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I have never read Dickens before. Every time I’d start, I’d fail to be sucked in and I’d give up. It was my turn to pick a book for book club and I really wanted an excuse to keep reading a Dickens novel, so I chose this one. I’m so glad that I did. Those [...]
I have been avoiding reviewing this book, almost as much as I avoided reading it in the first place. You see, I was afraid of this novel, scared even. Not because of the monster, surely no. Monsters aren’t really that scary. No, I, like the boy in the book (Conor) was afraid of something worse. [...]
OOoh, I really liked this one. Sara Zarr just understood my teen years. OK so my mom was not an alcoholic, and my dad was not a preacher. But my mom was sick and I felt like that was something we didn’t talk about and I didn’t know why. I really connected with this novel [...]
Ok, ok, so I’m a bit embarrassed to even be reviewing a book with a title as ridiculous as this one, but I wanted to review the next book in the series, so I figured, I may as well start with this one. As you may have guessed from the title, this book is about [...]
I keep wavering between giving this one three and four stars. I read it for free on-line, so perhaps it should be 4. I like the idea of being able to read books for free. You can too (although I’m not sure for how long) at this address http://browseinside.harpercollins.com/in… Jessamine is a young innocent 16 [...]
The Cult of the Amateur, by Andrew Keen, contests that user-generated media is ruining “our economy, our culture and our values.” The front cover of the Cult of the Amateur has a blurb of a review from, Michiko Kakutani of the New York Times boasting: “Keen writes with acuity and passion about the consequences of [...]
2 thumbs down for this boring book. If you’ve ready any of his other books then you would find this one very predictable. Well you might find it predictable anyway. Every time Professor Langdon droned on and on I thought I was going to be tested on it. The heroin was a very strong and [...]
Anita Shreve was one of the fortunate living writers (pre James Frey) to have her book picked by Oprah to be in the Oprah book club. Although not an avid book club member, I have from time to time, picked up an Oprah book club book. A few years ago I read The Pilot’s Wife. [...]
Why oh Why do I read these things? I started reading Christian romances at work when I was bored and there was nothing else to read. But then I started reading them for fun, at home. Most of them are terribly written. Yet I keep going back, like a bad boyfriend. Admittedly, the only “bad” [...]
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Clarissa Foss
Clarissa is a stay-at-home mother of three. The last two years she has been wrapping up a degree in psychology after taking a six-year baby hiatus from her studies. Now that she is done reading text books she doesn't have to feel guilty curling up with some good fiction. Her favourite book is Little Women.
Cindi Foss
Cindi is a 30-year-old Kobo reading blog reviewing amateur literary critic. She appreciates all genres especially historical fiction, post-apocalyptic fiction, and suspense along with a healthy dose of 'popular' so she can keep up with what everyone is talking about. She has four or five lists of books to read at any one time (but doesn't everyone?) and she loves spreading the word on good books. Cindi will be bringing you truth and objectivity ('cause who wants to read crazy irrational opinions?) from her piece of the world in Alberta Canada.
