Tag: book review
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June 27, 2008 09:31 AM EDT --
This book is regarded as a classic, but I only recently heard of it. I heard of it twice within a short time span, which is why it captured my attention. I was told that it was written in the same style . . .
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September 13, 2008 07:55 PM EDT --
Many of us first learned about autistic savants through Dustin Hoffman's portrayal of an autistic savant, Raymond, in the movie "Rainman". When the movie came out I already had personal . . .
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May 19, 2008 05:15 PM EDT --
This book was published in 2007, prior to the recent events surrounding the alleged child abuse and subsequent raid of the FLDS' YFZ Ranch in El Dorado, Texas. It provides a chilling insider's . . .
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June 09, 2008 03:21 PM EDT --
This book is told in the first-person, from the viewpoint of Christopher, a fifteen year-old boy with Asperger Syndrome. Christopher is a mathematic savant and knows all the prime numbers up . . .
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August 12, 2008 07:32 PM EDT --
I have read a few books by Nicholas Sparks, and a few others such as "The Notebook" and "Message in a Bottle" have been made into movies. I've enjoyed every one . . .
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June 03, 2007 03:01 PM EDT --
A few hours before her execution, Empress Alexandra wrote in her diary "Suddenly Leonka Sednyov was fetched to go and see his uncle and flew off - wonder whether it's true and we shall see the . . .
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June 15, 2008 01:14 PM EDT --
It's December 1999 and everyone has Millennial fever. Will the world end at midnight on New Year's Eve? Meanwhile, archaeologist Catherine Alexander discovers some very old papyrus scrolls in . . .
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June 07, 2008 08:27 AM EDT --
This book was an enjoyable read and I learned a lot more about the history of California as I turned it's pages. The book opens just after an earthquake in southern California has caused a swimming . . .
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September 23, 2007 08:35 AM EDT --
Once again Philippa Gregory does an outstanding job of bringing the Tudor court of King Henry VIII to life for her readers. I became hooked with her books when I read "The Other Boleyn Girl", . . .
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May 11, 2008 04:27 PM EDT --
After reading this book, I will never look at food the same way again. My eyes have been opened to things that I probably already knew at a subconscious level, but this book presents facts about our . . .
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November 03, 2007 05:36 PM EDT --
I was wandering through Borders the other day and the title of this book caught my attention: "Secret Believers: What Happens when Muslims Believe in Christ". The title of the book intrigued . . .
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December 16, 2007 11:13 AM EST --
The complete title of the book is "Unto the Daughters: The Legacy of an Honor Killing in a Sicilian-American Family". I am not Italian, but I am from the Detroit area, . . .
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July 12, 2008 07:47 AM EDT --
What would you do if you could spend one more day with a lost loved one? Would the experience allow you to fix wrongs from the past? Would it change who you are going forward? This book is the story of . . .
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April 11, 2007 02:02 PM EDT --
Anyone who has watched Oprah has probably heard of Bob Greene, who helped her lose all of that weight and keep it off. I've read lots of diet books and "how to" articles but I was intrigued . . .
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July 08, 2008 01:33 PM EDT --
I've always liked the Bible story of Ruth, but I admit that I've never fully understood it. It's usually just considered to be a nice love story, but I've always felt there had to . . .
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July 31, 2008 11:30 AM EDT --
This book is a worthwhile read for anyone who is in leadership at an older church or who is struggling with all the changes they see happening in their church. In the last thirty years or so we have . . .
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May 09, 2008 05:15 PM EDT --
It's Valentine's Day, and Anne Marie Roche, a recent widow at the age of 38, has invited three other widows overBook Review: "Twenty Wishes" by Debbie Macomber to her bookshop so they . . .
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June 11, 2008 02:16 PM EDT --
This is the ninth of twelve books in the Elm Creek Quilters series that Jennifer has written. Her books are delightful and I have been reading them as each one has been released, starting with the first . . .
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May 06, 2008 12:51 PM EDT --
This book takes place ten years after the events that Joan Anderson wrote about in her book "A Year by the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman". A decade has passed and Joan's friends, . . .
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July 26, 2008 08:09 PM EDT --
For all of us who think we've had a tough childhood, it was probably a walk in the park compared to the upbringing that Jeannette Walls had. My sister-in-law gave me this book and told me that it . . .
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