http://booksuggestions.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Book Suggestions en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:25:35 GMT 2009-12-29T12:25:35Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966487&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace <a target="_top" href=" http://swagbucks.com/refer/shelbyb123"><img alt="Search & Win" title="Search & Win" border="0" src=" http://prodegebanners.sitegrip.com/images/swagbucks-173x63Alt5.jpg"></a . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:26:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966487&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace shelby bowles 2009-12-29T04:26:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965496&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Happy New Year! May free from fear, Far away from tear, Here, there and every where! The whole world is one family And we all are it's member. So make love, not war, Keep it remember. . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:04:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965496&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace rajendra singh s. 2009-12-28T12:04:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964928&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Tess Gerritsen- Vanish (Ballantine Books 2006) 4 Stars   Boston medical examiner Maura Isles is almost finished a day like every other, when suddenly her life changes in one moment. . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:52:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964928&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Tony Peters 2009-12-27T23:52:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964572&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace These five books offer illuminating portraits of cities that are rich in vivid details and colorful anecdotes. Every great city has its own history, flavor and way of life-sometimes developed in . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:16:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964572&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace N. L. D. 2009-12-27T17:16:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964557&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace This 1963 debut novel is a masterpiece of claustrophobic obsession. The story is told both from the viewpoints of the collector and the collected (we get to read Miranda’s diary.) . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:01:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964557&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace N. L. D. 2009-12-27T17:01:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964442&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Have you ever heard of, or read anything by, Lee Smith?  You may have read her best selling novel a few years back, "The Last Girls"- the saga of a group of young women who became friends in college . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:27:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964442&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Chris W. 2009-12-27T15:27:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963925&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace In this profound allegorical novel from a Portuguese writer and Nobel Laureate, a car sits at a traffic light that’s turned green. The driver shouts, “I am blind.” A “good” . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:44:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963925&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace N. L. D. 2009-12-26T23:44:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963923&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace The opening line of this novel introduces the reader to antique dealer Jim Williams. He lives alone in one of Savannah’s grand mansions, Mercer House (built by an ancestor of Johnny Mercer). . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:32:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963923&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace N. L. D. 2009-12-26T23:32:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963917&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace This popular novel with a heart as big as the Texas sky is no cliché myth of the American West. In it, a pair of aging antiheroes leads an 1870s cattle drive to Montana from the Texas town . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:24:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963917&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace N. L. D. 2009-12-26T23:24:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963768&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Elspeth dies and immediately watches her lover, Robert, mourn her in her hospital room. Somehow after that, though, her ghost is confined to her flat in London. Edie, Elspeth's twin sister, . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:43:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963768&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Elizabeth V. 2009-12-26T19:43:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963724&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Galloping directly on the heels of the success of ‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’ comes a retelling of Jane Austen’s classic, ‘Sense and Sensibility’, except this time . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:36:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963724&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace La Lady Lisa Westerfield 2009-12-26T18:36:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962664&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace MIAMI PSYCHIC: Confessions of a Confidante, Regina Milbourne, Yvonne Carey, Harper Collins, hardcover, 223pp An interesting book about a psychic of gypsy background operating in Miami, discovering . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:50:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962664&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Nick Howes 2009-12-25T13:50:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962653&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace LAST ACT OF PALMYRA, Lindsey David, Mysterious Press, paperback In 72 AD, Marcus Didius Falco, a Roman private informer, is dispatched by his client, Vespasian's chief spy, Anacrites, to Petra to . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:32:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962653&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Nick Howes 2009-12-25T13:32:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961851&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Ray Hogan- The Peace Keeper (Doubleday 1978) 3.5 Stars   Luke Brazil, ex-bounty hunter, ex-lawman, has been asked by the town of Moriah for his help. Shocked by the sudden change of feelings . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:44:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961851&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Tony Peters 2009-12-24T16:44:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961844&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Sharyn McCrumb in the 1990s was perhaps the best know novelist of the central Appalachian region: Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.  Her Appalachian Ballad series was the one that . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:34:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961844&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Chris W. 2009-12-24T16:34:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961824&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace April 2010-  "The Lies of Sarah Palin: the untold tory behind her relentless quest for power" by Geoffrey Dunn.   St Martin's Press, 320 pages. June 2010- "Merchants of Doubt: how a handful . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:06:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961824&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Chris W. 2009-12-24T16:06:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961131&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace I decided to give this series, ‘ Darkest Powers Trilogy ’ a whirl while I twiddle my thumbs and wait for the newest ‘House of Night’ book, ‘ Tempted ’ to . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:48:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961131&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace La Lady Lisa Westerfield 2009-12-24T02:48:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958788&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Hugh Pentecost- Murder Goes Round and Round (Dodd, Mead & Company 1988) 3.5 Stars   As the world renowned singing impersonator Toby March visits New York the hype is high. As morning . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:08:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958788&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Tony Peters 2009-12-22T16:08:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958664&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Amy L. Lansky, PhD was a Silicon Valley computer scientist when her life was transformed by the homeopathic cure of her son’s autism . In April 2003 she published Impossible Cure: The Promise . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:57:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958664&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Sandy and John J. 2009-12-22T14:57:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958311&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace (3.5 stars) A simple plot made complex with a backdrop of the post Iranian revolution and the many threads running through it, the most dominant being injustice and fear. It’s immediately . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:01:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958311&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Linda R. 2009-12-22T09:01:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977957412&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Since my father and I often switch books, I thought it would be interesting to get his perspective on a book that is currently on the Bestseller List.  I have already posted my review of ‘ . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:38:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977957412&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace La Lady Lisa Westerfield 2009-12-21T19:38:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955554&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Under the Dome by Stephen King Scribner     2009          1074 pages          ISBN 978-1-4391-4850-1   This is actually only a . . . Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:14:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955554&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Chris W. 2009-12-20T14:14:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977954626&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Birthright: the true Story of the Kidnapping of Jemmy Annesley by A. Roger Ekirch   January 25, 2010        W.W. Norton         . . . Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:50:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977954626&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Chris W. 2009-12-19T15:50:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953252&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Well I was up in the air about what book to suggest this week because I have kinda stuck to the paranormal realm for my book suggestions. The first one being paranormal romance, yet based in science. . . . Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:42:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953252&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Gwen Wood 2009-12-18T16:42:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977952437&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace I think ‘ The Van Alen Legacy ’ is probably my favorite book out of the ‘Blue Blood’ novel series and follows, ‘ Blue Bloods ,’ ‘ Masquerade ,’ . . . Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:20:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977952437&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace La Lady Lisa Westerfield 2009-12-18T04:20:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977951824&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace With the ever growing popularity of Twilight it seems more and more authors are beginning to write Teen Fiction novels. I am not bothered by it so much and I am curious as to why... PC Cast has become . . . Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:40:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977951824&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Gwen Wood 2009-12-17T19:40:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977951470&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Ray Hogan- Solitude’s Lawman (Doubleday 1988) 2.75 Stars   Cole Dagget thought that he had finally caught a break in his life. With his eight hundred dollars he was going . . . Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:43:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977951470&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Tony Peters 2009-12-17T15:43:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977950671&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace ‘ Revelations ’ is the third book in the Blue Blood series by Mellissa De La Cruz following ‘ Blue Bloods ’ and ‘ Masquerade .’  The premise of . . . Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:04:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977950671&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace La Lady Lisa Westerfield 2009-12-17T00:04:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977949597&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Almost from the start I was drawn into this book in a very compelling way. I liked that the story is told from the perspective of a father as so often this genre of book is carried by a female . . . Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:24:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977949597&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Linda R. 2009-12-16T10:24:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977949462&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace There is a formula to all of the Carpathian novels by Christine Feehan. There is always a Carpathian male on the verge of turning vampire. Their only hope for survival is to find their lifemate (soulmate). . . . Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:30:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977949462&grpId=3659174697247906&nav=Groupspace Gwen Wood 2009-12-16T07:30:34Z