Tuesday, August 27, 2013

The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

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I was taken by surprise by this book. The format is brilliant, the chapters alternate taking place in the present and in the past as Victori...
Monday, August 26, 2013

Find Me by Debra Webb

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On page 77 I thought to myself that I had this all figured out and I was a bit annoyed to have it so soon.  But I kept reading because I enj...
Saturday, August 24, 2013

Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power by Rachel Maddow

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This was a laying out of facts in the least dry history lesson you can get. The premise here being that the way wars or military operations ...
Sunday, August 18, 2013

You're Not You by Michelle Wildgen

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Ogres, onions and this book. What could they possibly have in common? They all have layers. This book surprised me. When I read the back o...
Thursday, August 15, 2013

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

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My new school, Mount Holyoke College, has this thing called Common Reading. There is a book selected and the entire student body reads it an...
Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project by Jack Mayer

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Seldom if ever do I call a book perfect but this one was. I had never heard of Irena Sendler until this book was picked as August's book...
Saturday, August 3, 2013

The Dinner by Herman Koch

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I don't know how to say anything about this book without spoiling it and it really needs to not be spoiled or it loses a lot. I will say...