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Elia Kazan: A Biography, by Richard Schickel
Recounting the accomplishments of director Elia “Gage” Kazan (1909-200...
 
- reviewed by pcontino
Featured on January 7th, 2008
 
 
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- reviewed by Yvette_Mingo
Featured on January 5th, 2008
 
 
Holidays On Ice, by David Sedaris
This book of short stories was actually prescribed to me by a friend. I was depressed and obsessing over Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones and I just could not snap out of it. It was ...
 
- reviewed by sbarranca
Featured on January 4th, 2008
 
 
This summer-read recommendation of my bookclub was a dip in the lake on a 90-degree day.  The novel focuses on an 80-yea...
 
- reviewed by Caldog
Featured on January 3rd, 2008
 
 
This quick read uses the author's near death experience as a literary device to transport the reader through the author's lengthy question and answer session with Jesus. Utimately, the author tells...
 
- reviewed by hibachikiller
Featured on January 2nd, 2008
 
 
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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...
reviewed by sbarranca
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Out Stealing Horses, by Per Petterson
This is a quiet book, with a subtle, quiet impact. Thankfully, such low-decibel works are still receiving attention in the world of smash-'em-ups and steamy scandal, where much of our entertainment l...
reviewed by JonIrwin
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