Say Goodbye

Title: Say Goodbye
Author: Lisa Gardner
Finished: July 31
Pages: 368
Publisher: Bantam
Publish Year: 2008
ISBN: 0553804332
There’s a terrifying serial killer out there and the only person who can bring him down is Kimberly Quincy, an FBI special agent, who takes a particular liking to the case when she is approached by a pregnant prostitute.
Quincy is 5 months pregnant and [...]

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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Title: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Finished: July 28
Pages: 204
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Publish Year: 2002
ISBN: 0393974650
#820 on the 1,001 Books
Such a short story, I finished in within hours of starting today. It wasn’t at all what I expected as half the story is more of a narrative than action. [...]

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Eclipse

Title: Eclipse
Author: Stephanie Meyer
Finished: July 25
Pages: 629
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Publish Year: 2007
ISBN: 0316160202
I didn’t not find this one as intriguing as the first two, aside from about 100 pages near the end when you weren’t sure who was going to life and who would die. The end didn’t do much for me either. I [...]

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The Mysteries of Udolpho

Title: The Mysteries of Udolpho
Author: Ann Radcliffe
Finished: July 23, 2008
Pages: 704
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Publish Year: 2001
ISBN: 0140437592
Not only is it on the 1,001 Books list but also referenced in The Jane Austen Book Club and I wanted to understand more fully what the references meant and how they applied.
Udolpho is this mysterious castle hidden away from [...]

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New Moon

Title: New Moon
Author: Stephanie Meyer
Finished: July 19, 2008
Pages: 608
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Publish Year: 2006
ISBN: 0316160199
I admit to being a little sucked into the series, mainly in toward the end of each book only because the action picks up and I’m anxious to know what happens. The second book was not as good as the [...]

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