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sensible shoes posted Book Review: The Pesthouse by Jim Crace | Yesterday
In a post-apocalyptic America, two people set out for the coast in search of salvation...I always like to read at least two books like that every year! In Crace's world, the apocalyptic event seemingly happened centuries ago. The earth is not destroyed, but human civilization, at least in America,...
sensible shoes posted Book Review: My Sister's Keeper byJodi Picoult | 5 days ago
Jodi Picoult is the author of many ripped-from-the-headlines novels. This one is about Anna, a 13-year-old girl who was conceived as a "designer baby" to be perfect donor match for her sister with leukemia. Anna sues her parents for medical emancipation so she can stop being a body-parts supplier...
M-----l posted Stuff I've Been Reading: A Monthly Column (9/08) | Sep 30, 2008
[NOTE: These book posts usually feature little pictures of each of the books over on the left side. Unfortunately, Vox isn't working well for me tonight and I am sick of fiddling with it. Vox will let me have either the little pictures or spaces between my paragraphs, but not both. I have opted for...
sensible shoes posted Book Review: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski | Sep 18, 2008
Edgar Sawtelle is the mute son of Trudy and Gar, a pair of dog breeders living in rural Wisconsin in an almost idyllic atmosphere of heartland values. When Edgar is a young teenager, having recently been entrusted with his own litter of puppies to whelp and train, his father dies unexpectedly - and...
