Sunday, November 29th, 2009
This epistolary novel written by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows is set in the wake of WWII in Great Britain, both on the mainland and on the...
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
In The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon resurrects the Gothic novel; he dumps readers onto the winding and mysterious streets of Barcelona...
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Saturday, November 21st, 2009
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher or The Murder at Road Hill House is a title, which immediately entices readers who find mystery and intrigue exciting....
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Many books gain public attention when Hollywood transforms them into motion pictures starring celebrities like Keira Knightley or Rachel McAdams. Only...
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One legacy of classic literature is its tendency to inspire more creation even if the novel has lain dormant for a century before it is picked up once...
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On the Road by Jack Kerouac is regarded as a defining novel of the postwar Beat generation, and is exalted for its apparently profound simplicity. On...
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Reading anything written by Virginia Woolf is not an easy feat for the casual reader, so I would not recommend starting out with her highly...
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For those of you who enjoy historical fiction, Phillipa Gregory is a top notch writer. Though she takes liberty with history, as any author of...
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