Category Archives: 4 rating

The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chronicle Day One and The Wise Man’s Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle Day Two, both by Patrick Rothfuss

Posted on May 3, 2012 by meyoung
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Normally I wouldn’t have chosen to read this book, but a good friend, whose reading taste overlaps with my own to a large enough degree, highly recommended it and, in fact, urged me to read it. She’d never urged me … Continue reading →

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The Tragedy of Arthur, by Arthur Phillips

Posted on April 29, 2012 by meyoung
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What if your dad gave you a MegaMillions lotto ticket when the jackpot had been ramped up to a bjillion dollars? What if it was the only winning ticket? What if your dad is a master forger? That is just … Continue reading →

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Against the Day

Posted on April 4, 2012 by meyoung
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If you were a vector, mademoiselle, you would begin in the ‘real’ world, change you length, enter an ‘imaginary’ reference system, rotate up to three different ways, and return to ‘reality’ a new person. Or vector. The Anarchists and Socialists … Continue reading →

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Review: One Day by David Nicholls

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Susan
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“We grew up together” is what Dexter Mayhew tells people when they ask how he and Emma Morley met. One Day by David Nicholls chronicles their “growing up” by showing snapshots of their lives on one day every year, beginning … Continue reading →

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Book Club Review: Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Jules
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In the month of July, in moments squeezed in while celebrating both my and Tricia’s birthdays, Book Club discussed Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby. Comments related to the semi-serious discussion about the book: I don’t think this book was about … Continue reading →

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Review: State of Wonder, by Ann Patchett

Posted on June 30, 2011 by meyoung
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What if infertilifty could be cured? What if women could bear children into their 70s? What if women didn’t have to chose between the dictates of their biological clocks and … anything else? The debates philosophical, sociological, anthropological and whateverelsological … Continue reading →

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Review: Bloodshot by Cherie Priest

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Jules
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“VAMPIRE FOR HIRE Raylene Pendle (AKA Cheshire Red), a vampire and world-renowned thief, doesn’t usually hang with her own kind. She’s too busy stealing priceless art and rare jewels. But when the infuriatingly charming Ian Stott asks for help, Raylene … Continue reading →

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