Archive for January, 2008
Choke
Sunday, January 27th, 2008
by Chuck Palahniuk
ISBN: 0385720920
The first book I read by Palahniuk was
Lullaby, and I knew then that despite an irritating repetitive tic in his writing, I'd be reading more. He's
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A Three Dog Life
Sunday, January 20th, 2008
by Abigail Thomas
ISBN: 9780156033237
A Three Dog Life is not a sentimental book, a near-miraculous feat considering Thomas writes about dealing with her husband's traumatic brain injury. Emotional yet practical, she's
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Willful Creatures
Sunday, January 13th, 2008
by Aimee Bender
ISBN: 9780385720977
Part of my brain wants to fight with Bender's stories. They are too fantastic, too naked, and I know I shouldn't believe in things like children made
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Dreamers of the Day
Sunday, January 13th, 2008
by Mary Doria Russell
ISBN: 139781400064717
A forty year old school teacher comes in to a bit of money after the rest of her family dies in the great flu epidemic, and
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