Tag: literature
group name: readanything
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April 08, 2008 03:42 PM EDT --
Everybody always asks what your favorite book is. I was curious as to what your least favorite book might be. I don't necessarily mean a book that's badly written, although it could be, but just . . . more
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April 21, 2008 08:45 AM EDT --
Vi Connelly is a true romantic, a firm believer that the Perfect Man is out there. She's also gained the reputation of being possibly the perfect bridesmaid and a true wedding enthusiast. But . . . more
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July 14, 2006 12:59 PM EDT --
The following is taken from my course: So You Want To Be An Author, which is available through The TeleConnection: http://www.theteleconnection.com
First and foremost, your query letter must look clean . . . more
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May 29, 2006 03:40 PM EDT --
In a recent email exchange, one of my cousins expressed an interest in reading more graphic novels. I offered to make suggestions, and he responded with the following:
Let me know which comics or graphic . . . more
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May 23, 2008 12:59 PM EDT --
My daughter Rozi has a roommate named Brian. He's a very sweet guy. His aunt is Iris Johansen, who has written at least 30 books and a multiple New York Times best-selling author. He's been . . . more
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April 02, 2008 05:56 PM EDT --
In The Land of Mango Sunsets, Dorothea Benton Frank continues to do what she does best: prove that even grown ups can "come of age."
Miriam Elizabeth Swanson is determined to cling to the . . . more
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October 15, 2007 04:54 PM EDT --
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
(5/5 stars)
I haven't seen more than a few minutes of the famous 1975 film version of this novel. But even for me, it's hard reading this . . . more
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March 21, 2008 03:40 PM EDT --
You are invited to participate in the Fiction Readers Online Book Club. Connect with Avon A fiction authors and learn about their new book releases.
April's Featured Books Are: . . . more
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March 12, 2008 11:36 AM EDT --
I just finished The Yiddish Policeman's Union, by Michael Chabon, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. This book was not what I expected. There is, in . . . more
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March 23, 2008 09:59 AM EDT --
The Hugo Award niminations for Science Fiction have been announced. Heroes, Dr. Who and Torchwood all have nods for media. The Yiddish Policeman's Union, which I reviewed on here, has a nod. . . . more
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June 06, 2008 09:49 PM EDT --
My 2008 A-Z Author Book Challenge
Welcome Lists, Lists, and More Lists members and anyone who should happen across this list.
A friend . . . more
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October 10, 2007 10:35 AM EDT --
The Moviegoer
by Walker Percy
(3/5 stars)
This is the kind of book I finish reading and have to begin a search of my own. I look for Cliff Notes, Wikkipedia entries, Amazon reviews, anything . . . more
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September 19, 2007 09:29 AM EDT --
Portnoy's Complaint
by Philip Roth
(4/5 stars)
For someone whose only real exposure to Jewish culture growing up was watching "Seinfeld" on TV, "Portnoy's Complaint" seems . . . more
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September 19, 2007 09:42 AM EDT --
Feast of Love
by Charles Baxter
(3/5 stars)
In honor of the new movie adaptation of the novel--and me scoring a free copy of the book because of it--I'm posting the review I wrote of the book when . . . more
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October 02, 2007 10:57 AM EDT --
Money
by Martin Amis
(3/5 stars)
While "Money" is a highly entertaining, raunchy yarn, it suffers when read 20+ years later from being an '80s novel. Like every story . . . more
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March 24, 2008 10:21 AM EDT --
With the latest screen incarnation of "I Am Legend," Matheson is finding himself suddenly quite famous. This did not happen, evidently, with the release of the other movie from one of his books, . . . more
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January 04, 2007 09:42 AM EST --
Review of Sergio Ruzzier's The Room of Wonders.
Pius Pelosi, the rat and hero of The Room of Wonders, collects many delightful things he discovers in the course of his daily routine: shiny keys, . . . more
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September 26, 2007 12:23 PM EDT --
White Teeth
by Zadie Smith
(2/5 stars)
I think I might have liked this book a lot more if I hadn't listened to the audiobook version. 22 hours of stereotyped Indian and Jamaican accents was . . . more
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October 01, 2007 04:14 PM EDT --
Midnight's Children
by Salman Rushdie
(5/5 stars)
Salman Rushdie is the third author I've read recently that I'd put off reading for many years out of a misplaced fear I'd find . . . more
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November 01, 2007 09:24 AM EDT --
On the Road
by Jack Kerouac
(3/5 stars)
The farther I got, the more obvious the conclusion that I read this too late in life. Had I read this as a teenager or in college I could have romanticized . . . more
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