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Oona: Living in the Shadows, by Jane Scovell
Oona O’Neill Chaplin (1925-1991) was the reluctant lightning rod placed between two influential, innovative, and troubled twentieth century artists.  Besides coming from ne&rsqu...
 
- reviewed by pcontino
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Mirette on the High Wire, by Emily Arnold McCully
Mirette, the daughter of a boardinghouse widow, is enchanted with a wirewalker who comes to lodge. Mirette promptly decides to become a wirewalker. She hears that the lodger is Bellini and becomes dis...
 
- reviewed by Yvette_Mingo
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Neuromancer, by William Gibson
In my first year of teaching Freshman Comp at a local Boston college, I taught a class that I designed myself called "Virtual Realities, Virtual Bodies: Technology and Identity." Students we...
 
- reviewed by tinapickles
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Winesburg, Ohio (Dover Thrift), by Sherwood Anderson
“The Strength of God,” by Sherwood AndersonHow could I not read a book that topped a “Must Read” list?  The goldenrod sheet of paper tacked to the corkboard at the library...
 
- reviewed by Cosimo
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John Steinbeck, most noted for his novels such as The Grapes of Wrath and &
 
- reviewed by Ehren
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Recent Book Reviews
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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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...
reviewed by tinapickles
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