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Very good historical fiction book centered around three women (two black maids and one privileged white woman) in civil rights era Mississippi. It was suspenseful, which kept me reading, but I never felt a true connection to the characters. The book is written in rotating first person among the 3 lead characters, except one omniscient chapter about three-quarters of the way in (really annoying, to me at least). I thought the end was a little flat too. Still, I give it 4 stars because it kept me wanting more.

Tom Tom Navigator 6 This is the best accessory/program I have ever bought. Took it on a test run to Virginia and it took us straight to the Dirty Dancing Hotel. I don’t know how up to date the new version is but for …

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We have had some wonderful vacuums and I have always been under the impression that you need to spend a lot to get a good vacuum. Not true! We moved across the country and gave our last vacuum to a friend. I researched and researched, finally deciding on the Hoover Tempo. It was cheap but had such good reviews. We have been really happy with this vacuum. It is noisy but that doesn’t bother me. I just like that it really picks up everything. If you purchase this vacuum, stock up on belts. They seem to last about four or five months before needing to be replaced. We are really happy with this very basic vacuum.

Book: Artemis Fowl
Author: Eoin Colfer
By: Marshall Cartwright

Would you like to be a criminal mastermind? Well by the time he was thirteen Artemis was. Artemis beat chess champion Evan Kashogi on an online chess tournament with a prize of over 140,000 pounds, he forged a lot paintings that sold all around the world for almost 1 million pounds each, and was involved with the goblins population increase. Artemis also stole a substantial amount of gold from the Lower Elements Police. They are the fairy people.
Artemis now rules the criminal empire from California to Berlin.
But Artemis does not know what he is dealing with when he captures a fairy captain from the Lower Elements police. Then Artemis must overcome many other things that could lead to the end of his life. In the book Artemis fights wars with fairies and triumphs with trolls. As the fairy captain trys to get out of Artemis’s cages and traps, the fairies do all they can to stop Artmis, including trying to blow him up with a bomb.
You will love this book! It is breath taking and it will be like watching a movie from the details Eoin Colfer gives. After every chapter comes a cliff hanger and after every page you read comes a feeling like the book is telling you to read on.