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Into Thin Air by Franklin W. Dixon
Into Thin Air by Franklin W. Dixon
This is easily the best book in the new Hardy Boys Adventures series thus far. In the previous novel, Frank and Joe sifted through the clues to discover who was behind the disappearance of two teenagers riding G-Force, the star attraction of the amusement park, Fun Land. They identified the villains and got the police to lock them up. So how is it that a third
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‘'Now I'll tell you what happened, as best I can. No spin. No agenda. If I get something wrong, it's not because I'm being evasive. It's simply because I'm still trying to understand what happened today ... It's to explain, as best I can, " Read more of this review » |
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| While there is a romance at the heart of this story, it is also a book about parenting that I found charming. Garrick is a small-town police chief with a terrible relationship with his daughter. They were close when she was growing up but somewhere i ...more | |
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I really like the premise of this story. Wrecking a wedding is not a new idea in the romance genre, but I had not come across one where the protagonist’s business was disrupting nuptials. Lucy is a wreck. She takes too much responsibility on to herse ...more |
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| This is a cute story of two opposite personalities, Lucy and Theo, forced together by unfortunate circumstance and falling in love. The set up is that Lucy’s sister and Theo’s brother are getting married on a cruise but Lucy and Theo end up on the wr ...more | |
"Seriously, what happened to my fucking cat?
I truly feel bad after not having read any further offers by Jim C. Hines (@jchines) since the days of devouring his nigh perfect scyfy (and more) series "Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse" #s 1-3. But I am ha" Read more of this review » |
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| I really enjoy Correia's novels. He has a gift for writing action that takes place in interesting worlds with cultures that really drive his stories. This novel certainly lives up to his reputation as we follow a young want-to-be wizard whose entire ...more | |
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| I want to state up front that I enjoyed this novel thoroughly, but I think that someone who really loves classic movies would have enjoyed it even more. I've seen and enjoyed many of the classics, but I swim on the surface of those movies and this in ...more | |
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| I love this series. In this book, Smith has his retired detectives tracking down what happened to a woman who disappeared without a trace from a hotel room she had no reason to be in. It's difficult to write more than that without giving spoilers but ...more | |
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| This is the first of the Strange New Worlds novels I have read and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. The characters were all well drawn and felt natural. I realize that the characters come from the TV show, but I have not watched any of the episod ...more | |
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“[D]on't ever apologise to an author for buying something in paperback, or taking it out from a library (that's what they're there for. Use your library). Don't apologise to this author for buying books second hand, or getting them from bookcrossing or borrowing a friend's copy. What's important to me is that people read the books and enjoy them, and that, at some point in there, the book was bought by someone. And that people who like things, tell other people. The most important thing is that people read...”
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“What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.”
― Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
― Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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