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	08/14 Shulamit gave to: Angel Falls: A Novel (Paperback) by Kristin Hannah bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
	Shulamit said: "I can kill this author! I read this book cause the reviews given here convinced me, talking to patient in a coma, my kind of story. But aaaggghhhh! This writer didn’t do the minimum homework with her Mexican character! I mean, a Mexican woman who ...more " add a comment
	11/05 Shulamit is currently reading: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant) by Stephen R. Donaldson bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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	11/01 Shulamit is currently reading: The Illearth War (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Book 2) by Stephen R. Donaldson bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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August 22

New comment on margueya's review of The Mermaid Chair

Shulamit wrote: "Thanks for your opinion before I kept at it, hating every page... "

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Shulamit read and liked margueya's review of The Mermaid Chair:

"I HATED this book and nearly paid The Strand to take it off my hands. "

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August 14

Shulamit gave

to:
Angel Falls: A Novel (Paperback)
by Kristin Hannah
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Shulamit said: "I can kill this author! I read this book cause the reviews given here convinced me, talking to patient in a coma, my kind of story.
But aaaggghhhh! This writer didn’t do the minimum homework with her Mexican character! I mean, a Mexican woman who ...more "

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June 30

Shulamit gave

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Mercy (Paperback)
by Jodi Picoult
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recommended for: women
read in June, 2008

Shulamit said: "After reading many of Picoult’s books, I enjoyed “Mercy” very much! It was almost as catching as “My Sister Keeper”, to my opinion the best so far. The reviews I’ve read turned me off, so I kept leaving this one behind even when I specifi...more "

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June 08

New comment on Khaya's review of The Sparrow

Shulamit wrote: "Hi Khaya,
I want to ask you, what was that book you once talked about; a woman with some scar or so...more "

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June 01

New comment on Khaya's review of The Pact: A Love Story

Shulamit wrote: "Hi everyone:
I don’t believe in coincidences. I just came back home from finishing “the pact”...more "

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May 28

Shulamit read and liked Shannon's review of The Book Thief:

"This is a book to treasure, a new classic. I absolutely loved it.

Set in Germany in the years 1939-1943, The Book Thief tells the story of Liesel, narrated by Death who has in his possession the book she wrote about these years. So, in a wa...more "

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Shulamit read and liked Colleen's review of The Book Thief:

"I put off reading this book for the library book club. Here are my three reasons for doing so:

1) It's a Young Adult Book. I am an Adult. It can't be that good if it's written for young people.
2) It's about the Holocaust, and I think we've ...more I put off reading this book for the library book club. Here are my three reasons for doing so:

1) It's a Young Adult Book. I am an Adult. It can't be that good if it's written for young people.
2) It's about the Holocaust, and I think we've all heard enough about that. The author will probably even focus on colors among the grays, as in "Schindler's List."
3) I have WAY too many other books to read.

After avoiding the book for as long as possible, I sat down, hoping to enjoy it enough to gain some clever comments for the book group.

Turns out, most of my concerns were right. But one other thing was also true: THIS BOOK ROCKS.

The first thing any review will say about this book is that it is narrated by death. So, I might as well get it out of the way. Death, the Hooded One, the Angel of the Night, narrates. He is very busy during the war years, as you might expect. Some people claim this is a mere gimmick, and that the story is strong enough as it is.

I agree that this is a strong story-- it moves like a sailboat on a brisk day-- but I think the choice to tell it through Death was a good one. Death foreshadows constantly, so we know a bit about which of the characters will die. Instead of ruining the shock value, this heightened my anticipation and dread. And isn't that how people feel during war? They know some of them are bound to die. They know they will lose loved ones. It's one long, hellish wait to see how it will turn out.

It's also an unusual take on the Holocaust because it focuses on Liesel, an orphaned German girl living in Hitler's birthplace. Liesel (The Book Thief) and the other characters in this book are rich, interesting, and wily. I say wily because at points in the book you hate them, but they change, and you grow to love them. For instance, Liesel's adopted mother is a foul-mouthed, abusive, sharp woman. (SPOILER--->) When Liesel's adopted father is shipped off to war, however, Liesel creeps through the house to see Rosa sleeping with her husband's accordian strapped around her waist. Rosa's changes prove one of the greatest reasons to read good literature-- to get insight into the type of people we don't usually give a second chance.
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May 04

Shulamit gave

to:
Vanishing Acts: A Novel (Paperback)
by Jodi Picoult

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read in May, 2008

Shulamit said: "At the end, I did enjoy it; though I skipeed many of the descriptions of jail and indian culture. I was turned off by the wrongly used Spanish in there. But at the end I have to say I did enjoy the process....
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My Sister's Keeper (Paperback)
by Jodi Picoult

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read in April, 2008

Shulamit said: "I couldn't put it down! It had me thinking about my own issues with body and illness. It is thought provoking, it is the first thing of Picoult I read, certainly won't be the last. "

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10/07/2007 01:19PM

Hi Daniel,
the truth is that I am very iliterate about this technology. What exactly are you asking me to do?
thanks and I am sorry for not understanding.
embarrased too :(

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10/07/2007 09:48AM

Hey Shulamit, add the proper http:// and it will become a link and people can mouse click it like this: http://www.connect.co.il/orchi... Good luck to you in everything.

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