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Harvest

by Brooke Hastings, Tess Gerritsen
- Rated 5 stars
“Wow. The last 1/3-1/4 of this book was read lickity split, wanting at the same time to sit there reading and to run away and put the book down. If it had been a movie, I would have been watching from another room. What a thriller! Strange things are going on in Boston's Bayside Hospital and Dr. Abby DeMateo is being framed. Working with her boyfriend she is determined to clear her name and find out who is behind the strange things with the transplant team. Once you reach a certain point in this book, you will not be able to put it down.”

basykes wrote this review Thursday, September 13 2007. ( reply | permalink )
Sammy Cahn's Rhyming Dictionary

by Sammy Cahn
- Rated 5 stars
“I often write lyrics for songs and this book is my bible.”

basykes wrote this review Wednesday, September 12 2007. ( reply | permalink )
A Good Dog: The Story of Orson, Who Changed My Life

by Jon Katz
- Rated 4 stars
“Katz has taken a lot of flak for his story of Orson, a trouble dog ultimately put to sleep for attacking three people, but I found this the story of a man fiercely devoted to trying to change the behavior of a "broken dog," to the point of buying a farm and spending hundreds of hours doing everything he could to discover how to fill the dog's life so that he would not feel the need to lash out unexpectedly. This is written with great love, and having been in the position of having to make that difficult decision about how far to go to keep a dog alive, I could sympathize and applaud him for his actions throughout his relationship with Orson. This is a good dog story-- but lay in the Kleenex before you get to the end!”

basykes wrote this review Tuesday, September 4 2007. ( reply | permalink )
The Midnight Club

by James Patterson
- Rated 3 stars
“I'd say that Patterson had written another thriller, but this was actually one of his earlier books, published in 1989. This book is so old that the climax takes place in one of the World Trade Center buildings. It's a good read (as are all of his books), but doesn't have the same gripping quality that his later books do. Still, I couldn't put it down once I passed a certain point. He says this is one of his favorite books.”

basykes wrote this review Friday, August 31 2007. ( reply | permalink )
The 5th Horseman

by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
- Rated 5 stars
“This book was so interesting that I sat up until 12:30 a.m. finishing it...and THEN started writing a newspaper article I was supposed to be working on that evening!”

basykes wrote this review Monday, August 27 2007. ( reply | permalink )
Can't Wait to Get to Heaven: A Novel

by Fannie Flagg
- Rated 3 stars
“A gentle humor book, with marvelous characters, and a bonus cookbook section at the end.”

basykes wrote this review Friday, August 24 2007. ( reply | permalink )
Life Support

by Tess Gerritsen
- Rated 5 stars
“I am so pleased to have found Tess Gerritsen. I'm really enjoying her writing and her stories...and there are a lot that I haven't read, so I'm set for the next year! This is a medical thriller, my favorite kind. Everything is going wrong for Dr. Toby Harper, with patients dying for unexplainable reasons, and her career being sabotaged by a couple of other doctors, while she's also trying to deal with her mother, who is suffering with Alzheimers. She must find a deadly virus that is rapidly spreading before she is totally discredited. I was up until 2:30 a.m. finishing this book last night!”

basykes wrote this review Wednesday, August 15 2007. ( reply | permalink )
The Midlife Bible: A Woman's Survival Guide

by Michael Goodman
- Rated 5 stars
“This is an excellent introduction to women's midlife changes, almost as helpful for men as for women. It gives an overview of EVERYTHING involved with midlife issues and has a comprehensive bibliography and web site index to help women know where to go to get more complete information.

I have to like this book; I typed it.”

basykes wrote this review Tuesday, August 14 2007. ( reply | permalink )
Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics (McGraw-Hill Series in Fundamentals of Physics)

by Frederick Reif
- Rated 5 stars
“I have to give this book 5 stars...I typed it. Three times. (I was Frederick Reif's secretary when he was writing it)”

basykes wrote this review Tuesday, August 14 2007. ( reply | permalink )
Earth Abides

by George R. Stewart
- Rated 5 stars
“I read this in college and loved it, particularly because it was set in the Oakland, California area, which I knew so well. It's the story of a man who goes into the hills and when he comes back discovers that most of the people in the world have died. It's the story of rebuilding civilization with the survivors.”

basykes wrote this review Monday, August 13 2007. ( reply | permalink )