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<![CDATA[Teresa added 'Sicilian Tragedee: A Novel']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79519510
Sicilian Tragedee: A Novel (Paperback)
byOttavio Cappellani bookshelves: currently-reading
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<![CDATA[Teresa added 'Joy School']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72646489
to: Joy School (Paperback)byElizabeth Berg
I can't say that this was a life-changing book for me. Evidently, it is a sequel Durable Goods , but that wasn't plain before I started reading. Once I finished, though, I can tell that there was plainly a piece of the story missing that might have made this plot feel more complete. As it stands, as a story alone, I didn't feel that there was a true beginning-middle-end that I expected.
However, that does not mean that there was nothing positive about the book. I thought there were plenty of pleasant and even comical representations of a tween trying hard to understand the place in life that she was coming to hold. It was pleasant reading, but not totally satisfying.
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<![CDATA[Teresa added 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77189188
to: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)byStieg Larsson
Oh, boy. I was really worried when I first started this book. I thought, "how can I actually comprehend what's going on in a financial mystery?". As it turns out, the financial mystery was only fraction of the story and only one of the mysteries going on here. Once I got past the first 50 pages or so, and "the girl" shows up, I was locked into the story. I really enjoyed the way those plots wove into each other and, after a bit, didn't even get tripped up by all the Swedish names.
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<![CDATA[Teresa added 'Dark Lady']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62050358
to: Dark Lady (Paperback)byRichard North Patterson
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<![CDATA[Teresa added 'Gone, Baby, Gone']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61314685
to: Gone, Baby, Gone (Kenzie & Gennaro, #4)byDennis Lehane
I tend to forget, because I read to damned many murder mysteries, just how complex are the characters that Dennis Lehane creates. As is so important to my attention span and enjoyment of the book, I like the heroes of the story and can imagine a full life surrounding them. Like other Lehane stories, it contains a fair mix of gray mixed in with the black-and-white of right and wrong. Sometimes I don't want to get too keep into the mess that is humanity, but Dennis Lehane does finally show that good and fair has as much of a place as evil, misadventure, and sorrow.
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<![CDATA[Teresa added 'The Road']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60759406
The Road (Hardcover)
byCormac McCarthy bookshelves: to-read
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<![CDATA[Teresa added 'A Shooting Star']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79247390
A Shooting Star (Paperback)
byWallace Stegner bookshelves: to-read
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<![CDATA[Teresa added 'The Amateur Marriage: A Novel']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72747439
to: The Amateur Marriage: A Novel (Mass Market Paperback)byAnne Tyler
I don't love every Anne Tyler book that comes out. In fact, there are more that I don't like than I do. This book falls into the ones that I like, but not love. It is an interesting read of family life--one that looks so wonderful when looking at it from the outside. But, from the inside, there is hesitation, questioning, and concern.
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