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Mi vida querida (2013)

it's my first time in reading one collection of Alice Munro's short stories. .I do love the stories . There is something so real in each one ... the life in its different situations something undeniable. .I think Alice is so loyal to Canada because all her stories took place in Canadian cities an...

Mi vida querida (2013) by Alice Munro
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The Yellow Birds (2012)

I wanted to like this book more than I did. I had heard good things about it, but I found myself having difficulty getting into it. It was not an easy read for me. It seemed more like a book you would read for a college class than a book you would read for pleasure. The language was a bit flo...

The Yellow Birds (2012) by Kevin Powers
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The Cat's Table (2011)

If you enjoy books that will make you fall asleep, I would recommend The Cat's Table. But if you're looking for an interesting an exciting book, this is not the book for you. I found myself reading 10 pages and then dozing off. The characters are boring, and the plot is bland as well. Michael Ond...

The Cat's Table (2011) by Michael Ondaatje
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A Secret Kept (2009)

Antoine återvänder efter många år till familjens semesterresmål tillsammans med sin syster och börjar nysta i mammans död. En välskriven och finurlig roman där sidorna tycks vända sig av sig självt. Fin-fina personskildringar, flyt i berättandet och en spännande story som inte riktigt landar där ...

A Secret Kept (2009) by Tatiana de Rosnay
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Die laatste zomer (2009)

A great read! The first book I have read in a while that I simply could not put down.Antoine decides to plan a surprise getaway to celebrate hiw sister Melanie's 40th birthday. He chooses a desstination they had travelled to as children on holiday with their family: a destination they have not vi...

Die laatste zomer (2009) by Tatiana de Rosnay
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Moon Over Manifest (2010)

Two overlapping storylines tell the story of two young girls living in Manifest, Kansas. One story line told by Abilene Tucker, when she meets Miss Sadie who tells her about a boy named Jinx, which leads to Abilene and her friends going on a spy mission. Abilene’s story overlaps with Miss Sadie’s...

Moon Over Manifest (2010) by Clare Vanderpool
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Etiquette & Espionage (2013)

I started out with high hopes for this book cause how much better can you get, assassins at an etiquette school? And its steampunked?? Right?Ill admit I was shocked, it was nothing what I thought it was gonna be. I was really, really interested. I absolutely love the main character, she's sassy, ...

Etiquette & Espionage (2013) by Gail Carriger
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The Orchardist (2012)

This is a novel I would say you don't read for the plot, but for the atmosphere. Like those books they make you read in high school or college for literature coursework: if I were discussing what actually happened or who the characters in the story were, there wouldn't be much to go over after aw...

The Orchardist (2012) by Amanda Coplin
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Chains (2008)

I was recommended this book by my teacher. This is an excellent book that gives an accurate account of what it would be like to be a slave as a child here in America during the Revolutionary War. The story follows Isabel, as she is sold to a bad family with her sister, after being promised free...

Chains (2008) by Laurie Halse Anderson
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Vespers Rising (2011)

A great segue from one series to another. Being a lover of back story the multiple viewpoints in multiple time periods really appealed to me. After 10 books of hearing about it there was a certain degree of satisfaction involved in actually seeing the epic Cahill sibling fight. And getting some i...

Vespers Rising (2011) by Rick Riordan
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The Painted Girls (2012)

Recent winner of the Ontario Library Association's Evergreen fiction for 2014, Cathy Marie Buchanan transported me to another place and time with this story of sisters surviving all the odds against them in 1880s Paris. I love it when a book prompts me to do more research and I've spent the week...

The Painted Girls (2012) by Cathy Marie Buchanan
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The Heretic's Daughter (2008)

Kathleen Kent's writing style reminds me of Margaret Atwood, who I enjoy. This book is slightly depressing and melancholy, but it has a lot of life and heart as well. I was a little confused by the way it was put together... is the protagonist writing the whole thing to her posterity? Is she just...

The Heretic's Daughter (2008) by Kathleen Kent
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The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag (2010)

As with the first book in this series ("The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie"), "Weed's" great appeal and entertainment stems from Flavia. Her observations and insights are often hilarious and spooky at the same time. Dare I say: if all 11-year-old children were this bright, the world would a...

The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag (2010) by Alan Bradley
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Girl in Translation (2010)

3.5 stars. Realistic fiction. Kimberly Chang and her mother come to New York from Hong Kong dreaming of a new and improved life. They experience terrible living and working conditions while trying to keep their heads above water financially. Kimberly struggles for years as she tries to maintai...

Girl in Translation (2010) by Jean Kwok
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Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy Deluxe Boxed Set (2010)

The great thing about this trilogy is that each book is its own kind of novel. Girl with A Dragon Tattoo is a whodunit, The Girl who Played with Fire is a crime thriller, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest is a political intrigue. Placed in sequence, you never get bored, because as the sto...

Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy Deluxe Boxed Set (2010) by Stieg Larsson