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Bill Buford looks like an old soccer goalie: slightly ravaged, but wily, with a glint of madness in his eyes, cloaked by a genial-looking half-grin.  So it is no surprise that his first b...
 
- reviewed by JonIrwin
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Featured on April 16th, 2008
 
 
Symphony, by Jude Morgan
Romantic fiction is different from romance fiction, of course. If you want to see how different, may I recommend “Symphony” by Jude Morgan? It is a frustrating, moving and accurate portrai...
 
- reviewed by mikecuth
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Featured on April 15th, 2008
 
 
I just finished Wide Sargasso Sea for the second time; this book stands up to countless readings.  I don't know if Jean Rhys was the first novelist to tell "the other side of the story"...
 
- reviewed by sbarranca
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Featured on April 14th, 2008
 
 
My Booty novel, by Bill Campbell
A witty narrative about [some of] life's anxieties as they are experienced and [very amusingly] chronicled by a smart, thirty-something, struggling writer. The issues in question are genuine; the ...
 
- reviewed by blankah
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Featured on April 12th, 2008
 
 
Divining Women, by Kaye Gibbons
Kaye Gibbons explores so many different ideas in Divining Women, that I had a hard time getting fully involved in all of them. The novel is centered around Mary: she is a&
 
- reviewed by sbarranca
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Featured on April 10th, 2008
 
 
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Uncryptic and true, the only acceptable book for gaining even a glimpse into their minds.
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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...
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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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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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The Tortilla Curtain, by T.Coraghessan Boyle
The Tortilla Curtain has skyrocketed to the top of my all-time favorite books. The blurb on the front cover caused my hand to select...
reviewed by BLNicholas
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Pattern Recognition, by William Gibson
I wanted to like this book; I really, really did. I thought something set in a post-9/11 world that still has elements of cyberpunk--I could TOTALLY get on board with that. And yet...This book disap...
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