5 comments about Shutter Island Low Price MTI CD.

1. The narrative grabs the reader's attention immediately and the dialogue carries the story along into a deepening mystery. I throroughly enjoyed this book as it held my interest from beginning to end and held a unexpected twist at the end. I highly recommend this book and this author.



2. i received the book in a timely matter, it came in good condition .
   excellent service



3. The book was very well written. I have not seen the movie yet, but the way the author was able to establish: detailed character(s), plots, and an overall good story, I doubt I will need to spend $12.00 at the movie theater. I am a movie buff, but this book kept me on my toes the entire read, just like any good movie.
   
   I am a twenty-one year old college student on spring break. This book is one of three that I have read during my days on the beach, and I found this to be a great, and highly entertaining book. I would recommend this story to any young adult that is interested in thriller/mystery books.
   
   Enjoy!



4. I had to give this five stars because it's well written, moves fast, and gives the reader nearly all the information needed to accurately anticipate an ending that rises steeply and suddenly. Complicated characters. It isn't at all what I expected and this isn't a genre I care for. But even accurately labeling the genre spoils the plot, so I won't. Ask someone who's read this and knows your preferences whether you would like it.



5. If I've read other novels by Dennis Lehane, I don't recall. But the style in which this novel is written is somewhat extreme and for lack of a better term, made the story seem kind of jerky. It wasn't to my taste and I have yet to finish it.

5 comments about A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Oprah's Book Club, Selection 61).

1. I have read many books about the ego and how one needs to let go of it for inner peace and to awaken to one's inner consciousness. A New Earth, for me, really expressed this concept in an easy to understand and graspable way. Even though many of the concepts discussed were not "new", they were expressed in such a way that i finally understand them on a deeper level where I can incorporate them into my daily life. This was a great read for me at this point in my life and it may be for many others as well.



2. Just get it! Read one page, read two pages at a time, just do it! It is life changing. I have bought copies for friends and family too. What Eckhart Tolle's words can do for your life, your view of things forever after you read it is what is life changing. He makes perfect sense in this world. A New Earth is ours, one person at a time. Bless you Eckhart Tolle and what you have given me and so many!



3. Eckhart Tolle has changed my life. A New Earth is very powerful and informative. It shows you a whole new way of looking at situations in life and a new way of living. Hopefully, enough of us are starting to live more consciously to save this planet.



4. Eckhart hits the old nail on the head, ego that is! Yet, I would assert that there lies a far deeper level of consciousness, that of the Unconscious that was investigated and systemized by Carl G. Jung in his work in depth psychology. Eckhart simplifies the matter yet gives you a practical means of understanding the mind. Jung on the other hand, posits absorbing mental chatter and integrating it into one's awareness. So, here's the question for me: Can you really stop unconsciousnes from erupting into the mind?



5. This book is truly eye opening and inspiring! As I write this I'm almost finished my second reading, that's how much it has touched me. Not long ago a friend recommened it to me to read after sharing with her how empty and unfulfilled I had felt in my own life of late. Now I feel renewed and reinvigorated with a better sense of who I am as a person. Anyone who also desires a better sense of identity and belonging in their lives will gain a greater perspective of that after reading this message. And they will accomplish that by living more consciously, in the present moment, free of the fear and distraction imposed on them by a culture more consumed by the disease of ego, which, in itself, is a false sense of self anyway. In essence, a mask we all wear for the sake of appearance, blinding ourselves and each other to who we really are underneath.
   
   Nevertheless, I truly have a greater awareness in me that has been lacking for a long time. A wakefulness which lifts the spirit. And Tolle does so by planting the reader squarely in the present moment, freeing them of their obsession with the past and their anxiety over the future. Truly liberating them to simply just be. I applaud Eckhart Tolle for an insightful and liberating work. And I sincerely recommend it to anyone who's interested in a copy of their own.
   
   Reflections on a Journey: The Collective Works of a Poet Storyteller

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5 comments about The Silent Sea (The Oregon Files).

1. This book held my attention. It is probably one of the better of the Oregon Files series. If you have enjoyed previous Cabrillo books, you will want to get this one as well. Plenty of action, from the south pole to the Pacific northwest.
   
   One minor disappointment for me -- the number of stupid proofreading errors seems to get larger with each new book. This one has quite a few spelling errors, grammatical errors, and minor factual errors (the east coast is 3 hours ahead of the west coast, not 3 hours behind). I guess since everyone uses word processors, proofreading has become a lost art.
   
   And finally, what's up with the obviously coordinated campaign by disgruntled cheapskate Kindle owners? It's just polluting these reviews and artificially dragging the ratings down. Take it somewhere else.



2. Out of the Fargo, Dirk Pitt Jr., Kurt Austin, Issac Bell, and Oregon series, the Oregon series is without a doubt my favorite. This is most likely due to Jack DuBrul being the primary writer of this series. I really like the makeup of the Corporation and the black ops they undertake.
   
   I truly hope he brings back Philip Mercer some day!



3. I probably would have rated the book as 4 stars but I increased it to 5 to do my small part to offset the Kindle selfish crybabies. The Silent Sea has tons of action, its believable and a complete ending.



4. I enjoyed the book very much. If you like action adventure books this is a very good one.
   
   I agree with most people here about the price complaints. There are discussion boards for those types of complaints.
   
   I rarely give five stars. I am going to follow another reviewer's lead and give it five because of the unfair weighting due to the pricing raters. I would have been a four star from me.



5. I was at McCarran airport, in Las Vegas, and this book was thirty dollars! Thank goodness for my Kindle. I only paid nine ninety-nine.

5 comments about Fantasy in Death.

1. I have been a fan of the entire series, but this is my least favorite so far. I can't say there was anything really wrong with it, but to me it seemed tedious to get through. In this book Eve's character was more focused on girly feelings and relationships than earlier books--softer. I really like her with a harder edge toward everyone but Roarke. Again, not my personal fav.



2. I have read all of the books in the In Death series, and plenty of other novels by Ms. Roberts, and as other reviewers have pointed out, this book was definitely written by a ghost writer. The style and the tone of the writing was markedly different from other books that she's written under both names. In addition, there are certain "trademark" phrases that she uses to describe Eve, Roarke and the other main characters' features, and those were missing from this book. It's truly disappointing for die hard fans of Ms. Roberts to be sold a novel under false pretenses. She's a prolific writer, and I'm sure that she's under enormous pressure to produce as many novels as quickly as possible. But I would've rather waited another 6 months to a year for a decent novel that was actually written by Ms. Roberts than this hackneyed book. Either that, or the publishers should have paid for a more highly skilled ghost writer who could have mimicked Ms. Robert's writing style more closely. Anyway, it just goes to show that everyone wants to make a quick buck these days, sacrificing quality for the almighty dollar.



3. As always, Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb delivers. It was a nice chnage of pace after the emotional Kindred in Death.



4. From first to last, I was never able to put down an Eve Dallas novel until now. all I kept thinking was WHO WROTE THIS? This is NOT Eve's voice. This is NOT Roarke. I'd sooner see her end the series than put out drivel like this. I've had the book for a couple of weeks, and am agonizingly getting through it..... THIS from someone who has lost more than one night's sleep over "my" Eve Dallas and Roarke. Bring them back, or let them be.



5. J. D. Robb has done it. Great mystery staged in 2060. Eve Dallas and her husband, Roark interacting with her NYPD team to solve this murder mystery. Best one yet in the series.

5 comments about The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest.

1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest is the last of the series. Because of the author's death, we will not see any more books, and it is impossible to read this novel and not feel that there was more left to say about these characters, and this spectacular heroine. However, I will say that he wraps up all the major plot threads. I was less than compelled by a couple of the subplots in this book, and I became a little weary of how sexually irresistible the male protagonist supposedly is. However, the courtroom climax is tremendous. While my least favorite of the three, I read this conclusion as compulsively as I read the other two. Truly, a compelling series. And, atypically for most thrillers of this type, quite feminist!



2. I just finished the 3rd book of the trilogy and wish there were more but unfortunately I will just have to wait a while and the read the books again. My dear husband picked it up at the English bookstore in Paris for me. Nice surprise. Friends and family are arguing over who gets it next!!!



3. I thought that the first book in this series the "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" was a mediocre serial killer mystery, the second book "the Girl who played with Fire" a heart stopping/edge of your chair action thriller, and "The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" a better written version of The Firm". Together all three parts add up to make a top-notch trilogy. Stieg Larsson stays true to his character. At this time there is no cure for autism, and Salander, the central female character remains a unique blend of brain, brawn and social ineptitude. In the Girl Who kicked the Hornest Nest we find Salander in the hospital recovering from the severe injuries she received at the end of book two. Certainly down but never to be counted out, she fights back this time with more brain-power, then brawn. Until the last few pages......
   
   Mikael Blomkvist is an excellent journalist who will follow a story with the tenacity of a dog with a bone, he is oblivious to the impact he has on the opposite sex, and makes a better friend than lover.
   
   Many of the wonderful character from book two such as Detectives Bublanski and Modig are back. Berger takes a job as an administrator at a large newspaper and finds she has a stalker on her trail. We are also introduced to a secret organization within the security branch who will do anything to make sure that their illegal actions are not revealed.
   
   During the last 100 we are taken to court, where Salander with the help of her friends will try and defend herself against the trumped up charges against her, and try to keep herself out of a psychiatric ward.
   
   I had been a little concerned that perhaps this third book would have a lot of loose ends which obviously now cannot be tied up. Not the case. Not to give anything away, but those looking for poetic justice will not be disappointed. The last page actually brought tears to my eyes, as in my opinion the author got it so right. Even though I thought book one the weak link, I suggest reading them as close together as you can, so that you do not forget any of the characters. Highly recommended



4. The final installment in Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy is a book I wanted so badly I ordered it from amazon.uk, and wanted to prolong so badly I read it slowly, savoring each page. The compelling story of Mikael Blomquist and Lisbeth Salander concludes with this satisfactory resolution, but the knowledge that Larsson's premature death precluded further examination into corruption in high places makes reading the final page a bitter/sweet experience. The three hefty novels really tell one story, but the focus is weighted more heavily on different characters in each instance. This final one does make for a bit more technical and political investigation than the previous two, but the fact that Larsson was himself an investigative reporter only adds to the immediacy of the material. Highly recommended (but be sure to read the first two if you haven't already done so).



5. The Millennium Trilogy is an incredibly good read - the type you can't put down for any reason - to eat dinner, to go to sleep, to get off the bus... trust me. It's like literary crack cocaine. Totally addictive.
   
   In the final part of the trilogy, the cover up of Lisbeth Salander's past knows no bounds - it goes up into the Swedish secret police and beyond, and the powers that be want her locked away for good. Her friend and one-time lover Mikael Blomqvist must do what he does best, which is to ferret out the truth, in order to save her from the fate of her ongoing victimisation.
   
   It's been said before that Lisbeth is an original heroine, and it's completely true. She's unique and fascinating and it makes the story unpredictable and enthralling. It's a great read, and one of the best I've had in a long time.
   
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5 comments about The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity.

1. I am sorry - other reviews are so glowing - but I hated this book - and cannot believe I finished reading it - I should have stopped midway throught when it started to annoy me.
   Annoying - is the best thing I can say about it - I thought most of it was drivel - and I was thoroughly and most definitely depressed when i turned the final pages.



2. This book is amazing! So insightful...really makes you think. Although some of the chapters, events, statements may not totally agree with your religious doctrines, the goal of the book is this: GOD IS LOVE. What better message? I thoroughly enjoyed this book and will read it again and again for inspiration, hope and faith. I recommned it to every one I know.



3. This is such a well written and thought provoking novel. I enjoyed every second of it and it made me think long and hard about God and what kind of man made rituals and concepts are just installed in us while growing up. I think everyone should read this book once.



4. I received this book as a Christmas gift in 2008. The guy who gave it to me was moved deeply by it. It sat on my bookshelf for quite a while until I picked it up. It took me a while to do so because I thought it would be just an ordinary fictionalized account of a christian guy's struggle with tragedy. While it was just that, the writer does a good job conveying the message that God truly does work in "mysterious ways." Is that a convenient way to deal with tragedy and to seek false comfort? Maybe, maybe not. But what's for sure is that faith in a higher power surely provides a perspective that helps ease the pains of life. Why did the daughter have to die, and so tragically?? Why does anyone have to die? At the end of our questions, we find God in whom/which we can place our questions and look to for hope and strength. That's what this book is about. Finding hope and transformation/restoration through tragedy.



5. After reading The Shack, I certainly had alot to think about. This book gives the reader another view on forgiving one self for past mistakes, and forgiving other. The book drew me in from the very beginning, I even read the preface , which I rarely do, and I glad I did, because I would have missed some very important points of the book. I enjoyed it so much I purchased several other copies for family and friends to read.

5 comments about Split Image (Jesse Stone).

1. Robert B. Parker is another of my favorite writers. I have read all of his books. I am sad that he died recently, and this is probably the last of his books. It was an enjoyable read. I love Jesse Stone and was glad he gave up on his exwife Jen.



2. I read this book after inquiring what to read after finishing Robin Hobb's trilogies (Farseer, Liveship Traders, and the Tawny Man.)
   
   This is a different style of book, which may be why I did not like it, but I was told that the relationship between the main characters was delightful and worth it.
   
   Well, most of the book consisted of dialogue, the characters were slightly interesting, I felt no connection between Jesse and Sunny, and the ending was unsurprising and elicited absolutely no emotion in me whatsoever. I was glad when the book was over and glad that I did not purchase the book but borrowed it from the library.
   
   On the good side: it was a very quick read, so it didn't waste too much of my time.
   
   Still trying to find books as good as Robin Hobb's.



3. Typical Parker with his quick wit. Not his greatest but hardly a throwaway !



4. 
   The Jesse Stone novels are always a good read. This one isn't as good as most but is still a good story. At last he seems to be rid of that irritating relationship with his ex-wife.



5. Robert Parker was one of my favorite authors. Split Image was another great read.
   I will miss Robert Parkers books, hope Tom Sellek will make a tv movie out of this.

5 comments about UR.

1. I just remembered why I hate Stephen King by reading UR.d Having a brand new Kindle DX I have been buying everything in sight that sounds good and I thought a few of King writings were OK and the price on this was certainly OK so what the heck. DUH!!! The only good thing about this was its length, ala short story. This sucked so bad. Please if you are going to deeply discount titles please choose ones that are worth battery energy to download. I enjoyed the references to my DX even the pink/fuschia cover but believe me that was all. One star is too little to rate it. YUCK



2. I love to hook my cd player up to portable speakers and have it in the kitchen while I cook. Or up load to my iPod and laid down and chill.



3. As only the master himself could, Stephen King does it again and strikes fear of the everyday into our hearts. Reading this on a Kindle (and writing the review on one as well) becomes VERY disturbing as this modern retelling of the classic "The Monkey's Paw" unfolds. Another great addition for those following the ka-tet of nineteen as well.



4. This audio book was very entertaining. It was creative and very typical of King's other works. I also like the fact that it ties in with the Dark Tower.



5. It was a waste of money! I can't believe that I listened to the entire book waiting for it to get better and it didn't.

5 comments about The Help.

1. I liked this book mostly because of the characters. By the end of the book I deeply cared about them. They felt like friends, and I was invested in how things would turn out for them.
   
   I wish the ending had a little more about what did happen to them after they told their stories. They ran a great risk describing their lives as servants to their mostly provincial and bigoted white employers, raising their children, cleaning their homes, supporting the household. I wanted to hear more about whether and how their lives changed.
   
   This is not a formula book. There are a few surprises. It is a quick read that keeps your attention to the end. The author uses three main characters to tell the story, and to me their voices are real and expertly place the setting in the south.



2. Extraordinary storytelling, realistic characters, interesting plot, fast moving, and if you don't read anything else --READ THIS BOOK. It's engrossing and you'll hate to see it end because the author draws you into this Southern '60s world where the characters feel like real live people telling a true story. I loved every page -- you've got to read it!



3. The Help is one of the best comptemporary novels I have read in years. Everything about this story is as real as non-fiction. Read it for the dialogue channeled by Kathryn Stockett like she has multiple personalities. Read it for the slice of American history if you're too young to have lived it. Read it for the sheer pleasure of perfectly crafted sentence structure. Read it because it will be a movie soon and hopefully be as true as the treatment of The Secret Life of Bees on the big screen. And buy it and pass it around (be sure and put your name in the book so it ultimately lands back on your personal library shelf.



4. "The Help" has held a place on the NYTimes bestseller list for a long time, and it's well-deserved. "The Help" is the compelling story of the life of two housekeepers in Jackson, Mississippi right in the middle of the Civil Rights movement of the 60's. We tend to focus on Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, the church bombing and other high-profile events of the era, but "The Help" shines a light on the daily lives of the thousands of black women who came into contact with the white world on a daily basis and suffered innumerable indignities, as well as real danger if they resisted. At the same time, Stockett portrays the close loving relationships that existed between the "help" and their charges that often lasted into adulthood (as long as the housekeeper wasn't suddenly fired!).
   I agree that this book could become a classic very quickly--it would even be appropriate for high school students--"To Kill a Mockingbird" for the 21st century. Highly recommended!



5. I had heard so much about this book from so many people and finally purchased it to read over my Christmas vacation. Well, I absolutely loved this book and read it in no time because I could not put it down. It was brilliantly written and pulled me into the story like so few books do these days. You must read this!