Tag: fiction
member name: lilly @Reading Extravaganza
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December 23, 2009 08:33 AM EST --
I am usually not a big fan of books with animals as main characters. I decided to break away from this pattern and read The Elephant Keeper , especially that the description mentioned . . .
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March 12, 2009 07:49 AM EDT --
L et me just come straight out and say that I am not a die-hard fan of Jane Austen or chick lit. Not that I hate either of them, I simply would pass on books by this author or in this genre . . .
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March 18, 2009 07:22 AM EDT --
I picked up this book because at this point I'm grasping at straws. I really wanted to find out what the deal was with successful relationships and why I can't seem to make it work. . . .
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April 13, 2009 11:16 AM EDT --
I really wa nted to read a book that I could write a positive review of. Before I bought The Birth of Venus, I had heard praises sung about it. Following other people's advice I acquired it for . . .
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January 05, 2009 07:29 AM EST --
I was very excited when the new year came along. At approximately 12:30 am I started reading my first book this year. It was a delight, I finished it the next day. Then I jumped right into the second . . .
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February 27, 2009 07:12 AM EST --
My first experience with autism was just a few months ago, when I attended a week-long program for parents of autistic children. I arrived there as an interpreter for a family from Poland and . . .
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March 06, 2009 07:50 AM EST --
Considering that February only had 28 days and I still managed to read as many books as I did in January, I am quite satisfied. Of course I wish I could read as fast as some people (already . . .
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March 10, 2009 08:51 AM EDT --
Being a mother of a 10-year-old girl I am often tormented by constantly lowered standards teenage girls live by in today's world. My girl's puberty approaches fast, faster than I would . . .
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March 30, 2009 09:27 PM EDT --
Many books have been written about the Tudor England, especially about Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, but King's Fool is a special one. I write 'special' because it is written from the . . .
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December 16, 2009 07:54 PM EST --
I will tell you a secret. Up until Alice I Have Been appeared on the horizon, I had no idea that there really was a girl named Alice and that Lewis Carroll (Reverend Charles . . .
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February 15, 2009 10:02 AM EST --
I have never been really crazy about legal thrillers. The ones that I did read tended to be a little too boring for my taste and with so many suspense and thriller books on the market nowadays, . . .
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December 19, 2008 08:22 AM EST --
Having a blog gives me a chance to share my thoughts about books like 'Souvenir' by Therese Fowler. What a great book this one is. To give you a short description, the story revolves . . .
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February 13, 2009 09:06 AM EST --
Dean Koontz has been one of my favorite horror authors for quite a few years now. Since I hadn't discovered him until after he was an accomplished writer, I am excited to know that I still . . .
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February 24, 2009 10:11 AM EST --
For the past few years the writing market has been flooded with counter-terrorism thrillers. There is a multitude of authors who either want to get in on the writing scene with what's almost a guarantee . . .
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March 27, 2009 07:41 AM EDT --
Do you have a favorite book that really pulled you back in time, or perhaps gave you a special interest in that period?
Here's the thing: I love historical fiction, but I do not . . .
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April 07, 2009 06:32 AM EDT --
A s a long-time fan of historical fiction, I consider myself as a person who knows quite a few things of what makes a good historical novel and what doesn't. In recent years, readers have been given . . .
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July 04, 2009 06:39 AM EDT --
I am one of the people who yearn for spiritual peace but get instead spiritual turmoil. There have been times in my life when I was absolutely certain of my faith and of God's existence, and His benevolent . . .
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July 04, 2009 06:47 AM EDT --
I am very happy to present to you the interview with a lovely person and writer Barbara Quick. I got to virtually meet Barbara via my review of Vivaldi's Virgins and Ms. Quick's comment which I thought . . .
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August 29, 2009 09:04 AM EDT --
Back in my days working for a big chain bookstore I would let myself be swayed in my reading choices by what the customers were buying. If I noticed a trend, I would start making a list of titles . . .
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November 18, 2008 08:46 AM EST --
I will start reading The Religion by Tim Willocks today and I will be posting my comments on what I read daily. I will try to do it so the book is not spoiled for those of you who have not read and would . . .
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