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Heres Your Hat Whats Your Hurry
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Elizabeth Mccracken
Prentise Wylie
, January 29, 2013
I thought this was a novel when I started reading it, and was disappointed when the first story did not develop into a novel... and the second one, and the third... in other words, most of the stories felt too short, too unresolved, too much like chapters from a novel. Only the last one, "The Goings-On of the World," was long enough to feel complete. I loved the story about a woman who marries a tattoo artist and gets herself covered in tattoos by him; it has mind-joggling images and metaphors about the meaning of tattoos in life, and I really wanted it to continue and develop, but it just... stopped. Then there was an interesting one about an old woman who travels around getting free temporary housing by pretending she is a distant relative, until her story is blown and she has to move on; it too, just... stopped. Ms. Mccracken is a good writer; the lack is in the form, not in the writing.
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Hit The Road
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Caroline B Cooney
Prentise Wylie
, January 29, 2013
Touching, believable, unique, with one of the best g-rated nasty bad guys ever, the only reason I gave this four stars instead of five is that there is a scene that makes extremely dangerous driving at high speeds by a beginning driver while texting seem like a good and exciting choice. Other than that, I can easily recommend this book for people of any age; I am a grandmother, and I loved it as much as any young person might. It speaks to the hearts, minds, souls, and bodies of people of any age, especially girls and women. The bad guy is easy to hate, and he is outwitted by the mother he is trying to steal from and institutionalize, the teenage girl and her male friend, and his mother's three elderly women friends. And these grandmothers are VERY old, not just getting old. To see them laugh, think, talk, take action, and triumph is mind-opening and moving. "Hit the Road" is exciting and emotional, with great insight and a terrific denouement, including a delightfully unpredictable outcome for the teenage girl and her male interests.
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Shop On Blossom Street
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Debbie Macomber
Prentise Wylie
, January 29, 2013
Easy to read, flowing, gripping without too much drama, this book will make women want close female friends if they don't have them, value the ones they do have, and be open to women whom they previously had thought were too different from themselves. I especially liked the way the story is told from the point of view of each of the four main female characters, who are all described clearly, so that it is easy to visualize them and their lives in your mind's eye... I felt as though I knew them, and certainly wanted to. While romance was part of the theme, it also involved relationships between sisters, parents and their offspring, and friends... and the development of strong friendship ties among the four very different women, ties that could only occur in unique circumstances such as the knitting circle, is touching and gratifying. We get to see beyond each of their outer defenses into their hearts, minds, and souls. Twice, when apparently obvious and trite solutions to dilemmas did not happen, I was relieved (it would have been boringly easy) and very pleased at the original ways that they were resolved.
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Read My Lips
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Teri Brown
Prentise Wylie
, January 02, 2013
Interesting insight into teenage angst, both female and male, with the addition of deafness in the main character -- I appreciated that the deaf girl in this story is presented as so normal, partly because the author has a deaf niece... and that the teenage boy "rebel" whom she connects with is so attractively alive. I found the characters and the story believable. Although it is a short book, it presents several facets and conflicts of the teens and their lives in very sympathetic ways. Teri Brown makes it clear that even when adults think it is easy to make moral decisions, it is often much more complicated than we remember. I would have loved to grow up with parents and other adults as kind as the ones in "Read My Lips." One major thing I like about books for children and teens is that they are shorter and more to the point, helping me see into the minds of the young and how they see the world.
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Stieg Larsson Millennium Trilogy Audiobook CD Bundle: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the Girl Who Played with Fire, and the Girl Who Kicked the Horn
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Larsson, Stieg
Prentise Wylie
, January 01, 2013
I would not expect an author who calls a 27 year old woman a "girl" to be a widely knowledgeable feminist, but these are among the most woman-supportive books I have ever read, set in a milieu of political, medical, journalistic, social, cultural, criminal, economic, governmental, relationship, and sexual intrigue. They are gripping, insightful, informative, interesting, exciting, and believable, with several very strong female characters, not just the "girl." There are some strong male characters, too, and the balance is gratifying. The only objections I have about these books are: (1) no pronunciation guide for the Swedish words, such as the names of cities, streets, and people, and (2) some of writing reminds me of children's reading primers from the middle 1900s, in the way the sentences are short and choppy, rather than flowing with conjunctions and better punctuation, such as commas and semi-colons... minor complaints in contrast to the extensive value of these books.
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Getting Near To Baby
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Audrey Couloumbis
Prentise Wylie
, January 01, 2013
Touching story with a surprisingly tender "hero" -- Although I found the concept of these children remaining on the burning hot roof for hours in the sweltering sun not very believable (wouldn't they have moved to get away from the burn?), the overall all idea rings true. With a surprisingly courageous "rescue" by Uncle Hob and a gratifying transformation of Aunt Patty, both of whom I wanted to hug, this story touches on truths of human frailty and suffering, strength and healing, with a wonderful resolution. This book could help adults be more patient and insightful with children who are withdrawn, as well as with themselves, because people of all ages sometimes hold their suffering inside, unable to speak of it because the pain is so overwhelming. I did find the writing sometimes choppy, with too short sentences that would read better if they were combined with commas and conjunctions into longer ones (but not as much as in a lot of books). The punctuation was excellent (in many books it is not), and there was nothing trite in this story.
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Piano Teacher
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Janice Y K Lee
Prentise Wylie
, January 01, 2013
Similar to "The Splendor of Silence" in its history of world war in 1942 affecting the "foreign" countries that British and Americans are living in ("Spendor" in Burma and India; "Piano Teacher" in Hong Kong) and the relations between people of different variations on the human race, this book also deeply conveys the moral, spiritual, social, cultural, sexual, political, government, economic, housing, and food practices, beliefs, and conflicts of various peoples. I found the characters and story line vivid and believable, the dialogue natural, and the punctuation excellent (there are so many books with bad punctuation that detracts from the reading, that this is worth mentioning). It is so wonderful to experience culture and history through the bodies and minds of seemingly real characters, so that we feel the truth of that history and culture, those people, in a way that carries on through time into our own present reality.
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Splendor of Silence
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Indu Sundaresan
Prentise Wylie
, January 01, 2013
Momentary lust is the basis for supposed forever romantic love, but this is an engrossing historical novel, nevertheless. With believable and realistic characters; excellent descriptions of the Indian environment; the Japanese invasion of Burma; vivid pictures of of American, British, Japanese, and Indian personalities and their military, social, political, family, sexual, community, economics, and spiritual practices, beliefs, and conflicts, this sweeping story actually takes place in only four days. Even though I am somewhat sick of the overly romantic notion that instant lust plus mutual magnetism equal Troo Luv forever, the attraction between Mila and Sam feels true, and the pain that humans cause themselves and each other because of their prejudices is indeed tragic. I found the way the lives of Mila and Sam turn out contrived and disappointing, but because of the width and depth of the story overall, it was completely worth reading, with mostly very good punctuation and natural dialogue. This book is similar to "The Piano Teacher" by Janice Y. K. Lee in the way it contrasts cultures and gives a multilevel exploration and history of various cultures, this one of Hong Kong, including its invasion by Japan.
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