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BOOK REVIEWS FOR REQUITAL:

Did you enjoy REQUITAL? There's a way to let me know, and also to become a published writer yourself - in a couple of easy moves!

Go to www.amazon.com and look up REQUITAL. Click on the cover image, and scroll down to where it asks if you want to leave your own book review. Click on that, and fill in the space provided.

Here's what some of my readers have said:

"Excellent! Fast-paced, couldn't wait to finish it, but I didn't want it to end!" Linda Hurst

"The book is fun, exciting and interesting. Each chapter left me looking forward to the next. On top of a good story, I felt I learned something about Cuba." Warren Aller

BOOK REVIEWS OF BOOKS I'M READING NOW!

I'm reviewing books on Amazon.com as I read them.  Some of the latest are:

Cross - James Patterson

Thunderstruck - Erik Larsen

Wildfire - Nelson DeMille

Memory-Keeper's Daughter, and others.  Look any of these up on Amazon, find my review, and that will lead you to all of them.

RIDING LESSONS By Sara Gruen
If you loved THE HORSE WHISPERER, you'll love this book. It moves along smoothly - this is a first novel for Sara, and a remarkable first! I read this book in one sitting - which doesn't happen very often. Great story - look it up on amazon.com to get a synopsis and order it!

ISLANDS by Anne Rivers Siddons
Does she ever write a bad book? I love all the books that are set in the outer banks area of North Carolina. This was her first book in a while, but worth waiting for!

NIGHT FALL by Nelson DeMille
I found this exploration of the causes for the crash of TWA 800 fascinating. If you haven't read Nelson DeMille, read this one, Up Country, The Gold Coast, and all the rest of them. If you have the opportunity to go to a book signing - go. You'll find him a charming, friendly writer, who loves to talk about where he gets his inspiration.

HONEYMOON by James Patterson
Don't you love everything by James Patterson? One of his latest, Honeymoon, was a good one, as is the latest, Fourth of July. How does he do it? He puts out a book every four months - and I buy every one of them. I like his style - short chapters with lots of action.

SINATRA by Anthony Summers
I read this one because, back when I was flying for TWA, I had some interesting experiences with the Rat Pack, and am always searching for references to these times. To my amazement, I found a reference to a person who was my inspiration for a character in REQUITAL. I gave my character all kinds of sinister associations - and the Sinatra biography confirmed that my suspicions were true! This is one of the best books on Sinatra, if you find him as fascinating as I do! Haven't you always wondered if his marriage to Barbara was happy?
NEW BOOKS COMING OUT THAT SOUND GOOD!

Anything by John Grisham! Haven't read The Broker yet, but it's next on my list.
NON-FICTION RESOURCE BOOKS!

If you're writing, you're going to need these:
MY FAVORITE AUTHORS:

Nelson DeMille - You've got to read "The Gold Coast"

Anne Rivers Siddons - "The Colony"

Barbara Delinsky - "Lake News" and "The Vineyard"

Robert Graham - Anything he writes about the SR-71 Blackbird, which he piloted

Janice Woods Windle - Anything she writes about the Hill Country of east Texas - try "True Women" or "Hill Country"

Dan Brown - Didn't you love "The DaVinci Code"?

M. M. Kaye - Any of her mysteries with exotic locales - "Death in Kenya" or "Death in Cypress" - she wrote some huge, historical tomes and is better known for those - but I like these little 300 page stories - her older books found only in paperback in used bookstores!