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Jade's Book Review: “Twisted Confessions” by Charles E. Skollar (TheTrenchcoat Chronicles)

nospam@example.com (Jade) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:25:02 GMT

Rarely am I offered the chance to review a stellar true crime book by a publisher. Usually it is a book I have chosen on my own, or something wretched sent to me by some hack publishing company. It is my great pleasure this time to bring you “Twisted Confessions” by Charles E. Skollar. Mr. Skollar was the prosecuting attorney on the Kitty Genovese case in 1964 in Queens, New York....

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Maker's Notebook review (MAKE: Blog)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:28:41 GMT

Nice review of The Maker's Notebook on Duffbert's Random Musings: Ok... this might be the most unusual book review I've ever done. I'm about to review a book consisting of... blank pages. Ah, but what blank pages they are! :) It's the Maker's Notebook by O'Reilly Publishing and the staff at MAKE magazine. I was given this as a gift from a friend, and...

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Comic Book Reviews for July 23, 2008 (IGN)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:01:00 GMT

Welcome to the latest IGN Comics review index. If you've been here before, you know the drill. If you haven't, here's how it works. We grade on a 100-point scale. Numerically this is represented as a 10 point system with 0.1 increments. These scores also translate to particular labels which you'll find below that Final Score. Simple enough?

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Hotel Du Lac - Book Review (caribousmom)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:31:36 GMT

... when she should have been at home… -From Hotel Du Lac, page 8- And so begins Anita Brookner’s Booker Award winning novel. Edith Hope finds herself banished to a hotel in Switzerland to ponder her life and recover from a romantic stumble. Once there, she meets the other hotel visitors - a cast of characters with their own secrets, desires, and weaknesses. Iris and Jennifer Pusey are a mother-daughter...

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Book Review Thursday (It's still all about me...)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:54:00 GMT

Last night I finished Steve Martin's autobiography Born Standing Up . This was probably one of the easiest reads of late. There isn't much to it other than him sharing how he got his start. Did you know that as a teen he worked at Disneyland as a magician? As an actor at a playhouse in Knott's Berry Farm? Neither did I. There is the inevitable tales of a stern father that he could never impress and...

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BOOK REVIEW: The Baby Group by Rowan Coleman (Trashionista)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:30:28 GMT

I know I have reviewed quite a few of Rowan's books lately, but you know how it is. You read one you like, then just have to read the others by the same author. The Baby Group was for me the first book I read by Rowan, compelling me to read more of hers, so I read it again the other day for the purposes of this review and enjoyed it as much as I did the first time. What I should...

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A Week of Entertainment: Books Reviewed in Entertainment Weekly 07/25/08 (The Kindle Reader)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:06:00 GMT

Today's Amazon Kindle status: IN STOCK for free two-day delivery! Each week Entertainment Weekly reviews a small selection of popular new books. Titles available for the Kindle and reviewed in the July 25th issue include: When We Were Romans: A Novel, by Matthew Kneale. Nan A. Talese. NOVEL. EW rating: B+. Amazon customer rating: none yet. Kindle edition $9.99. "Nine-year-old Lawrence...

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Book Review: The Jews of Sing Sing (Eastman's Online Genealogy Newslett)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:49:19 GMT

And you thought Jews didn't commit crimes. Think again. There were thousands. Ron Arons has written a book that will interest not only some genealogists, but also historians, social scientists, criminal justice students and professionals, and anyone else interested in the seamier side of life of the first half of the twentieth century. The full title of the book is The Jews of Sing Sing...

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The Futures of 1952: More Book Reviews (BTC News)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:38:44 GMT

Player Piano, by Kurt Vonnegut The Space Merchants, by Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth This month’s selection is a pair of books that plot out future American dystopias as envisioned in 1952. I think it’s an interesting time, in that even in heyday of the American capitalist mythology, a few authors were still frustrated enough [...]

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Thompson Western Series book review (Writers in the Sky)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:00:00 GMT

... without a hitch even though there is a time lapse that sort of fast forwards you. I found the book to be a thoroughly entertaining and a delightful way to spend a lazy afternoon out on the range—my back porch. Purchase on Amazon.com Purchase on iUniverse.com About the Author: Erwin A. Thompson has been writing since he was in high school. He wrote again during the war and on inclement weather...

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Book Review: The Shack (Happy Catholic)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:48:00 GMT

The Shack is a book I was peripherally aware of but never intended reading. It is one of those "inspiring" Christian novels that seem to be always floating out there in conversation and on blogs. I rarely am interested in them as they usually have both sloppy writing and sloppy theology. (Hey, let's tell it like it is ... we hoe a Catholic row 'round here!) Then a friend told me how much she...

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Year of The Dogman Book Review (Golf Blogger)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:10:02 GMT

But because it’s about Northern Michigan, and written by a Northern Michigan native, I’ll give it a place on these pages. The book also manages to converge with several of my other interests, including horror literature (I was born Halloween night), and cryptozoology (think Bigfoot, Nessie, and other strange and as yet undiscovered animals).

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Book Review: 'iMoney: Profitable ETF Strategies' (Seeking Alpha)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:36:51 GMT

Chance Carson submits: We recently reviewed Tom Lydon and John Wasik’s excellent ETF book, iMoney: Profitable ETF Strategies for Every Investor and deem this superb ETF resource as the most reader and user-friendly book on exchange-traded funds published to date. Chapter 1 presents a perfunctory, but pleasantly concise, historical summary of ETF evolution. Chapter 2 reveals the authors’...

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Book Review - The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong (A Book Blogger's Diary)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:41:00 GMT

The Summoning Author: Kelley Armstrong Reading level: Young Adult Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Harper Collins Synopsis We've all seen or heard about that movie with the kid who whispers "I see dead people". That's what teenager Chloe Saunders sees as well. Only she doesn't realize what she's seeing. It all begins with a nightmare (or is it a memory') of little Chloe lured into a dark basement by...

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Book review: The Condition (A.V. Club)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:05:50 GMT

A family falls apart, while the talented author of Mrs. Kimble holds all their perspectives together.

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Book review: The Spies Of Warsaw (A.V. Club)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:03:04 GMT

Shouldn't a novel about spies in wartime be more exciting than this?

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Book review: Promise Of The Wolves (A.V. Club)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:01:56 GMT

A first novel crosses Watership Down with Clan Of The Cave Bear , with predictably fuzzy results.

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Book Review--Clinton In Exile (A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:01:40 GMT

It was only a matter of time before someone decided to write a book on...

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J.K. Rowling's biggest regret: Mom not seeing 'Potter' books (Arizona Republic)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:51:55 GMT

The 42-year-old author began work on the worldwide best-selling stories about the boy wizard in 1990, but her mum Anne died before J.K. real name Joanne had the chance to tell her about them.

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Book buzz: 'Batman' bounce, crying 'Fowl' (USA Today)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:00:00 GMT

Graphic novelist Alan Moore gets a bounce from The Dark Knight, while Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer tours the USA.

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