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candles burning

This was a book started by an author named Michael McDowell (who died during the writing of it) and finished by Tabitha King (otherwise known as Stephen King’s wife). I thought I’d give it a whirl, but the book took me months to read. That is not normal for me. …

marley & me

I’m not talking about the cat. My brother got me the book “Marley & Me” for my birthday this year. I tore through it rather quickly. It was nice to read about a dog that was worse than any of the dogs I’ve owned (hard to believe, I know). Of …

you belong to me

This was a book written by Mary Higgins Clark. It is the first one I read from her in a long, long time. After reading it, I remembered why. Her stories are all whodunits. And, the bad guy is never who you think it would be. But, after reading a …

cell

After Brian’s reaction to the last Stephen King novel, I don’t think he’s going to like this one. Not to give anything away, but the ending kind of sucks. Again. Up to that point, I really did enjoy the book even though I found it to be a bit derivative. …

trace

This was a book written by Patricia Cornwell. It was one in her “Kay Scarpetta” series of books. Kay is a chief medical examiner (a “Quincy”, if you will). With all of the CSI nonsense going on these days, I can see why this is a popular series. The book …