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Darshan Elena
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The Stone Gods (Hardcover) by Jeanette Winterson |
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read in September, 2008
Darshan Elena said:
"At first I was disenchanted with Winterson's latest as the first few pages read a bit too much like Bladerunner and Robinson Crusoe. Then magic stepped in, and I began to enjoy her prose and appreciate her landscape. Yes, this novel reads like a fi...more
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| September 20 | ||||
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Mirror Mirror: A Novel (Paperback) by Gregory Maguire |
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read in September, 2008
Darshan Elena said:
"This book is worth it for its pages 139-143, which describe the coming into consciousness of the most fabled of dwarves:
Seven was less than we were used to being. We had once been the number one more than seven, we clots in the earth's arteries. But the noisy one left and maybe for need of him we were stricken with attention. When we were only seven, there was something wrong It was a matter of balance. There is a smug assurance among pairs, a possibility of completion that other creatures lack. We knew enough of the world of beasts and men to see how males burrow and women furrow, but the comfort in pairing isn't critically dependent on that exercise....more " |
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| September 17 | ||||
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Darshan Elena
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American Gods (Paperback) by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author!) bookshelves: to-read |
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Darshan Elena
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Neverwhere: A Novel by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author!) |
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read in September, 2008
Darshan Elena said:
"A good read, plain and simple, but also grim and slimy and delightfully dark.
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| September 12 | ||||
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Darshan Elena
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The Outlaw Demon Wails (Rachel Morgan/The Hollows, Book 6) by Kim Harrison |
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read in September, 2008
Darshan Elena said:
"I'd so appreciate Kim Harrison's attendance at an antiracist conference for writers. Her writing would so benefit from it!
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Darshan Elena
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The Konkans (Hardcover) by Tony D'Souza |
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recommended for: all folks interested in family, memory, and travel
read in September, 2008
Darshan Elena said:
"This is an amazing novel that reveals the complexities of history through the prism of child's memory of the stories he has been told. Yes, that sentence is as complicated as the novel's premise. However, the novel's reading is delightful and acces...more
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Half Life: A Novel
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| September 02 | ||||
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Darshan Elena
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales (Paperback) by Oliver W. Sacks |
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read in August, 2008
Darshan Elena said:
"This book is fascinating, but I found it difficult to follow the author's writing. Footnotes are wonderful, the former academic in me believes, but the never-ending asterisk? A little more troublesome.
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| August 25 | ||||
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Darshan Elena
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The Secret Blog of Raisin Rodriguez (Paperback) by Judy Goldschmidt |
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read in August, 2008
Darshan Elena said:
"This is a cute little book that features Raisin, a quirky math genius of sorts who is adjusting to life in the wake of her parents' divorce and mother's remarriage. Raisin seems younger in life, attitude, and experience than her 13 years suggest, bu...more
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