Tag: family
group name: commonerbookrevs
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January 09, 2007 10:57 PM EST --
I'm currently reading Prep A Novel by Curtis Sittenfield (sp?), and have to say that I'm enjoying it immensely. It is the girlie version of "Catcher In The Rye" - but much longer and . . . more
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September 07, 2007 08:25 PM EDT --
Fiction is my passion, but really good, gripping fiction is hard to come by. I don't mean action adventure; not my style. Give me a story about real, fleshed-out people, not flat . . . 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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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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January 22, 2007 11:11 PM EST --
Just a quick note on this memoir by Augusten Burroughs.
Hilarious.
But don't read it if you are homophobic or scared of crazy people.
Don't say I didn't warn you...
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April 27, 2008 04:16 PM EDT --
After playing hooky one day in 7 th grade to read Gone With The Wind , Karen White knew she wanted to be either Scarlett O'Hara or a writer. In fact, Karen's grade school teachers had encouraged . . . more
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May 23, 2008 03:36 AM EDT --
About the Author/s
April Robins is a story telling Diva who writes with her family members for their company, Robin Falls Children's Stories. She is the author and writes . . . more
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October 16, 2007 12:51 PM EDT --
Do you have a secret—something hidden deep down struggling to get out? I did. It's something that has been dwelling beneath the surface for more than one hundred years. It's something . . . more
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December 28, 2007 12:28 PM EST --
I am forced to remain in bed, something I don't mind as long as I have a few good books to cuddle up with. But all the books I have unpacked I have read at least ten times since the beginning . . . more
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June 05, 2008 12:46 AM EDT --
Whether you choose to start your own book club, sign your child up for the reading program at your local library, or subscribe to an online children's book club, the benefits of children reading during . . . more
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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; . . . more
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November 08, 2007 01:17 AM EST --
This year I am going to make a point to get through several favorite books with my sisters that remind me of childhood and Christmas, two very special things. My girls are eleven right now and I . . . more
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May 12, 2007 12:30 AM EDT --
Have you ever wondered why people make the choices they do? Sitting down with Beryl Singleton Bissell's fabulous memoir, The Scent of God, is like sitting with a good friend over coffee, . . . more
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December 30, 2007 01:01 AM EST --
I got the nicest gift from my daughter-in-law, Celeste, for Christmas. She had a quilt made for me with the words Grandma in the center and my four grandkids names beneath (Austin, Eli, Sarah, . . . more
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July 29, 2007 10:38 AM EDT --
This "behind the scenes" book about the cut flower trade was recommended to me by Scott Kunst, owner of Old House Gardens, to help get me through the long, cold, gray flower-less days of a typical . . . more
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May 04, 2007 06:22 PM EDT --
A compilation of short essays about the relationship between in-laws.
I'd first heard about this book at a course my mother takes (she snuck me in) given by a woman who discusses the books she's . . . more
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August 14, 2007 05:58 PM EDT --
I have been reading Michael Newton's books about "life between lives" with great interest. M.N. is a counseling psychologist and hypnotherapist who has researched this area of existence . . . more
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February 06, 2007 06:08 PM EST --
Crab Cake & Pepper
by Frank Weaver, Jr.
Reviewed by Aaron Paul Lazar
Author of the LeGarde Mystery Series
Crab Cake & Pepper is more than a folksy yarn about a boy and his dog. It digs . . . more
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July 16, 2007 03:13 PM EDT --
Author: Emily Fox Gordon
Subtitle: My life in and out of therapy
This is a similar book to Girl Interrupted in time and situation. Another girl out of control in the 50s and 60s sent . . . more
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