Tag: arts
group name: whatchareadin
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March 03, 2007 07:02 PM EST --
Written by Guillermo Martínez
I left the house without a book, so bought this at the thrift shop before coming home. I read it on the bus, then at home until I finished it - less than 200 . . . more
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March 02, 2007 06:03 AM EST --
First to ask, first to receive - leave me your address, and I'll send the books out.
Homeless Bird- Gloria Whelan - a young woman in India is forced into a marriage. Cultural differences. . . . more
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January 28, 2007 05:42 PM EST --
Author Raymond Khoury
This book is of the same subgenre that the Da Vinci Code is, a subgenre sometimes called "historical thrillers". There's an important artifact, people . . . more
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January 03, 2007 09:05 PM EST --
By Alexander Key
Published in 1965
A short science fiction type fable (or parable) about a boy who slips through a portal and ends up on Earth. It has a Twilight Zone feel to it.
He is . . . more
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January 27, 2007 10:55 AM EST --
Author Helen Kim
This is another book about young people in another country. It is set in Korea in the 70's or 80's. Not only does one learn about the culture - the foods, clothes, . . . more
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February 24, 2007 10:28 AM EST --
By Flavia Bujor, translated from the French
This book was published when the author was 15 years old. She wrote it when she was 13 - it took 6 months.
The beginning of the book is much less . . . more
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February 03, 2007 01:38 PM EST --
author: Robin McKinley
This book is a retelling of the Beauty and the Beast legend - for grownups.
There are so many details and imaginative ways of describing the scenes and surroundings.
The book is . . . more
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July 21, 2007 08:55 AM EDT --
Author Ross King
A historical thriller set in 1660. An unimposing book seller is sent on a journey to find a missing manuscript. Alternating with the chapters about his search are the chapters . . . more
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January 24, 2007 10:30 AM EST --
Author - Margaret Truman
Although far from Washington, DC, this book is part of the Capital Crimes series of novels, this daughter of a president, turned author has written.
I picked this up . . . more
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February 21, 2007 08:37 AM EST --
An annotated list:
In the name of Salomé - Julia Alvarez: a novelized biography of the late poet - Laureate of the Dominican Republic -lots of history and family interaction. . . . more
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June 25, 2007 06:04 PM EDT --
author: Peter Dickinson
A return to kiddie lit (for readers 11 years old and upwards)
the protagonist is a boy of Welsh heritage living in England. The book opens with his Mum gone on "holiday" . . . more
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July 06, 2007 05:59 PM EDT --
Author: Barbara Kingsolver
Although she is one of my favorite authors, this is not one of my favorite books.
Some of the stories had promise, and some were better than others. Yet, as . . . more
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July 04, 2007 07:23 PM EDT --
Author: Howard Buten
This is an amazing book! It is written from the perspective of a child aged 8. He wavers between being highly imaginative and being very concrete in his . . . more
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January 15, 2007 01:10 PM EST --
"Momma Your Love"
My son is a wonder such pleasure and joy,he brings to my heart my sweet baby boy...
In his own little language only I understand, he tells me his plans for being a man... . . . more
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January 15, 2007 01:13 PM EST --
"My Girls"
One wakes me every morning with, "Hello my beautiful mommy"...the other sleeps so soundly to rouse her would take an army...
One's twelve and one's four, for goodness . . . more
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February 22, 2007 09:55 AM EST --
During the past week I’ve finished reading four books:
The first two were scientific books for the lay person about the history of magnetism – I had found them at Barnes and Noble – . . . more
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July 23, 2007 11:30 PM EDT --
So a few months back, I got my hands on a Sony Reader, compliments Gather's exceptional marketing team. I wrote a little review of the technology, concluding that it was a great concept, and a good . . . more
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January 12, 2007 12:38 PM EST --
From The Washington Post's Book World/washingtonpost.com
Death, it turns out, is not proud.
The narrator of The Book Thief is many things -- sardonic, wry, darkly humorous, compassionate . . . more
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January 20, 2007 04:18 AM EST --
I had seen a preview for a movie based on this book, so when I saw the book on the table for give-aways, I snatched it up.
One of my coworkers noticed I was reading it and mentioned how important the book . . . more
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January 24, 2007 07:01 AM EST --
Author - Sharon Creech
As I was proctoring yesterday, I saw this small book in the class library in Spanish translation.
I've read Sharon Creech before, so picked it up expecting something great. . . . more
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