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<![CDATA[Amanda added 'The Dante Club: A Novel']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38776443
to: The Dante Club: A Novel (Mass Market Paperback)byMatthew Pearl
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Amanda is on page 47 of 464 of The Dante Club: A Novel
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<![CDATA[Amanda added 'The Poe Shadow: A Novel']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62223389
The Poe Shadow: A Novel (Kindle Edition)
byMatthew Pearl bookshelves: to-read
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<![CDATA[Amanda added 'The Last Dickens: A Novel']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60081083
to: The Last Dickens: A Novel (Hardcover)byMatthew Pearl
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<![CDATA[Amanda added 'Breaking Dawn']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54772243
to: Breaking Dawn (Twilight, #4)byStephenie Meyer bookshelves: available-for-trade
While readers of the Twilight Series can take the third book as a sign of what the fourth book will offer to the reader. This is by far the most disappointing book of the series. The writing is slow and the story really seems to be reaching for anything. When reading this novel I felt that Meyer was rushing to the end that we all new was coming from the first book but not sure how to actually get there. There are also uncomfortable parts of this novel that I would think should be inappropiate for people under 18 years old. There is much more violence, incest and sex in this novel than the three before them.
There are some moments of beautiful writing which seems to surround the character of Jacob and the werewolves in this novel. But it is not enough to pick this book up and read it if you are not reading through the series. I will not give anything away as to plot in this review, well for two reasons if you read any of the books or seen the movie you already know the plot and two there is not much plot to give away. I have to admit though the last chapters of the novel made me laugh out loud, but I am positive that it was not Meyer’s intention.
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<![CDATA[Amanda added 'The Speech: Race and Barack Obama's "A More Perfect Union"']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61874697
The Speech: Race and Barack Obama's "A More Perfect Union" (Paperback)
byTracey Denean Sharpley-Whiting bookshelves: to-read
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<![CDATA[Amanda added 'Dirty Little Angels']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49581215
to: Dirty Little Angels (Paperback)byChris Tusa
I had always thought that I could read anything… but then I read Chris Tusa’s book “Dirty Little Angels”. I knew what the book was about from the summary and the sample chapter that Chris sent me but I honestly did not expect it to be quite so raw. It was an emotional and uncomfortable read perhaps bordering on too realistic at times. It took me a long time to read this short novel only because the emotional state of Hailey and the trails she had to endure were hard to stomach. It has been a long time since I was so disturbed by a novel. The fact that the events of Hailey’s grim life disturbed me to the point where I had to set the book aside speaks volumes for the writing ability of Chris Tusa. It is vivid, dark and utterly real.
I gave this book a four out of five because the writing was raw and believable but I have to say that I will not be able to read this novel again, it was too disturbing.
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<![CDATA[Amanda added 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60295912
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Paperback)
bySeth Grahame-Smith bookshelves: to-read
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Amanda Perez-Carroll added Pride and Prejudice and Zombies to the book list 2009 Summer Reading List