Tag: fiction
group name: bibliophoenix
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November 06, 2009 11:41 PM EST --
Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle originally published in 1963 This 2000 edition published by Gramercy Books
Recently I set myself down in front of my television and watched a marathon of all . . .
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August 02, 2009 02:18 PM EDT --
I finished reading The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini on Saturday. I absolutely loved this book. I definitely rank this book in my top ten favorite books of all time.
I know . . .
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November 06, 2009 09:30 AM EST --
Working on ideas by myself is all well and good, but I know I do much better when I have some feedback from others to push me along. I love it when people pose questions for me to answer, it really gets . . .
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July 15, 2008 08:55 PM EDT --
When I received notice from Gather that I'd been chosen to get Saralee Rosenberg's Dear Neighbor, Drop Dead to read and review I was thrilled. I had previously read and greatly enjoyed . . .
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April 05, 2009 02:34 AM EDT --
Perplexed!
We used to meet at night in Vicky's room during those days for our 'combined study' for the examinations. Many a time we had other occupations like making stories, . . .
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July 15, 2008 09:57 AM EDT --
If you like stories of the sea- or any sort of historical or military fiction- you owe it to yourself to discover this series of books by Patrick O'Brian. Originally published as twenty separate . . .
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October 07, 2009 01:24 AM EDT --
Once in a Blue Moon
Eileen Goudge
Vanguard Press ISBN: 978-1-59315-534-6
What happens in to children in their earliest years of life often stays with them throughout their lives, frequently changing . . .
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July 16, 2008 01:35 PM EDT --
It seems as though each time you check his website, Ian McEwan has collected another award, and with the success of Atonement he has to be considered one of the great living novelists in English. Although . . .
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August 04, 2008 12:20 PM EDT --
A Question ...
Do you primarily buy books online, or do you prefer going to your local bookstore?
I used to prefer going to the bookstore, but over the past year, I primarily order books . . .
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September 19, 2008 09:05 AM EDT --
Last night St. Scholastica College in Duluth MN hosted an event in memory of Carol Bly and in praise of her posthumous novel, Shelter Half. Carol, who died in December of 2007, was a native of Duluth . . .
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October 29, 2008 05:12 PM EDT --
Happy Fall, Fellow Essential Book Members!!!
October is one of my favorite months of the year so I'm sad it's almost over- I've got mums adorning my dock . . .
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December 01, 2008 11:09 AM EST --
searching for lost relatives and roots in a popular novel
WALTZING COWBOYS by Sarah Collins Honenberger. Cedar Creek Publishing, Bremo Bluff, VA; www.cedarcreekauthors.com; www.readhonenberger.com. . . .
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August 09, 2009 12:51 PM EDT --
BBC believes most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here. How do your reading habits stack up?
Instructions: Copy the list and put an 'X' after those you have read.
1 Pride and . . .
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January 18, 2009 10:10 PM EST --
Patricia read that I talked about this at my latest author event on the 17th, and I promised I would post it. These are books I've enjoyed and found to be under-appreciated by the 'powers . . .
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September 15, 2009 12:02 PM EDT --
Susannah, a Lawyer: From Tragedy to Triumph
Ruth Rymer
ISBN: 978-1934938416 Langdon Street Press
It’s the 1870s and young Susannah Reed has a promising life ahead of her. She’s . . .
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November 24, 2007 08:48 AM EST --
Leesburg, Virginia: a small-town satellite of Washington, D. C. At first glance, the residents of Leesburg are typically hard-working, down-to-earth folks. Underneath the surface, however, Leesburg is . . .
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December 05, 2008 10:42 PM EST --
With a January 1 release date for Waltzing Cowboys, my second novel, I've polished the old cowboy boots and dusted off my cowboy hat. An aging cowboy returns to New York City to find the son he's . . .
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July 29, 2008 08:46 AM EDT --
First published in 1977, Lucifer's Hammer offers a terrific story built around a comet that strikes the earth. The nucleus of the Hamner-Brown Comet breaks up as the ice binding the rocky material . . .
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January 21, 2009 10:37 PM EST --
Miles from Nowhere
Nami Mun
Riverhead Books
ISBN: 978-1-59448-854-2
Miles from Nowhere is a beautiful novel in the way that street graffiti can engage a city’s sense of artistry. Its strength . . .
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November 04, 2008 08:45 AM EST --
Last week I talked about the closing of Minnesota Literature and the failure of Minnesota readers to support its best source of information on regional writing and publishing. Today, on the brighter . . .
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