Tag: review
member name: Christine Zibas
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October 24, 2009 03:23 PM EDT --
The Anthologist
Nicholson Baker
ISBN: 978-1-4165-7244-2 Simon & Schuster
This book is a plum. Nicholson Baker has written a totally amazing book that everyone should rush out and buy…immediately. . . .
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May 06, 2009 12:48 AM EDT --
Absolute Friends
John Le Carre
ISBN: 0-316-00064-7
The old spy game is taken up a notch in Le Carre’s Absolute Friends. Here the intrigue and spying are not merely about competing . . .
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July 05, 2009 12:42 AM EDT --
Destruction of Innocence: A True Story of Child Abduction
Rosalie Hollingsworth
ISBN: 978-1-4401-2502-7
In the United States alone, a child is kidnapped every 40 seconds. This means that about . . .
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August 31, 2009 03:33 PM EDT --
Labor Day: A Novel
Joyce Maynard
William Morrow ISBN: 978-0-06-184340-2
For most people, Labor Day marks the end of summer and the onset of fall, with a last celebration of swimming, barbeques, . . .
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July 30, 2007 01:42 PM EDT --
Gather Member Martin Edhouse has crafted an enchanting children's tale for adults in his new book, The Exotic Adventure. This story, like so many stories from childhood, centers around a competition; . . .
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September 12, 2008 05:01 PM EDT --
When I started this year, another Gather member had decided to read 50 books. I thought this sounded like a good idea. I joined the group. Now, ahead of schedule, I have completed my mission (although . . .
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September 09, 2008 03:15 PM EDT --
Good People
Marcus Sakey
Dutton
August 14, 2008
ISBN: 978-0-525-95084-4
Marcus Sakey’s third book, Good People comes at the perfect time on the American landscape. With so many . . .
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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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June 09, 2007 12:17 AM EDT --
Like many of the 4 million readers of The Kite Runner, I could not wait to read Khaled Hosseini's second novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns. When a book like The Kite Runner is so beloved, such a runaway . . .
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June 19, 2007 03:23 AM EDT --
There are few memoirs that can compare with The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. The story begins as Walls is on her way to a party in New York City, traveling by taxi down from her Park Avenue apartment. . . .
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July 04, 2007 04:17 PM EDT --
This murder mystery is as charming as Vienna itself. Like the city's famed waltz, Frank Tallis moves his book, A Death in Vienna, along at the perfect tempo. The year is 1902, and Vienna is at . . .
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December 01, 2009 01:04 AM EST --
Stardust
Joseph Kanon
ISBN: 978-1-4391-5614-8
The best mysteries take their readers into another world, and capture their imaginations with puzzling human behavior. Joseph Kanon is surely one . . .
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May 18, 2009 11:06 PM EDT --
I've got 4 great Advanced Readers Copies (ARCs) to give away to my Gather friends. They include for the following titles: Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal by Julie Metz, A Dangerous . . .
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July 07, 2007 05:11 PM EDT --
The strengths ofThe Last Nightingale by Anthony Flacco are not what you'd expect from a murder mystery based around a serial killer named "The Surgeon." The two greatest advantages this book . . .
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September 26, 2007 01:13 AM EDT --
"Into the Wild" is soon to be released in movie theaters across the country and is already receiving rave reviews, not only for Sean Penn's role as the film's director, but also for its . . .
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June 13, 2007 10:38 AM EDT --
There's no better time for a fast-paced read than a lazy day at the beach or in the back yard hammock. Thrillers seem to suit summer reading, much the way blockbuster movies do at the summer box office. . . .
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November 01, 2007 04:00 PM EDT --
There are few things more delicious, more satisfying than knowing when you place your reading selection and money on the Borders counter that you will have a great read that evening. So startling brilliant . . .
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April 04, 2008 02:16 AM EDT --
Belong to Me: A Novel
Marisa de los Santos
ISBN: 978-0-06-124027-0
William Morrow
A refugee from intellectual city living, Cornelia Brown is the explorer of a new terrain: . . .
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April 09, 2008 02:56 PM EDT --
Temples, Tombs & Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt
Barbara Mertz
ISBN: 978-0-06-125276-1
William Morrow
For anyone who has an interest in Egypt or ever . . .
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February 16, 2009 01:51 AM EST --
French Letters/ Virginia’s War: Tierra, Texas, 1944
Jack Woodville London
Vire Press/ www.VirePress
ISBN: 978-0-9815975-0-8
This engaging trilogy, French Letters, opens with a scene from . . .
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