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Little Dorrit 05/09 Liza is currently reading:
Little Dorrit (Paperback)
by Charles Dickens
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The Magicians: A Nov... Liza gave 4 of 5 stars to:
The Magicians: A Novel (Hardcover)
by Lev Grossman (Goodreads author)
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Netherland Liza gave 4 of 5 stars to:
Netherland (Hardcover)
by Joseph O'Neill
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read in June, 2009

Liza Liza said: "At the end of 2008 a number of book blogs published their best-of lists, and whenever I had a spare minute I made a point of hunting down the Amazon Kindle sample chapters. Netherland came up repeatedly, and when it made the news recently (the presid...more "
June 14
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Liza read and liked Meredith Galman's review of Silent In The Grave:

"Everybody loves a good international man of mystery, but private enquiry agent Nicholas Brisbane is Just Too Much: he's a prizefighter! he's a violin virtuoso! he's a duke's grandnephew! he's a half-blood Rom AND a psychic (and a floor wax, and a des...more "
Frozen Fire Liza gave 2 of 5 stars to:
Frozen Fire (Hardcover)
by Tim Bowler
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The 19th Wife: A Nov... Liza gave 4 of 5 stars to:
The 19th Wife: A Novel (Hardcover)
by David Ebershoff (Goodreads author)
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read in August, 2008

Liza Liza said: "This was a pre-release copy but the book had come out by the time I read it, so I already knew it had gotten good reviews. It’s one of those parallel-stories-separated-in-time novels, and as is often the case the best parts are the historical ficti...more "
City of Thieves Liza gave 4 of 5 stars to:
City of Thieves (Hardcover)
by David Benioff
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Liza Liza said: "I just now skimmed through some reviews in the mainstream press and most of them
begin like this one in the New York Times: “I want to hate David Benioff. He’s annoyingly handsome.”

I thought this historical fiction novel was gr...more
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The Black Tower Liza gave 2 of 5 stars to:
The Black Tower (Hardcover)
by Louis Bayard
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read in August, 2008

Liza Liza said: "I think that I like historical fiction, but maybe I really don’t. There are a number of things that are almost inevitably true in historical fiction that drive me absolutely up the wall:

There’s always a character (often the protagonist)...more
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The Toss of a Lemon Liza gave 4 of 5 stars to:
The Toss of a Lemon (Hardcover)
by Padma Viswanathan
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read in September, 2008

Liza Liza said: "It takes a certain dedication to read a 600-page historical novel about India from a first author with no reviews or even a back-cover blurb as a guide, but I have that moral fortitude. Also if I hadn’t liked it after 20-some pages I would’ve giv...more "
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