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Mary Jo rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3) by Dan Brown	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
Dan Brown's book simply intrigue me. Although they are fiction (DaVinci Code, Angels and Demons, and The Lost Symbol) he intertwines so much history and religious/symbolic information in them that sometimes you forget you're not actually reading non-...more
Oct 27, 2009 08:48am · see review
Mary Jo rated a book 4 of 5 stars South of Broad by Pat Conroy read in October, 2009	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
Oct 27, 2009 08:36am
Mary Jo made a comment on Lisa's review of South of Broad "This is the first time I have felt compelled to comment about any book on goodreads, but (to put it mildly) I was so much in agreement with your descr...more "
Oct 12, 2009 10:07am · see review
Mary Jo rated a book 4 of 5 stars The Spire by Richard North Patterson read in October, 2009	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
A bit far-fetched for me, although I did enjoy reading it because it is loosely based on a college in Ohio. Took awhile for me to figure out whodunit, but I finally did and that always makes me smile...
Oct 03, 2009 08:48am · see review
Mary Jo rated a book 4 of 5 stars The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks (Goodreads Author)	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
Better than the last few Nick Sparks' books I've read. It brought some tears to my eyes. Fairly predictable and very easy reading. Sometimes you just gotta let go of the heavy duty stuff and wrap your hands around a book that's easy and rather feel g...more
Oct 03, 2009 08:45am · see review
Mary Jo rated a book 5 of 5 stars 90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life by Don Piper	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 have always been somewhat skeptical of the stories about people who have died and been through the tunnel and seen the light and all that stuff, so I was definitely skeptical on this one. However, the guy sort of made a believer out of me. If nothi...more
Oct 03, 2009 08:43am · see review
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Mary Jo rated a book 4 of 5 stars The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2) by Stieg Larsson	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 enjoyed the book but maybe not as much as I did his last one, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. The end sort of pulled it all together for me. Lisbeth, the main character, is a very strange girl and in this book we finally find out why. There are an...more
Sep 25, 2009 12:55pm · see review
Mary Jo rated a book 5 of 5 stars This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper	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 started out a little on the slow, boring side but had enough elements in it to keep me going; and I sure am glad I did! Before long, I thought in a lot of ways that I was reading about my own family. Lots of humor and some basic family issues in...more
Sep 21, 2009 09:03am · see review
Mary Jo rated a book 3 of 5 stars The Eleventh Victim (Hailey Dean #1) by Nancy Grace	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
Just OK. I think Nancy ought to stick to her tv show.
Sep 16, 2009 05:59pm · see review