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Mamaphonic, by Bee Lavender and Maia Rossini
I type a sentence. My three-yea...
 
- reviewed by BLNicholas
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Featured on February 27th, 2008
 
 
The Spoke, by Friedrich Glauser
I speculated recently that The Spoke, fifth and last of Friedrich Glauser's novels ...
 
- reviewed by P_Beyond_Borders
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Featured on February 26th, 2008
 
 
Duma Key, by Stephen King
Stephen King has been monkeying around with a new style for a while, since he was almost killed by a van that struck him while he was walking, most likely. It's popped up in From a Buick 8, Cell, and ...
 
- reviewed by Mike_Guardabascio
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Featured on February 25th, 2008
 
 
The least complicated description of Junichirō Tanizaki‘s The Makioka Sisters is that it is an old-fashioned twentieth century saga...
 
- reviewed by pcontino
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Featured on February 21st, 2008
 
 
Is there anything worse than air travel?  Amtrak and roadway gridlock are civilized in comparison to maneuvering the skies.  Homeland Security in (i...
 
- reviewed by pcontino
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Featured on February 21st, 2008
 
 
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The Irish queers have found their epic voice. O'Neil evokes laughter and tears.
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My 4 yr old has loved this book for over 2 years. A great visual of the stages of the apple tree.
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the best trilogy that i have ever read
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So unique, never have a read anything that is so remarkable and different from an author.
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The China Lover, by Ian Burma
The one job qualification necessary for becoming celebrity is reinvention. Part this has to do with the reality and economics of the business: Marlon Brando had to audition for The Godfather because ...
reviewed by pcontino
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Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
Many great minds throughout history have commented on the invisible war waged between the written word and technology. Kafka referred to the dawn of motion picture as the...
reviewed by BLNicholas
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American Wife , by Curtis Sittenfeld
It seemed like a good idea: a sexed-up, fictionalized autobiography of Laura Bush. For eight years the First Lady has been the "silent partner" in a White House that can boast that it changed the cou...
reviewed by pcontino
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The Ha-Ha, by Dave King
This is Dave King's debut fictional novel, and it is superb. It is centered around Howie, a Vietnam Vet. He became disabled in the war and has been trying to rebuild his life ever since. His disabi...
reviewed by sbarranca
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the novel that took this series to a whole new level. Not only is it more complicated, dramatic, and suspenseful than the first three, but it is also the found...
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