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I have just passed the midpoint of the Blob Game (Biggest Loser of Books) with Natasha, Amy, Dawn, Candace and Jen. Up until yesterday I was the uncontested lead, having culled 161 book that I have listed on our BLOB Spreadsheet. I have some more to add, but since they are not on the sheet, [...]
I have been seeing reviews of this book since way back in when it first came out in hardcover, and even though most all of those reviews were positive I resisted picking up a copy. The last time I did that was with The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz, and we [...]
I mention it on Twitter all the time and I may have mentioned it here, but I can’t remember- I live upstairs from Barnes and Noble. I literally walk out my door, take a right, walk approximately 10 steps and I’m at the entrance of the store. This has probably very literally cost me a [...]
What’s It About? (from the book jacket) In early 2005, Richard Polsky decided to put his much-loved, hard-won Warhol Fright Wig, up for auction at Christie’s. The market for contemporary art was robust and he was hoping to turn a profit. His instinct seemed to be on target: his picture sold for $375,000. But if [...]
What’s It About? (From Booklist)In this intricate tale of love, loss, and redemption, Wolitzer, author most recently of The Doctor’s Daughter (2006), tells the story of three women whose paths cross during a summer in the Hamptons. Lissy Snyder, an insecure second wife, is uncertain of her place in her husband’s heart and feels intimidated [...]
What’s It About?tag=linsbla-20 (From the back cover) From the moment Louisa first catches sight of the strange man who occupies a forbidden room on the thirty-third floor, she is determined to befriend him. Unbeknownst to Louisa, he is Nikola Tesla—inventor of AC electricity and wireless communication—and he is living out his last days at the [...]
What’s It About? Your daughter doesn’t come home one night from her summer job. You go there looking for her. No one’s seen here. But it’s worse than that. No one’s ever seen her. So where has she been going every day? And where is she now? In Linwood Barclay’s riveting new thriller, an ordinary [...]
What’s It About? In the Tudor Court of 1518, your friends and enemies can be one and the same…During the annual celebration of the Order of the Garter, Sir Michael Devereaux arrives in King Henry VIII’s court on a mission for his benefactor. The celebration’s endless feats and sumptuous women delight the charismatic newcomer, who [...]
What’s It About? Fourteen-year-old Emily Pigbush suspects that her uncle is involved in body snatching. Meanwhile, her best friend’s family is accused of plotting to kill Abraham Lincoln, and Emily is left unsure of whom she can trust. Includes a reader’s guide. Why This? A Presidential asssination, a bodysnatching, a heroine with the last name [...]
What’s It About? (from Goodreads)In the hopeful 1950s, Frank and April Wheeler appear to be a model couple: bright, beautiful, talented, with two young children and a starter home in the suburbs. Perhaps they married too young and started a family too early. Maybe Frank’s job is dull. And April never saw herself as a [...]
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