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JoAnn Bassett

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JoAnn was born and raised in Seattle, but always preferred palm trees to pine trees. She wrote instructional books and videos for a living but dreamed of "making stuff up" once she put the working life behind her. In 1996, she and her husband bought a home on Maui. Best day ever. She loved living on the beach but her husband longed to get back to "normal" so they moved to Arizona. Now JoAnn writes about life in the islands as a way to stay connected. Her "Islands of Aloha" mystery series will feature a story set in each of the major Hawaiian islands, starting with Maui.

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Average rating: 3.87 · 5,608 ratings · 532 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	Maui Widow Waltz (Islands of Aloha Mystery, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 1,676 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Livin' Lahaina Loca (Islands of Aloha Mystery, #2) 3.80 avg rating — 881 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Lana'i of the Tiger 3.85 avg rating — 814 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Mai Tai Butterfly 3.80 avg rating — 549 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Kaua'i Me a River (Islands of Aloha Mystery Series) 4.07 avg rating — 415 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	O'ahu Lonesome Tonight? (Islands of Aloha Mystery Series #5) 4.10 avg rating — 311 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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'm Kona Love You Forever (Islands of Aloha Mystery Series #6) 4.06 avg rating — 269 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Moloka'i Lullaby (Islands of Aloha Mystery #7) 4.06 avg rating — 212 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Hilo, Goodbye (Islands of Aloha Mystery Series Book 8) 4.31 avg rating — 197 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Lucky Beach (Escape to Maui Book 2) 3.83 avg rating — 116 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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

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JoAnn Bassett rated a book it was amazing The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World by Melinda Gates (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
Okay, like many of you I thought, "Oh joy, I'm about to read the platitudes of a woman married to the one-time richest man on the planet about empowering women. This ought to be 'interesting.'" I was wrong. Really wrong. Melinda Gates is a powerhouse ...more
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JoAnn Bassett asked a question about Y is for Yesterday: I can't believe Sue Grafton is getting to the end of the alphabet. Good for her, and good for us that we have two more of her wonderful books to look forward to. I will buy this in hardback since I have a collection (kind of crazy, but there it is...) I'll review the story once I've read the book. Until then, what's your favorite Kinsey Millhone story? Mine is "D is for Deadbeat."
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This was a tough read over Christmas because it's not a cheery story. In fact, it's a horrific story (or actually many stories) of people enduring the last months of World War II in Poland and Eastern Germany. I'm not a huge fan of "Holocaust tales," ...more
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Wow. This second book in the Outlander series is just as engrossing and wonderful as the first. When I was originally told about this series, "A woman goes back in time to the middle of the eighteen century..." I sort of yawned, and it took me a long ...more
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JoAnn Bassett made a comment on her review of Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2) " I'm loving it already--and I'm only about 10% into it!! "
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This is an amazing look into the mind of a psychopath. And, a rather likeable psychopath (if such a thing exists), I might add. When we hear stories of crazy stuff like teachers having affairs with their teen-aged students, or kids killing their ...more
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“Just because a cop smiles at you when he asks for your license and registration doesn’t change the fact that he’s carrying a loaded gun.”
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“Some people take great pleasure in things like surprise birthday parties or financial windfalls, but for me, being knowingly kept in the dark is maddening.”
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“battered Balinese desk. There were supposed to be three piles—those I could pay right away; those I’d pay by the end of February; and those that would never”
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