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On the eve of the sale of the family’s multimillion dollar business, black sheep Alban makes his way home where he will have to confront the truth about his mother’s death and the love that lingers for his cousin Sophie.
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I was intrigued by the plot of The Steep Approach to Garbadale, hinging as it does [...]
Popularity: 23% [?]
Tags: British Literature
About 200 pages into Second Glance by Jodi Picoult, I decided to give up–not just on the book, but on her altogether. I thought she was just hit-and-miss, but now I’m convinced that if I read anything more by her I’ll stop liking the one book of hers I did like, Sister’s Keeper, which [...]
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After a teenage girl’s abusive father is released early from prison, she fears that she will be victimized again.
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I hold Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak to be the perfect YA “problem novel.” These novels take a teen in jeopardy facing off against a social issue, and show how the protagonist overcomes the situation. In [...]
Popularity: 22% [?]
Tags: American Literature
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Gerald began–but was interrupted by a piercing whistle which cost him ten percent of his hearing permanently, as it did everyone else in a ten-mile radius of the eruption, not that it mattered much because for them “permanently” meant the next ten minutes or so until buried by searing lava or suffocated [...]
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Last night’s work read saw a celebrated author of so-called “literary fiction” attempting a murder mystery. Great characters, fabulous dialogue, smart ideas–terrible plot. Why? The writer doesn’t know the first thing about genre satisfaction.
This happens from time to time. A “real writer” will decide to take on a genre, thinking that [...]
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After their alibi is busted, three girls spin a whopper of a lie to keep from getting in trouble with their parents.
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Popularity: 21% [?]
Tags: American Literature
Why is it that so many kids’ fantasy adventure books can be boiled down to:
“Children find a magical talisman that transports them to a wondrous world where they must fulfill their destiny or be trapped for ever.”
I swear I’ve read this book about a zillion times for work, and today was no exception. Some, [...]
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I had brunch yesterday with fellow fast reader Alissa and Carey, who shared such astute insights into Brothers K. The time flew by, as it does when readers get together and get on the subject of books. It was such a pleasure to spend time with people who are as passionate about reading [...]
Popularity: 19% [?]
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Synopsis:
Young Simon is in the middle of the biggest adventure his land has seen in years, but if he and is friends fail their mission, the wicked Storm King will prevail. Book Two of Memory, Sorrow and Thorn.
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I know it sounds like Lord of the Rings, but it’s all in the details, people. [...]
Popularity: 32% [?]
Tags: American Literature
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