Tag: reviews
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March 08, 2008 04:15 PM EST --
Everyone who's a reader loves that anticipatory thrill of opening a new book, settling into the corner of your overstuffed sofa, clearing one's mind, and sinking into the first line, the opening . . .
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June 24, 2009 05:15 PM EDT --
I feel like I have been reading slower than usual because I have been doing a lot of other projects and sometimes I get bogged down in nonfiction, but I guess that I am doing alright.
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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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May 25, 2007 09:02 PM EDT --
If you are looking for something good to read for the Memorial weekend holiday, I would like to suggest three books with themes that are quite appropriate for this day of remembrance.
Snow Falling on . . .
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February 14, 2007 04:10 PM EST --
Hey Gather lit lovers, here's an opportunity to be the envy of your book club…
Thanks to our friends over at Borders, We have three signed advanced reader copies of Jodi Picoult's . . .
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August 08, 2007 11:58 AM EDT --
COMMENT ON THIS EXCERPT AND YOU WILL BE ENTERED IN DRAWING TO RECEIVE 1 of 50 COPIES OF QUANTICO TO READ BEFORE THE LIVE CHAT, TUESDAY, AUGUST 28 at 7pm ET!
FBI Academy, Quantico, Virginia . . .
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October 04, 2007 07:52 PM EDT --
Come Walk and Talk with Me What a lovely refreshing time it is to be near to someoneSomeone you trust, love and respect, look up toOpen your heart, come walk with . . .
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January 14, 2007 12:06 PM EST --
I’ve been sort of foolish, and for that I’m embarrassed, thinking all along that a man wrote Prep. From the first chapter on, I’ve thought to myself, wow! This guy has really gotten into . . .
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February 17, 2008 06:03 PM EST --
The Black Sun is James Twining's second novel. Tom Kirk, from Twining's first novel The Double Eagle , is back - and so is the FBI - but not Jennifer Browne, though she is mentioned a couple . . .
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February 12, 2007 02:12 AM EST --
This is a book about recovering from drug and alcohol addictions. James has just finished a stint in jail and he is anxious to save his love Lilly. She plans suicide in a Chicago rehab clinic. . . .
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February 26, 2008 10:35 PM EST --
Parallel suicide attempts in two generations of the families of two high school friends is a stretch of credibility that only a very good author can pull off. Ann Packer does it, with a subtlety that makes . . .
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December 21, 2007 11:39 AM EST --
Winter is a great time to enjoy that special book while sipping your favorite beverage. Whether it's rainy, snowy or sunny, you can't wait to get on the sofa with the book you've been dying . . .
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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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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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May 22, 2009 04:25 PM EDT --
If I read any book to about page 30 and then stop and ask myself if I care what happens next, especially to the main character, and the answer is 'No', I don't bother to read the rest. Lately I have read . . .
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April 25, 2009 06:53 PM EDT --
You loved your last book, but what are you going to read next?
Join my group April's Book Reviews
You will find my latest book reviews, the most popular books of the hour, . . .
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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 . . .
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February 12, 2008 05:51 PM EST --
Deeper, by Jeff Long, is a sequel to Descent that came out a few years ago. I enjoyed Descent, though it was dark, morbid, and creepifying. Deeper is too. And gory (I don't recall if Descent was gory). . . .
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May 01, 2007 02:45 AM EDT --
The Secret is not really a secret at all. What The Secret is, is a cleaned up and very easy to understand version of the law of attraction. You are probably familiar with the law of attraction, . . .
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