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Lark

A high school girl is abducted and left to die in the woods. The story is told alternately by herself and two girls she knew. I really enjoyed reading this, but I wonder who the other girls in the trees were, and why Eve and Nyette (and Ian) went to the island. I guess I'll have to read it again! I read the Uncorrected Proof edition.

Words I Had To Look Up:

fauxhawk (pg. 44) -- A type of hairstyle, a fake mohawk.

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2/2011

Gringos

Portis, Charles

Some guy in Mexico is looking for some other guy.

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2/2005

Norwood

Portis, Charles

Some guy named Norwood goes to New York to recover seventy bucks some guy owes hiim.

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2/2005

The Dog Of The South

Portis, Charles

Some guy goes to Belize via Mexico to retrieve his Ford Torino and maybe his wife.

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2/2005

Playing With Trains

Posey, Sam

The former race car driver talks about his hobby of model railroading.

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2/2005

Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen

Powell, Julie

Julie acknowledges she has a potty mouth, which I could have done without, but I liked the book rather much. I felt ashamed of myself for judging Julia Child (and others) so superficially on looks and, in Julia's case, her raucous laughter. I hereby acknowledge that I am an ass, and I know it.

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12/2010

Expiration Day

Powell, William Campbell

In a time when humans are having great difficulty conceiving babies, a teen girl finds out she is actually a robot. Nicely written story.

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2/2015

Bahamas Blue

Poyer, D. C.

Tiller Galloway is shanghaied by a former boss.

QUOTE:

"To San Rasario in the fall, the ganja came down from the mountains in two-hundred-poiund bales. Even covered with ripe bananas in the backs of the trucks, it sweetened the dusty air with the autumnal aroma of marijuana."

BONUS QUOTE:

"Ought to learn some Spanish, he thought. No, to hell with that. If he got out of this, he wasn't even going to Taco Bell anymore."

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7/1999

Hatterass Blue

Poyer, D. C.

Tiller Galloway is hired to find a nazi submarine.

QUOTE:

"To San Rasario in the fall the ganja came down from the mountains in two-hundred-poiund bales. Even covered with ripe bananas in the backs of the trucks it sweetened the dusty air along the roads with the autumnal aroma of marijuana."

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7/1999

As The Wolf Loves Winter

Poyer, David

Old timer C.T. Halverson finds corruption in oil-country Pennsylvania.

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"That was the worst part of getting old. You got so goddamned setimental. Nobody cared about the stuff he remembered. It wasn't important, just people who worked and had kids and got old and died. So why did it feel important, precious and irreplaceable, and as if somehow it must mean something?"

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7/1999

Black Storm

Poyer, David

Dan Lenson goes into Baghdad during the Gulf War looking for Saddam's ultimate weapon. The Laws Of Patrolling 1. Look cool. 2. Don't get lost. 3. If you get lost, remember to look cool.

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7/2002

Deep War

Poyer, David

Dan Lenson #18. The war continues, a massive Chinese AI dominates.

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9/2023

Down To A Sunless Sea

Poyer, David

Tiller Galloway goes cave diving in Florida. Trapped in small places, drowning, asphixiation, the dark...all my fears in one book!

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7/1999

Hunter Killer

Poyer, David

China nuked a U.S. Navy task force in a previous book, and the war continues on.

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9/2023

Korea Strait

Poyer, David

Dan Lenson ends up you-know-where on the TAG Bravo team evaluating a joint naval exercise. Then the North Koreans get all cranky.

Words I Had To Look Up:

the tallest, strackest Korean (pg. 131) -- Squared-away, ready, looking-good soldier. Or sailor, in this case.
eductor (pg. 256) -- Some sort of fancy device for pumping flooded compartments in a ship, in this case.