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Then We Came to the End, by Joshua Ferris
“Then We Came to the End” is a problematic novel, at once slapstick funny and, in an extended middle section, straightforward serious narrative. After pondering the total effect of the boo...
 
- reviewed by mikecuth
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Featured on May 12th, 2008
 
 
In the second installment of the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling manages to create her magic (pun intended) all over again. This book is a bit more complex than the Sorcerer's Stone was. The plot...
 
- reviewed by sbarranca
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Featured on May 6th, 2008
 
 
The Notebook, by Nicholas Sparks
Ever had your palm read or your future told? We all wonder about our love life and what will become of it. Is he or she already in our lives? Will I let him/her go? When will I meet him/her? Nich...
 
- reviewed by scanlons062
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Featured on May 5th, 2008
 
 
An easy read and mildly interesting, it wasn't as mind blowing as it was hyped up to be, i was really intrigued by how the author could possibly link sumo wrestling to teaching, and abortion to crime ...
 
- reviewed by jeffreycraft
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Featured on May 4th, 2008
 
 
Confederate War Bonnet, by Jack Shakely
Jack Gaston, the son of a white mother and a Creek Indian, is as comfortable in the white world of Harvard University and St. Louis as he is in his father's print shop in the Creek Nation, but his he...
 
- reviewed by MarySimon
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Featured on May 3rd, 2008
 
 
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So unique, never have a read anything that is so remarkable and different from an author.
 
- shelved by MikeIsTall [reveal this book]
 
I shelve this only to denounce it Total misrepresentation. Bah, humbug.
 
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The movie fascinated me so I devoured the book. A terrific read, haunting and well-researched.
 
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This was the textbook for by Book Publicity course at Emerson, taught by Lissa Warren.
 
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Uncryptic and true, the only acceptable book for gaining even a glimpse into their minds.
 
- shelved by vinnyoflegend [reveal this book]
 
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Recent Book Reviews
 
The Iraq War…The War on Terror…The Surge…for every name, year passing in labyrinthine complexity, convoluted explanations offered on the campaign trial justifying one vote for war...
 
- reviewed by pcontino [see full review]
 
 
Digging to America, by Anne Tyler
At first scoop, Digging to America seems like an innocent straight forward novel about two couples who adopt baby girls from Korea. It is about how these couples' lives intersect: they both recieve t...
 
- reviewed by sbarranca [see full review]
 
 
William Shakespeare has been given more titles than can be counted: The best British Playwright, most influential English author, most accomplished author in history, best writer in the history of the...
 
- reviewed by gedaly [see full review]
 
 
In the second installment of the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling manages to create her magic (pun intended) all over again. This book is a bit more complex than the Sorcerer's Stone was. The plot...
 
- reviewed by sbarranca [see full review]
 
 
No-no Boy, by John Okada
No-No Boy is about main character, Ichiro’s experience in a Japanese Internment camp during WWII, and his struggle to put his life back together following this nightmare. T...
 
- reviewed by BLNicholas [see full review]
 
 
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