"How
to Make Love to a Feminist"by Norah
Spear
Norah Spear has really come up with an
attention getting title in "How to Make
Love to a Feminist." Then, she took me
right from the summary into the book
description with the "really big snake."
Another great attention getter! Her book
description is wonderful and the last two
lines, "Why couldn't Jack just stay out of
it? Sometimes good guys don't have a
choice" made me click on the "excerpt"
tab to find out more.
I thought the excerpt was fast paced and
gave a good hint at what had happened
at the vineyard in the past and what was
yet to come. In all, from the title to the
end of the excerpt, Norah held my
attention. "How to Make Love to a
Feminist" gets my vote for a book that
should be ordered and read.
Sue Kramer
http://www.suewkramer.com
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"Lynette"by
Sue Kramer
By eavesdropping on her thoughts as she
eavesdrops on the conversation in the
corridor outside her hospital room, we
are immediately introduced to the
intricate personality of a confused
woman.
We learn in very few paragraphs that she
is wealthy ("One thing I know, she's got
money. Not just anyone can afford this
place, no sir, some the of the richest
people in the country are right under this
roof."), that she is 48 years old, and
catatonic as a result of the violent
murder of her husband. We also learn
that something traumatic happened to
her when she was eight years old. It's
enough to whet our appetites.
Warren Piece
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"Isabelle"by
Kelly Gregson Plante
The book reads like an Anne Rice novel.
So if you like Anne Rice, vampires, and
werewolves, this book is for you.
fosborne
http://www.myteacup.com
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"The
Peter Lorre Companion."by Ann Sharp
By the end of chapter one we not only
know why she developed this thing for
Peter Lorre, a man who died four years
after she was born, but we can even
understand her passion. Is that weird or
what? That little bug-eyed guy we all
loved to hate is transformed in the
course of a few pages into a romantically
desirable (lovable, even) symbol of
European erotica. What a great
demonstration of the power of the pen in
the hand of a pro.
Warren Piece
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"A
Private Enterprize"by Dick Holt
Outstanding. If you like Tom Clancy, you
will like this book. I enjoyed it - hard to
put it down.
CAM
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"Vampire
Nation"by Thomas Sipos
I must say Mr. Contrary knows how to
write. Talk about milking a scene for
everything it's worth! If you haven't read
the excerpt, you really must. What
makes it so revolting is that everything
seems so normal…at first. The opening
chapter has Henry Willoughby aboard an
airliner flying off to Transylvania to begin
filming his latest screenplay. The reader
sees a struggling writer (empathy noted)
finally making good and reveling in his
success.
Henry is hungry and notices half the
passengers have food, the other half,
wine…"more crimson than red, a dark
purplish hue within the dim plane, its
eddies reflecting the tiny yellow lights
that dotted the ceiling." Henry hates
wine but since he has nothing else he
tosses down the entire glass and the
"…wine burned his stomach." The details
hint at the sinister, but everything still
seems normal until Henry starts looking
for food. Instead of finding a sandwich,
he discovers stewardesses with
hypodermic needles, tubes draining
blood, dribbling into pans and dumped
into dirty wine bottles. Henry must be
thinking of the wine he just drank, but
the reader isn't...hopefully…because the
yuk gets worse.
The scene switches to stewardesses
sucking blood from each other's arms
and Henry noting cuts and scars under
chins. By the time his attention turns to
the dirty steak knives the reader is ready
to vomit. Those who revel in blood and
gore will have plenty of opportunity to do
that very thing.
Andrea
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