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Eragon

Paolini, Christopher
Pretty darn good story of a boy and his dragon.

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9/2007

Inheritance

Paolini, Christopher
Finally I can put "Writ" to this series. My favorite character was Angela, and we find out very little more about her, but that little is very intriguing.

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3/2012

Bitter Medicine

Paretsky, Sara
A pregnant teen dies in the hospital, later the girls doctor is murdered, V.I. looks for answers!

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11/2000

Blacklisted (sp?)

Paretsky, Sara
V.I. finds a body in a pond. Lots of commentary on the Patriot Act. Not sure who did what to whom. Maker's Mark reference.

WORDS I HAD TO LOOK UP:

odalisque (pg. 154) A female slave or concubine in a harem.

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3/2004

Blood Shot

Paretsky, Sara
V.I. Warshawski.

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6/2000

Burn Marks

Paretsky, Sara
V.I. Warshawski's aunt is homeless after her SRO hotel burns down.

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6/2000

Fire Sale

Paretsky, Sara
V.I. tangles with a large company not-unlike Walmart, whose family is up to all sorts of shananigans. She is also coaching basketball at her old school part-time.

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1/2006

Guardian Angel

Paretsky, Sara
V.I. Warshawski tries to find her neighbor's missing friend. Pretty good stuff.

QUOTE:

"I didn't want them to dream up some secondary charge, like impersonating an electrician."

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6/2000

Hard Time

Paretsky, Sara
V.I. investigates the death of an escaped prison inmate. Gritty!

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3/2001

Hardball

Paretsky, Sara
V.I. finds out who murdered a young woman at a peace march back in the 60s. V.I. faints on page six. She needs to get her emotions under control.

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12/2009

Indeminity Only

Paretsky, Sara
V.I. Warshawski looks for a missing Labor Union Boss's daughter. First in the series, pretty good!

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8/2000

Killing Orders

Paretsky, Sara
Crooked friars cause V.I. Warshawski no end of trouble.

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11/2000

Total Recall

Paretsky, Sara
V.I. Warshawski is investigating Ajax Insurance again, and some guy thinks he is a holocaust survivor. Very good.

SMOKE QUOTE:

"You look horribly healthy, it makes me want to smoke more in self-defense."

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2/2002

Tunnel Vision

Paretsky, Sara
The tunnels under Chicago are flooding, V.I.'s office building is condemned, and some scam is afoot at a non-profit housing outfit.

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11/2000

Windy City Blues

Paretsky, Sara
A collection of stories about V.I. Warshawski.

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6/2000

Women The Case

Paretsky, Sara, editor
26 stories by women writers of crime. Some were excellent, some were not.

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6/2000

Futuristic Violence And Fancy Suits

Pargin, Jason
Originally published under author's pseudonym, David Wong. Zoey Ashe #1. A bit in the future, Zoey lives in a trailer park and works at a small coffee shop. A LOT of violence happens, but works out OK except for all the folks who die/are injured.

Smoke Quote:

She shouldn't be in this bad of shape, she had quit smoking when she was fifteen.

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Zoey was disappointed that the van didn't explode into a fireball like in old action movies, but was one of the downsides of electric car technology.

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We want to sew doubt about why she's so confident. -- "sew"? How about sow?

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Without turning away from the wall, Armando said, "This man, is he still around?" -- WOAH, I said!

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...paint it, modify it, put real tactical sites on it... -- "sites"?? Maybe, "sights"?

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1/2024

I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom

Pargin, Jason
Synopsis from Good Reads: Outside Los Angeles, a driver pulls up to find a young woman sitting on a large black box. She offers him $200,000 cash to transport her and that box across the country, to Washington, DC. -- Yeah, outside of Los Angeles...like 86 miles in Victorville!!

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Sometimes she liked to have a little puddle of [sugar] granules at the end; it was like the coffee's dessert.

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"If you think about it," she said, "Party City is kind of the apex of human civilization."

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1/2024

John Dies At The End

Pargin, Jason
John Dies at the End, #1. Originally published as authored by David Wong, which is the pseudonym of Jason Pargin.
I am not reading anymore books in this series!!!

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... one wall was still covered by an incompetent mural of a dusky woman riding a bull and proudly flying the flag of Mexico, carrying a cartoon burrito the size of a pig under her arm.

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... in Korean, 'chachi' means 'penis'. -- No, it does not.

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I let the naked man, hairy as Robin Williams, help me up... -- Now THERE'S a vision!

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2/2025

Zoey Is Too Drunk For This Dystopia

Pargin, Jason
Zoey Ashe, #3. There's an election going on. Who is Zoey and her crew supporting? Plus, there are three women missing from a brothel. One that Zoey owns, of course.

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She looked down at the Doritos bag, the animated flaming-triangle logo dancing above a heap of dusted chips, as if looking to it for advice. Receiving none, she started running.

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... depending on the publication. -- Chapter 3, page 26.

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... depending on the publication. -- Chapter 3, page 28.

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... depending on the publication. -- Chapter 3, page 33.

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... depending on the publication. -- Chapter 3, page 59.

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... depending on the publication. -- Chapter 6, page 93.

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... depending on the publication. -- Chapter 6, page 94.

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... depending on the publication. -- Chapter 6, page 101.

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... depending on the publication. -- Chapter 9, page 165.

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The socks were her favorite, they were thick and cushioned and had little nubs on the bottom. -- Yes, I love hospital socks!

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"Aviv, we don't even know if we can tolerate each others company for longer than it takes to have sex and get dressed."

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2/2024
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[Abadzis - Addison] [Aiken - Alexander] [Alexie - Anderson] [Anderson - Asimov] [Asimov - Backman] [Backman - Baldree] [Balf - Barnard] [Barnard - Barnes] [Barnes - Barr] [Barr - Beanton] [Beanton - Beaton] [Beaton - Beaton] [Beaton - Bender] [Benedict - Block] [Block - Block] [Block - Bohjalian] [Bond - Bova] [Bowen - Briody] [Brodie - Buchanan] [Buck - Bujold] [Bujold - Cain] [Cain - Card] [Card - Carlson editor] [Carr - Chambers] [Chambers - Choldenko] [Clagett - Clearly] [Clements - Coel] [Cohen - Colfer] [Colfer - Collins] [Collins - Connelly] [Connelly - Constantine] [Constantine - Corder] [Corder - Cornwell] [Cornwell - Crais] [Crais - Crichton] [Crichton - Curtis] [Curtis - Dahl] [Dahl - Deaver] [Del Rey - Dixon] [Dixon - Dorsey] [Dorsey - Dozois] [Dozois - Dunning] [DuPrau - Elkins] [Ellms - Evanovich] [Evanovich - Fairstein] [Fairstein - Ferris] [Fforde - Flanagan] [Flanagan - Foer] [Follett - Fournier] [Fowler - Francis] [Francis - Francis] [Francis - Freedman] [Freedman - Gaiman] [Gaiman - Geist] [Geist - Goldberg] [Goldberg - Grafton] [Grafton - Grant] [Grant - Greer] [Greer - Grimes] [Grimes - Haddix] [Haddix - Hale] [Hale - Hallinan] [Hallinan - Harper] [Harris - Hebden] [Heinlein - Heinlein] [Heinlein - Henry] [Henry - Herriot] [Herriot - Hiaasen] [Hiaasen - Hillerman] [Hillerman - Hobb] [Hobbs - Horowitz] [Horowitz - Hulme] [Hunter - Jemisin] [Jemisin - Jones] [Jones - Kaminsky] [Kaminsky - Kelly] [Kelman - King] [King - Knight] [Knight - Kratman] [Kratman - Lansing] [Larson - Lebbon] [Leblanc - Lefcourt] [Lefcourt - Lescroart] [Lescroart - Link, editor] [Link, editor - Lovegrove] [Lovegrove - Luna] [Luna - Macleish] [Macleod - Mankell] [Manley - Martine] [Martine - Massey] [Matas - McCaffrey] [McCall Smith - McCrumb] [McCrumb - Meier] [Meloy - Miller] [Miller - Moon] [Moon - Mortimer] [Mortimer - Nance] [Nance - Niven] [Niven - Novik] [Novik - O'Brian] [O'Brian - Older] [Older - Paolini] [Paolini - Pargin] [Pargin - Parker] [Parker - Parker] [Parker - Pattou] [Paulsen - Pearson] [Pearson - Perry] [Peters - Pohl] [Pohl - Poyer] [Poyer - Pratchett] [Pratchett - Pratchett] [Pratchett - Pronzini] [Pronzini - Pynchon] [Pynchon - Raskin] [Raskin - Resnick] [Resnick - Riordan] [Riordan - Rollins] [Roosevelt - Rushdie] [Russell - Saberhagen] [Sachar - Scalzi] [Scalzi - Schmitz] [Schonborg - Scottoline] [Scottoline - Shames] [Shames - Shute] [Sijie - Smith] [Smith - Spector] [Spencer - Stark] [Stark - Stephenson] [Stephenson - Stroke] [Stroke - Strunk] [Sturgeon - Taylor] [Taylor - Townsend] [Tracy - Updale] [Urban - Van Name] [van Vogt - Walsh] [Walsh - Weber] [Weber - Wells] [Wells - Westerman] [Westerman - Westlake] [Westlake - Willis] [Willis - Wodehouse] [Wodehouse - Yates] [Yates - Zusak] 

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