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Brynn McKenzie is a deputy sent to a 911 call at a vacation house in a remote area, and winds up finding a murdered couple and escaping with a their visitor Michelle. Two professional killers are on their trail as Brynn and Michelle fight through the state park, and most of the book highlights the hours spend eluding the killers. This wasn’t a bad story, but I tend to dissect characters to figure out why they have to be in the book, and in this case it forecast the conclusion dead-on. Still, it was entertaining, and I will definitely seek out this author again.

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Posted on November 18th, 2008 by toddg
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What a great story. I literally read this in about two hours. It was so good I couldn’t put it down. I’ve read some of Barker’s work in the past and they’ve been pretty heavy works. This was different. I almost want to say it was written with the teen or young adult in mind, as it was a very quick and easy read. Despite that, the story was great. 

Mr. Hood’s house had stood for a thousand years tempting children bored with their lives and looking for excitement. There is a price to pay for the bliss that the children receive. Harvey is different however, he sees through the charade and eventually sees the dark side of the house. He was the will power and courage to fight back against the house. 

Some things seemed a bit stretched, but I’ll forgive these minor issues because of the quality of this novel. I wish Clive would write more novels like this one. Great stuff.  9/10

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Posted on November 16th, 2008 by jason
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Short book that started off slow and really didn’t pick up until three quarters in. I really didn’t feel much for the characters as they just didn’t seem to develop well. There were two different plots that seemed unconnected and one just disappeared and seemed to be forgotten. Could have been two different books. This book seemed to be less of a story and more of an exposition into the genocide in central Africa. While the book wasn’t horrible, just didn’t hold my interest enough to want to read another. Good thing it was short or I may not have finished.  3/10

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Posted on November 15th, 2008 by jason
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Carmen Greer appears just moments after Reacher needs a ride on a hot Texas road, and her story makes him him want to chance a long walk in the heat. Her husband, who she claims has beat her, is about to be released from prison where he has been sprung early from a tax evasion charge. Carmen has been trolling for men that will help her, and believes Reacher is the one. In a parallel story line, a killing squad has come to Echo, Texas, and appears to be targeting Carmen’s daughter. Although this isn’t the best Reacher novel, it helped pass five hours on a plane this week. I need to ration the one or two that I haven’t read yet - not a new book until June 2009!

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Posted on November 15th, 2008 by toddg
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Todd has been reading a lot of Lee Child lately, so I figured I needed to give him a try.   I started right at the beginning with his first Jack Reacher novel.  Overall not a bad story. I did have it pretty much figured out from the get go so as I moved through the story, there was not much suspense. However, I did enjoy the path from beginning to end. The middle slowed down and made it a little hard to pick up for awhile, but the last third of the book picked up nicely and was very enjoyable. Jack Reacher intrigues me as a character and I’m looking forward to more of his adventures.

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Posted on November 13th, 2008 by jason
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Back in my high school years, I fully intended on a career in computer programming, but life intervened, and now I’m a finance/sales guy. Still, when I saw this book in a Charlotte airport, I picked it up and finished it on my flight to San Jose yesterday - I’ve rejoined my inner-geek. Great book. A primary focus is Moore’s law - how technology is doubling in power every two years, and how at that rate the human mind may be replicated, at least in size and computing power, in the next few decades. Will a computer understand the beauty captured in a painting or a poem? Perhaps not. Will it have the analytical capacity to outthink humans? Quite probably. The book discusses evolution, and the possibility that computers may be the “uberman” of philosophy. This author addresses the topic with a fair bit of humor, but beneath it is a genuine question and concern about our focus on bigger, faster, more powerful - will computers someday dominate mankind in the manner of HAL or the Terminator movies? Is the Singularity near?

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Posted on November 12th, 2008 by toddg
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Nessy is the unassuming housekeeper to the wizard Margle, an employment contract that’s endangered when Margle is eaten a few pages into the book. His castle is inhabited by his past enemies, all transformed into various creatures that are unable to leave the confines of its walls. Their peace is short-lived, as Tiama the wizardess shows up, and it appears that Margle has set a few spells to activate upon his death. This book wasn’t as good as Martinez’ past works, but it did help pass a flight to Charlotte and back.

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Posted on November 6th, 2008 by toddg
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Author Michael Crichton has died of cancer at age 65.  I read a few of his novels and of course saw many movies based on his novels and screenplays….shoot, I even watched a few seasons of ER from time to time.  Wasn’t real high on my favorite author list, but still enjoyed his work.  Always sad to see a talent like Crichton pass on.  I’m sure his future work will be missed by many.  Best wishes to his family from us at WordsForWords.com.

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Posted on November 5th, 2008 by jason
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This may be the best Jack Reacher novel yet! Jack is splitting his days digging pools and being a strip club doorman in Key West when suddenly several people come looking for him. He finds himself back in New York, attending the funeral of Leon Garber, his past commanding officer. It soon becomes evident that Leon was helping an older couple track down their son Victor Hobie, lost in Vietnam but never recovered. By coincidence, New York had another Victor Hobie that had set up shop in the World Trade Center, lending money to desperate companies, collecting through blackmail and underhanded techniques. Throw in a romance with Leon’s daughter, Jodie, and this story has a great deal of fast-moving conflict. Fantastic!

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Posted on November 3rd, 2008 by toddg
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I’ve always liked Swindoll and his Profiles in Character series are some of my favorites.  This one is on the apostle Paul.  This goes through the life of Paul as we see him in the Bible, from the time he was known as Saul and persecuting the early followers of Christ to his imprisonment and execution at the hands of the Romans.  We follow him as we move through the Book of Acts and through the letters that Paul wrote.

One thing we learn about Paul from this look at Paul is how he persevered throughout his trials and triumphed despite them.  He stayed positive throughout, despite his certain execution and showed his deep love for those he ministered too and through them his love for Christ.  Very inspirational when we look at our own tough times and how we often find defeat even though we deal with lesser tribulations than Paul had faced.   

Once again Paul, brings us a great look (though perhaps not as in depth as it could have been) into one of the great people of the Bible.

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Posted on October 30th, 2008 by jason
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