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THE CHAT STAFF PICKS
For those of you who frequent our Bookaccino Chat Room on AOL (AOL Keyword: Bookaccino), you're acquainted with our
great hosting staff who are always happy to discuss your favorite books or authors, or
recommend some to a reader looking for suggestions. Being the bibliophiles that they are,
asking them for their favorite of the year usually gets a response something like:
"you mean my favorite SHELF, don't you?"
Nevertheless, Bookreporter.com's hosting staff did manage to narrow down the lists, and
compile their Best of 2001 --- the twelve books they loved and want to recommend for
you!
THE BLUE NOWHERE
by Jeffrey Deaver
Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 0684871270
Made me think about life and computers for days. --- HOST BKPG Mountn
A thrilling romp through the world of hackers, crackers and cyber terrorists. Fast paced,
well written and gripping. I couldn't put it down once I started reading it. ---
HOST BKPG Biblio
Computer wizards battle each other --- like an old western gunfight. --- HOST BKPG Sky
Computer crime/thriller at its best. --- HOST BKPG Syr
A DARKNESS MORE THAN NIGHT
by Michael Connelly
(Little, Brown)
ISBN: 0316154075
Connelly's latest novel featuring Harry Bosch and Terry McCaleb together for the first
time. --- HOST BKPG TX
Juxtapose the moody, maverick detective Harry Bosch with married, straight arrow Terry
McCaleb, and what do you have? Connelly crafts a thrilling story about revenge,
betrayal and friendship. --- HOST BKPG Biblio
 DEATH IN HOLY ORDERS
by P. D. James
(Knopf)
ISBN: 0375412557
James' most recent Adam Dalgliesh mystery. --- HOST BKPG TX
The best Inspector Dalgliesh in years. --- HOST BKPG Mar
THE FIERY
CROSS
by Diana Gabaldon
(Delacorte Press)
ISBN: 0385315279
Fifth in the Outlander series, it continues the story of Jamie and Claire with the same
attention to detail and personal interest as the first four books. --- HOST BKPG Krew
 THE FINAL DAYS
Barbara Olson
(Regnery Pub.)
ISBN: 0895261677
The author of this non-fiction book gives the Clintons the business galore for their
heights of outrageous shallowness in the waning days of "America held hostage,"
as I call it. ---- HOST BKPG ASCH
 THE
HUNTING WIND
by Steve Hamilton
(Minotaur Books)
ISBN: 0312268947
As a bred, born and raised Detroiter with ties to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, I find
Hamilton's Terry McKnight series a welcome break in the routine of detective
fiction. Set against the bleak winters of northern Michigan, Hamilton writes of the
seamy underside of familiar places. McKnight is a reluctant private investigator.
Drawn into situations beyond his control and manipulated by the women in his life,
McKnight is battered physically and emotionally by situations that are even bleaker than
he originally
thought. --- HOST BKPG Biblio
Another book in Hamilton's Native American detective series. --- HOST BKPG SKY
JOHN ADAMS
by David McCullough
(Simon & Schuster)
ISBN: 0684813637
Wonderfully readable biography and also a timeless love story. --- HOST BKPG MUNCA
I am a huge history and biography fan. This book was very, very informative. --- HOST BKPG
Hermie
A favorite of chatters in the Bookaccino Chat room. --- HOST BKPG Mar
MYSTIC RIVER
by Dennis Lehane
(William Morrow & Co.)
ISBN: 0688163165
Three boyhood friends' lives are changed after one of them is briefly kidnapped. Years
later, the three men cross paths again after another crime occurs. --- HOST BKPG TX
A gritty, solemn portrait of what childhood tragedy does to a group of friends in a small
town in the shadow of Boston. I found myself haunted by the dilemmas in which Lehane
placed his characters for days after finishing this dark, compelling tale. Lehane
takes you inside the mind of criminals, good cops going through a bad time, people
struggling for control over behaviors perceived outside of the normal and turns your
sympathies inside out and on its ear. --- HOST BKPG Biblio
My first jaunt in Lehane and I loved it. Great author and I definitely will try again. ---
HOST BKPG Hermie
For more information about Dennis Lehane, go to http://www.dennislehanebooks.com.
NIAGARA FALLS ALL OVER AGAIN
by Elizabeth McCracken
(Dell)
ISBN: 0385318375
A story of two vaudevillians, an era, their lives. A great read! --- HOST BKPG Munca
Bittersweet reminiscence by one half of a vaudeville team. --- HOST BKPG Mar
SEVEN UP
by Janet Evanovich
(St. Martin's Press)
ISBN: 0312265840
Stephanie stands to make a quick five grand, which she needs to make payments on a hot new
car to replace the one wrecked in HOT SIX, by picking up an elderly bond jumper, Eddie
DeChooch. Eddie is a geriatric, nearly blind, hard of hearing, (and by Grandma
Mazur's estimation, over-the-hill in bed) guy with the kind of connections people have
grown to expect in Trenton, New Jersey. --- HOST BKPG Roz
Stephanie Plum is off and running again, assisted by Grandma Mazur, of course. She finally
decides between Morelli and Ranger. --- HOST BKPG SKY
SKIPPING CHRISTMAS
by John Grisham
(Doubleday)
ISBN: 0385505833
Grisham's cynical yet funny look at the materialism surrounding the Christmas season. ---
HOST BKPG TX
A great holiday book. I enjoyed it a lot. --- HOST BKPG Hermie
 TELL
NO ONE
by Harlan Coben
(Delacorte Press)
ISBN: 0385335555
A man is faced with the possibilty that his wife is still alive after receiving e-mail
containing information only she would know. --- HOST BKPG TX
Not a Myron Bolitar - Coben explores a new story line. --- HOST BKPG SKY
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