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| "Women of the Sparrow family have unusual gifts. Elinor can detect falsehood. Her daughter, Jenny, can see people's dreams when they sleep. Granddaughter Stella has a mental window on the future -- a future that she might not want to see." (from the ...more | |
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| I read this book when it was first published and I've read it numerous times since then. IMHO, it should be listed with the science fiction classics. It captures the yearning to travel off earth that I felt when I first started reading science ficti...more | |
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| A dystopian world that is very violent, very dark. The story kept me interested but I was uncomfortable with the child abuse. Yet even so, I had a hard time liking the main character. He did step up and do right most of the time, but it was always...more | |
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Normally I find books that flip between times or narrators disruptive to the story, but I can't imagine this book being written any other way. Each story line advanced the other and I had a hard time putting it down. Connie, a PhD student working o...more |
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| An engaging look at Jackson, MS' wealthier housewives from the view of their help. Actually it is mostly about the "help" and how the prejudice of the day affected their lives. It was hard to read about the physical violence that affected them. Eve...more | |
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| Recommended to me, I decided to try the first in this vast series. Set in 2058, it is a good murder mystery, with just enough romance. While the mystery was good and played out step by step, the futuristic aspects were underwhelming. Prostitution is...more | |
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| The title of the book almost says it all. Wht it doesn't tell you is that even though they continued to hope, none of these men would be free if good people had not done something. These interviews give a face to the people exonerated through DNA, n...more | |
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Fight. Get Away. Fight. Get Away. Fight. Get Away. If I hadn't been familiar with the characters from earlier better books, I would have found these characters one dimensional, undeveloped, and in some cases barely there. I realize this was Max's sto...more |
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“There's no use going to school unless your final destination is the library.”
― Ray Bradbury
― Ray Bradbury
“A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.”
― Malcolm X
― Malcolm X
“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain
― Mark Twain
“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt, You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life
― Eleanor Roosevelt, You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life
“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
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