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A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan (Science Fiction, Fantasy, Science, Health) Beautifully done conclusion to the Wheel of Time series. -- Added by Madwoman on 02/05/2013 Add Comment

My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business by Dick Van Dyke (Classics, Literary Fiction, Biography) It's always pleasant when a celebrity tells his story without resorting to dishing the dirt on his fellow stars. Not perhaps all that interesting, but still pleasant. Van Dyke is able to discuss his lengthy battle with alcoholism and leaving his wife for another woman without ever making you think of him as anything other than the nice guy he seemed to be on TV. -- Added by Madwoman on 01/28/2013 Add Comment

44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith (Romance, Women's Fiction, Relationships, Humor) Breezy look at the lives of the diverse folks who live in an Edinburgh apartment house. Totally charming. -- Added by Madwoman on 01/27/2013 Add Comment

Tales from a Revolution by James D Rice, PhD (Historical Fiction, Westerns, History) Interesting little book which tells the story of Bacon's Rebellion, a mid-1600's uprising in Colonial America. The author's heavy use of quotations from original sources lends pleasant color to the tales of colonists, English authorities and numerous Indian nations in conflict with each other. -- Added by Madwoman on 01/23/2013 Add Comment

Off Balance by Dominique Moceanu (Adventure, Suspense, Travel, Sports) Dominique Moceanu was born in America to Romanian parents and competed as part of America's "Magnificent Seven' gymnastics team in the Atlanta Olympics. Her story is one of behind the scenes turmoil not unexpected from a child star. OK, the legless acrobat secret sister is a surprise, but the rest of her story is interesting but not surprising: her father was a tyrant, Bela Karolyi cared more about himself than the kids he coached, her money was squandered before she was old enough to take control of it. It is still ultimately an inspiring story of someone who made the best of the good and the bad in her life. -- Added by Madwoman on 01/22/2013 Add Comment

Defending Jacob by William Landay (Mystery, Horror, Crime, Business, Politics) I almost listed this under "relationships" because it is more the story of what happens to a family when a child is accused of murder than the case itself. But it's hard to argue against it fitting in a category which includes mystery, crime and horror, because it certainly includes all three. I guessed at least most of the final twist about 70 pages from the end, and it was still chilling. It leaves you trying to decide who was the biggest monster of the lot. -- Added by Madwoman on 01/22/2013 Add Comment

The Mercy Rule by John Lescroart (Mystery, Horror, Crime, Business, Politics) Attorney Dismas Hardy reluctantly agrees to defend Graham Russo, a young man accused of murdering his father -- a man already doomed by Alzheimer's and a brain tumor. The philosophical discussion of mercy killing rolled into the story doesn't go very far, but the novel works as a page turner. Let's just say, I didn't get much done around the house until I found out how Sal Russo really died. -- Added by Madwoman on 01/16/2013 Add Comment