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Amelia L whimsicartist — Absolutely the worst Barbara Delinsky novel I've ever read. Three sisters, Annette, Caroline and Leah St. Claire are invited to spend 2 weeks at a palatial Maine estate their 70 year old mother has just refurbished. Despite the fact that none of the three girls likes their mother (Ginny was a cold and distant parent) all three of them show up and spend most of the time dealing with their sisterly issues because Ginny is late to her own reunion. It's very hard to relate to the characters in this book. They're all super-rich and, in their own way, successful. Caroline is a high-powered attorney, Annette is married to a neurosurgeon and the mother of five, Leah has an active social life in Washington where she does charity work. These three women wander around eating gourmet food, shopping for expensive art and return to the estate in the evening to complain about how mommy was lacking. Oh, and they hear a story about the house; 45 years ago a rich woman had an affair with the gardener. That's it. Seriously, that's the story. Instead of finding it sleazy, all three girls go dewy eyed over this sordid tale in spite of the fact that the rich woman abandoned her 'true love' in favor of her so-so husband and his money. Ginny shows up after they realize she was the rich woman in the story and all is instantly forgiven, even her admission that her parental detachment was due to the 'emotional maiming' she suffered when she broke it off with the gardener. Please. This book was an embarrassment. I don't know who should be more ashamed: Delinsky for writing it or me for reading it.

Costin Bernhart _ostinb — I wasn't as thrilled with this book as with 'Ghosts of the Titanic'. It was still interesting, but I never really got into it. It's a scientific exploration of the theory that the lost island of Atlantis is modern day Thera (Greek Island in the Aegean Sea), which 'submerged' due to an immense eruption of the volcano on it, around c1640 b.c. It's as detailed as the current archaelogical excavations of the island allow it to be (allowing for the fact that the book was written in 1991), and it also details some other huge volcanic eruptions in modern times, including Mount St Helens and St. Pierre.

Kayla Case kaylacase — A good exception for the people who say, "Chuck Palahniuk can do no wrong." The good news? This was Chuck's first novel. It helps to explain away how completely rocky this is. He's gotten better in time, like fine, fine wine.

Eamonn Bourke eamonnbourke — It took me FOREVER to get into this book, but I had heard from so many people how great it was. I definitely liked the second half much better.