The Book Club

More intellectualising of the Twilight 'phenomenum'

2009-12-07T00:13:51Z

I actually had a book seller trying to tell me the other week that Twilight was a modern interpretation of Wuthering Heights. This was in the context of a conversation about why I didn't think these books were really ideal reading for my 11 year ...

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'The Night Watch' - Sarah Waters

2009-12-01T21:47:11Z

n what was a departure for Sarah Waters after three (extremely popular) Victorian novels, this book is set during and around the time of WWII. It tells the story of four characters - Kay; a lonely woman, tired of life and love; Viv, a young bea...

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BEHIND THE SILENCE... Confessions of a porcelain-painter artist

2008-12-07T22:29:11Z

Dear Everybody, I am Andrea Angelika Aszalos, writer of the novel BEHIND THE SILENCE... Confessions of a porcelain-painter artist (published by Bastogi - 2008 - Italy) and I am presenting on this Blog site a very important part of my ...

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'The Help' - Kathryn Stockett

2009-11-23T19:18:56Z

This rather beautiful books tells the story of three women, two of whom – Aibileen and Minny – are black maids working for white families in Jackson, Mississippi, in the 1960s, when racial segregation meant that black and white people could not ...

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Book Intro: On The Flip Side by Nikkea Smithers

2009-11-20T08:46:57Z

Book Excerpt: On The Flip Side by Nikkea Smithers Prologue After finally being cleared for visiting, I waited in the lobby of the Richmond City Jail. The seats were as hard as they could be in the waiting area while the air was stale with a ...

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Book Intro: A Woman Scorned by Ericka Williams

2009-11-19T12:21:00Z

Meet our featured author Ericka Williams Ericka Williams is a determined business woman and author. She never takes no for an answer. When she sets her mind on a goal, she doesn't stop until it is reached. She attended Howard University and gr...

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'The Help' - Kathryn Stockett

2009-11-16T22:28:27Z

In medieval 1193, while the King, Richard the Lionheart is held captive by the Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI, many people in England find themselves short of food and provisions, due to the efforts made to raise the ransom for the King’s release. ...

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Heather's Book Blog

2009-10-28T00:36:56Z

Please visit my new blog at www.RedWineAndVampires.com all future posts will be located here! This is a Book Blog focused on Paranormal Romance Novels. I am always look ing for a good book so your suggestions are most welcome. Thank Yo...

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'The Bone Collector' - Jeffrey Deaver

2009-11-11T21:52:22Z

Lincoln Rhyme is New York City's best Criminalist, who has helped solve some of the most perplexing crimes that have been committed in the city. He is also a quadraplegic, as the result of an accident at a crime scene, three years before; and h...

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'Anne Boleyn: A New Life of England's Tragic Queen' - Joanna Denny

2009-11-08T16:13:16Z

Anne Boleyn is one of the most famous Queens of England. Typically in literature she is described as the manipulative schemer who lured Henry VIII from his devoted wife Katharine of Aragon and later met her death on (probably trumped up) charges...

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