Tag: novel
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December 11, 2009 11:13 AM EST --
Gordon Korman- Island: Shipwreck (Scholastic 2001) 3.5 Stars
Six kids are placed on a boat that they have no desire to be on, whether to avoid going to jail, for fighting too much, . . .
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December 11, 2009 01:10 PM EST --
You might just want to be tardy to this party. ‘Masquerade’ is the second installment of the Blue Bloods Vampire series (following ‘ Blue Bloods ’) and I must admit . . .
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October 12, 2008 05:50 PM EDT --
I am a chain reader. As soon as I finish one book, I start on another. Half my bookshelf is filled with books that I haven't read...yet.
As much as I like to read, I just don't have time enough . . .
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November 07, 2008 02:34 PM EST --
A graphic novel about a light-skinned African-American in the 1930's who reports on Klan and other racist activity in the south by "passing" as a white man and then publishing his reports . . .
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November 22, 2009 09:21 AM EST --
I had the privilege of reading the first chapter of DARK KNOWLEDGE years ago when the author entered it in the first Gather writing contest. At that . . .
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July 07, 2008 09:43 AM EDT --
I received a copy of this book through the Gather Fiction Readers group. I didn't expect it to arrive so quickly and was already just beginning another book at the time it was delivered. I began . . .
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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 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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March 28, 2008 03:42 PM EDT --
Yet another one of those paperbacks I purchased after reading the flyleaf. When I am in between releases from my favorite authors, I tend to pick up some filler to read while I wait for one of my regulars. . . .
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September 06, 2008 08:46 AM EDT --
After reading a brief recommendation in People Magazine, I set off in search of Don't You Forget About Me. My local Borders did not have the book in stock, but two other stores within equal driving . . .
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November 19, 2008 06:17 AM EST --
Do you ever get the feeling you've just picked up the exact book you need to read at the exact right time? I just started reading Undiscovered Country , by Lin Enger. (Leif's (Peace Like a River) . . .
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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 15, 2008 12:59 PM EDT --
This is yet another novel I decided to pick up based on the flyleaf summary and it's also my first experience with Elizabeth Brundage. Somebody Else's Daughter is a fantastic read that combines . . .
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December 18, 2007 08:39 PM EST --
This one started out a little slow for me and that definitely had me worried that I was going to have another lackluster read ahead. Luckily, the pace picked up substaintially after the first 50 pages. . . .
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September 09, 2008 12:46 PM EDT --
Thank you for all your comments. Below is the revised version, in part because of your suggestions...
A Portrait of Josephine is a soon-to-be published novel by the editor of FaMiss, Allison . . .
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August 12, 2008 07:32 PM EDT --
I have read a few books by Nicholas Sparks, and a few others such as "The Notebook" and "Message in a Bottle" have been made into movies. I've enjoyed every one . . .
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December 09, 2009 11:24 PM EST --
Yup, I read yet another series of vampire novels, I’m blaming Alexander Skarsgård who plays Eric in ‘True Blood’ because he is so freaking hot that I just have to get . . .
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February 12, 2009 11:32 AM EST --
author: Lou Jane Temple
This was NOT what I'd expected!
It was a fun light read (as light as a murder mystery could be).
Old New York - Civil War era. The beginning of department stores, . . .
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July 18, 2009 10:37 PM EDT --
Absorbing!
Keith Pyeatt’s first-published novel, STRUCK, is a fascinating . . .
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May 03, 2008 03:40 PM EDT --
I received this book through the Fictions Readers group here at Gather. I've been very picky about which books I would like to read and evaluate because I'm not the type of person who can read . . .
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