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June 27

Vicki read and liked Abigail's review of The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World:

"REALLY good. A book about plants, that's not really about plants--but about the human desires that tie into those plants.

Highly recommended. "

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Vicki gave

to:
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Hardcover)
by Michael Pollan

my rating:

Vicki said: "A little controversial, Pollen doesn't mind taking on both the government and the food industry again, as he did in The Omnivore's Dilemma (also excellent). This one is short, important, and a quick read. It's made me rethink how I shop and eat. "

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New comment on Abigail's review of The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World

Vicki wrote: "I somehow deleted the title of the second book. It's "In Defense of Food." "

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January 04

New comment on Chelsea's review of Relic

Vicki wrote: "The movie was truly as awful as the book was good. Great suspense; I didn't particularly care for th...more "

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Vicki gave

to:
Relic (Mass Market Paperback)
by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

my rating:

read in July, 1998

Vicki said: "Probably the most intensely rivoting and suspenseful book I've ever read. I read it a second time about 3 years later, and was still spellbound, even though I knew the ending. "

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The Wheel of Darkness (Hardcover)
by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

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read in January, 2008

Vicki said: "My fifth book by the pair of authors; this is suspense at it's best. The books are hard to put done but sometimes one has to, simply because the mental involvement can be intense. But I always find myself picking them up again within 5 minutes. The W...more "

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