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Manhunt: The Twelve-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson

3.0

The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue

2.0

Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table by Ruth Reichl

4.0

After You'd Gone by Maggie O'Farrell

3.0

I liked this more than I thought I would when I started...mystery, love story, tragedy all rolled up in one. Language was a bit much for me.

The Lady and the Panda: The True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring Back China's Most Exotic Animal by Vicki Constantine Croke

3.0

Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen

3.0

This is not a literary masterpiece, but it is a nice, whimsical, easy-to-read, novel.

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

3.0

Didn't like this as much at The Kite Runner...some of the plot lines were very predictable. The magic I found in TKR was missing here.

The History of Love by Nicole Krauss

3.0

A haunting novel. I was mildly confused throughout, but was satisfied by the end. One of those books that one would benefit by re-reading immediately, to pick up all the nuances missed the first go around.

Atonement by Ian McEwan

5.0

Heartbreaking, enthralling, amazing. How small choices can so profoundly change the course of human events.
Highly recommended.

Playing for Pizza by John Grisham

2.0

Hmmmm...two of my favorite things -- football and Italy! I thougth I had found the perfect book for me -- NOT! I haven't read any John Grisham legal thrillers, so I don't know what to compare this too, but it seemed like a freshman comp 101 exercise. At least it was short.