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Review: Parrot & Olivier in America, by Peter Carey

Posted on August 8, 2011 by meyoung
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Good lord, I need to lay off of the historical novels. Although I suppose it’s not history’s fault, and I did really enjoy the last couple historical novels I read. Parrot & Olivier is post revolution, American and French. The … Continue reading →

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Book Club Review: Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Jules
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For June, Book Club read and discussed Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho. Comments related to the semi-serious discussion about the book: I tore through the first 179 pages, then put it down and read, like, 5 mindless novels, and picked … Continue reading →

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Deeper Than Midnight (Midnight Breed #9)

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Tiffany
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I love series but few manage to maintain the excitement of the first several books.  Over time, entries often begin to seem repetitive; couples have similar conflicts to earlier pairs; story arcs grow prolonged and stale.  The past couple of … Continue reading →

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Review: Suite 606, Anthology by J.D. Robb, Mary Blayney, Ruth Ryan Langan, and Mary Kay McComas

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Jules
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“#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb headlines a hot new anthology of paranormal romance. FEATURING A NEW EVE DALLAS NOVELLA. J.D. Robb plunges Lieutenant Eve Dallas into the violent aftermath of a ritualistic murder. … Continue reading →

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Review: Mary Ann in Autumn (Tales of the City #8) by Armistead Maupin

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Jules
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“It’s about Mary Ann Singleton (a central “Tales of the City” character) at the age of 57. She’s been living as a Connecticut housewife for 20 years. She’s having another life crisis and has to come back to San Francisco … Continue reading →

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Review: Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, by David Foster Wallace

Posted on May 13, 2011 by meyoung
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It’s nearly impossible to read any single line of this collection of stories without being reminded that David Foster Wallace committed suicide. There are the obvious tracts, explicit on the topics of suicide and depression, but in every story you … Continue reading →

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Trespass: A Novel, by Rose Tremain

Posted on March 29, 2011 by meyoung
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Rose Tremain writes beautiful descriptions. Descriptions of scenery, emotions, internal thoughts. Too bad at heart she’s a dime store novelist. Not that I have anything against dime store novels…ok, fine, I do, but knowing that, I just don’t read them. Trespass … Continue reading →

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