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The bad news is, I am no longer adding books to the Four Stars and Up site. The good news is the reason - Amazon has begun making lists of the Top 100 Rated Books by genre, and those lists are wonderful for finding books loved by readers.

Here are links to the Amazon lists for some genres (there are more!), and you can also see this information on the product pages of all books that are on these lists (use the left-hand menus on Amazon to drill even further into genres):

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  "Thank you for all your support of this site, and happy reading!" BOOK #ya #scifi PSION BETA, by Jacob Gowans Reader 4+ Stars: 97% Price: $0.99 BUY Sammy, a 14-year-old fugitive, accidentally discovers he has the powers of a Psion. Plucked off the streets, he is thrust into the rigorously-disciplined environment of Psion Beta headquarters. As a new Beta, Sammy must hone his newfound abilities using holographic fighting simulations, stealth training missions, and complex war games. His fellow trainees are other kids competing to prove their worth so they can graduate and contribute to the war effort. But the stifling competition at headquarters isolates Sammy from his peers. Learning to use his incredible abilities powers is difficult enough, but when things go horribly wrong on a routine training mission, he must rely on the other Betas to stay alive… more #april 2011 #other #hidden gems  BOOK #fantasy MURDER AT AVEDON HILL, by PG Holyfield Reader 4+ Stars: 100% Price: $2.39 BUY Welcome to the land of Caern, where the gods — the Children of Az —can choose to be born into the world as mortals to directly affect events… and often do. And where the conflict between religious faith and arcane magic has reached a breaking point. Gretta Platt, Housemistress of Avedon Manor, has been murdered. Only a handful of people live in Avedon Hill, and most are suspects. Arames Kragen, retired Aarronic Advisor and scholar of prophecy, must gain access to Avedon Hill’s mountain pass. But Lord Avedon is not in a giving mood… more #april 2011 #fantasy #hidden gems  BOOK #mystery DEATH BY CHOCOLATE, by Sally Berneathy Reader 4+ Stars: 100% Price: $2.99 BUY Lindsay Powell awakens one bright Sunday morning to find her almost-ex-husband in bed beside her. Had she really been glad to see the cheating creep standing on her front porch last night? At that burst of insanity she should have called 911, requested she be declared mentally incompetent and locked up for her own protection.  While sleeping with the jerk feels like the absolute worst thing that could happen, that error becomes insignificant as Lindsay’s life rapidly spirals downward into complete chaos and a near-deadly bout with the chocolate she loves… more  #april 2011 #mystery #hidden gems  BOOK #scifi REGOLITH, by Brent Reilly Reader 4+ Stars: 100% Price: $2.99 BUY When Spacewatch Director Henry Jackson, using his revolutionary lunar laser ranger, suspects the largest asteroid in 65 million years will strike America during the 2012 presidential campaign, he must figure out how to save a skeptical public from mile-high tsunamis, pressure blasts, sterilizing heat, record earthquakes, and a trillion tons of falling molten rock called regolith. Facing global hysteria that cripples society, he ends up with only ten weeks to evacuate the entire country to special asteroid shelters his son built near the poles. Jackson, famous for his plans to launch capsules from the highest point on Earth; converting the largest near-Earth asteroid into a space port; mining $5 quadrillion worth of lunar helium3; soft-landing trillion-dollar metallic asteroids on the Moon; optimizing Mars; and bulking up and re-orbiting the 20 largest moons into Goldilocks orbits to allow humanity to grow to over 100 billion people, then loses his escape plane, stranding his family near Ground Zero, where they must improvise to survive. #april 2011 #scifi #hidden gems  BOOK #romance EYES OF SILVER, EYES OF GOLD, by Ellen O’Connell Reader 4+ Stars: 88% Price: $2.99 BUY Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold is a story of family conflicts set in Colorado in 1885. Anne Wells has embarrassed her rigidly proper family since she was a child with occasional but grievous lapses from ladylike behavior. They blame those lapses for the disgraceful fact that she is a spinster at 28. Cord Bennett, the son of his father’s second marriage to a Cheyenne woman, is more than an embarrassment to his well-to-do family of ranchers and lawyers - they are ashamed and afraid of their black sheep. When Anne and Cord are found alone together, her father’s fury leads to violence. Cord’s family is more than willing to believe that the fault is his. Can Anne and Cord use the freedom of being condemned for sins they didn’t commit to make a life together? Or will their disapproving, interfering families tear them apart?   #april 2011 #romance #mid-list  BOOK #mystery DEATH BY A DARK HORSE, by Susan Schreyer Reader 4+ Stars: 100% Price: $2.99 BUY Thea Campbell goes out for revenge when the one person who is simultaneously the most likely and least likely candidate for thief steals her horse. But Olympic hopeful Valerie Parsons is past caring about being arrested. She’s dead. At first Thea’s horse is assumed to have killed the woman, but when the coroner determines it was a human hand and not a horse’s hoof that ended Valerie’s life Thea becomes a person of interest. Now intimidating people with little regard for due process are showing up on her doorstep looking to even the score. Toss in her wrecked love life, a sexy geology professor who stirs up more than dust, and an alleged psychic horse, and it soon becomes apparent that Thea’s predictable life is now out of control. As she takes charge of clearing herself of the murder she discovers the victim had a knack for making enemies—one of whom is Thea’s ditsy sister… more #april 2011 #mystery #hidden gems  BOOK #literary LIFE IS BUT A DREAM, by Cheryl Shireman Reader 4+ Stars: 90% Price: $0.99 BUY Imagine going alone to a secluded lake cabin to redefine your life.  In this stunning debut novel by writer Cheryl Shireman, the main character, Grace Adams, is a woman who faces an uncertain future. Despite the fact that she built her life around them, her daughter and husband have created lives that no longer include her.  The novel is written for women and through a woman’s point of view. Grace is easy to identify with and easy to understand; for at some point, we have all felt the emotions she is experiencing.  Thought provoking, sometimes frightening, and often funny, Life Is But a Dream is the story of a woman redefining herself and taking control of her life as she struggles to understand her present circumstances… more #april 2011 #other #mid-list  BOOK #chicklit FOLLOWING MY TOES, by Laurel Osterkamp Reader 4+ Stars: 92% Price: $0.99 BUY Even if nobody believes her, Faith Emerson knows she’s psychic. After all, she totally saw it coming when Peter, her boyfriend of two years, dumped her for her best friend.  Heartbroken, Faith needs a fresh start. So when her good friend Carolyn suggests she move from Duluth to Minneapolis, Faith takes the plunge and embarks on a new adventure. However, Faith soon learns things don’t always go as planned when she’s forced to deal with a coffee shop customer from hell, a bruised tailbone, a phone-sex operator roommate, a freeloading little sister, her parents’ taxidermy convention, and a new love interest who may be stalking her. Yet every time Faith tries to rely on her perceptive abilities, friends or family accuse her of being self-involved… more  #april 2011 #chick-lit #hidden gems  BOOK #romance TO LOVE A WITCH, by Debora Geary Reader 4+ Stars: 100% Price: $0.99 BUY Full disclosure - this one’s mine :). Jake thought he had a juvenile delinquent witch in need of rescue. Romy couldn’t decide if he was a kidnapper, liar, or too good to be true. Throw in Tattoo Boy, sparking fingers, and a seven-year-old who can see the future, and you have all the makings for a romance. Really. Well, there’s some really great linguine and a duet from West Side Story, too.  #april 2011 #romance #hidden gems  About Four Stars and Up  |  Kindles and Kids  |  Suggest a Book |  Posts by Month