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Blog Entries by Jackie K. Cooper from 12/2012

The Forgotten Is Another First Rate Adventure Novel From Baldacci

| Posted 12.05.2012

David Baldacci seems to write one book after another but unlike other authors who are this prolific, Baldacci creates stories that are fresh and well planned out. His latest novel The Forgotten is a prime example his action adventure best.

Christmas With Holly Is Plot By the Numbers Storytelling

| Posted 12.06.2012

Usually I am a big fan of any movie presented by the "Hallmark Hall of Fame." This series has always been about quality programming and it is usually aimed at the entire family. This year's Christmas entry, however, left me cold.

Playing for Keeps Is Not a Keeper

| Posted 12.11.2012

Gerard Butler makes the worst choices of film roles. Has he had anything close to a hit since he starred in 300? The answer is no. He has parlayed that one success into a Hollywood career. And he is still making likeable losers such as his latest Playing for Keeps.

Connelly Continues to Be the Best With The Black Box

| Posted 12.12.2012

How can Michael Connelly get better at his craft of writing! Just when you think he has reached the pinnacle of his career with a certain novel he comes along with a new one that is even better. Such is the case with The Black Box, a crime thriller that is pretty near perfection.

Hitchcock Will Live on Word of Mouth

| Posted 12.18.2012

Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren take what could have been an ordinary film and elevate it to the status of one of the year's best. Hitchcock would be proud.

Karen White Revisits Small Town Living and Loving in After the Rain

| Posted 12.19.2012

This is a completely romantic story that is perfect reading during the holiday season. All of White's special talents are on display as she crafts a fascinating plot, and creates indelible characters.

Cramer Completes His Amish Trilogy

| Posted 12.25.2012

Though Mountains Fall is Dale Cramer's third and final book in The Daughters of Caleb Bender series, based on actual events that transpired in the nineteenth century when a group of Amish people fled the United States and set up residence in Mexico.

Les Miserables Is Truly the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

| Posted 12.28.2012

The film version of Les Miserables is truly an amalgamation of the good, the bad and the ugly. All three elements are found in this epic film of faith, forgiveness and redemption.