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Stephen Dobyns
Birth date: February 19, 1941
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carolesrandomlife
carolesrandomlife rated it 9 years ago
This review can also be found at Carole's Random Life.The best part of this book was finishing it. Seriously, I was absolutely thrilled to finally be done with this one so that I could move on to something else. I actually almost stopped listening pretty early on in the book because it just wasn't...
Irresponsible Reader
Irresponsible Reader rated it 10 years ago
Is Fat Bob Dead Yet? is essentially an Elmore Leonard book written by . . . someone else. It doesn't have the zip, style and the panache of Leonard, though. It has a style and panache all of its own (almost no zip, though, but that's okay).Things get kicked off here with a nasty motorcycle accident ...
carolesrandomlife
carolesrandomlife rated it 10 years ago
DNF @ 25%I was looking forward to a fun quirky story. I've read 25% of the story and I just don't have any desire to pick this book up again. I haven't found anything to be even remotely funny and I don't care about any of the characters. This book just does not work for me at all.ARC provided by...
EricCWelch
EricCWelch rated it 11 years ago
Charlie is a misanthrope. When his mother, who owns the hotel where he works as the house dick, asks him what he would do with a million dollars, his response is that he'd like to buy a boat, anchor it offshore, and fish and read. (Sounds good except for the fishing.) If people wanted to come visit ...
1st Avenue
1st Avenue rated it 12 years ago
Weird things happening in a small town, but everything comes together in the end in a believable conclusion (of sorts). That alone makes it worth the read. Also, this book has hints of Stephen King... actually, it's more like a bouillon cube of Stephen King. It has Stephen King flavorings, but ste...
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