Tag: book review
group name: bookcorps
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August 20, 2007 02:28 PM EDT --
I began reading How Then Shall We Live: Four Simple Questions That Reveal the Beauty and Meaning of Our Lives by Wayne Muller at the beginning of July. It challenged me to think about four simple questions. . . .
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April 29, 2009 10:28 PM EDT --
Think you know Joan Crawford? Think again. I thought I knew Joan. I loved "Mommie Dearest" and "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane" so I figured Peter Joseph Swanson's "The Joan . . .
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April 24, 2008 04:48 PM EDT --
New York Times bestselling author, Debbie Macomber will be on Gather discussing her new book, Twenty Wishes , in the Book Review Group for the next month. She's written the 4 th story in the . . .
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June 13, 2007 10:38 AM EDT --
There's no better time for a fast-paced read than a lazy day at the beach or in the back yard hammock. Thrillers seem to suit summer reading, much the way blockbuster movies do at the summer box office. . . .
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June 18, 2007 03:39 PM EDT --
Like I said, I just finished Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow. It was a great and fast read. I enjoyed it because it featured a family story woven in with historical events . . .
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April 24, 2007 06:19 PM EDT --
Anne Perry's books enthrall me like no others. I knew that the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Serbia started WWI and that's about all I knew of that war until . . .
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April 04, 2008 10:59 AM EDT --
Wear Your Life Well written by Marilu Henner
When I first read the description for this book, I thought I'd best give it a shot. It sounded inspiring, fulfilling, and quite interesting at a time . . .
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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 . . .
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July 30, 2007 01:42 PM EDT --
Gather Member Martin Edhouse has crafted an enchanting children's tale for adults in his new book, The Exotic Adventure. This story, like so many stories from childhood, centers around a competition; . . .
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August 16, 2007 12:33 AM EDT --
If you want to understand the importance of voice in fiction, read page 1 of Patricia Wood's deeply affecting debut novel, Lottery. I can almost guarantee you will be instantly hooked.
No one . . .
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February 28, 2008 03:10 PM EST --
Before I picked up this book, as any parent, I thought I already had a lot of the answers. After all, I'd already survived one teenager.
From page one of Just Tell Me What to . . .
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April 13, 2009 09:29 AM EDT --
the spectrum of the famous author's racial views
JACK LONDON'S RACIAL LIVES, A Critical Biography by Jeanne Campbell Reesman. U. of Georgia Press, Athens, GA; www.ugapress.org; rhuff@ugapress.uga.edu. . . .
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August 25, 2007 03:50 PM EDT --
Promise Not To Tell is a coming of age story, a gripping murder mystery and psychological thriller.
Set in both present and past, Promise Not To Tell, is a story of friendship, . . .
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September 12, 2008 05:01 PM EDT --
When I started this year, another Gather member had decided to read 50 books. I thought this sounded like a good idea. I joined the group. Now, ahead of schedule, I have completed my mission (although . . .
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November 03, 2007 03:18 PM EDT --
Reader beware: You may not want to read this. But it is exactly what you should hear.
Skinny Bitch is not a diet book, say authors Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin.
Skinny Bitch . . .
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January 24, 2007 05:59 PM EST --
Does God Have a Sense of Humor?
A Book Review of "Lamb" by Christopher Moore
I had no idea what to expect between the covers of Christopher Moore’s 2002 novel, “Lamb: . . .
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June 09, 2007 12:17 AM EDT --
Like many of the 4 million readers of The Kite Runner, I could not wait to read Khaled Hosseini's second novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns. When a book like The Kite Runner is so beloved, such a runaway . . .
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July 04, 2007 04:17 PM EDT --
This murder mystery is as charming as Vienna itself. Like the city's famed waltz, Frank Tallis moves his book, A Death in Vienna, along at the perfect tempo. The year is 1902, and Vienna is at . . .
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October 03, 2007 09:26 PM EDT --
New York-based Time magazine reporter Lisa Takeuchi Cullen not only has a nose for news, she can make you stop dead in your tracks, especially when it comes to planning your own funeral.
I had the opportunity . . .
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October 29, 2008 12:07 AM EDT --
Dark Summer
Iris Johansen
St. Martin’s Press
ISBN: 978-0-312-36808-1
Iris Johansen is a well known mystery writer, and having read other books of hers (most recently Stalemate ), I was . . .
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