New York Times Bestsellers 10.9.06 October 9, 2006
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HARDCOVER FICTION
Top 5
1. FOR ONE MORE DAY, by Mitch Albom
2. THE THIRTEENTH TALE, by Diane Setterfield
3. UNDER ORDERS, by Dick Francis
4. THE ROAD, by Cormac McCarthy
5. THE BOOK OF FATE, by Brad Meltzer
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
Top 5
1. CULTURE WARRIOR, by Bill O’Reilly
2. STATE OF DENIAL, by Bob Woodward
3. THE GREATEST STORY EVER SOLD, by Frank Rich
4. SAVING GRACES, by Elizabeth Edwards
5. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK, by Nora Ephron
New York Times Bestsellers 10.2.06 October 2, 2006
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HARDCOVER FICTION
Top 5
1. THE THIRTEENTH TALE, by Diane Setterfield
2. THE BOOK OF FATE, by Brad Meltzer
3. THE MISSION SONG, by John le Carré
4. RISE AND SHINE, by Anna Quindlen
5. JUDGE & JURY, by James Patterson
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
Top 5
1. I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK, by Nora Ephron
2. THE GREATEST STORY EVER SOLD, by Frank Rich
3. THE CONFESSION, by James E. McGreevey
4. MARLEY & ME, by John Grogan
5. THE WORLD IS FLAT, by Thomas L. Friedman
Into Thin Air October 2, 2006
Posted by sadiejean in Book Reviews, Nonfiction.Tags: Into Thin Air, jon krakauer, Mount Everest
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This book, Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, is a first-hand account of the Mount Everest Disaster in March of 1996. Outside magazine sent Krakauer, a journalist, to the mountain to chronicle his ascent. As he climbs the book gets more and more ominous, and by the end of the summit day 8 climbers are dead. Factors leading to the tragedy are explained, his survivors guilt is addressed, and the whole book is haunting and nerve-racking. Even though what was to happen on the mountain was already known, throughout the book I found myself hoping for a different outcome. A good read, but very sad.
4/5
Tyrannosaur Canyon October 2, 2006
Posted by sadiejean in Book Reviews, General Fiction.Tags: Douglas Preston, Tyrannosaur Canyon
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Tyrannosaur Canyon by Douglas Preston begins as Tom Broadbent comes upon a shot prospector in a New Mexico canyon. The prospector, Stem Weathers, makes Broadbent promise to give a code-incripted notebook to his daughter. Broadbent finds himself tailed by an assasin trying to get this notebook, hired by a paleontologist seeking an almost perfectly preserved T. Rex hidden in the canyons. The dialoge and action are sometimes ridiculous, but being the biggest dinosaur fan ever, it was worth the time to read. From all the good things I had heard about Douglas Preston, I expected a little more.
3/5
1st Paragraph October 17, 2006
Posted by sadiejean in Current Read Comments.Tags: Matthew Pearl, The Dante Club
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I decided since it takes me so long to read books during the school year, I’d start posting something at the beginning of ever book, instead of just the end. So from now on I’ll provide the first paragraph of whatever new piece I am reading, in case that should capture someone enough to try the book. Here is the first from the novel I just began, Matthew Pearl’s The Dante Club.
The Dante Club
By Matthew Pearl
“John Kurtz, the chief of the Boston police, breathed in some of his heft for a better fit between the two chambermaids. On one side, the Irish woman who had discovered the body was blubbering and wailing prayers unfamiliar (because they were Catholic) and unitelligible (because she was blubbering) that prickled the hair in Kurtz’s ear; on the other side was her soundless and despairing niece. The parlor had a wide arrangement of chairs and couches, but the women had squeezed in next to the guest as they waited. He had to concentrate on not spilling any of his tea, the black haircloth divan was rattling so hard with their shock.”