As yet unpublished

Fix You
Coldplay: X and Y

Clocks
Coldplay: A Rush of Blood to the Head

J.R. Moehringer: Tender Bar
(*****)

Robert Hicks: Widow of the South
Predict this is a runaway best-seller in the fall. Fascinating true civil war story told through a novelized account. 9000 people dead overnight in a town of 2,500. (*****)

Elizabeth Kostova: The Historian
Never mind that it's Dracula -- or 650 pages -- I loved the history and the read. (*****)

Carlos Ruiz Zafon: Shadow of the Wind
(*****)

Allen Kuzweil: Leon and the Champion Chip
I love LEON -- this book has complete science lessons inside of it for 5th graders. Fun for kids, parents and teachers. (*****)

Inkspell

Christopher Paolini: Eldest
Gets better and better! Still a little too close to Tolkien but what a talented kid! (*****)

Jeff Lindsay: Dearly Devoted Dexter
Serial killer who only kills serial killers ... (*****)