Tag: literature
group name: booksiliked
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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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April 02, 2006 03:37 PM EDT --
John Banville's The Sea is a novel that reads like poetry. Every word is carefully chosen to create powerful images and feelings. It's not hard to see why this was chosen for the most . . . more
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August 30, 2006 09:54 PM EDT --
I was an avid reader as a child. There was nothing I liked better than getting to go to the library and take home a stack of "fresh" books. Some of my favorites were the popular mystery series . . . more
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August 13, 2006 09:11 PM EDT --
Imagine that you're a distance swimmer training for an upcoming event – one that you do not yet know will set a world record. You are seventeen-years-old and swimming in the cool Pacific just . . . 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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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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January 04, 2007 09:42 AM EST --
Review of Sergio Ruzzier's The Room of Wonders.
Pius Pelosi, the rat and hero of The Room of Wonders, collects many delightful things he discovers in the course of his daily routine: shiny keys, . . . more
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May 07, 2006 11:21 PM EDT --
The Seas, Samantha Hunt's debut novel, relates the coming of age story of a nameless 19-year-old young woman as she struggles to free herself from small town life and a terrifying destiny. Branded . . . more
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March 26, 2006 11:18 AM EST --
Seeing "The Taming of George" at the top of today's Boston Globe along with a picture of Curious George being held by two policeman caught my attention. This interesting article . . . more
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July 22, 2006 11:31 AM EDT --
I'll need to keep by review of Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro short so as not to give away too much. A big part of what makes this an interesting read is the way one gradually gains an increased . . . more
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June 06, 2008 12:52 AM EDT --
Read 50 Books from the 1001 Books List in 2008
Welcome Read 50 Books In One Year members and anyone who should happen across this list.
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August 27, 2006 07:24 PM EDT --
Okay, if you are a corporation or support corporations not having to pay taxes or to clean up their own toxic messes, this book is not for you, because you are already receiving all the good stuff . . . more
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May 14, 2007 11:47 PM EDT --
I don't read a lot of fantasy, but I do read a lot of teen literature (as a former young adult librarian). I just finished reading the book, Twilight by Stephenie Meyer and it will go on record . . . more
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July 18, 2006 10:00 AM EDT --
On a cold winter's night in 1964, Norah Henry goes into labour. Unable to reach the hospital in time, her husband David, an orthopedic surgeon, and his nurse Caroline, assist Norah with the delivery. . . . more
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September 09, 2008 09:21 AM EDT --
Sal and Sally "All God's Critters Toddler Series #2 by Jay Miller (A Book Review)
Recently, I was fortunate enough to receive from the author Jay Miller a childrens . . . 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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June 11, 2006 07:54 PM EDT --
Praise for Pride and Prescience
The Library Journal named it one of the five best mystery books of 2004.
"Carrie Bebris pulls off quite a coup with this novel. She has an acute ear for the language . . . more
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August 22, 2006 08:45 PM EDT --
"The Accidental" is a very creatively written book. Each chapter or section is written by a different point of view of the characters involved. And they are written as stream of thought, . . . more
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November 08, 2006 07:11 PM EST --
I am not a librarian, although I am often mistaken for one because I work in a library. Yes, I love libraries, and books, and reading, and excellent illustrations, but I do not hold a Masters . . . more
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July 02, 2006 03:22 PM EDT --
Dodecahedron: A Platonic Solid composed of twelve pentagonal faces, with three meeting at each vertex. It has twenty vertices and thirty edges. Definition from Wikipedia.org
Paul Glennon's The . . . more
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