pamur's books from LibraryThing

The Last Gunfight: The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral-And How It Changed the American West by Jeff Guinn

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:57:36 -0500

Simon & Schuster (2011), Edition: 1St Edition, Hardcover, 416 pages

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:15:22 -0500

Walker Books (2010), Edition: 1, Kindle Edition, 202 pages

The Big Genealogy Blog Book by Amy Coffin

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:52:40 -0500

Amy Coffin (2011), Edition: First Edition, Kindle Edition

So Brave, Young, and Handsome: A Novel by Leif Enger

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:34:39 -0500

Grove Press (2009), Edition: First Trade Paper Edition, Paperback, 286 pages

A Renegade History of the United States by Thaddeus Russell

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:10:08 -0500

Free Press (2011), Paperback, 400 pages

The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:27:34 -0500

St. Martin's Griffin (2009), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 288 pages

The Great Bay: Chronicles of the Collapse by Dale Pendell

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:16:29 -0500

North Atlantic Books (2010), Hardcover, 296 pages

Across the Wide Missouri by Bernard DeVoto

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:46:49 -0500

Mariner Books (1998), Paperback, 480 pages

No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:42:03 -0500

Simon & Schuster (1995), Paperback, 768 pages

The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read… by Gretchen Rubin

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:31:49 -0500

Harper Paperbacks (2011), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 336 pages

Triangle: The Fire That Changed America by David von Drehle

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:31:13 -0500

Grove Press (2004), Paperback, 352 pages

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:29:24 -0500

Quirk Books (2011), Edition: Book Club, Hardcover, 352 pages

The Case of the Missing Books (Mobile Library Mysteries) by Ian Sansom

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:28:33 -0500

Harper Paperbacks (2007), Paperback, 352 pages

At Home in Mitford (The Mitford Years, Book 1) by Jan Karon

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:27:20 -0500

Penguin Books (1996), Paperback, 446 pages

The Warden by Antony Trollope

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:26:25 -0500

CreateSpace (2011), Paperback, 144 pages

Polaris (Alex Benedict) by Jack McDevitt

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:24:29 -0500

Ace (2005), Mass Market Paperback, 400 pages

Life by Keith Richards

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:23:30 -0500

Back Bay Books (2011), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 576 pages

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:22:33 -0500

pamur's review: "Bottom line: I liked this book. That said I should say that I may not be an unbiased reviewer as I am old enough to identify with the main protagonist's history and I live in the Seattle area where most of the story takes place. As a result I found myself emotionally involved with the story at times in a way that many other readers might not. The story is a pretty simple love story that is wound very strongly around an event in US history, the WWII Japanese internment, that is loaded with emotion and patriotic controversy. It is sometimes hard to keep feelings for the two separated. The writing itself is pretty elementary and the device of moving between two time periods to advance the story was a little distracting but the storyline was appealing and I had no trouble staying involved."
Ballantine Books (2009), Paperback, 301 pages

Zeitoun (Vintage) by Dave Eggers

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:28:37 -0500

Vintage (2010), Edition: 1 Reprint, Paperback, 368 pages

Clark Griffith: The Old Fox of Washington Baseball by Ted Leavengood

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:53:03 -0400

McFarland (2011), Paperback, 321 pages