A couple of book reviews

In the past week, I have finished three books. I posted their reviews to an email list I'm on, but figured I would crosspost them ... this book when looking on the Bard site at the Recently-added Books I forget how long ago - not recently. Anyway, I hadn... really original. I recognize certain aspects of the book from other books/authors. I still intend to finish it, however. I'm not...

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2009 Book 70: The Evil in Pemberley House

Finally catching up on my reviews of books I read in the second half of October. This one is rather lengthy, so I'm going to put it behind a cut. ... Lai and the folks who have spent countless years building upon the basis laid down by Philip Jose Farmer in books like Tarzan Alive, Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life, The Other Log of Phileas Fogg , and such works. I...

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Books Read in October

So I've decided to list my books by month, rather than compiling one large list at the end of the year like I usually do. Though I may do a round-up noting my favorites for the year. 1. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell , by Susanna Clark Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell are two English magicians. Both aim to bring magic back to England and both have very different ideas about how that ...

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Ten Thousand Lovers

...didn't have to wait the usual waiting period of books I take home (which is anywhere between five months ...inherently relevant today. I'm always interested in reading books about other countries and people, especially when I've... if you study creative writing and are drawn to books that try out different prose styles - or from ... and I'm eager to read the other two books in Ravel's Tel Aviv trilogy.

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Where I am

...happen. I don't really want to write stories, I want to read them. However, I may try to do more of these "book reviews as they happen" posts, because I'd like to write more about books, but I never seem to get anything written after I finish them. So, I just need to sit down and write regardless of finishing.

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Speaking of All-Male Lists

... Mantel’s Wolf Hall took home the Booker, and A. S. Byatt’s latest came out to rave reviews (and was nominated for the Booker) as did Lorrie Moore’s A Gate at the Stairs. 2 of ... National Book Award are women. Even Amazon’s top 10 included women: 4 to be exact (for 3 books). Via mobylives_feed , of course. For those not seeing this lately, there's been a remarkable number of anthologies ...

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November's Cheap Book Awesomeness

...barrage of free and cheap e-books available for the month. My cat... wondering. Suvudu added three new books to their free library: Crimson ...) have a bunch of cheap books offered for the month. MacMillan ... series available as cheap e-books, each priced just under 3$.... most places that sell e-books, including the kindle and Sony ... and Marked lead to the reviews posted here. Harlequin Spice (their ...

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On Beauty by Zadie Smith

...booker award. Plus, since leaving VCU, most of the books I read for pleasure nowadays are either Sci-fi/Fantasy... sure I haven't read a whole lot of books that deal with interracial couples. So for all of ...And then I went to Amazon and read a couple reviews for the book and someone mentioned this, "I'm...Worthwhile? Is that why it got so many positive reviews from lit bloggers? Well, I don't think it ...

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Literary Life After Death

...to know the public's reaction, that's one thing. But once they're dead, what's the issue? Maybe if you believe in an afterlife, there's the danger that the author's ghost will be hanging around, reading bad reviews, and thinking, "See, THAT'S why I never released it during my lifetime!" But, well, I don't; and if it turns out I'm wrong, the spirits of the dead have plenty of time to get over it. I...

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[links] Link salad wakes up in its own bed for a change

Justine Musk on books — Including jeffvandermeer 's Booklife , as well as Green [ Powell's | Amazon | Kindle | Barnes & Noble | Borders ] Video: elaborate multi-camera rig elegantly captures giant redwood tree — If you've ever tried to photograph a tree, you'll really appreciate this. Plus the resulting image is very striking. Cassini dances with Enceladus once again...

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