Tag: review
group name: laladylisasclub
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June 22, 2008 04:11 AM EDT --
Charles asked me on another thread regarding overdue library books if he should be reading Jasper Fforde.*
The easiest answer would be "Go ask Kris , since she was the one who recommended . . . more
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August 24, 2007 03:05 PM EDT --
I picked up a copy of An Invisible Sign of My Own when I remembered someone on Gather recommending Aimee Bender, and I was not disappointed. This is Bender’s first novel—coming after the collection . . . more
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October 23, 2006 02:00 AM EDT --
Before there was Paris Hilton, there was Marie Antoinette. She was a woman known for her beauty, style, partying, and passion for sweet things…like cake.
I loved this movie; unfortunately, . . . more
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September 30, 2007 07:25 PM EDT --
As the last installment of the series, J. K. Rowling has made some interesting choices. First and foremost, ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ is written for the fans and not first . . . more
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July 31, 2007 11:45 PM EDT --
During the past few months, as my 11-year-old son was rereading the first six Harry Potter books, he often worried about what "Deathly Hallows" was going to bring. There was the question of which . . . more
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July 23, 2006 11:58 PM EDT --
This is probably the best film based on a story that shouldn't have been made into a movie in the first place. Inspired by bedtime stories M. Night Shyamalan told his children, this film is visual . . . more
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September 09, 2006 02:55 PM EDT --
This movie is "Romeo and Juliet" meets magic. I liked it enough to say that when it eventually hits cable I will watch it again. It is a chick flick, but it is done intelligently . . . more
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February 25, 2008 05:02 PM EST --
(As he wrote it. He describes the plot in great detail, so note there are some minor spoilers there, even though this is of course the very beginning of the story.)
The Spiderwick Chronicles—Book . . . more
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September 24, 2007 08:00 PM EDT --
Liz G. of ‘Team Gather’ fame cannot say that I did not warn her. When asked by e-mail if I would review Terry Shaw’s ‘The Way Life Should Be’, winner of the ‘First . . . more
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March 31, 2007 08:33 PM EDT --
Actually, the company wasn’t just good, it was excellent. This book fires on all cylinders. The characters are interesting, Sarah Dunant’s writing is wonderful, and the plot is . . . more
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February 27, 2007 04:45 PM EST --
Hands down, this book is the best I have ever read about conjoined twins! Katherine Dunn’s ‘Geek Love’ still has my heart for the best fictional book about sideshow freaks, but . . . more
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May 25, 2007 05:57 PM EDT --
IT’S ALMOST SUMMER! IT’S ALMOST SUMMER! IT’S ALMOST SUMMER! Time to leave all reading pretensions behind and find a good book that will not challenge the mind as it . . . more
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August 10, 2007 08:31 PM EDT --
Few things would have been less appealing than being proposed marriage by Henry XIII, especially if you are to be his sixth wife and few years before wife number five lost her head. ‘The Last . . . more
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February 13, 2007 03:36 PM EST --
Romanticism isn’t really my thing, but I do enjoy historic novels and if they occasionally come in the form of romance then okay. ‘Through a Glass Darkly’ by Karleen Koen is an . . . more
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April 30, 2007 06:30 PM EDT --
Currently the scrolls (actually it is just a few of them) are on exhibit in Kansas City at the Union Station until May 13th. In my pinheaded way, I kept confusing them with the Gnostic Gospels, which . . . more
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February 16, 2007 05:31 PM EST --
A novel set in the late 19th century London, it starts with a very interesting premise. A young widow who is midway through mourning (a two year commitment) a husband who died while on an African . . . more
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April 09, 2008 09:08 AM EDT --
First of all, let me state that I've never actually stayed overnight in this resort. I live too close to it to spend money on a room. I do understand that they have nice rooms. . . . more
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May 02, 2007 07:49 PM EDT --
Before I came to Gather I had never posted any of my stories on the Internet. I was advised that I needed to start networking and get my work out in the public eye. I had tried to post a story, . . . more
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February 19, 2007 07:10 PM EST --
It takes one glance at Britney Spear’s shaved head and blank stare to know that fame can be a dangerous thing. Based on the book by George Plimpton and Jean Stein, ‘Edie: American Girl,’ . . . more
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April 15, 2007 04:40 PM EDT --
‘Shooter’ starring Mark Wahlberg unfolds like an updated fictional version of the Kennedy assassination. Wahlberg plays Bob Lee Swagger a marksman, whom we meet while he is on assignment . . . more
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