Little Miss Smarty-Pants by Suzanne Kopoulos

Little Miss Smarty-Pants is first the memoir I have laughed my way through most of. Suzanne Kopoulos really lets it all hang out. She didn’t hold much, if anything, back. As you might expect, she did change the names. I give her a lot of credit. Granted I didn’t have as diverse a life as [...]

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“Eats, Shoots and Leaves” Lynne Truss

Yes, that’s right, 5 Stars for a book about proper punctuation. I fully expected to get through this book only for my 2008 Challenges. In my mind’s eye I saw myself reading a page or two and then falling sound asleep from boredom. I could not have been more wrong.
Not only does Lynne Truss make [...]

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“The Prometheus Project: Trapped” Douglas E. Richards

Reviewed for Amateur de Livre

“The Prometheus Project: Trapped” by Douglas E. Richards is geared toward middle graders. Obviously, at 32, I’m a little outside that age group, but as a mom of two I think that I can ‘read like a child’ (if that makes sense).
In “Trapped” Ryan and Regan Resnick are forced by their [...]

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“The Unbearable Lightness of Being” Milan Kundera

Ok, here I am with a finished book and no idea what to say about it. “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” was interesting. I’m sure I should have gotten more out of it than I did. What I did get out of it was this: things happen. Maybe not the way we want them to [...]

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“A Widow for One Year” John Irving

The main theme of “A Widow for One Year” by John Irving is (in my opinion) is family and how it can influence your decisions later on in life. Depending on how your raised, who does the raising we tend to make different choices. Whether it’s trying to prove to your father that you are [...]

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Books I’ve Read: January 2008

December 23 to January 1 “Water for Elephants” Sara Gruen Pages: 335 **5 out of 5**
January 1 to January 3 “Murder at the Vicarage” Agatha Christie Pages: 223 **4 out of 5**
January 3 to January 6 “Picture Perfect” Jodi Picoult Pages: 384 **5 out of 5**
January 6 to January 9 “Sex and the Single [...]

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Books I’ve Read: November 2007

October 29to November 4 “The Spinster Sisters” Stacey Ballis Pages: 304 **5 out of 5**
November 4 to November 6 “In Camelot’s Shadow” Sarah Zettel Pages: 512 (misplaced)
November 6 to November 14 “The Almost Moon” Alice Sebold Pages: 304 **3 out of 5**
November 14 to November 30 “The Golden Compass” Philip Pullman Pages: 298 **3 [...]

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