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	Literary Ventures Fund gave to: Feather Man (Hardcover) by Rhyll McMaster	my rating:
	recommended for: Fans of TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD, literary fiction, strong female characters. read in August, 2008 Literary Ventures Fund said: " Set in Brisbane, Australia, during the stultifying 1950s, and moving to the grubby London of the 1970s, Feather Man is about Sooky, who, ignored by her parents, is encouraged to make herself scarce and visit Lionel, the farmer next door—there, an ...more " add a comment
	Literary Ventures Fund gave to: The Spirit of the Place (Hardcover) by Samuel Shem	my rating:
	recommended for: Fans of Samuel Shem's HOUSE OF GOD, fans of great fiction, anyone who is or knows doctors read in April, 2008 Literary Ventures Fund said: "The Spirit of the Place Samuel Shem 'The Spirit of the Place is written with a large heart, a healing touch, wry and wise insight into the human condition. Worthy of the Best of Samuel Shem, which is worthy indeed.' James Carroll, National Book ...more " add a comment
	Literary Ventures Fund gave to: The House of God: The Classic Novel of Life and Death in an American Hospital (Paperback) by Samuel Shem	my rating:
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	Literary Ventures Fund gave to: The Big Eddy Club: The Stocking Stranglings and Southern Justice (Hardcover) by David Rose	my rating:
	recommended for: Fans of True Crime, investigative journalism, issue of race and legal justice read in January, 2008 Literary Ventures Fund said: "From award-winning Vanity Fair reporter David Rose, The Big Eddy Club, an investigative expose of race, injustice, and serial murder in the Deep South Over the course of eight bloody months in the 1970s, a serial rapist and murderer terrorized Col...more " see all 1 comments
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	Literary Ventures Fund gave to: The First Hurt: Stories (Paperback) by Rachel Sherman	my rating:
	recommended for: Women, girls, older teens, people who like short stories read in December, 2006 Literary Ventures Fund said: "Named one of 25 books to remember from the New York Public Library (2006) Shortlisted for The Frank O'Connor Short Story Prize *Shortlisted for The Story Prize In this brilliantly original story collection, Rachel Sherman evokes the wonders an...more " add a comment

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from Kelly

02/07/2008 10:52AM

Thanks for the add! Pleasure to meet you!
Kelly Moran
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from Jeremy

01/23/2008 11:58PM

I want to apologize for the all the recommendations from me yesterday. I wanted to share the Stoker Award news, and I only pressed the send button once--I'm not sure what happened to create so many messages. Some weird glitch.

Argh...this is terrible...

Again, I'm very sorry.

-Jeremy

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from Jeremy

01/01/2008 01:58PM

Here’s wishing you a nifty New Year filled with noiseless noses, neato nicknames, noble Nebraskans, gnarly narcoleptic nebulas, and novel novels about nut-eating narwhals and novercaphobic gnats.

-Jeremy :)

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from Jeremy

12/24/2007 12:56AM

Here’s wishing you a yippee-filled Yuletime overflowing with yard-long yams, yapping yoyo-yanking yetis, yak-milk yeast-cakes, and yellow yarn-yielding year-end yard-gnomes.

-Jeremy :)

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from Daniel

11/30/2007 04:13PM

I suppose your Literary Ventures Fund may help a few people but in general Sam Goldwyn, who murdered the English language, saw it right when he said to Billy Wilder, "If you make a movie and they don't want to come -- you can't stop them!"

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