his family and friends | plague | neutral | 0 |
All these places are mentioned by Mr Keay (and, of course, many I have not visited) and I found it interesting to read about how each has a context in Indian history and helps us to understand better this continent of enormous population, of refined culture, and of such diverse mixtures of race | Indian history | positive | 0 |
As a longtime fan of McDonalds work, I must confess that his Son of Fletch work of the last few years hasn't grabbed me | McDonalds | positive | 0 |
Arthur Penhaligon was a believable hero who after strange creatures called Fetchers bring a sleeply plague to his town, with his newly acquired key, Arthur must venture into the mysterious House that only he can see to save his town | Fetchers | neutral | 0 |