Tag: people
group name: whatchareadin
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July 30, 2007 03:38 PM EDT --
Have you ever had some free time and all you wanted to do was sit in a comfy spot and dive into a book? This Sunday that's all I wanted to do... sit on the couch and try to finish reading Harry Potter . . . more
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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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June 05, 2007 10:29 AM EDT --
I am addicted to Mah Jong or Zen Bones (depending on what system you are using). I can't get enough of it!
What game can you sit for hours in front of the T.V. or Computer Screen without . . . more
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December 18, 2006 04:16 PM EST --
I just picked up this book at Barnes and Nobles a bit ago.
Who has read it?
What do you think of it?
What book are you reading?
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March 30, 2007 06:43 PM EDT --
Non-fiction/Autobiography . . . 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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February 11, 2007 12:41 AM EST --
Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere was the first book by Morris that I have had the opportunity to read, and even though it was so very melancholy I look forward to reading the rest of her works. . . . more
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January 15, 2007 01:18 PM EST --
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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 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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May 27, 2007 11:33 PM EDT --
I have an annoying room mate. He does a lot of things that get on my nerves, but I can usually forgive them. Unfortunately, he has a new girlfriend who is ALWAYS at our apartment. . . . 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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January 15, 2007 09:31 PM EST --
I just finished Nicholas Lemann’s The Big Test: The Secret History of the American Meritocracy. It was interesting. Like most readers, I went in from my own biased perspective. I wasn’t really . . . more
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June 19, 2007 03:23 AM EDT --
There are few memoirs that can compare with The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. The story begins as Walls is on her way to a party in New York City, traveling by taxi down from her Park Avenue apartment. . . . more
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December 19, 2006 01:25 PM EST --
please excuse me if this is off topic for your group but this is a research project for gather!
It has come to my attention that towns all over the world are twinned with other towns from . . . 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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January 27, 2007 07:53 AM EST --
I got this off a bulletin on myspace... I had to post it here, I know all of the mothers on here will appreciate it!
"Why God made moms" answers given by elementary school age children . . . more
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April 01, 2007 01:16 PM EDT --
Author, Edwidge Danticat
I have read various books by this author - she is a Haitian young woman who has been writing about her country, it's history and culture especially as the two . . . more
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March 31, 2007 04:11 AM EDT --
Sometimes, when you order a book you have one expectation on what it will be like... then when it arrives it is something completely different. With the book "American Gay" I had expected an . . . more
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February 19, 2007 06:30 PM EST --
So Long A Letter is a series of short letters written by Ramatoulaye, a woman in West Africa, to a childhood friend. The letters are a series of memories and reminiscences that cover the choices . . . more
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