[My new book] starts in 1960 with a woman named Lois Rabinowitz, who was evicted from Manhattan traffic court for attempting to pay a parking ticket while wearing slacks. This was...
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I got this book for Christmas one year. Loved it. Shared it with all my friends. Lent it out to students I trusted when I became a teacher. Highly recommended for the bookish snobs in your life.
Every bit as good as, if not better than, the first book in the trilogy--which I read twice in three days. How long do we have to wait for the third book?
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You know, I was really into this book until the end--I liked how there was no villain, there was no one you could really root for, because it was just a no-win situation no matter what. And even though I saw the ending coming, I really hoped I was wrong; it was the worst ending possible for the story.
Beth Kephart's writing has an elegance I envy: graceful, lyrical and defiantly simple. The characters are so delightful I couldn't get enough of any of them--I wish the book had been longer so that I could have spent more time with them.
This is the best book I have read all year. Even though the main points of the plot are totally predictable, the finer details are so carefully described that I couldn't get my head out of this book for two days after I read it, so I turned around and re-read it. And still had to wait a week to pick up another book. Eagerly awaiting the sequel.
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Jena, September 20, 2009
I got this book for Christmas one year. Loved it. Shared it with all my friends. Lent it out to students I trusted when I became a teacher. Highly recommended for the bookish snobs in your life.Catching Fire: The Hunger Games #2 by Suzanne Collins
Jena, September 2, 2009
Every bit as good as, if not better than, the first book in the trilogy--which I read twice in three days. How long do we have to wait for the third book?(2 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Jena, August 29, 2009
You know, I was really into this book until the end--I liked how there was no villain, there was no one you could really root for, because it was just a no-win situation no matter what. And even though I saw the ending coming, I really hoped I was wrong; it was the worst ending possible for the story.Nothing But Ghosts by Beth Kephart
Jena, August 29, 2009
Beth Kephart's writing has an elegance I envy: graceful, lyrical and defiantly simple. The characters are so delightful I couldn't get enough of any of them--I wish the book had been longer so that I could have spent more time with them.The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Jena, August 29, 2009
This is the best book I have read all year. Even though the main points of the plot are totally predictable, the finer details are so carefully described that I couldn't get my head out of this book for two days after I read it, so I turned around and re-read it. And still had to wait a week to pick up another book. Eagerly awaiting the sequel.1-5 of 126next