false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172581432m/192725.jpg 192725 8 An extraordinary southern saga begun by Michael McDowell and finished after his death by Tabitha King. <br><br> Known for his chilling <i>Blackwater</i> series, author Michael McDowell left behind the unfinished manuscript for <i>Candles Burning</i> upon his death in 1999. In the spirit of the ghost stories that Michael loved, Tabitha King has taken up where he left off, weaving a Southern gothic fabric of murder, guilt, innocence, corruption, and survival, in the voices of the living and the dead. <br><br> Calliope "Calley" Dakin is just seven when her beloved father is tortured, murdered, and dismembered by two women with no discernible motivation. In the aftermath, Calley and her mother find themselves caught up in inexplicable events that exile them to Pensacola Beach, where-in a house that's a dead ringer for Calley's late great-grandmother's house-a woman awaits their presence. For Calley is no normal little girl. 547237 5 2006 Candles Burning total:143|5:22|4:30|3:54|2:23|1:14| 143 452 217 26 3 0 false false Wed Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 19:53:19 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 22 19:10:54 -0700 2008
In any event, this was a satisfying, albeit uneven, read. I don't know where M...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 10:11:06 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 11:39:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon May 25 09:50:49 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 09:52:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 19:21:25 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 19:23:07 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Dec 06 19:38:26 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 17 12:12:53 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 06 19:35:52 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Sep 19 17:56:13 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 18:01:21 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 09:03:25 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 08:20:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Jul 14 18:57:12 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 13:53:27 -0700 2007
What kept me interested was the feeling that everything was being built up slowly for a reason, that there would be a big pa...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Nov 25 17:19:49 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 17:20:11 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jan 06 10:21:51 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 10:22:25 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 16:04:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 04 13:28:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 06:43:11 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 06:43:11 -0800 2008
This was going okay until 40 pages or so in. Then, I gave up. I lost interest, and the characters wer...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 19:16:41 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 11:13:40 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 24 10:19:23 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 24 10:20:29 -0800 2007 end zone for a touch down. It was a fun read. I do wish more light was shone on the ghostly aspects, but then I always do want something more...more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed May 28 12:54:31 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 12:54:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 03 12:16:52 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 16 12:06:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 26 19:51:47 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 07:20:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Aug 28 11:40:49 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 11:41:46 -0700 2008 1 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Aug 18 10:59:43 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 18 12:22:06 -0700 2007 2 0 false false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 23:35:18 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 10:26:19 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=192725