1 comments about Juggling the Stars/a Novel of Menace.

1. This remains one of the alltime scariest books I've ever read, perhaps because there is nothing supernatural or otherwoldly to get in the way. A totally believable and wonderfully orchestrated psychological thriller, grounded in class and sexual consciousness, dark with menace; more than once I put it down to catch my breath.

   Was it ever made into a movie, as the hardcover jacket suggested?

No comments about Forbidden Love.

No comments about Rostros del secuestro.

3 comments about The Crowning Terror (Hardy Boys Casefiles, Case 6).

1. This is by far the best of the first six casefiles. It manages to perfectly capture the feel of the spy genre. I loved the characters. You never knew what was going on with Hugh, Starkey or Charity. The Russians were the best. I liked the dig at Sen. MacCarthy (sic). "Somepeople think there are Russians everywhere." If you ever find this book, buy it. It is a very easy read and some moments are so wonderful they are almost beyond words. When Hugh says that he knows what the crown is and he still wants it you could have knocked me down with a feather.



2. The Hardy Boys: Crowning Terror was yet another brethtaking mystery I loved. When the Hardys first encounter with Charity I thought she was on the opposite side. Turns out she was just trying to find out the same thing as the Hardys, what was Hugh Hunt after. Hugh is Frank and Joes uncle so they didn't suspect a thing, at first. Once the plans to steal the crown were found he was a little more suspected. Surprisingly, Uncle Hugh was poisoned by the culprets. These crafty thievs promised Uncle Hugh the antadote only if he helped them steal the crown. Finally Frank and Joe escape the back stabbing government offical, Starky, and head out to find their uncle. At the end the cunning Hardys save their father from the poison, the thievs, and restore the crown to its origional place at the meuseum.



3. In this "interesting","amusing" book we found a surprisingly obvious unreality. When the Hardy boys (Frank and Joe) jump from the Golden Gate bridge they miraculously survive with only minor, or (in Frank's case) no injuries. In addition, their hands were tied behind their backs! Yeah right! Who the heck can do that? If Franklin W. Dixon really wanted them to survive, then why did he have them jump off the bridge in the first place? It is so unreal it is amazing he got the editors to let him print it! In reality (whatever reality is to Dixon; his mind has no boundaries) if a person were to attempt to jump the bridge, even with the use of their hands, they would either die from impact,shock, drowning, or even hypothermia. In any case, it is safe to say that this is not one of Dixon's finer moments in the lives of the two heroic boys we have all grown to adore. If you want to enter the Hardy's lives don't start with this sickeningly unrealistic adventure.

2 comments about Going to Chicago.

1. Rob Levandoski's "Going to Chicago" is a must read for every avid reader of period novels and coming-of-age tales. Levandoski's prose is breezy and metaphoric, his story takes more twists and turns than US Route 20 and his research would delight a university tenure review committee!



2. "Going to Chicago" tells an unusual story set in a time and place when even the bad guys were pretty innocent. It's a "coming of age" tale about how two friends in a rural Ohio town, saddled with one bothersome little brother, set off to see the wonders of the age at the Chicago World's Fair. Through the adventures of these boys-becoming-men, the author shows the power and importance of pursuing dreams, and the meaning of friendship. Beyond that, it's a good yarn, full of unique characters--you'll love the Bonnie and Clyde wannabes who take the boys on the ride of their young lives. The book is a quick read and well worth the time and monetary investment.

No comments about International Kidnapping Japanese Language Book.

No comments about Corpus Juris Secundum: 51, 51A, 51B: Labor Relations; Justices of the Peace and Kidnapping:Complete in 3 volumes plus Cumulative Annual Pocket Parts, A Complete Restatement of the Entire American Law as Developed by All Reported Cases.

No comments about Kidnapping; The Illustrated History, by Hank Messick & Burt Goldblatt.

No comments about Mystery at Mockingbird Manor.

No comments about Stolen Away.