Tag: literature
group name: commonerbookrevs
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June 16, 2008 04:44 PM EDT --
I like to read fiction, and I tend to pick up books that I find more entertaining than thought provoking. When a story gets to deep or complex I put it down and move on to the next one. Yes, I can be . . . more
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December 08, 2007 09:26 PM EST --
Nobody is ever supposed to admit this, but I just can't get into Jane Austen.
Sweet polite stuff that's mainly about protocol and manners and polite society has just never been my thing. . . . more
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April 13, 2007 08:39 PM EDT --
Proimos, James (2002). If I Were In Charge The Rules Would Be Different. New
York: Scholastic Press. [Author and Illustrator]
I didn’t find this book; . . . more
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April 07, 2008 06:32 AM EDT --
The other day I read When Sophie Gets Angry by Molly Bang. The book is about a young child getting angry and how she reacts in anger and later how she calms herself down. Molly is a good . . . 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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February 29, 2008 05:43 PM EST --
This is How It Happened by Jo Barrett
The book's title poses the theme. This IS how it all happened, although we are not certain at first what "it" is supposed to be until the twist . . . more
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March 10, 2007 07:46 AM EST --
My name is Marduk of Ulrak. And this is my story.
Having come from a family of royal highnesses, growing up to be one of the normal boys was never easy. Expectations were set even before I was . . . more
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May 03, 2008 12:50 PM EDT --
As a reviewer of Harper Collins First Look Books I received an advance copy of " 13 by Jason Robert Brown & Dan Elish
This book will be released on July 1, 2008.
This book was . . . more
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January 15, 2008 09:18 AM EST --
Book Review: The Fables of Aesop
Based on the texts of L'Estrange and Croxall
When my children were very young and we were homeschooling, I incorporated into our history and geography . . . more
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August 28, 2007 09:09 PM EDT --
The Species Crown
- a novella and stories
by Curtis Smith
Press 53
US $18 / Can $22
ISBN 9780979304903
I strongly recommend this collection to the more literary-leaning readers of our magazine, . . . more
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April 29, 2008 07:32 PM EDT --
As a reviewer of Harper Collins First Look Books I received an advance copy of "' Ghost of Spirit Bear' by Ben Mikaelsen
This book will be released on June 17, 2008.
The . . . more
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March 19, 2007 12:49 AM EDT --
Jane Austen’s story of love and misunderstanding in late 18th century England is perhaps best known for its opening sentence: “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession . . . more
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February 08, 2008 05:51 AM EST --
Chapter One
Silence... Stillness... seemed so endless. In just one pause.
"Sentenced to death by firing squad." The Judge concluded, driving the gavel home.
For . . . more
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March 08, 2007 11:45 AM EST --
March is the month to celebrate all things small press. From the organization's website: "Now in its 11th year, this is a nationwide promotion highlighting the valuable work produced by independent . . . more
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March 05, 2007 03:44 AM EST --
At the heart of Sula is a bond between two women, a friendship whose intensity first sustains, then injures. Sula and Nel are both black, both smart, and both poor. Through their girlhood years, . . . more
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March 22, 2007 02:06 PM EDT --
The longlist for the 2007 Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction has been announced, with 20 books on the list. (None of which I've read, although I have two in my possession.)
* Half of a Yellow Sun . . . more
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October 18, 2007 01:50 PM EDT --
I just finished reading the One Book, One Chicago fall selection, "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller, and I honestly found it more interesting than I thought I would. This classic, American play . . . more
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April 30, 2008 08:21 PM EDT --
As a reviewer of Harper Collins First Look Books I received an advance copy of "'The Dragon Tree' by Jane Langton
This book will be released on June 03, 2008.
About the . . . more
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May 23, 2008 03:03 AM EDT --
This book was released on October 29, 2007
About the Author/s
April Robins is a story telling Diva who writes with her family members for their company, Robin Falls Children's . . . more
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February 23, 2008 07:20 AM EST --
Hi, folks!
I haven't posted a Writing Essentials column for the past few Saturdays, 'cause life went a little crazy on the home front. Two of my three daughters and my . . . more
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