false 2874648 10 <div><div>Sometimes the weakness we fear most can become our greatest strength . . . </div><div> </div><div>Jack McClure has had a troubled life. His dyslexia always made him feel like an outsider. He escaped from an abusive home as a teenager and lived by his wits on the streets of Washington D.C. It wasn&#8217;t until he realized that dyslexia gave him the ability to see the world in unique ways that he found success, using this newfound strength to become a top ATF agent.</div><div> </div><div>When a terrible accident takes the life of his only daughter, Emma, and his marriage falls apart, Jack blames himself, numbing the pain by submerging himself in work. Then he receives a call from his old friend Edward Carson. Carson is just weeks from taking the reins as President of the United States when his daughter, Alli, is kidnapped. Because Emma McClure was once Alli&#8217;s best friend, Carson turns to Jack, the one man he can trust to go to any lengths to find his daughter and bring her home safely.</div><div> </div><div>The search for Alli leads Jack on a road toward reconciliation . . . and into the path of a dangerous and calculating man. Someone whose actions are as cold as they are brilliant. Whose power and reach are seemingly infinite.</div><div> </div><div>Faith, redemption, and political intrigue play off one another as McClure uses his unique abilities to journey into the twisted mind of a stone cold genius who is constantly one step ahead of him. Jack will soon discover that this man has affected his life and his country in more ways than he could ever imagine.</div><div> </div></div> 2900813 19 8 2008 First Daughter total:122|5:5|4:35|3:45|2:23|1:14| 122 360 199 40 2 2 false false Thu Sep 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 20:27:38 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 20:33:07 -0700 2008
I went back and forth this way, my feeling and mood for the book shifting from chapter to chapter.

One one hand, his description of the main character's battle with dyslexia was first rate and eyeopening. Likewise, the discussions about separ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 17 18:12:29 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 18:14:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 11:44:50 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 11:49:28 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 11:27:11 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 20:46:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 07 19:07:38 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 19:10:02 -0800 2008 1 0 0 false false Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 22:08:04 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 13:40:45 -0800 2009 Jack McClure is supposed to be a man in pain, old beyond his years, in the style of Robert Ludlum's world-weary spies in The Matarese Circle and The Parsifal Mosaic. But I don't think Eric van Lustb...more...]]> 1 0 false true Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 04 11:27:20 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 15:45:49 -0800 2008
the dyslexic hero is supposedly able to process his surroundings and deduce things beyond normal comprehension, not quite based in logic as Sherlock Holmes. the soon-to-be first daught...more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 02 05:35:35 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 09 05:01:19 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Wed Sep 10 13:44:28 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 18:18:28 -0700 2008
There’s an old saying – you’re shouting so loud, I can’t hear what you’re saying!

This book had so much going for it – a plot that was interesting, yet subtle. A hero, whose own struggl...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 16:41:30 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 16:41:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 05 08:00:45 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 09:21:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 20:40:15 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 13:34:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 13:40:53 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 16:05:16 -0700 2008 My full review is here.

In Eric Van Lustbader's new novel, the President is an ultra-conservative, ultra-religious extremist, and he and his supporters are willing to do anything to keep a lock on the country, even if it means torturing their own citizens and forcing foreign governments t...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 25 18:27:31 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 21:42:34 -0700 2008 First Daughter is a thrilling tale of political intrigue, a shocking crime, and one man’s love and loss that will keep you guessing until the very last page.

Alli Carson, the daughter of President-Elect Edward Carson, has been kidnapped just weeks before the Presidential inauguration. C...more...]]> 4 0 false true Wed May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 10:52:19 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 10:59:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Dec 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 15:35:19 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 20:17:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 23:27:23 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 16:47:45 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Jun 23 02:24:13 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 02:29:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 13:08:05 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 04:44:55 -0800 2009 I'm not really into the cop and robbers type book but read this one as it was laying around the house. Not a bad read but the writing style took some getting use to. I only felt only loosly attached to the main character of the book. ]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 02 17:22:25 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 15 15:13:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2874648