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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, by Annie Dillard
In her Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (1974), Annie Dillard explores the creek near her home in Virginia with an infectious curiosity. Dillard’s w
 
- reviewed by Traci_J_Macnamara
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Featured on November 23rd, 2007
 
 
I am a cross-genre reader and writer. I find fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction equally full of enchantment. Lately, I’m engrossed in short fiction, not only for the entertainm...
 
- reviewed by BLNicholas
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Featured on November 22nd, 2007
 
 
Lately, by Sara Pritchard
Perhaps Lately was not Soon Enough Award-winning author Sara Pritchard’s latest book, &
 
- reviewed by sweetesther7
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Featured on November 21st, 2007
 
 
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Since Susan did such an amazing job capturing the essence of this novel, I’ll focus on other messages I dredged from this text, one of the most compelling b...
 
- reviewed by BLNicholas
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Featured on January 1st, 1998
 
 
Shelf Comments
 
For a long time I thought this author was a woman. If he knew this, I probably wouldn't be alive.
 
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The latest YA fantasy from Gloria Oliver
 
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This book almost makes me feel ashamed of how nice I've got it. Also, lesson: Don't buy a gun.
 
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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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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...
 
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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...
 
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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...
 
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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...
 
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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...
 
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