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My Losing Season
Pat Conroy
The Dial Press, 2003
A Winning Read
Growing up Catholic in the 1960's and 1970's and playing basketball every day because we didn't have the money to go on vacation, are two of many drivers that singles out Pat Conroy's "A Losing Season" as the most talked about book among my friends in our New York ...
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Oolong Dead: A Tea Shop Mystery (Tea Shop Mysteries)
Laura Childs
Berkley Hardcover, 2009
Delicious recipes, tea-time tips, opera, and murder?in a national bestselling mystery series that?s ?quickly become a favorite of readers.?( Mystery Reader ) While riding her horse in a race through the South Carolina Lowcountry, Theodosia Browning finds her arch nemesis, Abby Davis, dead. What?s more, the victim?s brother is Theodosia?s old ...
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Dragonwell Dead: A Tea Shop Mystery
Laura Childs
Berkley Hardcover, 2007
Dragonwell Dead, aTea Shop Mystery
I enjoyed this book very much. It kept up the quality of all of her other novels in this series. Look forward to the next one.
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The Silver Needle Murder: A Tea Shop Mystery
Laura Childs
Berkley Hardcover, 2008
silver needle review
Glad to catch up with my favourite tea shop personnel. Passed it on to both my sisters..........
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Frommer's Portable Charleston (Frommer's Portable)
Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince
Frommers, 2007
You need this for a first trip to Charleston.
I just returned from Charleston and used this book. It was a joy to use. Best little travel guide I've seen. It covers the major information for planning a trip and then it becomes a highly portable reference book while there. Highly recommend this book and "The Best ...
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Drums of Autumn
Diana Gabaldon
Dell, 2002
Twists and turns
Gabaldon's series just keeps getting better and better. I was ENTRALLED with this book. This one had more twists and turns than the previous novels. There was a skull found by Claire that had me wondering "Who was it?" This was found out later in the book, the ...
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Waking Up In Charleston
Sherryl Woods
Mira, 2006
Waking Up In Charleston
I got hooked on Sherryl Woods with Flamingo Diner and since look for everything she writes this was the conclusion of an older trilogy her most recent was Magnolia series just all about real people real life, one a person can sink into and forget who they are or where ...
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The H. L. Hunley: The Secret Hope of the Confederacy
Tom Chaffin
Hill and Wang, 2008
The Confederacy's Doomed Submarine
The past few decades have seen an unprecedented flourishing of exploration and retrieval of sunken vessels and their cargo. There are richer wrecks than that of the _H. L. Hunley_, but few of such technological and historical interest. The _Hunley_ was a submarine ...
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The List
Robert Whitlow
Thomas Nelson, 2004
The List
The List is an excellent book. I shared my copy with a friend. By the time I got it back she had loaned it to several other people. They all loved the book. I would like to view the movie when it is made available. However, I do not believe it could be nearly as ...
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The House on Tradd Street
Karen White
NAL Trade, 2008
1st in series
This book has everything - an intriguing story line involving missing diamonds from the Civil War, ghosts (good AND bad), location (historic Charleston), a hero with a secret, a bad guy with his own secret, Melanie Middleton who has a long way to go for the peaceful ...
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Party Receipts from the Charleston Junior League: Hors D'Oeuvres, Savories, Sweets
Algonquin Books, 1993
Excellent Addition to Your Cookbook Library
This is by far the best hors d'oeuvres recipe book I've come across. I use it time and again. And like it so much I've given it as gifts many times over!
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Slaves in the Family (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
Edward Ball
Ballantine Books, 1998
man enough to do it
Some reviewers below complain that this book is tedious. Well, sure. I bet the US Constitution and the Bible are tedious to someone who has no clue about, or doesn't care about, their context. To anyone with some understanding of US history, the project of writing ...
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My Losing Season
Pat Conroy
Nan A. Talese, 2002
The Floor General
I initially chose to read My Losing Season because I play basketball. The book is not just a basketball story but one that shares life lessons that can be learned through basketball. So even if you don't have a great love for the game like I do, you still can enjoy ...
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Very Charleston: A Celebration of History, Culture, and Lowcountry Charm
Diana Hollingsworth Gessler
Algonquin Books, 2003
Can Charleston be worthy of this book?
Well written and hightly entertaining.
This small book captures the remarkable
charm and southern sleekness of this
city. AND the recipes are wonderful.
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The Jasmine Moon Murder (A Tea Shop Mystery)
Laura Childs
Berkley, 2005
Well written - easy read - good ending
Larua Childs is becoming one of my favorite authors. Jasmine Moon Murder was well written with tidbits about tea and tea shops inserted well. There is a surprise ending but book has a great finish!
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