Tag: book review
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June 27, 2008 09:31 AM EDT --
This book is regarded as a classic, but I only recently heard of it. I heard of it twice within a short time span, which is why it captured my attention. I was told that it was written in the same style . . . more
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February 25, 2008 12:33 PM EST --
"Florida… that refuge of the newly wed and the nearly dead".
Stephen King is back! After a number of recent flops (Tom Gordon, Bag of Bones), King scores big with his latest novel . . . more
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February 11, 2007 09:48 AM EST --
The Virgin Blue is probably the most colorful book I have ever read. The first of Tracy Chevalier's novels it is definitely well done and researched. The thing I loved the . . . more
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September 13, 2008 07:55 PM EDT --
Many of us first learned about autistic savants through Dustin Hoffman's portrayal of an autistic savant, Raymond, in the movie "Rainman". When the movie came out I already had personal . . . more
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December 09, 2007 10:15 AM EST --
I made a trip to the library on Friday and came away with two awesome Jane Austen books. I am a total Janeite, so I will be buying them.
I have a nice set of hardcover Jane Austen . . . more
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February 19, 2008 01:14 PM EST --
Eat, Pray, Love - By: Elizabeth Gilbert
It is hard to write a review about a book that is so good & that touches you in the way this book did for me. I did not want it to end, in fact I drew out . . . more
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August 03, 2008 03:43 PM EDT --
I love Patricia Cornwell, but this was not her best.
Trace- Dr. Kay Scarpetta, the Forensic Medical Examiner is called back to Richmond to assist in the investigation of a girl’s murder. . . . more
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June 02, 2008 06:19 AM EDT --
I was taking a break from the difficult reading I've been doing about the Chinese Cultural Revolution... whew.
This book is light fantasy. It was SO much fun. The tension builds and builds - this . . . more
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June 09, 2008 05:57 AM EDT --
author Marcus Zusak
At the beginning, I am having a LOT of trouble getting "into" this book. I read 30 pages at a clip and it kept putting me to sleep.
Once I finally got into . . . more
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January 02, 2007 05:36 PM EST --
I loved this book. I love how Janet Evanovich is able to keep you interested in a mystery, and still be humerous at the same time. When I read her books, It seems like while I am busy trying to figure . . . more
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September 09, 2007 04:29 PM EDT --
The book is enchanting. I love the author, Orson Scott Card, and have read at least 10 of his books.
This is a re-writing of the fairy tale, Sleeping Beauty, wherein the main character goes back . . . more
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August 12, 2008 07:32 PM EDT --
I have read a few books by Nicholas Sparks, and a few others such as "The Notebook" and "Message in a Bottle" have been made into movies. I've enjoyed every one . . . more
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June 12, 2007 06:49 PM EDT --
Jacob Jankowski says: "I am ninety. Or ninety-three. One or the other." At the beginning of Water for Elephants, he is living out his days in a nursing home, hating every second of it. His life . . . more
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September 07, 2008 11:10 PM EDT --
It seems that I have been recommending this book a lot lately and I realized that I had never posted a review of the book. This is one of my favorite books. I read it each summer.
This . . . more
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June 15, 2008 01:14 PM EDT --
It's December 1999 and everyone has Millennial fever. Will the world end at midnight on New Year's Eve? Meanwhile, archaeologist Catherine Alexander discovers some very old papyrus scrolls in . . . more
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May 19, 2008 05:15 PM EDT --
This book was published in 2007, prior to the recent events surrounding the alleged child abuse and subsequent raid of the FLDS' YFZ Ranch in El Dorado, Texas. It provides a chilling insider's . . . more
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January 07, 2007 06:46 PM EST --
Today I finished "Thunderstruck" by Erik Larson and I must say that I was disappointed. "Isaacs Storm" by Mr. Larson, about the horrendous hurricane that hit Galveston, Texas . . . more
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July 27, 2008 08:25 PM EDT --
Take the Journaler's Path to Adventure
Samara O'Shea's latest book, Note to Self; On Keeping a Journal and Other Dangerous Pursuits, proves that a well crafted 170 pages can impart . . . more
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October 10, 2007 07:20 PM EDT --
The modern novel has been killed, according to critic Dale Peck, in his essay collection aptly entitled Hatchet jobs. The culprits: James Joyce, Thomas Pynchon, and Don DeLillo, along with their followers. . . . more
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May 08, 2008 11:01 AM EDT --
INTERVIEW
1. Debbie, you got the initial idea for Twenty Wishes from a reader. What influence have readers had on your books and your career?
I always listen to my readers and . . . more
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