Don't Let Me Go by Catherine Ryan Hyde - Billy Shine is a former dancer, now an agoraphobic. He sees 9 year old Grace sitting on the steps of his apartment and unwillingly becomes involved in her life. Gradually, all the neighbors in the building are drawn in and become unlikely friends. I must have been in just the right mood, loved this book.
5 stars
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The Old Man and the King by Joe Corso - a free Kindle book and that's about what it was worth. A young man's vehicle is ambushed in a snowstorm but he's able to get away. Turns out he's the King of Talvania. Somehow he hooks up with Lom, a Korean War vet. Many unrealistic gun battles later, they're in Talvania fighting it out with the evil brother. And the end reads more like a fairytale.
1 star
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The Home Place by Carrie La Seur - a lawyer in Seattle goes home to Montana to deal with the unexpected and unexplained death of her younger sister. Almost everyone in this story is dysfunctional. Told mostly in the present tense which I find irritating.
2 stars
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*Like a Thief in the Night: A Bernie Rhodenbarr Story by Lawrence Block - a very short story that has just been released. It originated in the '70's, but few saw it when published. I'm not putting in on Good Reads because it's not a book. Amusing story with a twist.
3 stars
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