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Eric E Castro

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Teacher, runner, reader, and once-upon-a-time author.

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Eric E Castro rated Inca Gold (Dirk Pitt Adventures): 3 stars

Clive Cussler: Inca Gold (Dirk Pitt Adventures) (Paperback, 2001, Pocket)

Inca Gold (Dirk Pitt Adventures) by Clive Cussler (Dirk Pitt/NUMA (12))

Nearly five centuries ago a fleet of boats landed mysteriously on an island in an inland sea. There, an ancient …

Eric E Castro rated The Sum of All Fears: 4 stars

Tom Clancy: The Sum of All Fears (2002, Berkley)

The Sum of All Fears by Tom Clancy

Peace may finally be at hand in the Middle East -- as Jack Ryan lays the groundwork for a plan …

Eric E Castro rated Deep six: 3 stars

Clive Cussler: Deep six (1984, Simon and Schuster)

Deep six by Clive Cussler

A deadly tide of poison flows into ocean waters. A ghost ship drifts across the empty northern Pacific. A luxury …

Eric E Castro rated Raise the Titanic!: 3 stars

Clive Cussler: Raise the Titanic! (2004, Berkley)

Raise the Titanic! by Clive Cussler (Dirk Pitt Adventures)

The Sicilian Project is the undercover plan of the decade. It is undoubtedly the best-kept secret since the atomic bomb. …

Eric E Castro rated The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: 5 stars

Stieg Larsson: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Paperback, 2008, Viking Canada)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (Millenium, #1)

Journalist Mikael Blomkvist and hacker Lisbeth Salander investigate the disappearance of Harriet Vanger which took place forty years ago.

Eric E Castro rated Treasure Island: 3 stars

Robert Louis Stevenson, N.C. Wyeth: Treasure Island (Hardcover, 2001, Kingfisher)

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, N.C. Wyeth

"For sheer storytelling delight and pure adventure, Treasure Island has never been surpassed. From the moment young Jim Hawkins first …

Eric E Castro rated The Lost World: 3 stars

Michael Crichton: The Lost World (Paperback, 1995, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.)

The Lost World by Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park, #2)

It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary dream of science …

Eric E Castro rated Jurassic Park: 5 stars

Michael Crichton: Jurassic Park (Français language, 2009, Pocket)

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Que s'est-il donc passé sur Isla Nublar, durant ces deux jours d'août 1989, pour obliger l'armée à venir " faire …

Eric E Castro rated Washington Black: 3 stars

Washington Black by Esi Edugyan

George Washington Black, or "Wash," an eleven-year-old field slave on a Barbados sugar plantation, is terrified to be chosen by …

Eric E Castro rated James Bond: 4 stars

No cover — Ian Fleming, Van Jensen, Kewber Baal: James Bond (2019, Dynamic Forces, Incorporated DBA Dynamite Entertainment)

James Bond by Ian Fleming, Van Jensen, Kewber Baal

Eric E Castro reviewed Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

Salvage the Bones is the second novel by American author Jesmyn Ward and published by …

Review of 'Salvage the Bones' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

I confess to not really enjoying the Bones, but it took me a while to figure out why I didn’t care for it. It is powerfully written with descriptions that I found visceral; and the general storyline of Esch reminded me of girls I knew as a kid in Viz Valley. Thus, I think what I liked about the book is exactly what I didn’t like about the book.