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August 19
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Amber
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Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table (Paperback)
by Ruth Reichl
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July 27
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Amber
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Ground and Spring (Paperback)
by Beth Allen
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July 11
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Amber
marked as to-read:
Gentleman Jigger: A Novel of the Harlem Renaissance (Paperback)
by Richard Bruce Nugent
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Amber
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Cane River (Oprah's Book Club)
by Lalita Tademy
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read in July, 2008
Amber said:
"Really 3 1/2. Tademy does a great job weaving information from historical documents and family history into her beautiful account of more than four generations of women coming from slavery through the 1930s. She admits to having fictionalized much ...more
Really 3 1/2. Tademy does a great job weaving information from historical documents and family history into her beautiful account of more than four generations of women coming from slavery through the 1930s. She admits to having fictionalized much of her characters' motivations, an that part of her novel could have been a bit more precisely tied to historians' understanding of romantic and sexual relations, gender and power, and political economy in slavery and Jim Crow. Dialogue is also a bit flat - I tried to read it aloud and found it dissatisfying. Nonetheless, Cane River is a well-researched, rich, and a compelling read....less
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July 27
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Amber
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Mass Market Paperback)
by Susanna Clarke
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July 08
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Amber
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Bud, Not Buddy (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner)
by Christopher Paul Curtis
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Amber said:
"Simply amazing book
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June 27
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Amber
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Igraine The Brave (Hardcover)
by Cornelia Funke
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June 25
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Amber
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The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles (Hardcover)
by Julie Andrews Edwards
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read in June, 2008
Amber said:
"Fun and imaginative, if a bit heavy-handed in its moralism.
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June 23
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Amber
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Mason's Retreat: A Novel (Paperback)
by Christopher Tilghman
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Amber said:
"Generally very enjoyable book with some fabulously insightful passages.
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June 11
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Amber
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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (Paperback)
by David Sedaris
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Amber said:
"I listened to Sedaris read these stories in an audiobook form, and I must admit that some of them were very enjoyable - the first sketch, in particular. Beyond that, though, the humor was lost in melancholy stories of a childhood in suburbia...while...more
I listened to Sedaris read these stories in an audiobook form, and I must admit that some of them were very enjoyable - the first sketch, in particular. Beyond that, though, the humor was lost in melancholy stories of a childhood in suburbia...while rich for its truth and reflection, it lacked the charm and humor of the earlier vignettes. ...less
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