Tag: arts
group name: booksiliked
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August 31, 2006 01:18 PM EDT --
For many people the 60's died in 1971 with the final death in the "Holy Trinity of Rock," Jim Morrison. The other 2 being Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix who died the year prior. . . . more
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May 24, 2007 04:15 PM EDT --
The Search for the Million $$$ Ghost
By: Dorothy Thompson, Heidi AW Kaminski and Pamela Lawniczak
Loneliness can drive a person to do lots of things. But it can also bring old memories to the surface. . . . more
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July 24, 2006 12:30 PM EDT --
First I have to say that I was told that this book was depressing, so I put off reading it for a very long time. However, I found that even though the main character did live . . . more
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May 24, 2007 04:13 PM EDT --
What would you do to save something you loved? What would you do if you were threatened? Would you cower? Or would you fight with everything you had, every ounce of strength and magic you possessed? . . . more
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August 17, 2006 04:00 AM EDT --
Bookcrossing is a website where people get together to share books. They first register their books on the site and then trade and borrow books from each other. They also send books around . . . more
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September 11, 2006 06:51 PM EDT --
This is a pair of novellas that 's been in print for a while. Byatt is so smart it scares me sometimes. I always have to read her work very slowly.
I preferred the . . . more
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July 21, 2007 08:55 AM EDT --
Author Ross King
A historical thriller set in 1660. An unimposing book seller is sent on a journey to find a missing manuscript. Alternating with the chapters about his search are the chapters . . . more
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August 24, 2006 03:01 PM EDT --
John Steinbeck's "East of Eden" is a fascinating book that traces out story of two generations of two families whose lives are somehow interlinked. We can say that its by chance rather than . . . more
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January 30, 2007 08:58 PM EST --
As a child, and I was an only and lonely one, books of every imaginable type were often my closest companions. I . . . more
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May 23, 2007 01:11 PM EDT --
The Dangerous Book for Boys
Con Iggulden & Hal Iggulden
Collins
270 pages
"I love it. I can't wait to make a bow and arrow," my son exclaimed when I asked him what he thought of the . . . more
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June 25, 2007 06:04 PM EDT --
author: Peter Dickinson
A return to kiddie lit (for readers 11 years old and upwards)
the protagonist is a boy of Welsh heritage living in England. The book opens with his Mum gone on "holiday" . . . more
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July 06, 2007 05:59 PM EDT --
Author: Barbara Kingsolver
Although she is one of my favorite authors, this is not one of my favorite books.
Some of the stories had promise, and some were better than others. Yet, as . . . more
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April 04, 2007 01:14 PM EDT --
Peetie Wheatstraw was one of the most popular blues singers of the 1930s. He accompanied himself on piano and sometimes guitar. He made over eighty records. He influenced Robert Johnson, . . . more
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July 04, 2007 07:23 PM EDT --
Author: Howard Buten
This is an amazing book! It is written from the perspective of a child aged 8. He wavers between being highly imaginative and being very concrete in his . . . more
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July 22, 2007 05:23 PM EDT --
Title : Façade of Shadows
Author: Rick Chiantaretto . . . more
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September 13, 2006 05:56 PM EDT --
Title : Etched City
Author: K. J. Bishop
Publisher: . . . more
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August 01, 2006 08:15 AM EDT --
Book Review: A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
Each summer, I alternate reading books for me and books for my students. I like to be able to talk to the kids about the books they are reading. . . . more
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July 04, 2007 01:18 PM EDT --
Regret, resentment, shame and fear. These are all the feelings that keep us from reaching our potential, our full potential. Family secrets will still affect the members of the family who don't . . . more
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August 13, 2007 03:11 PM EDT --
Author: Elizabeth Hay
This is a very modern book of short stories about women and friendships. This seems to be a new genre: short stories about the same characters from different parts . . . more
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April 29, 2007 08:04 PM EDT --
Author: Linda Crew
Another in the subgenre of kiddie lit- cross cultural stories of young people who have gone through suffering - war or otherwise.
The heroine is a teenager who escaped from Cambodia, . . . more
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