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The Speed of Dark 85 reviews
Elizabeth Moon
Del Rey, 2005
A new look at "normal"
+ *ENDING SPOILERS* Profoundly personal look into an autistic mind
Lou Arrendale is an autistic man who is living in the 21st. century at a time when research has enabled scientists to tinker with brain function. The ultimate question is, does he want to go through an experimental procedure which will take away his autism but cause him to face an uncertain ...
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel587 reviews
Lisa See
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006
It is as beautifull as it can be sad, sometimes even funny.
+ Mesmerizing Tale of Friendship and Tradition
+ A beautiful tale of love and friendship
+ Snow flower was pure honest relationship writing
+ good purchase
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Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation 66 reviews
Cokie Roberts
Harper Perennial, 2005
Founding Mothers-A must buy
+ Founding Mothers
+ Revolutionary women
Ms. Roberts did a fine job on sharing the little known history of our founding mothers. It opens one's eyes to the role women really did play in the war for independence.
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The Night Watch81 reviews
Sarah Waters
Riverhead Trade, 2006
4.5 out of 5: Tender and extraordinarily intimate
+ Liked This One..
Moving backwards in time, the story covers the lives of four Londoners during WWII (2 women and 1 man, all gay except for one straight woman). The lives connect and intersect in surprising and revealing ways. Tender and extraordinarily intimate with the backdrop of brutal war.
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Blindsided: Lifting a Life Above Illness: A Reluctant Memoir51 reviews
Richard M. Cohen
Harper Paperbacks, 2005
A family of courage and determination.
+ Blindsided: Lifting a Life Above Illness: A Reluctant Memoir
+ One of my Favorites
BLINDSIDED by Richard Cohen. This is not just a book for for those dealing with MS, Although it could be the story of my family. It is the story of a man and his family who takes the blows and then gets up and keeps on going. It may not be the path was originally planned but they find a way to ...
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The Preservationist34 reviews
David Maine
St. Martin's Griffin, 2005
You thought you knew this story
+ The Preservationist Review
+ The Preservationist - a new perspective
+ Opens up the theological imagination as well as a great piece of fiction.
+ Highly entertaining, stylistically admirable
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel 220 reviews
Dai Sijie
Anchor, 2002
Worth the reading!
+ Re-education for dummies
+ I loved the metaphor
This was a very interesting novel from a literary standpoint (and from the standpoint of a western reader peeking into a time and place that are quite foreign to them). Every character has a nickname "Four Eyes," "the Seamstress," etc., except for the narrator's friend/roommate. He is the only ...
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The Plague Tales90 reviews
Ann Benson
Dell, 1998
The Plague Rules!
+ Compelling historical fiction/medical thriller hybrid
+ Utterly fascinating.
/I confess to a weakness for books that involve time travel or switching back and forth between time periods. This is such a book. It is well written and very exciting. Ann Benson's The Physician's Tale and Thief of Souls are similar in the back and forth between the middle ages and the present. ...
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Life Expectancy253 reviews
Dean Koontz
Bantam, 2005
Definitely one of Dean's best
+ Qwirky
+ The best book I've ever read!
+ Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz
+ In the end the book is good
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102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers162 reviews
Jim Dwyer, Kevin Flynn
Times Books, 2006
The view behind the smoke and fire.
+ A One-Sitting Read
+ Terrifyingly Addictive
+ Hard to rate at 5 stars
+ 102 minutes of sheer terror..
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My Sister's Keeper: A Novel1007 reviews
Jodi Picoult
Washington Square Press, 2005
WOW!
+ Great first Picoult Read
+ I like the story...
+ TOUGH DECISIONS
+ One of my favorites
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Undaunted Courage : Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West344 reviews
Stephen Ambrose
Simon & Schuster, 1997
Undaunted Courage
+ Extraordinary
+ GREAT AMERICAN JOURNEY - MUST READ LEWIS & CLARK
+ The tale of the Lewis and Clark expedition
+ Ambrose at his Best
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The Glass Castle: A Memoir1091 reviews
Jeannette Walls
Scribner, 2006
Five stars: An inspirational true story
+ Incredible story
+ The best memoir I've ever written!
+ -----An Unforgettable and True Story-----
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Chasing Daylight:How My Forthcoming Death Transformed My Life77 reviews
Gene O'Kelly
McGraw-Hill, 2005
Chasing Daylight and Finding The Light
+ Conventional wisdom, but still touching and uplifting
+ Chasing Daylight Practically
+ READ THIS BOOK NOW!
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My Sister's Keeper: A Novel1007 reviews
Jodi Picoult
Washington Square Press, 2005
WOW!
+ Great first Picoult Read
+ I like the story...
+ TOUGH DECISIONS
+ One of my favorites
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel220 reviews
Dai Sijie
Anchor, 2002
Worth the reading!
+ Re-education for dummies
+ I loved the metaphor
This was a very interesting novel from a literary standpoint (and from the standpoint of a western reader peeking into a time and place that are quite foreign to them). Every character has a nickname "Four Eyes," "the Seamstress," etc., except for the narrator's friend/roommate. He is the only ...
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Blindsided: Lifting a Life Above Illness: A Reluctant Memoir51 reviews
Richard M. Cohen
Harper Paperbacks, 2005
A family of courage and determination.
+ Blindsided: Lifting a Life Above Illness: A Reluctant Memoir
+ One of my Favorites
BLINDSIDED by Richard Cohen. This is not just a book for for those dealing with MS, Although it could be the story of my family. It is the story of a man and his family who takes the blows and then gets up and keeps on going. It may not be the path was originally planned but they find a way to ...
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102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers162 reviews
Jim Dwyer, Kevin Flynn
Times Books, 2006
The view behind the smoke and fire.
+ A One-Sitting Read
+ Terrifyingly Addictive
+ Hard to rate at 5 stars
+ 102 minutes of sheer terror..
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel587 reviews
Lisa See
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006
It is as beautifull as it can be sad, sometimes even funny.
+ Mesmerizing Tale of Friendship and Tradition
+ A beautiful tale of love and friendship
+ Snow flower was pure honest relationship writing
+ good purchase
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The Plague Tales90 reviews
Ann Benson
Dell, 1998
The Plague Rules!
+ Compelling historical fiction/medical thriller hybrid
+ Utterly fascinating.
/I confess to a weakness for books that involve time travel or switching back and forth between time periods. This is such a book. It is well written and very exciting. Ann Benson's The Physician's Tale and Thief of Souls are similar in the back and forth between the middle ages and the present. ...
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