Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I have really enjoyed this series - now up to number 12 I think with this installment. It is unique in many ways and teaches many lessons about life. When I first heard about the series, it was on book 6. It worked out well, because I had so many books to read without having to wait. Now, I am all caught...
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party: The New No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Novel (The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency) Review
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Pearlene McKinley
on 12/31/2011
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Labels:
alexander mccall smith,
isabel dalhousie,
ladies detective agency,
mystery,
mystery series,
philosophy
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Sun Stand Still: What Happens When You Dare to Ask God for the Impossible Review
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Pearlene McKinley
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Labels:
audacity,
boldness,
christian living,
christianity,
church,
discipleship,
faith,
inspirational,
leadership,
prayer
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Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)One thing is clear as soon as you pick up Sun Stand Still - it's an extremely challenging book! Pastor Steven Furtick is the lead pastor and founder of the growing Elevation Church in Charlotte, NC. He's a very talented young man, a passionate and biblical preacher, and someone who demonstrates audacious...
Kiss of Midnight (The Midnight Breed, Book 1) Review
Posted by
Pearlene McKinley
on 12/30/2011
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Labels:
alpha male,
breeds,
contemporary paranormal,
lara adrian,
midnight breed,
paranormal romance,
urban dark fantasy,
urban fantasy,
vampire,
vampire romance
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Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)After witnessing a murder and barely escaping with her life, Gabrielle Maxwell does what any good and sane citizen would do; she calls the police. Upon their arrival, they find nothing that indicates anything violent happened outside the nightclub. While Gabrielle insists that she's not lying, she can't...
The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime. Review
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Pearlene McKinley
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Labels:
entrepreneurial mindset,
entrepreneurshi p,
finance,
financial planning,
financial success,
get rich,
millionaire,
rags to riches,
retirement,
wealth
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Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)My cynical nature is rarely disappointed. And I was prepared for this book to be more self-published non-sense. I was wrong. This book is quite good - and I was pleasantly surprised. Think of it as similar to the 'Rich-Dad' series in tone, but with all the very best stuff there in spades - and with all...
Chain Reaction (Perfect Chemistry Novels) Review
Posted by
Pearlene McKinley
on 12/29/2011
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Labels:
gangs,
hispanic,
latino,
romance,
simone elkeles,
ya romance
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Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)For the record, I fully blame Simone Elkeles for my obsession with the young adult genre. Before I got my hands on a copy of Perfect Chemistry, I thought YA novels were strictly PG rated and the most passionate displays of affection was a line saying, "We made out last night." Nothing was ever discussed...
Second Grave on the Left (Charley Davidson, Book 2) Review
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Pearlene McKinley
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Labels:
female detective,
grim reaper,
hot romance,
humorous mystery,
mystery and suspense,
paranormal romance,
romance,
sexy read,
urban fantasy,
women sleuths
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Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)What's better than a series debut that includes a funny, unique take on the grim reaper? An even better follow up in book 2. As much as I enjoyed Charley Davidson's introduction in FIRST GRAVE ON THE RIGHT, the newest edition to Charley's adventures took it up a level and it's exactly what you want to...
2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America Review
Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Wow! I was intrigued by the description of the book, "2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America" by Albert Brooks, but it was even better than I imagined it was going to be. This was one of those books that I stayed up reading til the early morning hours and then got up a few hours later to continue....
The Dry Grass of August Review
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Pearlene McKinley
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Labels:
1950s,
black women,
coming of age,
discrimination,
north carolina,
racism,
segregation,
south carolina,
southern fiction,
young adult
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Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I try to read as many first novels as possible. I believe debut writers have a story in their heart-and they need to put on paper. I was not disappointed. I am stingy with my "five star" reviews, I gladly give "The Dry Leaves of August" five stars. Anna Jean Mayhew tells this story of family life in...
The New Digital Shoreline: How Web 2.0 and Millennials Are Revolutionizing Higher Education Review
Posted by
Pearlene McKinley
on 12/27/2011
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Labels:
blog,
classroom,
educational technology,
higher education,
learning,
learning theory,
millennials,
pedagogy,
second life,
teaching
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Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The New Digital Shoreline: How Web 2.0 and Millennials Are Revolutionizing Higher Education offers a fine survey of the complex effects of Web 2.0 on higher education, documenting forces that educators need to know about to modify interactions with students and peers. From understanding how the population...
The Lantern: A Novel Review
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Pearlene McKinley
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Labels:
9 99 boycott,
publisher greed,
publisher price ripoff
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Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)From the first words I was enchanted with wonderful descriptions along with moody creative suggestions but far too few light hints about the real story. Initially it was almost difficult to put the book down because the author does create gorgeous sequences the reader can almost touch or smell or feel...
Please Look After Mom Review
Posted by
Pearlene McKinley
on 12/26/2011
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Labels:
book club,
chicana,
contemporary fiction,
debra burroughs,
family,
family drama,
korean drama,
korean novel,
literary fiction,
mothers and daughters
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Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Kyung-Sook Shin has written an exceptional novel and I can see why it is a bestseller in its native language, in Korea. It is a story about relationships, about families and those close to us. The story is about a mother who is separated from her husband when boarding a train in Seoul, South Korea,on...
At Home in the World: A Memoir Review
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Pearlene McKinley
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Labels:
biography,
coming of age,
family dynamics,
inspiration,
j d salinger,
joyce maynard,
love,
memoir,
order,
women authors
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Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Though not someone who has followed all of Joyce Maynard's career, I still found myself immersed almost from her opening paragraphs. There is a lot here, some disturbing, some thought-provoking, and always fascinating. I was surprised, as I was one who, almost on principle, felt J. D. Salinger's privacy,...
Dragon's Oath (House of Night) Review
Posted by
Pearlene McKinley
on 12/25/2011
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Labels:
book recommendations,
house of night,
kindle book,
love,
p c cast,
vampyre,
young adult
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Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I have loyally followed this series and truly believe the House of Night books are getting better each episode. They are light weight YA books but they are fun and have been improving in their storyline and composition. When I heard this was coming out at first I thought it the next instalment. Wrong.Based...
Veeps: Profiles in Insignificance Review
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Pearlene McKinley
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Labels:
al gore,
dan quayle,
dick cheney,
gerald ford,
history,
lyndon johnson,
political humor,
politics,
vice presidency,
vice president
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Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I ordered VEEPS after stumbling across its blog, [...] (which I found hilarious). It arrived in the mail yesterday, I cracked it open after dinner, and read it non stop through the end, long past my usual bedtime. The whole time my wife was looking at me like I was a lunatic as I laughed like a hyena,...
Sisterhood Everlasting: A Novel (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) Review
Posted by
Pearlene McKinley
on 12/24/2011
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Labels:
fiction,
outrageous kindle price,
sisterhood,
tag,
teen,
too expensive for kindle,
young adult
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Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Having read The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants books as a teenager, I was excited to read about the girls' lives as adults. In actually reading the book, I found myself heartbroken- not because I was disappointed in the novel, but because what I found waiting for me in the four characters to whom...
Spider's Bite (Elemental Assassin, Book 1) Review
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Pearlene McKinley
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Labels:
assassin,
dark fantasy,
dark urban fantasy,
elementals,
fantasy,
jennifer estep,
magic,
spider,
urban dark fantasy,
urban fantasy
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Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)If Urban Fantasy were a poker game, and UF authors were the players, Jennifer Estep would be the one who sat down at a high stakes game full of steely-eyed gamblers, pushed a huge pile of chips into the middle of table and said, "All in." In a genre full of gritty locales and bada** heroines, Estep found...
Frost Moon (Skindancer, Book 1) Review
Posted by
Pearlene McKinley
on 12/23/2011
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Labels:
atlanta,
paranormal romance,
paranormal series,
series,
shapeshifters,
strong supernatural heroine,
urban fantasy,
vampire,
werewolf,
werewolves
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Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)"Frost Moon" grabs you by the neck and throws you head first into the rip-tide life of Dakota Frost, magical tattoo artist and skindancer. This dark urban fantasy by Anthony Francis challenges you from the start to keep up or drown, tangled in the hidden roots you can feel lurking just under the surface.Dakota...