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John Steinbeck, most noted for his novels such as The Grapes of Wrath and...
 
- reviewed by Ehren
 
 
The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls
'Even Hitler Had His Redeeming Qualities: A Book Review of The Glass Castle.'Her fathe...
 
- reviewed by allyshwed
 
 
I am a cross-genre reader and writer. I find fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction equally full of enchantment. Lately, ...
 
- reviewed by BLNicholas
 
 
I am a cross-genre reader and writer. I find fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction equally full of enchantment. Lately, ...
 
- reviewed by BLNicholas
 
 
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. Dillar...
 
 
 
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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 ...
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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...
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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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