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Recent Posts Tagged With 'book reviews'
Book Review: Tell Me Why, Mummy by David Thomas
Ten Word Summary: A sexually abused kid stuggles to survive and find forgiveness. Wow. The only time I felt breathless while reading a book was when I read The Life of Pi, which I still consider to be one of the best books of the century. Though this...
Book Review: I am America (and so can you) by Stephen Colbert
Ten Word Summary: The megalomaniac title says it all - this ain’t for you. There is a reason why comedy shows are short and varied: Jokes wear thin. Imagine instead of attending a comedy show, you’re given the script and you’re expe...
Book Review: Blankets by Craig Thompson
Ten Word Summary: An empathetic story of love, faith and their ultimate loss. First, I have to get this thing out of the way: If you’re the person who flips open a book, find it’s full of pictures, and shove it away, you need to give this...
Book Review: Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
Ten Word Summary: An amnesiac girl tries to get her old life back. The summary may sound morbid, but if you know anything about Sophie Kinsella you would expect it to be chockful of blond humor. It has lots of those, but the amnesiac aspect of the st...
Book Review: Samarkand
Ten Word Summary: A fantastic journey through Persia that combines fact and fiction. Amin Maalouf’s depiction of history is nothing short of extraordinary. Ditching the typical Arab approach to long past tragedies and historical accounts, relyi...
Book Review: Fragile Things
Ten Word Summary: Short, wonderful, imaginative and highly entertaining for the most part. There are a few books nowadays - unfortunately - that are capable of throwing you into an inexplicably odd world where you can find yourself comfortable and re...
Book Review: Aesop’s Fables
Ten Word Summary: The one book you need to keep in your bag. I sit irritated on a plastic chair in the middle of a basement elevator lobby, working on incomprehensible nonsense. Is it time again? I look at my watch, which boldly tells me I have a few...
