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Paris To the Moon

24 February, 2009 (17:41) | books | By: Amy

One of my favorite books that I’ve read so far this month is Paris To the Moon by Adam Gopnik. As a bit of a Francophile, my want went off in my head as soon as I saw it in the store quite some time ago.
Paris To the Moon isn’t exactly a quick, easy read, [...]

Mrs. Dalloway

18 February, 2009 (17:05) | 1001 books, books | By: Amy

And… I’m back! Work is slowly taking over my life, so not much time for reviewing, but I’m still managing to set aside plenty for reading. Hopefully I’ll be able to go on a massive posting spree and get all caught up soon.
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf is one of those novels that [...]

Ender In Exile

17 February, 2009 (21:52) | books | By: Aaron

Ender In Exile is billed as a ‘direct sequel’ to Ender’s Game.  Never mind that it was written 25 years after EG.  Card has revisited the EG world numerous times since the original, and it almost seems as if Ender is nothing but a cash cow for him at this point.  Not many authors can [...]

Dream When You’re Feeling Blue

9 February, 2009 (16:05) | books | By: Amy

This weekend, I also finished Dream When You’re Feeling Blue by Elizabeth Berg, a story about three sisters doing their best to survive being left at home during World War II. Kitty, the eldest, writes to her steady boyfriend, Julian, while her sister Louise writes to Julian’s best friend Michael, who proposed just as he [...]

Zoe Lucky and the Green Gables Mystery

9 February, 2009 (15:33) | books, young adult | By: Amy

Over the weekend I read Zoe Lucky and the Green Gables Mystery by M. Carol Coffey. It’s a sweet little young adult story in which our heroine, Zoe, pieces together the clues in order to catch a persistent — and dangerous — burglar.
Zoe and her mom have moved to Pittsburgh after Zoe’s father, a [...]