Books that I have read in 2007
Books - 61; Pages - 22387
1 The Eyes of Darkness by Dean Koontz
Finish Date: Sunday, December 30, 2007
Pages: 369
Genre: Horror Fiction
First Sentence: At six minutes past midnight, Tuesday morning, on the way home from a late rehearsal of her new stage show, Tina Evans saw her son, Danny, in a stranger's car.
Last Sentence: She wondered what lay ahead of them.
Summary: A year has passed since little Danny's death - a year since his mother began the painful process of acceptance. But tonight, Tina Evans swore she saw her Danny in a stranger's car. Then she dreamed that Danny was alive. And when she woke, she found a message waiting for her in Danny's bedroom...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 369
Genre: Horror Fiction
First Sentence: At six minutes past midnight, Tuesday morning, on the way home from a late rehearsal of her new stage show, Tina Evans saw her son, Danny, in a stranger's car.
Last Sentence: She wondered what lay ahead of them.
Summary: A year has passed since little Danny's death - a year since his mother began the painful process of acceptance. But tonight, Tina Evans swore she saw her Danny in a stranger's car. Then she dreamed that Danny was alive. And when she woke, she found a message waiting for her in Danny's bedroom...
Favorite Quotes: NA
2 Dark Fall by Dean Koontz
Finish Date: Thursday, December 27, 2007
Pages: 384
Genre: Horror Fiction
First Sentence: Penny Dawson woke and heard something moving furtively in the dark bedroom.
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: (Publishers Weekly) Swift, entertaining...a classic race to the rescue.
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 384
Genre: Horror Fiction
First Sentence: Penny Dawson woke and heard something moving furtively in the dark bedroom.
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: (Publishers Weekly) Swift, entertaining...a classic race to the rescue.
Favorite Quotes: NA
3 The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer
Finish Date: Friday, December 14, 2007
Pages: 340
Genre: Literary Fiction
First Sentence: When Isaac Amin sees two men with rifles walk into his office at half past noon on a warm autumn day in Tehran, his first thought is that he won't be able to join his wife and daughter for lunch, as promised.
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) Sofer's family escaped from Iran in 1982 when she was 10, an experience that may explain the intense detail of this unnerving debut. On a September day in 1981, gem trader Isaac Amin is accosted by Revolutionary Guards at his Tehran office and imprisoned for no other crime than being Jewish in a country where Muslim fanaticism is growing daily. Being rich and having had slender ties to the Shah's regime magnify his peril. In anguish over what might be happening to his family, Isaac watches the brutal mutilation and executions of prisoners around him...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 340
Genre: Literary Fiction
First Sentence: When Isaac Amin sees two men with rifles walk into his office at half past noon on a warm autumn day in Tehran, his first thought is that he won't be able to join his wife and daughter for lunch, as promised.
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) Sofer's family escaped from Iran in 1982 when she was 10, an experience that may explain the intense detail of this unnerving debut. On a September day in 1981, gem trader Isaac Amin is accosted by Revolutionary Guards at his Tehran office and imprisoned for no other crime than being Jewish in a country where Muslim fanaticism is growing daily. Being rich and having had slender ties to the Shah's regime magnify his peril. In anguish over what might be happening to his family, Isaac watches the brutal mutilation and executions of prisoners around him...
Favorite Quotes: NA
4 Wife in the fast lane by Karen Quinn
Finish Date: Monday, December 3, 2007
Pages: 448
Genre: Drama Novel
First Sentence: Look for Highway 380.
Last Sentence: He kissed her good-bye.
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) Quinn (The Ivy Chronicles) spins a delightful story about the unsinkable Christy Hayes, a former Olympic gold medalist turned successful entrepreneur whose comfy life is about to hit a bumpy patch. Founder and CEO of athletic shoe company Baby G, Christy lands an ideal husband, Michael Drummond, a wealthy media mogul who's survived a bad marriage. Things are swell until Christy's housekeeper and confidant dies, leaving behind her precocious 11-year-old granddaughter, Renata Ruiz, whom Christy takes in...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 448
Genre: Drama Novel
First Sentence: Look for Highway 380.
Last Sentence: He kissed her good-bye.
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) Quinn (The Ivy Chronicles) spins a delightful story about the unsinkable Christy Hayes, a former Olympic gold medalist turned successful entrepreneur whose comfy life is about to hit a bumpy patch. Founder and CEO of athletic shoe company Baby G, Christy lands an ideal husband, Michael Drummond, a wealthy media mogul who's survived a bad marriage. Things are swell until Christy's housekeeper and confidant dies, leaving behind her precocious 11-year-old granddaughter, Renata Ruiz, whom Christy takes in...
Favorite Quotes: NA
5 Tell No One by Harlan Coben
Finish Date: Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Pages: 370
Genre: Thriller/Suspense
First Sentence: There should have been a dark whisper in the wind.
Last Sentence: And that, I knew, would always be enough.
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) Every writer likes to stretch his legs, and here Coben, author of seven acclaimed Myron Bolitar mysteries (Darkest Fear, etc.), stretches his. He doesn't quite kick his reputation aside in the process. This thriller, Coben's first non-Bolitar novel, is a breezy enough read, but it's not up to snuff. It's got a nifty setup, though. David Beck and Elizabeth Parker, just-married childhood sweethearts, are vacationing at the Beck family retreat when Beck is knocked unconscious and Elizabeth is kidnapped...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 370
Genre: Thriller/Suspense
First Sentence: There should have been a dark whisper in the wind.
Last Sentence: And that, I knew, would always be enough.
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) Every writer likes to stretch his legs, and here Coben, author of seven acclaimed Myron Bolitar mysteries (Darkest Fear, etc.), stretches his. He doesn't quite kick his reputation aside in the process. This thriller, Coben's first non-Bolitar novel, is a breezy enough read, but it's not up to snuff. It's got a nifty setup, though. David Beck and Elizabeth Parker, just-married childhood sweethearts, are vacationing at the Beck family retreat when Beck is knocked unconscious and Elizabeth is kidnapped...
Favorite Quotes: NA
6 This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff
Finish Date: Monday, November 19, 2007
Pages: 288
Genre: Biography/Memoir
First Sentence: Our car boiled again just after my mother and I crossed the Continental Divide.
Last Sentence: It was a good night to sing and we sang for all we were worth, as if we'd been saved.
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) In PEN/Faulkner Award-winner Wolff's fourth book, he recounts his coming-of-age with customary skill and self-assurance. Seeking a better life in the Northwestern U.S. with his divorced mother, whose "strange docility, almost paralysis, with men of the tyrant breed" taught Wolff the virtue of rebellion, he considered himself "in hiding," moved to invent a private, "better" version of himself in order to rise above his troubles...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 288
Genre: Biography/Memoir
First Sentence: Our car boiled again just after my mother and I crossed the Continental Divide.
Last Sentence: It was a good night to sing and we sang for all we were worth, as if we'd been saved.
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) In PEN/Faulkner Award-winner Wolff's fourth book, he recounts his coming-of-age with customary skill and self-assurance. Seeking a better life in the Northwestern U.S. with his divorced mother, whose "strange docility, almost paralysis, with men of the tyrant breed" taught Wolff the virtue of rebellion, he considered himself "in hiding," moved to invent a private, "better" version of himself in order to rise above his troubles...
Favorite Quotes: NA
7 The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard
Finish Date: Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Pages: 350
Genre: Thriller/Suspense
First Sentence: Abby Reynolds braked her truck on the icy highway, startled by what she imagined she saw off to the side of the road.
Last Sentence: It bowed the grass in his direction, unaccountably lifting his spirits and making him think that maybe she hadn't minded his devotion after all.
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) Pickard (Storm Warnings) probes the truth behind miracles and the tragedies behind lies in this mesmerizing suspense novel set in Kansas. While rounding up newborn calves during a 1987 blizzard, Nathan Shellenberger, sheriff of Small Plains, and his teenage sons, Rex and Patrick, discover the naked frozen body of a beautiful teenage girl. Later, Nathan and Dr. Quentin "Doc" Reynolds bash the girl's face to an unrecognizable pulp, since they know who she is and fear that either Patrick or Rex's best friend, 17-year-old Mitch Newquist, is her killer...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 350
Genre: Thriller/Suspense
First Sentence: Abby Reynolds braked her truck on the icy highway, startled by what she imagined she saw off to the side of the road.
Last Sentence: It bowed the grass in his direction, unaccountably lifting his spirits and making him think that maybe she hadn't minded his devotion after all.
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) Pickard (Storm Warnings) probes the truth behind miracles and the tragedies behind lies in this mesmerizing suspense novel set in Kansas. While rounding up newborn calves during a 1987 blizzard, Nathan Shellenberger, sheriff of Small Plains, and his teenage sons, Rex and Patrick, discover the naked frozen body of a beautiful teenage girl. Later, Nathan and Dr. Quentin "Doc" Reynolds bash the girl's face to an unrecognizable pulp, since they know who she is and fear that either Patrick or Rex's best friend, 17-year-old Mitch Newquist, is her killer...
Favorite Quotes: NA
8 Dating without Novocaine by Lisa Cach
Finish Date: Friday, October 26, 2007
Pages: 280
Genre: Drama Novel
First Sentence: "Anoint your sacred body parts," Sapphire said, passing 'round a small blue-and-white Chinese bowl.
Last Sentence: And either way, I was going to be all right.
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) Talented seamstress Hannah O'Dowd cuffs men's pants to pay the rent, but while her hands hover at ankle-height, her attentions are focused a bit farther up. She's 29 and hasn't yet found her backyard barbecue guy: "I don't want to turn thirty and still not know who I'm going to marry," she gripes, setting the tone for this mild single-girl tale set in Portland, Ore. At least she has company in her loyal but flaky roommate, Cassie, who is taking belly-dancing classes to unblock her "sex chakra," and the more sensible Louise, a phone counselor at a crisis center...
Favorite Quotes: When you're truly strong, you can admit ignorance or errors without it being a threat. You can admit you need help with something.
Pages: 280
Genre: Drama Novel
First Sentence: "Anoint your sacred body parts," Sapphire said, passing 'round a small blue-and-white Chinese bowl.
Last Sentence: And either way, I was going to be all right.
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) Talented seamstress Hannah O'Dowd cuffs men's pants to pay the rent, but while her hands hover at ankle-height, her attentions are focused a bit farther up. She's 29 and hasn't yet found her backyard barbecue guy: "I don't want to turn thirty and still not know who I'm going to marry," she gripes, setting the tone for this mild single-girl tale set in Portland, Ore. At least she has company in her loyal but flaky roommate, Cassie, who is taking belly-dancing classes to unblock her "sex chakra," and the more sensible Louise, a phone counselor at a crisis center...
Favorite Quotes: When you're truly strong, you can admit ignorance or errors without it being a threat. You can admit you need help with something.
9 Night Chills by Dean Koontz
Finish Date: Saturday, October 20, 2007
Pages: 384
Genre: Horror Fiction
First Sentence: The dirt trail was narrow.
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: The fever is spreading, seizing the men and women of Black River. Plaguing them with night chills. Driving them to violent acts of rape, murder - and mutilation...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 384
Genre: Horror Fiction
First Sentence: The dirt trail was narrow.
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: The fever is spreading, seizing the men and women of Black River. Plaguing them with night chills. Driving them to violent acts of rape, murder - and mutilation...
Favorite Quotes: NA
10 The People's Act of Love by James Meek
Finish Date: Friday, October 19, 2007
Pages: 388
Genre: Historical Novel
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: (Book Description) In a remote Siberian village, amid a lawless, unforgiving landscape, lives Anna Petrovna, a beautiful, willfully self-reliant widowed mother. A mystical, separatist Christian sect, a stranded regiment of restless Czech soldiers, and an eerie local shaman live nearby, all struggling against the elements and great social upheaval to maintain a fragile coexistence. Out of the woods trudges Samarin, an escapee from Russia’s northernmost prison camp, with a terrifyingly outlandish story to tell about his journey. Immediately apprehended, he is brought before the Czech regiment’s megalomaniac, Captain Matula. But the stranger’s appearance has caught the attention of others, including Anna Petrovna’s...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 388
Genre: Historical Novel
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: (Book Description) In a remote Siberian village, amid a lawless, unforgiving landscape, lives Anna Petrovna, a beautiful, willfully self-reliant widowed mother. A mystical, separatist Christian sect, a stranded regiment of restless Czech soldiers, and an eerie local shaman live nearby, all struggling against the elements and great social upheaval to maintain a fragile coexistence. Out of the woods trudges Samarin, an escapee from Russia’s northernmost prison camp, with a terrifyingly outlandish story to tell about his journey. Immediately apprehended, he is brought before the Czech regiment’s megalomaniac, Captain Matula. But the stranger’s appearance has caught the attention of others, including Anna Petrovna’s...
Favorite Quotes: NA
11 America on Six Rubles a day by Yakov Smirnoff
Finish Date: Friday, October 12, 2007
Pages: 124
Genre: Biography/Memoir
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: NA
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 124
Genre: Biography/Memoir
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: NA
Favorite Quotes: NA
12 Lost and Found by Jacqueline Sheehan
Finish Date: Thursday, October 11, 2007
Pages: 304
Genre: Literary Fiction
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) In her second novel, Sheehan switches genres from her debut historical about Sojourner Truth to a contemporary tale of grief featuring Rocky Pelligrino, a woman reeling from her husband's death. After her husband dies of a heart attack, Rocky leaves behind her career as a psychologist in the Berkshire Mountains and moves to Peak's Island, Maine, taking a job as an Animal Control Warden. Her first catch is a black Lab with an arrow lodged in his shoulder. She takes him in, searches for his owner and tries to solve the mystery behind the arrow's origin. Rocky makes a few friends-anorexic teenage neighbor Melissa and strangely attractive archery instructor Hill Johnson-and her mission takes a surprisingly dark turn after she learns of Cooper's original owners. Dog lovers will adore Sheehan's portrayal of Cooper, who, in contrast to all the human suffering, comprises the bright spot in a melancholy novel...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 304
Genre: Literary Fiction
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) In her second novel, Sheehan switches genres from her debut historical about Sojourner Truth to a contemporary tale of grief featuring Rocky Pelligrino, a woman reeling from her husband's death. After her husband dies of a heart attack, Rocky leaves behind her career as a psychologist in the Berkshire Mountains and moves to Peak's Island, Maine, taking a job as an Animal Control Warden. Her first catch is a black Lab with an arrow lodged in his shoulder. She takes him in, searches for his owner and tries to solve the mystery behind the arrow's origin. Rocky makes a few friends-anorexic teenage neighbor Melissa and strangely attractive archery instructor Hill Johnson-and her mission takes a surprisingly dark turn after she learns of Cooper's original owners. Dog lovers will adore Sheehan's portrayal of Cooper, who, in contrast to all the human suffering, comprises the bright spot in a melancholy novel...
Favorite Quotes: NA
13 Bulletproof Web Design by Dan Cederholm
Finish Date: Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Pages: 280
Genre: Website Design
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: No matter how visually appealing or packed with content your Web site is, it isn’t succeeding if it’s not reaching the widest possible audience. If you get this guide, you can be assured it will! By deconstructing a series of real-world Web sites, author and Web designer extraordinaire Dan Cederholm outlines 10 strategies for creating standards-based designs that provide flexibility, readability, and user control—key components of every successful Web site. Each chapter starts out with an example of what Dan refers to as an “unbulletproof” concept—an existing site that employs a traditional approach and its associated pitfalls. Dan then deconstructs that approach, noting its downsides and then making the site over using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). By the end of each chapter, you’ll have replaced traditional, bloated, inaccessible page components with lean markup and CSS. The guide culminates with a chapter that pieces together all of the page components discussed in prior chapters into a single page template...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 280
Genre: Website Design
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: No matter how visually appealing or packed with content your Web site is, it isn’t succeeding if it’s not reaching the widest possible audience. If you get this guide, you can be assured it will! By deconstructing a series of real-world Web sites, author and Web designer extraordinaire Dan Cederholm outlines 10 strategies for creating standards-based designs that provide flexibility, readability, and user control—key components of every successful Web site. Each chapter starts out with an example of what Dan refers to as an “unbulletproof” concept—an existing site that employs a traditional approach and its associated pitfalls. Dan then deconstructs that approach, noting its downsides and then making the site over using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). By the end of each chapter, you’ll have replaced traditional, bloated, inaccessible page components with lean markup and CSS. The guide culminates with a chapter that pieces together all of the page components discussed in prior chapters into a single page template...
Favorite Quotes: NA
14 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Finish Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Pages: 287
Genre: Literary Fiction
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: (Dennis Lehanne) Cormac McCarthy sets his new novel, The Road, in a post-apocalyptic blight of gray skies that drizzle ash, a world in which all matter of wildlife is extinct, starvation is not only prevalent but nearly all-encompassing, and marauding bands of cannibals roam the environment with pieces of human flesh stuck between their teeth. If this sounds oppressive and dispiriting, it is. McCarthy may have just set to paper the definitive vision of the world after nuclear war, and in this recent age of relentless saber-rattling by the global powers, it's not much of a leap to feel his vision could be not far off the mark nor, sadly, right around the corner...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 287
Genre: Literary Fiction
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: (Dennis Lehanne) Cormac McCarthy sets his new novel, The Road, in a post-apocalyptic blight of gray skies that drizzle ash, a world in which all matter of wildlife is extinct, starvation is not only prevalent but nearly all-encompassing, and marauding bands of cannibals roam the environment with pieces of human flesh stuck between their teeth. If this sounds oppressive and dispiriting, it is. McCarthy may have just set to paper the definitive vision of the world after nuclear war, and in this recent age of relentless saber-rattling by the global powers, it's not much of a leap to feel his vision could be not far off the mark nor, sadly, right around the corner...
Favorite Quotes: NA
15 A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Finish Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Pages: 0
Genre: Drama Novel
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: (Amazon.com) It's difficult to imagine a harder first act to follow than The Kite Runner: a debut novel by an unknown writer about a country many readers knew little about that has gone on to have over four million copies in print worldwide. But when preview copies of Khaled Hosseini's second novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, started circulating at Amazon.com, readers reacted with a unanimous enthusiasm that few of us could remember seeing before. As special as The Kite Runner was, those readers said, A Thousand Splendid Suns is more so, bringing Hosseini's compassionate storytelling and his sense of personal and national tragedy to a tale of two women that is weighted equally with despair and grave hope...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 0
Genre: Drama Novel
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: (Amazon.com) It's difficult to imagine a harder first act to follow than The Kite Runner: a debut novel by an unknown writer about a country many readers knew little about that has gone on to have over four million copies in print worldwide. But when preview copies of Khaled Hosseini's second novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, started circulating at Amazon.com, readers reacted with a unanimous enthusiasm that few of us could remember seeing before. As special as The Kite Runner was, those readers said, A Thousand Splendid Suns is more so, bringing Hosseini's compassionate storytelling and his sense of personal and national tragedy to a tale of two women that is weighted equally with despair and grave hope...
Favorite Quotes: NA
16 250 HTML and Web Design Secrets by Molly E. Holzschlag
Finish Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Pages: 400
Genre: Website Design
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: NA
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 400
Genre: Website Design
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: NA
Favorite Quotes: NA
17 The Voice of the night by Dean Koontz
Finish Date: Sunday, September 16, 2007
Pages: 339
Genre: Horror Fiction
First Sentence: "You ever killed anything?"
Last Sentence: He called the ambulance, then the police.
Summary: No one could understand why Colin and Roy were best friends. Colin was so shy; Roy was so popular. Colin was nervous around girls; Roy was a ladies' man. Colin was fascinated by Roy - and Roy was fascinated by death. Then one day Roy asked his timid friend: "Your ever killed anything?". And from that moment on, the two were bound together in a game too terrifying to imagine... and too irresistible to stop.
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 339
Genre: Horror Fiction
First Sentence: "You ever killed anything?"
Last Sentence: He called the ambulance, then the police.
Summary: No one could understand why Colin and Roy were best friends. Colin was so shy; Roy was so popular. Colin was nervous around girls; Roy was a ladies' man. Colin was fascinated by Roy - and Roy was fascinated by death. Then one day Roy asked his timid friend: "Your ever killed anything?". And from that moment on, the two were bound together in a game too terrifying to imagine... and too irresistible to stop.
Favorite Quotes: NA
18 The Hard Way by Lee Child
Finish Date: Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Pages: 478
Genre: Thriller/Suspense
First Sentence: Jack Reacher ordered espresso, double, no peel, no cube, foam cup, no china, and before it arrived at his table he saw a man's life change forever.
Last Sentence: He had left Grange Farm two hours after the backhoe had shut down, and there had been no news of him since.
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) In bestseller Child's 10th novel to feature ex-army MP Jack Reacher (after 2005's One Shot), a sidewalk cafe encounter in New York City plunges Reacher into one of his most challenging—and thoroughly engrossing—adventures to date. Acting out of "reflex and professional curiosity" (and the promise of a generous fee), Reacher agrees to help sinister ex-army officer Edward Lane, whose posse of six Special Forces veterans are even more ominous than he, track down his kidnapped daughter and trophy wife...
Favorite Quotes:
Pages: 478
Genre: Thriller/Suspense
First Sentence: Jack Reacher ordered espresso, double, no peel, no cube, foam cup, no china, and before it arrived at his table he saw a man's life change forever.
Last Sentence: He had left Grange Farm two hours after the backhoe had shut down, and there had been no news of him since.
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) In bestseller Child's 10th novel to feature ex-army MP Jack Reacher (after 2005's One Shot), a sidewalk cafe encounter in New York City plunges Reacher into one of his most challenging—and thoroughly engrossing—adventures to date. Acting out of "reflex and professional curiosity" (and the promise of a generous fee), Reacher agrees to help sinister ex-army officer Edward Lane, whose posse of six Special Forces veterans are even more ominous than he, track down his kidnapped daughter and trophy wife...
Favorite Quotes:
19 The Bone Parade by Mark Nykanen
Finish Date: Sunday, September 2, 2007
Pages: 374
Genre: Horror Fiction
First Sentence: Ba-WAAAAH-WAAH-WAH.
Last Sentence: I just came from my mother's funeral.
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) An award-winning former investigative journalist, Nykanen (Hush) falters in his second novel, a gruesome chiller that's an amalgamation of Red Dragon and The Silence of the Lambs. Ashley Stassler is a world-famous sculptor who abducts and kills entire families (cue the Red Dragon) in order to make the ultimate "art" from their dying flesh (remember Buffalo Bill?), and his ego is even bigger than his reputation ("I expect I'll not only be forgiven but I'll be more sought after than ever before...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 374
Genre: Horror Fiction
First Sentence: Ba-WAAAAH-WAAH-WAH.
Last Sentence: I just came from my mother's funeral.
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) An award-winning former investigative journalist, Nykanen (Hush) falters in his second novel, a gruesome chiller that's an amalgamation of Red Dragon and The Silence of the Lambs. Ashley Stassler is a world-famous sculptor who abducts and kills entire families (cue the Red Dragon) in order to make the ultimate "art" from their dying flesh (remember Buffalo Bill?), and his ego is even bigger than his reputation ("I expect I'll not only be forgiven but I'll be more sought after than ever before...
Favorite Quotes: NA
20 Sams Teach Yourself CSS in 24 Hours by Kynn Bartlett
Finish Date: Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Pages: 504
Genre: Website Design
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: Learning to apply CSS is the HTML Web publisher's next developmental step toward a professional and stable Web design. A prerequisite to learning higher-level languages like Javascript, Java, and Flash, CSS is gaining increasing support among major browsers, including Netscape, Internet Explorer (together 94% market share) and newcomers Opera, Mozilla and NeoPlanet, and backwards-compatibility with older browser versions and specialized browsers. The key to successful CSS implementation is in understanding how different browsers use and interpret CSS. This tutorial takes the unique position of teaching the reader how to make smart decisions about how and when to apply CSS, based on browser support and intended effects. In 24 straightforward, hourly lessons, the reader learns by accomplishing hands-on tasks that can be applied to his own site in every hour.
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 504
Genre: Website Design
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: Learning to apply CSS is the HTML Web publisher's next developmental step toward a professional and stable Web design. A prerequisite to learning higher-level languages like Javascript, Java, and Flash, CSS is gaining increasing support among major browsers, including Netscape, Internet Explorer (together 94% market share) and newcomers Opera, Mozilla and NeoPlanet, and backwards-compatibility with older browser versions and specialized browsers. The key to successful CSS implementation is in understanding how different browsers use and interpret CSS. This tutorial takes the unique position of teaching the reader how to make smart decisions about how and when to apply CSS, based on browser support and intended effects. In 24 straightforward, hourly lessons, the reader learns by accomplishing hands-on tasks that can be applied to his own site in every hour.
Favorite Quotes: NA
21 The Vision by Dean Koontz
Finish Date: Friday, August 24, 2007
Pages: 353
Genre: Horror Fiction
First Sentence: "Gloves of blood".
Last Sentence: And I'm not afraid of the dark anymore.
Summary: He's watching you. He knows what you're doing. He knows what you're thinking. He's coming after you. He has a knife. The steel blade gleams. Whenever you close your eyes, you can see it - the tip of his knife, pointing at your chest...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 353
Genre: Horror Fiction
First Sentence: "Gloves of blood".
Last Sentence: And I'm not afraid of the dark anymore.
Summary: He's watching you. He knows what you're doing. He knows what you're thinking. He's coming after you. He has a knife. The steel blade gleams. Whenever you close your eyes, you can see it - the tip of his knife, pointing at your chest...
Favorite Quotes: NA
22 Shattered by Dean Koontz
Finish Date: Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Pages: 288
Genre: Horror Fiction
First Sentence: Only four blocks from the furnished apartment in Philadelphia, with more than three thousand miles to drive before they joined Courtney in San Fransisco, Colin began one of his games.
Last Sentence: And right now, more than anything, he wanted to cry.
Summary: The van was in back of them again. Closer this time. There could be no mistake - they were being followed. But why? The question kept nagging at Alex and Colin as they left Philadelphia behind and sped toward their new home in San Fransisco. Courtney would be waiting for them, ready to begin a wonderful new life with her husband, her brother...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 288
Genre: Horror Fiction
First Sentence: Only four blocks from the furnished apartment in Philadelphia, with more than three thousand miles to drive before they joined Courtney in San Fransisco, Colin began one of his games.
Last Sentence: And right now, more than anything, he wanted to cry.
Summary: The van was in back of them again. Closer this time. There could be no mistake - they were being followed. But why? The question kept nagging at Alex and Colin as they left Philadelphia behind and sped toward their new home in San Fransisco. Courtney would be waiting for them, ready to begin a wonderful new life with her husband, her brother...
Favorite Quotes: NA
23 The Cellar by Richard Laymon
Finish Date: Monday, August 20, 2007
Pages: 310
Genre: Horror Fiction
First Sentence: Jenson grabbed the radio mike.
Last Sentence: "I think they're coming"
Summary: Awakened by the early-morning phone call, Donna found out that her ex-husband, Roy, has been released from prison. She immediately dragged her twelve-year-old daughter out of bed and together they hit the road - fast. The last thing she wants is for Roy to get his hands on them again. But in fleeting one danger, Donna and her daughter are unknowingly heading straight toward another. They're heading toward Beast House.
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 310
Genre: Horror Fiction
First Sentence: Jenson grabbed the radio mike.
Last Sentence: "I think they're coming"
Summary: Awakened by the early-morning phone call, Donna found out that her ex-husband, Roy, has been released from prison. She immediately dragged her twelve-year-old daughter out of bed and together they hit the road - fast. The last thing she wants is for Roy to get his hands on them again. But in fleeting one danger, Donna and her daughter are unknowingly heading straight toward another. They're heading toward Beast House.
Favorite Quotes: NA
24 Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
Finish Date: Monday, August 13, 2007
Pages: 464
Genre: Sci/Fi
First Sentence: Congratulations.
Last Sentence: I'm over it now.
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) Themes from Patterson's popular adult titles When the Wind Blows and The Lake House waft through this YA thriller, the author's first in the genre. Wood stars as Maximum Ride, 14-year-old leader of a band of kids who have escaped the lab where they were bred as 98% human and 2% bird (wings being a key component) and developed a variety of other-worldly talents...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 464
Genre: Sci/Fi
First Sentence: Congratulations.
Last Sentence: I'm over it now.
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) Themes from Patterson's popular adult titles When the Wind Blows and The Lake House waft through this YA thriller, the author's first in the genre. Wood stars as Maximum Ride, 14-year-old leader of a band of kids who have escaped the lab where they were bred as 98% human and 2% bird (wings being a key component) and developed a variety of other-worldly talents...
Favorite Quotes: NA
25 PHP for the world wide web by Larry Ullman
Finish Date: Monday, July 30, 2007
Pages: 440
Genre: IT Study Reference
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: (Book Info) Beginner to intermediate level self-study guide on PHP for the World Wide Web. Takes a visual approach, offering readers step-by-step instructions with illustrations and screen shots to clarify procedures. Includes a companion Web site which features the code for the text, updates, and online resources.
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 440
Genre: IT Study Reference
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: (Book Info) Beginner to intermediate level self-study guide on PHP for the World Wide Web. Takes a visual approach, offering readers step-by-step instructions with illustrations and screen shots to clarify procedures. Includes a companion Web site which features the code for the text, updates, and online resources.
Favorite Quotes: NA
26 Defensive design for the web by 37signals
Finish Date: Saturday, July 28, 2007
Pages: 236
Genre: IT Study Reference
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: Let's admit it: Things will go wrong online. No matter how carefully you design a site, no matter how much testing you do, customers still encounter problems. So how do you handle these inevitable breakdowns? With defensive design. In this book, the experts at 37signals (whose clients include Microsoft, Qwest, Monster.com, and Clear Channel) will show you how. Defensive design is like defensive driving brought to the Web. The same way drivers must always be on the lookout for slick roads, reckless drivers, and other dangerous scenarios, site builders must constantly search for trouble spots that cause visitors confusion and frustration. Good site defense can make or break the customer experience...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 236
Genre: IT Study Reference
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: Let's admit it: Things will go wrong online. No matter how carefully you design a site, no matter how much testing you do, customers still encounter problems. So how do you handle these inevitable breakdowns? With defensive design. In this book, the experts at 37signals (whose clients include Microsoft, Qwest, Monster.com, and Clear Channel) will show you how. Defensive design is like defensive driving brought to the Web. The same way drivers must always be on the lookout for slick roads, reckless drivers, and other dangerous scenarios, site builders must constantly search for trouble spots that cause visitors confusion and frustration. Good site defense can make or break the customer experience...
Favorite Quotes: NA
27 Contest by Matthew Reilly
Finish Date: Thursday, July 26, 2007
Pages: 420
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) ETs with a mordant sense of drama turn the New York Public Library into "the labyrinth" for an interstellar survival game show in this ungainly thriller from Australian Reilly (Ice Station). Seven players, each from a different world, compete for their lives, combating not only each other but also a monster called the Karanodon. The earthly representative is Dr. Steven Swain, chosen for his courage in successfully fighting off a gang of thugs who invade his operating room...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 420
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) ETs with a mordant sense of drama turn the New York Public Library into "the labyrinth" for an interstellar survival game show in this ungainly thriller from Australian Reilly (Ice Station). Seven players, each from a different world, compete for their lives, combating not only each other but also a monster called the Karanodon. The earthly representative is Dr. Steven Swain, chosen for his courage in successfully fighting off a gang of thugs who invade his operating room...
Favorite Quotes: NA
28 The Beast House by Richard Laymon
Finish Date: Thursday, July 19, 2007
Pages: 334
Genre: Horror Fiction
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: NA
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 334
Genre: Horror Fiction
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: NA
Favorite Quotes: NA
29 Web Designer's Reference by Craig Grannell
Finish Date: Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Pages: 390
Genre: IT Study Reference
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: NA
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 390
Genre: IT Study Reference
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: NA
Favorite Quotes: NA
30 Demon Seed by Dean Koontz
Finish Date: Saturday, July 14, 2007
Pages: 302
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: This darkness troubles me.
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: NA
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 302
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: This darkness troubles me.
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: NA
Favorite Quotes: NA
31 Meg: a novel of deep terror by Steve Alten
Finish Date: Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Pages: 264
Genre: Horror Fiction
First Sentence: From the moment the morning fog had begun to lift, they sensed they were being watched.
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: NA
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 264
Genre: Horror Fiction
First Sentence: From the moment the morning fog had begun to lift, they sensed they were being watched.
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: NA
Favorite Quotes: NA
32 Constructing Accessible Web Sites by Jim Thatcher, Cynthia Waddell, Shawn Henry
Finish Date: Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Pages: 415
Genre: IT Study Reference
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: "This book is for anyone who owns or makes websites: from the freelance web professional to the corporate in-house design and development department, as well as all companies and government policy makers involved in the development and maintenance of web sites for their institutions, and organizations that provide web-based services to the public. Provides practical techniques for developing completely accessible web sites with a quick reference guide to accessible web site design."
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 415
Genre: IT Study Reference
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: "This book is for anyone who owns or makes websites: from the freelance web professional to the corporate in-house design and development department, as well as all companies and government policy makers involved in the development and maintenance of web sites for their institutions, and organizations that provide web-based services to the public. Provides practical techniques for developing completely accessible web sites with a quick reference guide to accessible web site design."
Favorite Quotes: NA
33 At Risk by Patricia Cornwell
Finish Date: Sunday, July 8, 2007
Pages: 210
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: An autumn storm has pounded Cambridge all day and is set to play violent encore into the night.
Last Sentence: "Funny how it's always about you, Monique."
Summary: NA
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 210
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: An autumn storm has pounded Cambridge all day and is set to play violent encore into the night.
Last Sentence: "Funny how it's always about you, Monique."
Summary: NA
Favorite Quotes: NA
34 The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton
Finish Date: Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Pages: 264
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: They came down to the emergency ward at noon at sat on the bench just behind the swinging doors that led in from the ambulance parking lot.
Last Sentence: She began to cry.
Summary: (Amazon.com) Harry has a problem. Ever since getting in a car accident, he's suffered from "thought seizures," violent fits in which he attacks other people. He used to be an artificial intelligence researcher, which may explain why he targets anyone who either works on machines or who acts like a machine--mechanics, gas-station attendants, prostitutes, exotic dancers...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 264
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: They came down to the emergency ward at noon at sat on the bench just behind the swinging doors that led in from the ambulance parking lot.
Last Sentence: She began to cry.
Summary: (Amazon.com) Harry has a problem. Ever since getting in a car accident, he's suffered from "thought seizures," violent fits in which he attacks other people. He used to be an artificial intelligence researcher, which may explain why he targets anyone who either works on machines or who acts like a machine--mechanics, gas-station attendants, prostitutes, exotic dancers...
Favorite Quotes: NA
35 The Elements of Graphic Design by Alex White
Finish Date: Monday, June 25, 2007
Pages: 143
Genre: Graphic Design
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: Approach page design in a revolutionary new way! Unlike other graphic design books, The Elements of Graphic Design reveals the secrets of successful graphic design from the unique perspective of the page’s "white space." With the help of carefully selected examples from art, design, and architecture, the role of white space as a connection between page elements is thoroughly explored...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 143
Genre: Graphic Design
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: Approach page design in a revolutionary new way! Unlike other graphic design books, The Elements of Graphic Design reveals the secrets of successful graphic design from the unique perspective of the page’s "white space." With the help of carefully selected examples from art, design, and architecture, the role of white space as a connection between page elements is thoroughly explored...
Favorite Quotes: NA
36 Monster Careers: Networking by Jeff Taylor with Doug Hardy
Finish Date: Saturday, June 23, 2007
Pages: 162
Genre: Career
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: NA
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 162
Genre: Career
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: NA
Favorite Quotes: NA
37 The Husband by Dean Koontz
Finish Date: Thursday, June 21, 2007
Pages: 416
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: A man begins dying at the moment of his birth.
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: We have yous wife. You can get her back for two million cash. On an ordinary afternoon, an ordinary man, a gardener of modest means, gets a phone call out of his worst nightmare. The caller is dead serious. He doesn't care that Mitch can't raise that kind of money. He's confident that Mitch will find a way. If he loves his wife enough...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 416
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: A man begins dying at the moment of his birth.
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: We have yous wife. You can get her back for two million cash. On an ordinary afternoon, an ordinary man, a gardener of modest means, gets a phone call out of his worst nightmare. The caller is dead serious. He doesn't care that Mitch can't raise that kind of money. He's confident that Mitch will find a way. If he loves his wife enough...
Favorite Quotes: NA
38 Voushie Psi Odinochestva by Alexandra Marinina
Finish Date: Sunday, May 27, 2007
Pages: 632
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: NA
Favorite Quotes: NA`
Pages: 632
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: NA
Favorite Quotes: NA`
39 Dragon Tears by Dean Koontz
Finish Date: Friday, May 25, 2007
Pages: 401
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: Tuesday was a fine California day, full of sunshine and promise, until Larry Lyon had to shoot someone at lunch.
Last Sentence: And here comes a slice of chicken, thick and juicy!
Summary: Harry Lyon was a rational man, a cop who refused to let his job harden his soul. His partner urged him to surrender to the chaos of life. But Harry believed in order and reason. Then one fatefull day, he was forced to shoot a man - and a homeless stranfer with bloodshot eyes uttered the haunting words that challanged Harry Lyon's sanity...
Favorite Quotes: Sometimes life can be as bitter as dragon tears. But whether dragon tears are bitter or sweet depends entirely on how each man perceives the taste.
Pages: 401
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: Tuesday was a fine California day, full of sunshine and promise, until Larry Lyon had to shoot someone at lunch.
Last Sentence: And here comes a slice of chicken, thick and juicy!
Summary: Harry Lyon was a rational man, a cop who refused to let his job harden his soul. His partner urged him to surrender to the chaos of life. But Harry believed in order and reason. Then one fatefull day, he was forced to shoot a man - and a homeless stranfer with bloodshot eyes uttered the haunting words that challanged Harry Lyon's sanity...
Favorite Quotes: Sometimes life can be as bitter as dragon tears. But whether dragon tears are bitter or sweet depends entirely on how each man perceives the taste.
40 The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
Finish Date: Thursday, May 10, 2007
Pages: 432
Genre: Dramatical Novel
First Sentence: The snow started to fall several hours before her labor began.
Last Sentence: He walked accross the grass and touched her shoulder, to take her home
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) Edwards's assured but schematic debut novel (after her collection, The Secrets of a Fire King) hinges on the birth of fraternal twins, a healthy boy and a girl with Down syndrome, resulting in the father's disavowal of his newborn daughter. A snowstorm immobilizes Lexington, Ky., in 1964, and when young Norah Henry goes into labor, her husband, orthopedic surgeon Dr. David Henry, must deliver their babies himself, aided only by a nurse...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 432
Genre: Dramatical Novel
First Sentence: The snow started to fall several hours before her labor began.
Last Sentence: He walked accross the grass and touched her shoulder, to take her home
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) Edwards's assured but schematic debut novel (after her collection, The Secrets of a Fire King) hinges on the birth of fraternal twins, a healthy boy and a girl with Down syndrome, resulting in the father's disavowal of his newborn daughter. A snowstorm immobilizes Lexington, Ky., in 1964, and when young Norah Henry goes into labor, her husband, orthopedic surgeon Dr. David Henry, must deliver their babies himself, aided only by a nurse...
Favorite Quotes: NA
41 The Face of Fear by Dean Koontz
Finish Date: Thursday, April 26, 2007
Pages: 320
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: Wary, not actually expecting trouble but prepared for it, parked his car across the street from the four-story brownstone apartment house.
Last Sentence: "No, it wasn't much, Nora"
Summary: (Amazon.com) You and your friend Sarah are being chased by a homicidal maniac through an office building in the middle of the night. You take refuge in an empty office like frightened cockroaches, but the doors are forced open, revealing your antenna-quivering vulnerability. In desperation, you scramble up and down elevator shafts with one lame leg dangling helplessly behind, and try other life-threatening feats that seem to be more appealing than getting an ice-pick through your skull...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 320
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: Wary, not actually expecting trouble but prepared for it, parked his car across the street from the four-story brownstone apartment house.
Last Sentence: "No, it wasn't much, Nora"
Summary: (Amazon.com) You and your friend Sarah are being chased by a homicidal maniac through an office building in the middle of the night. You take refuge in an empty office like frightened cockroaches, but the doors are forced open, revealing your antenna-quivering vulnerability. In desperation, you scramble up and down elevator shafts with one lame leg dangling helplessly behind, and try other life-threatening feats that seem to be more appealing than getting an ice-pick through your skull...
Favorite Quotes: NA
42 Deliver First Class Web Sites by Shirley Kaiser
Finish Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Pages: 352
Genre: IT Study Reference
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: (Book Description) Drawing on dozens of books, studies, and research papers, this book distills not-so-common wisdom into 500 digestible guidelines & checkpoints that can be quickly applied to any Web Development project. Organized by chapter, the guidelines cover everything from color usage & navigation, to accessibility, usability and webpage architecture...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 352
Genre: IT Study Reference
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: (Book Description) Drawing on dozens of books, studies, and research papers, this book distills not-so-common wisdom into 500 digestible guidelines & checkpoints that can be quickly applied to any Web Development project. Organized by chapter, the guidelines cover everything from color usage & navigation, to accessibility, usability and webpage architecture...
Favorite Quotes: NA
43 Shock by Robin Cook
Finish Date: Sunday, April 22, 2007
Pages: 0
Genre: Medical Thriller
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) The medical thriller has come a long way since Cook and Michael Crichton invented it: recent practitioners like Tess Gerritson have polished it into a powerful dramatic and social engine. Alas, Cook appears to have gotten off at the wrong station or missed the train entirely, judging by his latest effort, a crudely conceived, ineptly written and most damning of all totally unexciting story ripped from old headlines. Things have been going to hell at the Wingate Fertility Clinic, housed in a rambling Victorian mansion near Boston, ever since the gifted Dr. Spencer Wingate decided to take some time off to write a novel and chase women...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 0
Genre: Medical Thriller
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) The medical thriller has come a long way since Cook and Michael Crichton invented it: recent practitioners like Tess Gerritson have polished it into a powerful dramatic and social engine. Alas, Cook appears to have gotten off at the wrong station or missed the train entirely, judging by his latest effort, a crudely conceived, ineptly written and most damning of all totally unexciting story ripped from old headlines. Things have been going to hell at the Wingate Fertility Clinic, housed in a rambling Victorian mansion near Boston, ever since the gifted Dr. Spencer Wingate decided to take some time off to write a novel and chase women...
Favorite Quotes: NA
44 Professional Web site design by Anne-Marie Concepcion
Finish Date: Monday, April 16, 2007
Pages: 160
Genre: IT Study Reference
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: If I gave you a box of carpentry tools, could you build me a house? While having the right tools to do a project is a great first step, you still need to learn the overall process of how and when to use those tools to achieve your goals, knowledge that few other web design books present. This book starts from the assumption that you have the right tools -- an Internet connection and a web authoring program or an HTML reference book -- to begin with.
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 160
Genre: IT Study Reference
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: If I gave you a box of carpentry tools, could you build me a house? While having the right tools to do a project is a great first step, you still need to learn the overall process of how and when to use those tools to achieve your goals, knowledge that few other web design books present. This book starts from the assumption that you have the right tools -- an Internet connection and a web authoring program or an HTML reference book -- to begin with.
Favorite Quotes: NA
45 3rd Degree by James Patterson and Andrew Cross
Finish Date: Sunday, April 15, 2007
Pages: 340
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: It was a clear, calm, lazy April morning, the day the worst week of my life began.
Last Sentence: That sounds a bit more interesting...
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) San Francisco Homicide lieutenant Lindsay Boxer, who narrates most of the action, is jogging with assistant DA Jill Barnhardt when Lindsay notices two things: first, bruises on Jill's shoulder; then the explosion of a nearby townhouse, into which Lindsay rushes to save a child. With the juxtaposition of these two plotlines, Patterson jumpstarts this enjoyably convoluted tale...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 340
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: It was a clear, calm, lazy April morning, the day the worst week of my life began.
Last Sentence: That sounds a bit more interesting...
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) San Francisco Homicide lieutenant Lindsay Boxer, who narrates most of the action, is jogging with assistant DA Jill Barnhardt when Lindsay notices two things: first, bruises on Jill's shoulder; then the explosion of a nearby townhouse, into which Lindsay rushes to save a child. With the juxtaposition of these two plotlines, Patterson jumpstarts this enjoyably convoluted tale...
Favorite Quotes: NA
46 A Dog Year by Jon Katz
Finish Date: Sunday, April 15, 2007
Pages: 212
Genre: Literary Fiction
First Sentence: He was a two-year old border collie of Australian lineage, well-bred by high-strung, and in big trouble.
Last Sentence: I couldn't wait to see what they had in mind for me next.
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) The story line of Katz's latest book can be summed up very simply two dogs die and two new ones join the family but its charm comes from an intricate blend of witty anecdote and touching reflection. Katz (Geeks, Virtuous Reality) has shared his affection for years with two low-maintenance Labs, whose "chosen work was to reflect on the state of the world, lick neighborhood kids, and accompany [him] through midlife." So it is somewhat surprising that he next adopts a frenetic and demanding border collie he occasionally refers to as "Helldog."..
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 212
Genre: Literary Fiction
First Sentence: He was a two-year old border collie of Australian lineage, well-bred by high-strung, and in big trouble.
Last Sentence: I couldn't wait to see what they had in mind for me next.
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) The story line of Katz's latest book can be summed up very simply two dogs die and two new ones join the family but its charm comes from an intricate blend of witty anecdote and touching reflection. Katz (Geeks, Virtuous Reality) has shared his affection for years with two low-maintenance Labs, whose "chosen work was to reflect on the state of the world, lick neighborhood kids, and accompany [him] through midlife." So it is somewhat surprising that he next adopts a frenetic and demanding border collie he occasionally refers to as "Helldog."..
Favorite Quotes: NA
47 Mr. Murder by Dean Koontz
Finish Date: Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Pages: 512
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: "I need..."
Last Sentence: They found it to be admirably well-imagined, ang they regretted that they would never have the opportunity to express their admiration to the author
Summary: (Amazon.com) Martin Stillwater is a novelist with a wife and children he adores -- and an imagination he can't control. One rainy afternoon, a stranger breaks into Martin's house and accuses him of stealing his family, his name, and his life. Martin has no choice but to take his family and flee, even as he questions his own sanity. But wherever they go, the stranger is right behind them.
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 512
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: "I need..."
Last Sentence: They found it to be admirably well-imagined, ang they regretted that they would never have the opportunity to express their admiration to the author
Summary: (Amazon.com) Martin Stillwater is a novelist with a wife and children he adores -- and an imagination he can't control. One rainy afternoon, a stranger breaks into Martin's house and accuses him of stealing his family, his name, and his life. Martin has no choice but to take his family and flee, even as he questions his own sanity. But wherever they go, the stranger is right behind them.
Favorite Quotes: NA
48 The Principles of Beautiful Web Design by Jason Beard
Finish Date: Friday, April 6, 2007
Pages: 168
Genre: IT Study Reference
First Sentence: For many web developers, myself included, the most intimidating part of the design process is getting started.
Last Sentence: I wish you the best of luck in your future design endeavors, and hope you've found this book to be both helpful and encouraging as you kick off a career - or hobby - in web design.
Summary: (amazon.com) A simple, easy-to-follow guide, illustrated with plenty of full-color examples, this book will lead you through the process of creating great designs from start to finish. Good design principles are not rocket science, and using the information contained in this book will help you create stunning web sites.
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 168
Genre: IT Study Reference
First Sentence: For many web developers, myself included, the most intimidating part of the design process is getting started.
Last Sentence: I wish you the best of luck in your future design endeavors, and hope you've found this book to be both helpful and encouraging as you kick off a career - or hobby - in web design.
Summary: (amazon.com) A simple, easy-to-follow guide, illustrated with plenty of full-color examples, this book will lead you through the process of creating great designs from start to finish. Good design principles are not rocket science, and using the information contained in this book will help you create stunning web sites.
Favorite Quotes: NA
49 Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz
Finish Date: Monday, April 2, 2007
Pages: 496
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: On the night that I was born, my paternal grandfather, Joseph Tock, made ten predictions that shaped my life.
Last Sentence: Prepare to be enchanted.
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly)... His narrator is Jimmy Tock, a pastry chef in a Colorado resort town. On the day he was born, Jimmy's dying grandfather predicted five future dates that would be terrible for Jimmy; he might have mentioned, but didn't, the birth day itself, which sees a mass slaying by a bitter, deranged circus clown in the hospital where Jimmy is born...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 496
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: On the night that I was born, my paternal grandfather, Joseph Tock, made ten predictions that shaped my life.
Last Sentence: Prepare to be enchanted.
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly)... His narrator is Jimmy Tock, a pastry chef in a Colorado resort town. On the day he was born, Jimmy's dying grandfather predicted five future dates that would be terrible for Jimmy; he might have mentioned, but didn't, the birth day itself, which sees a mass slaying by a bitter, deranged circus clown in the hospital where Jimmy is born...
Favorite Quotes: NA
50 Network+ by Glen Clarke
Finish Date: Monday, April 2, 2007
Pages: 919
Genre: IT Study Reference
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: Network+ Study Guide, Third Edition is the most exam focused self-study preparation available for this vendor-neutral networking certification. The book covers all the official objectives for the exam and includes 300+ practice exam questions, step-by-step exercises, and chapter self-tests. The CD-ROM features MasterExam software with hundreds of practice questions, CertCam training videos, an electronic copy of the book, and more.
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 919
Genre: IT Study Reference
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: Network+ Study Guide, Third Edition is the most exam focused self-study preparation available for this vendor-neutral networking certification. The book covers all the official objectives for the exam and includes 300+ practice exam questions, step-by-step exercises, and chapter self-tests. The CD-ROM features MasterExam software with hundreds of practice questions, CertCam training videos, an electronic copy of the book, and more.
Favorite Quotes: NA
51 Green with Envy by Shira Boss
Finish Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Pages: 224
Genre: Finance Reference
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) Freelance journalist Boss performs a real service by putting some of America's financial hangups on trial, charging that "the money taboo"—our good-manners reluctance to discuss what we earn and spend—is "destructive nonsense" that leads to debt and despair. Boss argues that envy ("the only vice warned against in both the Ten Commandments and the Seven Deadly Sins") can be good for the economy, but our drive to keep up with our neighbors can be unhealthy. In five case studies, she shows the consequences of maintaining appearances when we can't afford it; the highlight is a chapter in which Boss lives a fantasy by interrogating her seemingly well-off next-door neighbors and getting the real scoop on their savings, income and credit card bills...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 224
Genre: Finance Reference
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) Freelance journalist Boss performs a real service by putting some of America's financial hangups on trial, charging that "the money taboo"—our good-manners reluctance to discuss what we earn and spend—is "destructive nonsense" that leads to debt and despair. Boss argues that envy ("the only vice warned against in both the Ten Commandments and the Seven Deadly Sins") can be good for the economy, but our drive to keep up with our neighbors can be unhealthy. In five case studies, she shows the consequences of maintaining appearances when we can't afford it; the highlight is a chapter in which Boss lives a fantasy by interrogating her seemingly well-off next-door neighbors and getting the real scoop on their savings, income and credit card bills...
Favorite Quotes: NA
52 The Innocent by Harlan Coben
Finish Date: Sunday, March 11, 2007
Pages: 506
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: You never meant to kill him.
Last Sentence: Back in Livingston.
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) Once listeners get past an awkward prologue told in second person, present tense ("Your name is Matt Hunter. You are 20 years old..."), this twisty thriller reverts to the more familiar objective point of view, and the combination of Coben's yarn spinning and Brick's crisp, thoughtful narration mesmerizes. Listeners are drawn into the nightmare world of Matt Hunter who, in that off-putting prologue, is attacked by a gang of drunken frat boys, accidentally kills one of them, is found guilty of murder, serves four years of hard time, picks up the pieces of his life, marries a loving woman and is on the cusp of fatherhood when he receives an ominous phone call...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 506
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: You never meant to kill him.
Last Sentence: Back in Livingston.
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) Once listeners get past an awkward prologue told in second person, present tense ("Your name is Matt Hunter. You are 20 years old..."), this twisty thriller reverts to the more familiar objective point of view, and the combination of Coben's yarn spinning and Brick's crisp, thoughtful narration mesmerizes. Listeners are drawn into the nightmare world of Matt Hunter who, in that off-putting prologue, is attacked by a gang of drunken frat boys, accidentally kills one of them, is found guilty of murder, serves four years of hard time, picks up the pieces of his life, marries a loving woman and is on the cusp of fatherhood when he receives an ominous phone call...
Favorite Quotes: NA
53 Cradle and All by James Patterson
Finish Date: Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Pages: 356
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: Sundown had bloodied the horizon over the unever rooftops of South Boston.
Last Sentence: He watched her - with thousands of vengeful, bestial eyes.
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) The narrative features the first-person/third-person narrative mix that's Patterson's trademark. The "I" belongs to ex-nun Anne Fitzgerald, now a PI. Her latest case for the Church involves investigating--and guarding--Newport, R.I. (i.e., rich), teenager Kathleen Beavier, who's eight months pregnant but, by expert medical testimony, a virgin. The Church is particularly anxious about Kathleen's condition because the Third Secret of Fatima (a real-life secret guarded by the Church since the Virgin Mary allegedly revealed it in 1917) prophesied two pregnant virgins: one bearing the Savior, the other the Devil's child.
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 356
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: Sundown had bloodied the horizon over the unever rooftops of South Boston.
Last Sentence: He watched her - with thousands of vengeful, bestial eyes.
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) The narrative features the first-person/third-person narrative mix that's Patterson's trademark. The "I" belongs to ex-nun Anne Fitzgerald, now a PI. Her latest case for the Church involves investigating--and guarding--Newport, R.I. (i.e., rich), teenager Kathleen Beavier, who's eight months pregnant but, by expert medical testimony, a virgin. The Church is particularly anxious about Kathleen's condition because the Third Secret of Fatima (a real-life secret guarded by the Church since the Virgin Mary allegedly revealed it in 1917) prophesied two pregnant virgins: one bearing the Savior, the other the Devil's child.
Favorite Quotes: NA
54 The Best Laid Plans by Sidney Sheldon
Finish Date: Saturday, March 3, 2007
Pages: 372
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: The first entry in Leslie Stewart's diary read: "Dear Diary: This morning I met the man I am going to marry."
Last Sentence: This is Dana Evans, reporting for WTE, Washington, D.C.
Summary: (Amazon.com) The latest from the indefatigable Sheldon is full of manipulators, dirty dealers, and dastardly rascals, all snatching at power--political, financial, sexual, or all the above; in other words, business as usual in Sidney's World. The Best Laid Plans begins with the meeting and mating of Oliver Russell, a promising young attorney-cum-gubernatorial candidate, and Leslie Stewart, the beautiful go-getter who is running his public relations campaign...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 372
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: The first entry in Leslie Stewart's diary read: "Dear Diary: This morning I met the man I am going to marry."
Last Sentence: This is Dana Evans, reporting for WTE, Washington, D.C.
Summary: (Amazon.com) The latest from the indefatigable Sheldon is full of manipulators, dirty dealers, and dastardly rascals, all snatching at power--political, financial, sexual, or all the above; in other words, business as usual in Sidney's World. The Best Laid Plans begins with the meeting and mating of Oliver Russell, a promising young attorney-cum-gubernatorial candidate, and Leslie Stewart, the beautiful go-getter who is running his public relations campaign...
Favorite Quotes: NA
55 Airframe by Michael Crichton
Finish Date: Thursday, March 1, 2007
Pages: 435
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: Emily Jansen sighed in relief.
Last Sentence: Internal procedures are being reviewed by the carrier.
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) In this slight, enjoyable thriller, the moral is the superficiality of TV, especially of its simplistic news coverage. Readers willing to overlook the irony of this message being broadcast by the man who created TV's top-rated drama (E.R.) will marvel again at Crichton's uncanny commercial instincts. The event that launches the story, conceived long before TWA Flight 800's last takeoff, is an airline disaster. Why did a passenger plane "porpoise"-pitch and dive repeatedly-enroute from Hong Kong to Denver, killing four and injuring 56?
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 435
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: Emily Jansen sighed in relief.
Last Sentence: Internal procedures are being reviewed by the carrier.
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) In this slight, enjoyable thriller, the moral is the superficiality of TV, especially of its simplistic news coverage. Readers willing to overlook the irony of this message being broadcast by the man who created TV's top-rated drama (E.R.) will marvel again at Crichton's uncanny commercial instincts. The event that launches the story, conceived long before TWA Flight 800's last takeoff, is an airline disaster. Why did a passenger plane "porpoise"-pitch and dive repeatedly-enroute from Hong Kong to Denver, killing four and injuring 56?
Favorite Quotes: NA
56 Light Steps of Madness by Polina Dashkova
Finish Date: Monday, February 19, 2007
Pages: 416
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: NA
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 416
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: NA
Favorite Quotes: NA
57 Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz
Finish Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Pages: 352
Genre: Literary Fiction
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) "Ruth remembered drowning." The first sentence of this brilliantly understated psychological thriller leaps off the page and captures the reader's imagination. In Schwarz's debut novel, brutal Wisconsin weather and WWI drama color a tale of family rivalry, madness, secrets and obsessive love. By March 1919, Nurse Amanda Starkey has come undone...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 352
Genre: Literary Fiction
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) "Ruth remembered drowning." The first sentence of this brilliantly understated psychological thriller leaps off the page and captures the reader's imagination. In Schwarz's debut novel, brutal Wisconsin weather and WWI drama color a tale of family rivalry, madness, secrets and obsessive love. By March 1919, Nurse Amanda Starkey has come undone...
Favorite Quotes: NA
58 The Cradle will fall by Mary Higgins Clark
Finish Date: Friday, February 2, 2007
Pages: 320
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: If her mind had not been on the case she had won, Katie might not have taken the curve so fast, but the intense satisfaction of the guilty verdict was still absorbing her.
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: NA
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 320
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: If her mind had not been on the case she had won, Katie might not have taken the curve so fast, but the intense satisfaction of the guilty verdict was still absorbing her.
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: NA
Favorite Quotes: NA
59 Body of Evidence by Patricia Cornwell
Finish Date: Sunday, January 21, 2007
Pages: 390
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: Thirty days have passed in measured shades of sunlit color and changes in the wind.
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: (From Library Journal) Kay Scarpetta, chief medical examiner of Virginia and heroine of Postmortem , gets involved in the case of a brutal stabbing death in Richmond of romance writer Beryl Madison. Now Madison's greedy lawyer accuses Scarpetta of losing his client's latest manuscript, an autobiographical expose of Beryl's early life as protege of a legendary novelist...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 390
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: Thirty days have passed in measured shades of sunlit color and changes in the wind.
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: (From Library Journal) Kay Scarpetta, chief medical examiner of Virginia and heroine of Postmortem , gets involved in the case of a brutal stabbing death in Richmond of romance writer Beryl Madison. Now Madison's greedy lawyer accuses Scarpetta of losing his client's latest manuscript, an autobiographical expose of Beryl's early life as protege of a legendary novelist...
Favorite Quotes: NA
60 The Switch by Sandra Brown
Finish Date: Monday, January 8, 2007
Pages: 576
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: Kiss, kiss. Melina Lloyd kissed the air in the general direction of her twin sister's cheeks...
Last Sentence: She shook her head and whispered, "But I was the one listening."
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) With some 60 novels, including 40-plus bestsellers already to her credit, it seems a sure bet that this new romantic thriller will not blemish Brown's phenomenal track record. On a whim, the same day she is artificially inseminated at a Dallas fertility clinic, Gillian Lloyd switches places with her identical twin sister, Melina, a professional celebrity escort assigned to chauffeur astronaut Col. Christopher Hart (or "Chief," as he is called by his NASA cohorts because his mother was a Native American)...
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 576
Genre: Suspense/Crime/Mystery
First Sentence: Kiss, kiss. Melina Lloyd kissed the air in the general direction of her twin sister's cheeks...
Last Sentence: She shook her head and whispered, "But I was the one listening."
Summary: (From Publishers Weekly) With some 60 novels, including 40-plus bestsellers already to her credit, it seems a sure bet that this new romantic thriller will not blemish Brown's phenomenal track record. On a whim, the same day she is artificially inseminated at a Dallas fertility clinic, Gillian Lloyd switches places with her identical twin sister, Melina, a professional celebrity escort assigned to chauffeur astronaut Col. Christopher Hart (or "Chief," as he is called by his NASA cohorts because his mother was a Native American)...
Favorite Quotes: NA
61 MCSA/MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-270) by Walter Glenn and Anthony Northrup
Finish Date: Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Pages: 1394
Genre: IT Study Reference
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: Fully updated for Windows XP Service Pack 2, this popular kit delivers in-depth preparation for core MCSA/MCSE Exam 70-270, including self-paced training, expert exam tips, full review, 425-question test bank, case studies, trial software, and more.
Favorite Quotes: NA
Pages: 1394
Genre: IT Study Reference
First Sentence: NA
Last Sentence: NA
Summary: Fully updated for Windows XP Service Pack 2, this popular kit delivers in-depth preparation for core MCSA/MCSE Exam 70-270, including self-paced training, expert exam tips, full review, 425-question test bank, case studies, trial software, and more.
Favorite Quotes: NA