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Berserker's Star

Saberhage, Fred
Harry Silver ferryies a woman and to men to the not-a-planet of Maracanda where things are not always what one would expect. LATER: Whats with the typos?

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7/2003

The Berserker Tales

Saberhagen, Fred
The Berserkers are robotic ships that are programmed to kill all living things.

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7/2002

Fuzzy Mud

Sachar, Louis
A cautionary tale of over-population and genetic engineering-gone-bad, aimed at younger children. Pretty good, I read it in only two hours!

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12/2015

The Cardturner

Sachar, Louis
I did not have high hopes for a teen book about bridge, but I trusted the author, read it, and liked it VERY much! The possibly overwhelming stuff about bridge is marked with a whale symbol so you can skip over it. An excellent idea! I almost want to try playing bridge, now. Almost!

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12/2010

There's A Boy In The Girl's Bathroom!

Sachar, Louis
I read this because a student said it was not like she expected, and it was really good. It IS really good. I weeped at the end.

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1/2011

The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat And Other Clinical Tales

Sacks, Oliver
Very interesting tales of the patients of a neuro-something-or-other. Can't say I read EVERY word, but enjoyed it. Amazing stories.

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1/2004

Contact

Sagan, Carl
Good story. Good movie.

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1/2002

True notebooks

Salzman, Mark
Author goes to juvenile detention facility for mostly murderers, teaches a writing class. Non-fiction. I liked the talking-parts, but not the student writing parts. It's just me, I guess.

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11/2005

Nosy Neighbors

Sampson, Freya
Shelly House is over a hundred years old. Once a mansion, now divided into apartments, or "flats", as the Brits will call them. A motley assortment of people live there, mostly not getting along very well. An assault occurs, suspects are listed, but everything is cleared up by the end. Except the death of Marge!

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The siren had stopped but the blue light was still revolving, its fluorescent rays so dazzling that she was forced to close her eyes. -- "Fluorescent"??

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Tomasz had found her [Princess] in the end -- But what about Marge??

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"But you no longer have a car." -- Finally!! But is Marge dead??

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"Hello, Dotty." -- Well, that brings back some memories for me.

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"Are you doing dauphinoise potatoes with the stew?" -- Didn't someone just mention those potatoes to me? Ha ha!

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12/2024

The Busybody Book Club

Sampson, Freya
Nova is accused causing the community's roofing to be stolen. Enjoyed reading it.

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... and I'm not okay at all.

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5/2025

The Last Chance Library

Sampson, Freya
The village council wants to shut down the library, and the patron are revolting! Great story!

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Bog off, Alan

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Alan licked his bottom in response.

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"The lying shit," Mrs. B said. "I'll kill him."

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"For fuck's sake, would you two get a room?"

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12/2024

The Lost Ticket

Sampson, Freya
Frank spends several decades riding the number 88 bus to find a girl he talked to. Several people help him. I really liked this story.

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But instead, all she felt was a sudden, desperate urge to go for a wee.

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"Oi, are you blind?"

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1/2025

McNally's Alibi

Sanders, Lawrence
Archy McNally, #11. Written by Vincent Lardo. Archy is supposed to deliver the money to some guy selling a Truman Capote manuscript, but stuff goes wrong.

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What cheek. It was that damn computer--that infamous information highway that was encouraging the young of the land to castigate their betters.

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"Why don't you get a cell phone?"

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6/2025

McNally's Caper

Sanders, Lawrence
Archy McNally, #4. Some one is stealing stuff from the Forsythes, and it might be someone who lives there.

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I mean how can you, with a clear conscience, patronize a bar willing to serve drinks topped with little paper parasols?

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I stopped at the first public telephone kiosk I could find -- I thought he got a cell phone in the last book.

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5/2025

McNally's Chance

Sanders, Lawrence
Archy McNally, #10.
Author is Vincent Lardo.
Super famous romance author Sabrina Wright hires Archy to find her missing husband. Who disappeared while looking for Sabrina's missing (adult) daughter. Who ran off (with her muckraker journalist boyfriend) to look for her birth father.

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"Make that two orders of fries."
"What about your waistline?" she challenged.
"I'm not going to eat them. I just want to look at them and remember when I could."

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6/2025

McNally's Dare

Sanders, Lawrence
Archy McNally, #12. Written by Vincent Lardo. Some guy drowns in a shallow pool.

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Father, nibbling on a piece dry toast, looked somber and morose. -- Page 104.

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Father, scooping up his scrambled eggs, looked somber and morose. -- Page 104.

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Father, sipping his coffee, looked somber and morose. -- page 105.

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6/2025

McNally's Dilemma

Sanders, Lawrence
Actual author is Victor Lardo. For continuity I am filing under Lawrence Sanders, the original author of the series. Supposedly.
Archy McNally, #8.
Someone threatens to expose someone's grandfather as a Titanic fraud. Also, someone else is murdered by their spouse. Are they related?

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lunching with my fiancé, Consuela Garcia. -- Wait, what?

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"Thank you, but I'm a soap-and-water girl."

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And something Hattie said had struck me as odd at the time. -- Noisy "getaway" car?

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Mar-A-Lago is now owned by a New York realtor. -- That is FUNNY!! Book published in 1999.

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convertible ears -- I think he meant convertible cars, referring to his Miata.

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6/2025

McNally's Folly

Sanders, Lawrence
Archy McNally, #9. Actual author is Vincent Lardo.
Archy investigates whether a psychic is real or fake. Also, Archy directs a play.

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...I lit an English Oval without having to hear one of them say, "I thought you gave up smoking."

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In conclusion, my motives in courting the lady were not purely prurient--which is even harder to pronounce than believe.

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"I'm on my cell phone, outside the police station." -- Lolly Spindrift at least has a cell phone!!

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6/2025

McNally's Gamble

Sanders, Lawrence
Archy McNally, #7.
A pair of conmen are trying to get a rich woman in Florida to buy a Fabrege Egg. Dad asks Archy to determine if the conmen are conmen. Is that a spoiler?

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"Go along and make your phone call," she commanded. "I have some private things to say to my plants."

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6/2025

McNally's Luck

Sanders, Lawrence
Archy McNally, #2. Archy gets mixed up with spiritualists.

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I treated myself to a dram of marc and lighted an English Oval--my first cigarette of the day!

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"Carrot juice, Archy?" Meg asked.
I fought nausea valiantly. "Thank you, no,"

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5/2025
20 books displayed
[Saberhage - Sanders] [Sanders - Scalzi] [Scalzi - Science Fiction DAW 30th Anniversary] [Scieszka - Scottoline] [Scottoline - Sharenow] [Shea - Silverberg] [Silverberg - Smith] [Smith - Spinelli] [Spinelli - Stead] [Stead - Stewart] [Stockett - Stross] [Stross - Swanson] [Swee - Sweeney] 

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