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Some crazy person commented on a book that I read a long time ago and basically told me that what I thought about the book was wrong and I missed the point. So I've been thinking a lot about the readers's experience. We learn in RA that it is the Right Book for the Right Reader at the Right Time. A book you read once and loved might not have the same emotional punch after a second reading. You aren't the same reader. When a book's technical merits compliments your gut level reaction to a book ma
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I liked the last bit of this, but most of this book just annoyed me. If a character like Audrey Griffin came after me, I'd tell her what she could do with her blackberry vines. Also, the whole Sue-Lynn Lee Seegal storyline bugged me. Read the book so I could watch the movie, but now I'm not sure I want to.
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I would have given it a 3.5. Solid beach read- even if you weren't really at the beach and visiting family in Houston, Texas instead
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Dec 28, 2014
Jocelyn
marked it as to-read

Apr 13, 2023
Powhataner
marked it as to-read