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Author: NancyKay Shapiro

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Description: Sexy, playful, erotic, moving, true to life: these are only a handful of adjectives that describeSexy, playful, erotic, moving, true to life: these are only a handful of adjectives that describe Shapiro's astonishing debut novel. Skillfully she weaves the tale of a relationship between two men, which starts off full of anticipation, leaving the reader as giddy as any girl during the first blossom of her first real love. Want and hesitation twine together until it seems as if Jim and Seth must either consume their love or combust. Both end up happening. I was so moved by this book that at the end, I wanted to write the author. "Seth will one day be able to let go in love," I would write, like they were real people in need of advice. "When hurt is not Seth's first thought anymore, he will finally be able to realize that it is not Jim's either. Seth is the one who is dragging it to the foreground, but with time it will fade as love goes on longer." Happy or sad, who can tell with this ending? ...

2007-10-28

 

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Author: Lori Lansens

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Description: The Girls by Lori Lansens is acclaimed, and rightly so, by some of my favorite authors. TheThe Girls by Lori Lansens is acclaimed, and rightly so, by some of my favorite authors. The premise in itself is captivating, and I wanted to find out if Lansens could do it justice. She uses first person narrative, sometimes writing as Ruby and other times as Rose. The project is Rose’s from the start, and it is her we love most at the end. But without Ruby’s viewpoint, the book would not be worth reading—a clever parallelism, as this symbiosis is the way Lansens portrays the twin’s relationship itself. ...

2007-09-27

 

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Author: Louise Erdrich

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Description: The Beet Queen by Louise Erdrich is probably my favorite novel by this author. She tells theThe Beet Queen by Louise Erdrich is probably my favorite novel by this author. She tells the story with a sense of adventure, taking her readers on mini-flights of their own with a dash of surrealism now and then, a literary device which allows the reader to realize the limitations of human memory and desire. After reading this, you’ll probably want more, but beware: because Erdrich revisits many similar themes and settings in her work, for maximum satisfaction it is best to wait a while between reading her next novel. ...

2007-09-27

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Author: Han Nolan

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Description: I remember reading this book curled up on a wing chair. I couldn't put it down, and onceI remember reading this book curled up on a wing chair. I couldn't put it down, and once in a while I would glance up and feel amazed that I was still on Long Island, NY, and not *there.* Must read for young adults....

2007-03-15

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Author: Audrey Niffenegger

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Description: What an amazing, original masterpiece. You will not be able to read this book and remain untouched.What an amazing, original masterpiece. You will not be able to read this book and remain untouched. In a ingenious mixture of viewpoints and time-points, Niffenegger tells the story to it's fullest, skillfully weaving dialogue and prose together. What can I say? This book has the power to render the reader broken hearted and hoping, a condition where we are all equal, fatally human. ...

2007-03-15

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Author: Isabel Allende

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Description: Here is a dynamic heroine that belongs in a novel of the west in a unique way. No simple "easternHere is a dynamic heroine that belongs in a novel of the west in a unique way. No simple "eastern girl goes west across prarie" style for her! ...

2006-09-28

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Author: Julia Alvarez

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Description: This book will haunt you, not only through the plot, but with the beautiful, spare yet complexThis book will haunt you, not only through the plot, but with the beautiful, spare yet complex writing style. It is a story wrapped in a story, and at first the outside story seems bothersome, in the way, but at the end of the book you realize how much the outside story, the woman remembering, means to the story as a whole. Never can you have someone else's heartache so accutely as when you read this book....

2006-09-28

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Author: Isabel Allende

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Description: Isabel Allende is my new favorite author. "Zorro" is a book to stay up late finishing,Isabel Allende is my new favorite author. "Zorro" is a book to stay up late finishing, a book of adventure that broadens your own world as you read it. It makes you take up challenges. It's great. ...

2006-08-21

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Author: Neil Gaiman

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Description: Another wonderful book that you will unable to put down. It is initially a little hard to getAnother wonderful book that you will unable to put down. It is initially a little hard to get into than "Neverwhere." (By that I mean it takes a dozen pages instead of two.) Read it!...

2006-08-21

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Author: Anne Frank

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Description: I read this journal many times when I was younger. I am glad it exists. Perhaps if we can allI read this journal many times when I was younger. I am glad it exists. Perhaps if we can all remember it, this won't be repeated... wishful thinking, I know. ...

2006-04-16