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    • 18 Ratings
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    ASH - All (kinds of) Stories Here

    MAY 23, 2012 7:06AM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: book reviews, os weekend fiction club, kindle, books by open salon members, os, ash..., short stories, reading, books, allen skipper howlett

    • 6 Ratings
    • 889 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    50 Shades of Awful

    APRIL 26, 2012 11:36AM

    By Survivant


    Topics: fifty shades of grey, books, book reviews, feminism

    • 1 Ratings
    • 219 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Rules for Rock Biographies

    FEBRUARY 24, 2012 1:37PM

    By Nancy Davis Kho


    Topics: san francisco bay area, funny, biographies, music, book reviews

    • 4 Ratings
    • 368 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Literature From Hell Part Deux: Ethan Frome Edition

    FEBRUARY 20, 2012 2:55PM

    By Hayley Rose


    Topics: fiction, comedy, books, boring, book reviews, books, edith warton, joseph conrad, heart of darkness, ethan frome

    • 4 Ratings
    • 476 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Haruki Murakami's "1Q84"

    FEBRUARY 17, 2012 7:12PM

    By Sally Allen


    Topics: book reviews, 1q84, haruki murakami

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 1202 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    Why Writers Need Readers: Not for the Obvious Reason

    FEBRUARY 8, 2012 9:16AM

    By Holly Robinson


    Topics: book clubs, book bloggers, readers, writing, novels, breast cancer, gerbil farmer's daughter, book reviews, bookstores, publishing, self publishing, facebook, sleeping tigers, social media, novel publicity

    • 0 Ratings
    • 280 Views
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    Into the Blue: Joan Didion's 'Blue Nights'

    JANUARY 5, 2012 12:25AM

    By Alistair Murray


    Topics: literature, authors, book reviews, books, joan didion

    • 0 Ratings
    • 214 Views
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    Book Review: The Underlying Hand, by Roger P. Koch

    DECEMBER 28, 2011 4:56AM

    By Mayra Calvani


    Topics: book reviews, science fiction, speculative, spiritual , tagged genesis, mythology, spirituality, the flood, visionary fiction

    • 0 Ratings
    • 116 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    History of Oink and Subsitute for Monkfish Liver? Help is on the Way!

    NOVEMBER 16, 2011 1:21PM

    By gourmetgadgetgal


    Topics: true story, foodie, book reviews, books, food/drink, family, open call

    • 0 Ratings
    • 177 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Just Enough Cake (and Eating it Too!) – Plus Cookbook Giveaway!

    NOVEMBER 14, 2011 3:26PM

    By gourmetgadgetgal


    Topics: open call, family, food/drink, books, book reviews, foodie, true story

    • 2 Ratings
    • 311 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    How to Write a Book Review in One Easily Ignored Lesson

    JULY 29, 2011 12:35PM

    By cyclopic


    Topics: humos, satire, fiction, comedy, true believer, oahu, nicholas sparks, nevada;s cowboy country, jeannie watt, harelquin superromances, book reviews, amazon

    • 1 Ratings
    • 122 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Trolls Along The Amazon

    JULY 1, 2011 1:14PM

    By Judy Nichols


    Topics: books, book reviews, amazon, "the undefeated", palinbots, trolls, jeanne devon, ken morris, frank bailey, blind allegiance, sarah palin

    • 0 Ratings
    • 103 Views
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    May 31, 2011 [Academic Work Post 15]: Let’s Review

    JUNE 1, 2011 9:53AM

    By Ben Railton


    Topics: stuff we should read, scholarly work, book reviews

    • 1 Ratings
    • 705 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    House of Sand and Fog (Book Review)

    MAY 16, 2011 6:40PM

    By Tichaona Chinyelu


    Topics: book reviews, house of sand and fog, andre dubus

    • 0 Ratings
    • 201 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Carey, A.D., and Me

    MARCH 28, 2011 1:16AM

    By speakingmymind


    Topics: passing for white, history, book reviews, whiteness, race, slavery

    • 17 Ratings
    • 633 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Caught in a Not-So-Bad Romance

    JANUARY 14, 2011 1:39PM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: remedies, reading, romance novels, fairytales, beauty and the beast, winter blues, book reviews

    • 2 Ratings
    • 888 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Great Medical Mysteries: You Gotta Read This Book! Series

    DECEMBER 6, 2010 10:43PM

    By Trish Rainbow


    Topics: book reviews, pandemics, cancer, aids, infectious disease, polio

    • 2 Ratings
    • 589 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez: a Book Review

    NOVEMBER 30, 2010 11:10PM

    By Tichaona Chinyelu


    Topics: wilberforce university, wench, tawawa house, slavery, nat turner, historical fiction, harriet tubman, dolen perkins-valdez, book reviews

    • 2 Ratings
    • 280 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    The Resurrecting Writers Series: Jean Toomer

    NOVEMBER 16, 2010 11:50AM

    By Tichaona Chinyelu


    Topics: in search of our mothers' gardens, alice walker, harlem renaissance, karintha, black literature, literary blog hop, book reviews, resurrecting writers, jean toomer, cane

    • 2 Ratings
    • 338 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Sometimes It Takes a Death: Mother to Mother - a Book Review

    OCTOBER 18, 2010 11:58AM

    By Tichaona Chinyelu


    Topics: gugulethu, amy biehl, apartheid, south africa, mother to mother, sindiwe magona, book reviews

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