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	The Chrysalids By John Wyndham Finished on Nov 27, 2009 Add... My Shelf Wish List
	At Last There is Nothing Left to Say By Matthew Good Finished on Nov 22, 2009 Add... My Shelf Wish List
	Pattern Recognition (32) By William Gibson Finished on Nov 12, 2009 Add... My Shelf Wish List
	Snow Crash (56) (Bantam Spectra Book) By Neal Stephenson Finished on Oct 27, 2009 Add... My Shelf Wish List
	Chasing Vermeer (10) By Blue Balliett Finished on Oct 20, 2009 Add... My Shelf Wish List
An entertaining and enjoyable enough mystery about two sixth-graders - Calder and Petra - who find themselves, through a number of coincidences, the only two people able to rescue a stolen painting by Vermeer. For the most part the book rolls along pretty quickly, but it's a bit draggy in some areas ... (continue) An entertaining and enjoyable enough mystery about two sixth-graders - Calder and Petra - who find themselves, through a number of coincidences, the only two people able to rescue a stolen painting by Vermeer. For the most part the book rolls along pretty quickly, but it's a bit draggy in some areas and the ending is ridiculous (the coincidences too many, and a bit too tidy a wrap-up). I imagine younger readers would enjoy the code aspect, but I found it annoying to decipher the letters from Calder's friend, so I quit trying and just relied on what came after to work out their contents. I'll probably never read this book again, but I'll keep it around in case I ever know a 11 year old in need of something to read. Is this helpful? ― Posted on Oct 21, 2009 \| Add your feedback
	Ghost Story (16) By Peter Straub Finished on Oct 16, 2009 Add... My Shelf Wish List
	The Graveyard Book (36) By Neil Gaiman Finished on Sep 23, 2009 Add... My Shelf Wish List
	Little, Big (12) (P.S.) By John Crowley Finished on Sep 16, 2009 Add... My Shelf Wish List
	Speaker for the Dead (72) (Ender Wiggin Saga) By Orson S. Card Finished on Aug 14, 2009 Add... My Shelf Wish List
	M Is for Magic (6) By Neil Gaiman Finished on Aug 12, 2009 Add... My Shelf Wish List
Was annoyed to discover that there were only two stories in this book that I hadn't already read. Not sure if it was worth buying all of these a second time, even if I did enjoy some of them. Is this helpful? ― Posted on Aug 12, 2009 \| Add your feedback
	Book Of Negroes (1) By Lawrence Hill Finished on Aug 4, 2009 Add... My Shelf Wish List
	Ender's Game (164) By Orson S. Card Finished on Aug 3, 2009 Add... My Shelf Wish List

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cmtusa, Oct 8, 2009

Noticed you liked She's Come Undone, and I was wondering if you'd be interested in reviewing my new novel and posting your comments here as well as a few other book-related sites. Thought you might like my book since it's also about a disturbed young girl's downward spiral and a bit dark. I could e-mail you the novel in an e-book format if you'd like (I'm out of physical copies at the moment). Let me know if you're interested. Here's a link to a summary in case you're interested:

http://christophertusa.com/

Thanks,

Chris