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Jana McBurney-Lin talks about
The story seems simple, at first--boy meets girl on subway, they fall in love and will march off into the sunset...or the crowded streets of New York. But then both the characters have lots and lots...
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It's been months (a long time for me) since I found a book that grabbed me, one that I looked forward to reading for more than sedative purposes. Pictures of You kept me up half the night...
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The main character of Sussman's book discovers she has cancer and is going to die very soon. She is a mother of a teenager, and has no other family around. As I read I kept thinking, "How can this...
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M.T. Kingsley talks about
 "When the California town of Playa Bonita is named in a federal pollution suit things look bad for Julie Woodruff, the Director of the town’s public works. To add to the stew, things get worse...
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Reviews from Book Journalers at Bookcrossing.com: TEN STARS!!! "I loved this book. I thought it was brilliant. I loved the fact that the chapters were short, which I feel, keeps you reading....
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Leighton D Gage talks about
Yup! That's what the New York Times said. In their review of "Every Bitter Thing" they called my Chief Inspector Mario Silva "irresisible".
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Leighton D Gage talks about
Yup! That's what the New York Times said. In their review of "Every Bitter Thing" they called my Chief Inspector Mario Silva "irresisible".
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Leighton D Gage talks about
Yup! That's what the New York Times said. In their review of "Every Bitter Thing" they called my Chief Inspector Mario Silva "irresisible".
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Tim Chambers talks about
I looked at the first chapter of this on Kindle. It seemed there were two or three uses of "and" in every sentence, even sentences beginning with and, so I counted them. He uses it 241 times in one...
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Srisuda Hongthai talks about
Being born a Thai Buddhist originally from the town of Phitsanulok, I am always interested to learn about other Buddhist monks and scholars from other traditions. Thich Nhat Hanh's books always seem...
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from HubPagesA Brilliant New Look at the Private Life and Perversions of Adolf Hitlerby Christopher Antony Meade United Kingdom Hub AuthorFinally a great novel of the twenty first century and about...
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Loren Rhoads talks about
This is a sweet little book with a story reminiscent of A Very Brave Witch, except this time it's a witch *and* a vampire who discover that children are nothing to be afraid of.  The text is...
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Phil Naessens talks about
I’ve been a huge Tom Seaver fan for most of my life so when I discovered that there was a new book out about his career I immediately snatched it up….yes, that’s correct my friends. Phil Naessens...
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Ilsa P. talks about
by Amy Tan
(This isn't so much a review as a compliment) When I was a little younger, I read the book Sagwa. My sister and I would always pretend we were little cats, and make up new adventures. I always ended...
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from HubPagesA Brilliant New Look at the Private Life and Perversions of Adolf Hitlerby Christopher Antony Meade United Kingdom Hub AuthorFinally a great novel of the twenty first century and about...
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Nicola Chambers talks about
I learned about this book when I was browsing Barnes and Noble.com. Yes I go on the website and look for new books all the time. The premise intrigued me and it was placed on my list of books that I...
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Pam Chun talks about
From Publishers Weekly The destructive forces of lust, greed and consuming pride influence the rise and fall of a Chinese family living in Hawaii in this carefully researched and atmospherically...
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Randy Wong talks about
Year One stories have one goal - to explain the intellectual and psychological/emotional underpinnings of what defines a character. Madison takes the origin template that Rucka created in "Cry For...
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Charles Redner talks about
One thing we can count on with The Hummingbird Review: Every issue will be different, and delicious in its own way. Publisher Charles Redner has always been big on combining four different types of...
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Kim Hoffman talks about
A valuable text in both the reporting, the remembrance, and the healing of the experience of war. Vietnam was weird because over the years troops were cycled in and out. You would arrive and after a...
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