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Book Summary Read The Tilted World: A Novel   Set against the backdrop of the historic 1927 Mississippi Flood, a story of murder and moonshine, sandbagging and saboteurs, dynamite and deluge-and a man and a woman who find unexpected love-from Tom Franklin, author of the bestselling Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter, and his wife, Pushcart Prize-winning poet Beth Ann Fennelly The year is 1927. As rains swell the Mississipp ...more Set against the backdrop of the historic 1927 Mississippi Flood, a story of murder and moonshine, sandbagging and saboteurs, dynamite and deluge-and a man and a woman who find unexpected love-from Tom Franklin, author of the bestselling Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter, and his wife, Pushcart Prize-winning poet Beth Ann Fennelly The year is 1927. As rains swell the Mississippi, the mighty river threatens to burst its banks and engulf all in its path, including federal revenue agent Ted Ingersoll and his partner, Ham Johnson. Arriving in the...

I am not familiar with all of the myths in this collection. However I did have an enjoyable time reading this book. To be honest I did not read all of the stories. This is one of those books that you can randomly pick a few stories to read at a time and go back to reference to other stories again and again. The stories in this book may seem like new twists on old, classic myth stories but they are not. Well not really in a way. They may be new from the ones you are familar with but the stories are more true to the original stories. I would call this collection of stories the "unedited" version. I have been introduced to so many new authors with this book. The layout of this collection was nice as well. It just flowed from one story to the next. If you are into mythology than you should check this book out.

Travis is always hearing from his mother that he needs to show some initiative. So Travis does just that. He travels from California to Minnesota to his grandmother's house. Travis get's punishment duty. This is not right as Travis was just listening to his mother. However it is during his clean up duty that he learns that his grandmother has a lot of dead bodies in her freezer. Who knew that such a sweet, old woman was home to the dead. Travis meets the next door neighbors, Kenny and his cousin, Iz. They inform Travis that they are searching for missing money. It seems that a long time ago, Travis's father robbed a bank and disappeared with a bunch of money. The story goes that the money is buried close by. Kenny, Iz, and Travis plan to find the money. I picked up this book because I thought my ten year old nephew would enjoy this book. Also, I was intrigued by the title of this book and wanted to know what it meant. I can so relate to the title after learning its m...

Sandra is not typically the type to read the classifieds or even answer one. However there was an ad that caught her attention. It was advertising for a female dinner companion. That is how Sandra met Johnny. From there their relationship was purely sexual. Well with some food mixed in. Sandra and Johnny decide to take a trip to Toyko to have a food experience there. The trip will change Sandra and Johnny. Double Sauté is an steamy, sizzling read. Who knew that there were so many cooking references that you could use to describe different sexual positions or acts. I sure did not know. In fact lets just say that I will always think of this book when I see the words "Double Saute". While this is a quick read and I did not mind the sex, I was not feeling Sandra and Johnny together. Also, it seemed that once Sandra and Johnny got to Toyko the story really speed up and there were too many other characters making speedy appearances that I really had no interest in. Overal...

Alex Nicholas was a bookie. As a bookie you make a lot of enemies. So it was of no real surprise when Alex was killed. However Alex is not dead. In fact he sends messages to his brother, Michael. At first Michael can not believe that Alex is talking to him but than he realizes just what Alex was truely up to. Now he must protect Alex or find himself killed just like his brother. If this book had not been sent to me to review as part of a blog tour than I would never have known about it and that would have been a shame. This book had me hooked. I have been introduced to a new author that I will be keeping an eye on. The pacing of the story was fast, kept me entertained, and I liked the characters. If I had to classify this book I would say it was a techo-thriller. While this book is fiction there are aspects in it that I could see actually happening in real life. We as a technology age could and might already be working on ways to keep someone alive through computers. If you are...

    Once upon a time, two lawyers fell in love across a courtroom … Gabrielle and Braden have fallen in love and face a bright future together if they can just survive all of the crazy people they encounter, like anonymous napkin droppers, UFO enthusiasts, crooked businessmen, nude drunk drivers, and a woman who tries to break into jail. When the gavel falls will the verdict be happily ever after? Come join the fun as the sexiest couple in the Philadelphia Criminal Court System shares more witty banter and red hot lovin’ with a dash of mystery thrown in. The story that began with The Law of Attraction concludes with lots of love and laughter in The Home Court Advantage.