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Review: Book about John Ritter needs more Ritter
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 AP - "With Love and Laughter, John Ritter" (Gallery Books, $26), by Amy Yasbeck: John Ritter is a comedic institution.
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Ben Affleck back in Boston with undercooked drama
(Reuters)
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Reuters - You can take the boy out of Boston, but Ben Affleck isn't done with his hometown.
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Serial killer stalks teens in `Fever of the Bone'
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 AP - "Fever of the Bone" (HarperCollins, $14.99), by Val McDermid: When serial crime fiction is done well, readers can drop into any installment and within a few chapters, understand nearly everything about the primary characters and their relationship with one another.
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`Pretty Little Things' is tale of sexual predators
(AP)
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 AP - "Pretty Little Things" (Vanguard Press, $25.95), by Jilliane Hoffman: Jilliane Hoffman takes the standard "To Catch a Predator" plot — adult male sex offender ensnaring unsuspecting teens by various online chat rooms or social networks — and escalates it to a thoroughly creepy serial killer level.
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`Elephant's Journey' only for Jose Saramago fans
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 AP - "The Elephant's Journey" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $24), by Jose Saramago: This is a book Serious Readers should love. Consider the pedigree: a recently deceased Nobel Prize-winning author, a benevolent animal protagonist and a space on bookstore and library shelves in the hot category Historical Fiction.
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Review: 'R.U.S.E.' brings war strategy to consoles
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 AP - Video-game wars, like those in "Halo" or "Call of Duty," are usually seen from the grunt's-eye view.
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