Tag: novel
group name: readanything
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July 15, 2008 08:55 PM EDT --
When I received notice from Gather that I'd been chosen to get Saralee Rosenberg's Dear Neighbor, Drop Dead to read and review I was thrilled. I had previously read and greatly enjoyed . . . more
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September 17, 2007 12:44 AM EDT --
Black Wind by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler; G.P. Putnam & Sons, 2004
I don't know if you've ever read one of Cussler's books in the Dirk Pitt series but I became . . . more
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August 12, 2008 07:32 PM EDT --
I have read a few books by Nicholas Sparks, and a few others such as "The Notebook" and "Message in a Bottle" have been made into movies. I've enjoyed every one . . . more
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February 04, 2008 11:19 AM EST --
For the record, I do not advocate hiring a hit man to avenge an ex-lover. I also don't recommend baking poison brownies and tasting them yourself. In fact, none of the retribution tools mentioned . . . more
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July 09, 2008 09:49 PM EDT --
I often make spontaneous purchases based on a book's cover or title alone. Fortunately I've had pretty good luck and more often than not I find new and interesting authors. Occasionally I'll . . . more
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June 29, 2008 05:21 PM EDT --
Contrary to popular belief, I don't read just vampire novels. In fact, I tend to read a wide range of styles and genres. I've been known to read everything from romance to science fiction to biographies . . . more
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March 28, 2008 05:09 PM EDT --
Right from the moment I 'met' this book I was enchanted. The cover art is gorgeous and well done, but I digress. One should never judge a book solely by the cover art.
Caro Peacock has spun . . . more
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March 17, 2008 04:43 PM EDT --
For some reason-- granted strange and unknowable—I often latch onto some sort of symbol, talisman, or metaphor for my novel. For my first novel, Mail , it was anything postal: envelopes, . . . more
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February 09, 2007 11:31 PM EST --
Hey, all you "older folks," remember how much we loved to watch Zorro on TV. Slash, slash, slash -- the black masked and caped hero carves a "Z" onto the clothes, skin, . . . more
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June 30, 2006 09:19 PM EDT --
I've just hit the halfway mark in reading Fall On Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald, but I have to tell you: I'm hooked!
MacDonald has written a very long yarn (566 pages!), but once you get into . . . more
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July 30, 2008 01:34 AM EDT --
With the release of its new book, The Lace Reader, by Brunonia Barry, publisher William Morrow is giving away an all-expenses paid weekend for two to Salem, Massachusetts, for one lucky reader.
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July 30, 2007 01:42 PM EDT --
Gather Member Martin Edhouse has crafted an enchanting children's tale for adults in his new book, The Exotic Adventure. This story, like so many stories from childhood, centers around a competition; . . . more
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September 01, 2006 01:34 AM EDT --
I just finished reading Before I Wake by Robert J. Wiersema and this is an incrediblely moving book. I don't know how to write most of my reaction without giving away a lot of the plot so all . . . more
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March 07, 2007 10:27 PM EST --
Title: Played
Author: Dana Davidson
Publisher: Jump At The Sun
Release Date: December 1, 2005
ISBN-10: 0786836903
ISBN-13: 978-0786836901
Hardcover: 240 pages
List Price: $16.99
Dana Davidson, takes . . . more
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August 19, 2006 12:32 AM EDT --
The Piggly Wiggly in Second Creek, Mississippi, supermarket cum community center and town hall, is about to close its doors for good. The Mega-Mart across town has been drawing away customers and Mr. Choppy . . . more
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August 03, 2007 04:02 PM EDT --
Whether you love it or hate it, reality TV has permeated the American television landscape. In this biting satire, Jeff Havens has presented a withering view of the medium from inside the creative consulting . . . more
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March 24, 2008 03:46 PM EDT --
According to Woody Allen, comic writers sit at the children's table. We who write funny are second-class citizens in the city of great literature. For the most part, Nobels and Pulitzers go to the . . . more
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June 13, 2008 09:39 AM EDT --
Like all readers, I have quite a pile of books that I want to read. Every time I go to the bookstore I browse and pick up even more books than I went to the store to buy. My book club is on hiatus . . . more
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June 30, 2006 03:33 PM EDT --
We all work from lists: to do lists; the books you'd take with you to a desert island; the criteria for a perfect mate. In The List: a Love Story in 781 Chapters, Aneva Stout has taken the novel, distilled . . . more
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July 22, 2008 03:39 PM EDT --
Mary Ellen Dennis, the inside back cover tells us, fell in love with the poem "The Highwayman" when she was very young. So did I. She memorized it, and so did I.
"The wind was a torrent . . . more
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