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08/05
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Pelican Road (Hardcover) by Howard Bahr bookshelves: currently-reading |
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| August 05 | ||
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Pelican Road (Hardcover) by Howard Bahr bookshelves: currently-reading |
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The Almost Moon (Hardcover) by Alice Sebold |
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A Free Life (Hardcover) by Ha Jin |
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read in August, 2008
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"Ha Jin writes of a family that have immigrated to America from China after the Tiananmen Square massacre--they actually immigrate in bits and pieces; their son joining them at age three. Although we are allowed to know Pingping and Taotao, it is Nan...more
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| July 31 | ||
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Lady of the Snakes (Hardcover) by Rachel Pastan (Goodreads author!) bookshelves: to-read |
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A Patent Lie (Hardcover) by Paul Goldstein |
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read in July, 2008
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"This is an early John Grisham-esque book (John Grisham not being worth reading these days). I heard about it on NPR radio and thought it might be worth a read. It did keep my attention; finished it in a day or two. Courtroom dramas are always inte...more
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World Without End (Hardcover) by Ken Follett |
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Christiane said:
"Not bad..not nearly as good as Pillars of the Earth, but still historical fiction is fun and thought-provoking.
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| July 09 | ||
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America America: A Novel (Hardcover) by Ethan Canin |
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read in July, 2008
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"Ethan Canin writes well. I found this totally absorbing. It is a story of a political "machine" in the form of a powerful family backing a candidate (Teddy Kennedy-esque?)in the race for the White House in 1972. Occuring before Watergate...more
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| April 21 | ||
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Run (Hardcover) by Ann Patchett |
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Christiane said:
"I wanted to like this more than I actually did. I do like Patchett's writing style, and, certainly, I hurried back to the book at the end of each day, but in the end I was underwhelmed. It is hard to love when compared to her Bel Canto, which was r...more
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| February 25 | ||
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The Lovely Bones (Paperback) by Alice Sebold |
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read in January, 2004
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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia (Paperback) by Elizabeth Gilbert |
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Christiane said:
"In the end, I really liked this book. Through the first two sections of the book, I wasn't sure I liked the woman, though I liked her writing. Was I envious of her ability to just leave her old life and go in search of her soul? Nonetheless, I over...more
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