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reviewed The End Of Alice. May 06
The End Of Alice
There are so many criminal happenings in society that it almost seems inevitable that a book like The End of Alice would come into print; when murder and crimes against children dominate the national …
reviewed Carry On, Mr. Bowditch. May 06
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Winner of the 1956 Newbery Medal for Children's Literature, Jean Lee Latham's Carry On, Mr. Bowditch tells the fascinating story of Nathaniel Bowditch, the author of the all-around and famous …
reviewed Wonderful, Wonderful Times. May 06
Wonderful, Wonderful Times
Published in 1980, Wonderful Wonderful Times is a novel whose title is a complete contradiction to anything of what the book is indicative of. Understood and accepted. For me, however, it was a confirming …
reviewed The Graveyard Book. May 06
The Graveyard Book
Once again, with imaginative and narrative skill, Neil Gaiman has created a children's book unlike any other. At once gothic and phantasmagoric, it is still, at heart, a children's story with …
reviewed A Confederacy of Dunces. May 06
Confederacy of Dunces
Set against the tumultuous backdrop of the 1960s, A Confederacy of Dunces is a book unlike any other that I have previously read. I have often heard it referred to as THAT book, a kind of complement …
posted a Quick Tip about Green Eggs and Ham. May 06
Green Eggs and Ham
look nice,green eggs and ham will take me into the books.I think if I read it, I will be more smart,haha
reviewed The Most Dangerous Game. May 06
The Most Dangerous Game
Winner of the 1924 O. Henry Memorial Prize for Best Short Story (the Pulitzer Prize for stories) The Most Dangerous Game, also known as "The Hounds of Zaroff," is quite a thrilling and twisting …
reviewed Something Beautiful for God. May 06
Something Beautiful for God
If Malcom Muggeridge never wrote anything else in his life with the exception of Something Beautiful for God, his literary and journalistic reputation would have been assured. An eloquent yet succinct …
reviewed Flannery: A Life of Flannery O'Connor. May 06
Flannery: A Life of Flannery O'Connor
Writers in general like to keep their lives private, or so I've been told, and when often asked about their personal lives, I've heard it said, You want to know me? Then know my books, and all …
reviewed Saintly Youth of Modern Times. May 06
Saintly Youth of Modern Times
Sainthood is a fascinating process, because every minute facet of the candidate's life is exposed, dissected, analyzed and scrutinized. Volumes of books can be written and hundreds of witnesses can …
reviewed Psycho. May 06
Psycho: A Novel
Still disturbing and spooky after all these years, Psycho is a horror novel unlike all the others, because the true horror does not stem from the typical gothic elements that are found in most books …
reviewed Ghellow Road. May 06
Ghellow Road
Ghellow Road is a moving narrative of one woman's brave confrontation with her past and the gnawing demons of crippling mental illness that plagued her mother and thus affected the whole of her adolescent …
reviewed A Sorrow Beyond Dreams (New York Revi.... May 06
A Sorrow Beyond Dreams (New York Review Books
A contemporary masterpiece in the genre of the literary memoir, A Sorrow Beyond Dreams is actually an unceasing nightmare where closure is not a possibility, primarily because it recounts the suicide …
reviewed 84, Charing Cross Road. May 06
84, Charing Cross Road
Letter writing is such a pleasure in this technology driven age of e-mailing and texting, partly because it is such an intellectually contemplative and slower paced act. The fluid clarity of thinking …
reviewed Speaking Truths. May 06
Speaking Truths
Child abduction cases like those of Steven Stayner, Jacob Wetterling, Elizabeth Smart and Jaycee Dugard-when covered in the mainstream newspapers and national media-always evoke a vast array of hard-to-grapple …
reviewed Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque. May 06
Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque
Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque is an impeccable collection of stories, illustrating yet again why Joyce Carol Oates is one of this country's most underrated yet illustrious authors working today; …
reviewed Deviant: The Shocking True Story of E.... May 06
Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the
Drawing on interviews and historical records, author Harold Schechter has written the definitive true-crime story of Ed Gein, Wisconsin's psychopathic and grave robbing necrophilic monster, whose …
reviewed Vanishing (Tim Krabbe book). May 06
Vanishing
Near Dijon, France, Rex Hofman and Saskia Ehlvest-his love interest-are heading to a hotel in Nuits-St. Georges in Burgundy; they are on vacation. After a brief spat while on the road, they pull into …
reviewed Geek Love. May 06
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
Breathtakingly original in plot and in character creation, Geek Love is a unique work of contemporary fiction unlike any other. Initially, I wanted to dislike the story of the complex Binewski clan, …
reviewed Dracula (novel). May 06
Dracula (first edition)
In rereading Dracula-my "October" book-I discovered many nuances and subtle flaws the eluded me upon my first reading of it. They included physical descriptions of the characters and incorrect …
reviewed Opus Dei: An Objective Look Behind th.... May 06
Opus Dei: An Objective Look Behind the Myths and
Ever since Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code came into print and was then later brought to the big screen by Ron Howard, misconceptions immediately arose around Opus Dei and its beloved founder, Saint …
reviewed Interpreter of Maladies. May 06
Interpreter of Maladies
Interpreter of Maladies is a remarkable first book that details the Indian-American immigrant experience as well as issues stemming from the process of Americanization and assimilation, for there are …
reviewed The Smarter Science of Slim: What the.... May 06
The Smarter Science of Slim-Scientific Proof. Fat Loss Facts
At the beginning of every new year, people make that perennial New Year's resolution that they are going to stick to a diet come what may, so they eat less and exercise more, and they see very minimal …
reviewed Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: A.... May 06
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African
If anyone has ever read Isak Dinesen's famed memoir, Out of Africa and enjoyed it, they will surely like Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood. The story line of both memoirs …
reviewed Eudora Welty : Complete Novels: The R.... May 06
Eudora Welty : Complete Novels: The Robber
The Optimist's Daughter was a subtle read. Yet, Welty expertly conveys the colorful nuances of New Orleans and Mississippi culture, especially Mardi Gras, the assorted southern mansions, a clownishly …
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