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Exiles: A Novel (Hardcover) by Ron Hansen |
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Vanity Fair review
recommended for: fans of prosaic, moving literature read in June, 2008 
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"The best novel I have read this year. This is beautifully written and truly heartbreaking. The subjects of religion and artistic achievement are seldom the subjects of literature and I was glad to see them explored here. I wasn't very familiar with r...more
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A Good and Happy Child: A Novel (Hardcover) by Justin Evans |
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Powell's Books review
recommended for: fans of psychological thrillers. read in July, 2008
Mark said:
""Psychological thriller" is really an apt description for this novel. It definitely has its scary moments and is quite prosaic. But, it just doesn't quite gel in the end. It was a tad frustrating to realize that a lot of what I'd read didn'...more
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| August 02 | ||
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Atmospheric Disturbances: A Novel (Hardcover) by Rivka Galchen |
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read in August, 2008
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| July 03 | ||
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Last Last Chance: A Novel (Hardcover) by Fiona Maazel bookshelves: to-read |
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| August 07 | ||
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Missy (Hardcover) by Chris Hannan |
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| July 03 | ||
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More Than It Hurts You (Hardcover) by Darin Strauss bookshelves: to-read |
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| June 30 | ||
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Mark
liked a trivia question:
In Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", what is the town to which Huck and Jim are trying to escape? see if you know the answer » | |
| June 07 | ||
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Ordinary Girl: The Journey (Hardcover) by Donna Summer, Marc Eliot |
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A friend
recommended for: Diehard Donna Summer fans only read in January, 2005
Mark said:
"I was quite disappointed by this biography. I wanted to hear more about Donna's career and reasons why she picked certain songs and made some of her choices. Instead I got descriptions of things such as a rather uncomfortable menstrual period. What? ...more
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A Far Country (Hardcover) by Daniel Mason |
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recommended for: fans of metaphysical fiction
read in July, 2007
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"Some reader have complained that this novel lacks a real plot. In some way, this is true. But, that is part of its charm. Daniel Mason creates a real world with quirky characters. The situations aren't always "realistic", but the descriptio...more
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