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A Movie in My Pillow/ Una Pelicula en mi Almohada
labloga.blogspot.com reviews
A Movie in My Pillow/ Una película en mi almohada is a collection of 21 poems written by Salvadoran author Jorge Argueta. In these poems Jorge Argueta evokes the...
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Xochitl and the Flowers/ Xochitl, La nina de las Flores
ginasblogging.blogspot.com reviews
Xochitl and her family have come from El Salvador and are missing home very much. They live in San Francisco's Mission District and what they miss most of all are...
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Blood of Paradise
San Francisco Chronicle reviews
Oscar Wilde once quipped that the truth is rarely pure and never simple. Amen to that, says "Blood of Paradise," David Corbett's powerful and deeply...
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Blood of Paradise
Washington Post reviews
Before he began writing novels, David Corbett spent 15 years as an operative with a San Francisco private investigation firm, an experience that left him without...
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Kirkus Reviews reviews
Meteoric, and still going up.
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With Krishna's Eyes
Vignettes of Indian English Literature reviews
Sunny Singh’s new English-language novel, With Krishna’s Eyes, is a disturbing and eloquent exploration of the dark side of “Shining India”, in which the modern...
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Library Journal reviews
Not for the faint of heart, this debut novel will keep readers glued to the very last page.
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Red (UK) reviews
A crackling story.
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Publishers Weekly reviews
The story fascinates even as it repels.
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Heat (UK) reviews
And now for something completely different…If you're tired of fluffy chick lit and fancy a trip to the dark side, the debut novel from poet Martha O'Connor is a...
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Northfield News reviews
NORTHFIELD — For much of her life, Northfield resident Kelly Zwagerman has shared a 40-year friendship with 10 other women from her high school. They’ve been there...
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The Missing Ink by Karen E. Olson
Publishers Weekly reviews
The Painted Lady, a tattoo shop in contemporary Las Vegas, and its owner, artist turned tattooist Brett Kavanaugh, are central to this pleasantly jargon-free...
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A Tale of Three Cities
AT THE HOME PLATE reviews
On the occasion of the release of Steven Travers' new book, “A Tale of Three Cities: The 1962 Baseball Season in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco,” At Home...
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SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE reviews
IT SOUNDED like a terrific opportunity, chronicling Giants superstar Barry Bonds in what would become perhaps the best single-season performance in baseball...
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Romance Studio reviews
"Do not attempt to start reading this book unless you have a full two hours to sit and be held spell bound by what begins to unfold from the first page of this...
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Publisher's Weekly reviews
"clever, funny story...with excitement, suspense, and delightfully good humor."
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Cindy's Love of Books reviews
I didn't realize that this was the third in the book right away and that really didn't make a difference in the book for me. It can be read as a stand alone. I do...
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Curious Readers reviews
I enjoyed the werewolf lore that Spear has created for her books. I know that this is not the only one, although I haven't read the others. Her werewolves live in...
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New York Times reviews
The individuals in Laura Glen Louis's ''Talking in the Dark'' may be Chinese-Americans new to the West Coast, but more than anything else they are characters for...
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Publishers Weekly reviews
In spare, refreshing prose, Louis writes of characters burned by love and searching for reprieve in this debut collection of eight short stories. Often peopled by...
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