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July 16, 2010 | cpl_admin
A little bit of everything: football stories, murder mysteries, steamy football romances, and even some football-related science fiction.
Judging time by Leslie Glass
Double reverse by Tim Green
Outlaws by Tim Green
The red zone by Tim Green
Black Sunday by Thomas Harris
Bleeding maize and blue by Susan Holtzer
July 15, 2010 | cpl_admin
Fiction with strong male characters.
Storm front by Jim Butcher — A crime fighting wizard in modern day Chicago. (Book One in the Dresden Files Series)
Killing floor by Lee Child — Introducing Jack Reacher, an ex-military policeman accused of murder. (Book One in the Jack Reacher Series)
Brules : a novel by Harry Combs — A Western telling the story of mountain man Cat Brules.
Bringing out the dead by Joe Connelly — Frank Pierce is an EMS medic working in the harsh environment of Hell’s Kitchen.
July 15, 2010 | cpl_admin
The stand-in by Kate Clemens — Diva movie star Jayne Cooper needs to know how real people live to get a role. So when she stumbles across her look-alike Mary Lynn McLellan working as a cashier at the Food Barn, she convinces her to switch lives.
Undead and unwed by MaryJanice Davidson — Betsy Taylor’s birthday isn’t going well. She got laid off, her party was postponed, and she died. But when she wakes up in a coffin dressed in a cheap pink suit and knock-off shoes (where are her Manolo Blahniks?!?), she realizes her bad luck has just begun.
Diary of a provincial lady by E.M. Delafield ; with a preface by Mary Borden ; with illustrations by Arthur Watts — Published in 1931, the diarist’s (generally futile) attempts to balance her bank account, keep up with fashion and art, and deal with her husband and children make her Bridget Jones’ spiritual grandmother.
July 15, 2010 | cpl_admin
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July 14, 2010 | cpl_admin
Eventide : a novel by Kent Haruf — Sequel to Plainsong
Trouble in paradise by Pip Granger — Sequel to Not All Tarts Are Apple
A good yarn by Debbie Macomber — Sequel to The Shop on Blossom Street
Streets of Laredo : a novel by Larry McMurtry — Sequel to Lonesome Dove
July 13, 2010 | cpl_admin
Do you like suspense novels? These authors write some of the best:
July 13, 2010 | cpl_admin
Savannah blues : a novel by Mary Kay Andrews — Antique “picker” “Weezie” Foley is still angry that ex-husband Talmadge got her painstakingly restored Savannah townhouse in the divorce. So finding the dead body of Talmadge’s new girlfriend casts suspicion on her.
Slave to fashion : a novel by Rebecca Campbell — Katie Castle has the perfect flat (her boyfriend’s place) and the perfect job working for a fashion designer (her boyfriend’s mother). But she can’t help wanting one last fling. If you liked Confessions Of A Shopaholic, try this one.
Talking to Addison by Jenny Colgan — When her bad luck with men and apartments runs true to form, Holly Livingstone talks one of her best friends into renting her a tiny room in his apartment. Once there, she becomes obsessed with another of the roommates, Addison, a reclusive but gorgeous computer geek.
July 13, 2010 | cpl_admin
Books about vampires.
In the forests of the night by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Demon in my view by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Bloodline : a novel by Kate Cary
High school bites : the Lucy chronicles by Liza Conrad
Blue bloods by Melissa de la Cruz
Look for me by moonlight by Mary Downing Hahn
July 13, 2010 | cpl_admin
If you like inspirational fiction, try these authors: