2006: #86 – Polar Shift (Clive Cussler)

Book #86 was Polar Shift, the 6th book in Clive Cussler’s NUMA files series. The back of the book reads: Polar shift: It is the name for a phenomenon that may have occurred many times in the past. At the very least, it disorients birds and animals and damages electrical equipment. At its worst, it causes massive eruptions, earthquakes, and climatic changes. At its very

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2006: #84 – N is for Noose (Sue Grafton)

Book #84 was N is for Noose, the 14th book in Sue Grafton’s Alphabet series. The back of the book reads: Tom Newquist had been a detective in the Nota Lake sheriff’s office–a tough, honest cop respected by everyone. When he died suddenly, the townsfolk were saddened but not surprised: Just shy of sixty-five, Newquist worked too hard, smoked too much, and exercised too little.

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2006: #68 – Letters from an Age of Reason

Title: Letters from an Age of Reason Author: Nora Hague Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Harper Collins Release Date: October 15, 2002 Pages: 656 An eloquent debut novel set amid two historical hotbeds of racial tension, moral hypocrisy, and shifting sexual convention Miss Arabella Leeds, the high-spirited teenage daughter of a prominent New York family, and Aubrey “Brie” Paxton, the “high yellow” pampered house servant of

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