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Robin rated a book 3 of 5 stars La apelación by John Grisham (Goodreads Author) read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is your typical John Grisham book. It didn't keep my interest enough to finish it. It may have been that since I was reading it in Spanish, I couldn't read it fast enough.
May 18, 2013 10:17am · see review
Robin rated a book 4 of 5 stars Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest by Gregg Olsen (Goodreads Author) read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is about a lady near Seattle, in the early 1900's, who killed a number of people by starving them with her "fasting cure", which allegedly cured all kinds of illnesses. Once I got into the book, I couldn't put it down, even though it's a bit slo...more
May 09, 2013 03:41pm · see review
Robin rated a book 1 of 5 stars De la tierra a la luna by Jules Verne read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The book started out in a charming manner and I thought I would enjoy it. The farther I got, however, it seemed to be a lot of calculations about how the gentlemen (just after the Revolutionary War) could get a projectile to the moon, which did not e...more
May 09, 2013 03:35pm · see review
Robin liked Linda's review of Hot Line: " Although my favorite book by Sepulveda is still his first (I've read all but the latest), this is a close second. When Caucaman is sent away from Patagonia, where he relies on his tracking skills and his nose to do his job, the experience approxim... " Read more of this review »
May 06, 2013 09:00am · see review
Robin rated a book 4 of 5 stars Hot Line by Luis Sepúlveda read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This book was interesting in that it was about a Mapuche Indian living in Chile during or just after the Pinochet regime (I wasn't sure). He was prejudiced against for being a Mapuche, yet as a detective, he killed one of Pinochet's sons and uncovere...more
May 06, 2013 08:57am · see review
Robin rated a book 1 of 5 stars Istanbul Passage by Joseph Kanon (Goodreads Author) read in April, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I got about 100 pages into this book. It was good, but it was hard to follow. It was hard enough to follow that I decided not to finish it.
Apr 30, 2013 07:56am · see review
Robin rated a book 5 of 5 stars Cross by James Patterson (Goodreads Author) read in April, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is a mystery/detective thriller, therefore not of great, lasting value. However, it was a really good thriller! I loved it.
Apr 29, 2013 01:57pm · see review
Robin rated a book 1 of 5 stars Unspoken: A Story From the Underground Railroad by Henry Cole read in April, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is book without words; the whole story is told with pictures. It is about a young girl who finds a runaway slave hiding in her barn during the civil war. She and her mother feed the slave until he/she is able to get away. It didn't do much for me...more
Apr 11, 2013 03:30pm · see review