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post #21 of 31
12/23/10 at 8:18pm

don't know if i'll finish it in 2010, but i decided on Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver for my last novel of the year (and first novel in two months!  yikes.  work is getting in the way of my reading habit.)

 

enjoy your celebrations.

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post #22 of 31
12/23/10 at 9:32pm

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

 

Heartbreaking teen novel about a girl and her family deported from Lithuania to Siberia by the Russians during WW II. 

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post #23 of 31
12/26/10 at 9:00pm

I just read the book "Committed" (by the author of Eat, Pray, Love).  I read it in under a day--it was an interesting memoir / long essay about the nature of Western marriage.

 

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post #24 of 31
12/28/10 at 7:05pm

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson

 

A light, enjoyable story of a widowed English major who begins to have feelings for a widowed Pakastani woman who owns a local convenience store. Can he stand being the subject of gossip and possible shunning in his conservative English community and can she go against her family's traditions. Very well done--the perfect vacation read.

 

 

 

 

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post #25 of 31
12/28/10 at 7:31pm

How to Grow Up and Rule the World by Vordak the Incomprehensible

 

Middle-grade book about how to become a super-villian. 

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post #26 of 31
12/28/10 at 7:37pm

Half a Life by Darin Strauss

 

One reviewer called it "staggering and unforgettable," with which I completely agree.

 

It's a sad, compelling memoir about the author hitting a girl with his car and killing her.  (He didn't mean to, of course.)  In general, it's a book about what it means to live a life of grief, and it does end on as positive of a note as possible.

 

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post #27 of 31
12/30/10 at 8:35am
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Originally Posted by A&A View Post

I just read the book "Committed" (by the author of Eat, Pray, Love).  I read it in under a day--it was an interesting memoir / long essay about the nature of Western marriage.

 


I liked this one better than E, P, L.

 



 

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post #28 of 31
12/31/10 at 10:03pm

Happy New Year all . . . see you in 2011!

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post #29 of 31
1/2/11 at 12:28pm

I started a Jan/2011 thread here:  http://www.mothering.com/community/forum/thread/1288753/january-2011-book-challenge-thread#post_16154251

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post #30 of 31
1/3/11 at 4:25pm

I actually have a couple more books to post for 2010! :D  I have to cut out of the office in a minute though, so I'll post 'em tomorrow.

 

Happy New Year everyone!

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post #31 of 31
1/4/11 at 4:59pm

#61 Tracks by Louise Erdrich

 

Beautiful and sad.  A story about how life continued to change for Native Americans at the beginning of the 20th century.  Her writing is lyrical and magical. I can't wait to read more of her books.

 

#62 Undressing the Moon by Tammy Greenwood

 

A teenager's account of her high school life and her mom leaving her family.  Sad, but good character development.  Super quick read.

 

#63 The Promise by Jonathan Alter

 

I enjoyed this book, although I am an Obama fan, so it was really fun for me to get into the details of his campaign and administration. 

 

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