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Jeannette Katzir
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My book selection criteria.
Television viewing has grown wearisome . . . filled with endless reality/nonsense shows, so I've been reading, and reading a lot.
But how do I select my library of books?
Well I have three measures that help me chose my books.
A) Front Cover - The cover is the first thing I see - that and the title.
However I can only think of one instance when the front cover was so comp... read more »
Television viewing has grown wearisome . . . filled with endless reality/nonsense shows, so I've been reading, and reading a lot.
But how do I select my library of books?
Well I have three measures that help me chose my books.
A) Front Cover - The cover is the first thing I see - that and the title.
However I can only think of one instance when the front cover was so comp... read more »
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Broken Birds, The Story of My Momila
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Back to Knishes and Coney Island After 50 Years (Parenting & Families)
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updated Oct 11, 2010 04:04pm
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An article about reconnecting with relatives I have lost contact with, but found after 50 years of seperation
Fighting to Live (Nonfiction)
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updated May 08, 2010 10:44pm
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A thoughts about my father fighting Cancer.
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History/biography and people with trouble sleeping..
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"This might be a biographer's dream, but it certainly isn't mine.I tried to enjoy, but can't. It has snippets of interest, then it's bogged down in boring, slow, mindless, endless detail. Couldn't and wouldn't finish it. "
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| Invisible Wall is about two groups of people living on a down trodden street in pre WW1 England. Jews on one side Gentiles on the other. Separating the two an invisible wall, that is breached on rare, but necessary occasions. That is until a Romeo an...more | |
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Fabulous, riveting, exciting, beautifully written . . . I don't have space to write all the wonderful adjectives that describe this book. Two parallel stories about a couple, fighting, striving, doing anything to be together. The author is a genius, g...more |
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I enjoyed Falling Leaves and would have given it 3-1/2 stars had that option been available. Would I read it a second time . . . . No. Fallen Leaves is a memoir about a Chinese girl whose father marries a real Bitch. He seem beguiled by his wife's be...more |
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I couldn't put this book down. It is a rare book that causes me to yell out "OH NO!" but I did with this one. The book was captivating, and whenever I had a moment I just had to see what was happening with the characters. The past and present are firs...more |
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"I'm at page 73 and am LOVING this book. I never knew about the Holocaust in France. I can't wait to see what happens next. Isn't that sign of great wr...more
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| I'm about 70 pages in and I'm sorry to say . . . so far. . . not her best, and the worst part is this is the final book of the series. Maybe It'll pick up. I hope! | |
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“Don't hate anything, because that's exactly what you'll get - Anna Meltzer
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A coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave man only once.”
― Jeannette Katzir
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A coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave man only once.”
― Jeannette Katzir
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“Don't hate anything, because that's exactly what you'll get - Anna Meltzer
and
A coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave man only once.”
― Jeannette Katzir
and
A coward dies a thousand deaths, a brave man only once.”
― Jeannette Katzir
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