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Literary Snark: Elsewhere
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Monday, May 31, 2010. Scale of 1 - 10:. Well-written, with a good, thoughtful story. No explanation for why people in Elsewhere live their lives in reverse, which seems like a gimmick. There are gentle lessons to be learned in the pages of Elsewhere, if readers can set aside their religious beliefs and just go with Liz's story, which is about both growing up and coming to terms. I recommend it for all ages. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). FTC Mandated Disclaimer *eyeroll*. Can be found here. Meh - i...
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Literary Snark: October 2009
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Friday, October 9, 2009. The FTC, in all its infinite wisdom and glory, has decided that every blog, large or small, needs to tell you whether or not it gets payola for stated opinions like book reviews. So here it is:. Some of the books reviewed here might be books we received for free as Advance Reader Copies (ARC's). Publishers sometimes send those out to bookstores so that booksellers will read them, like them, and recommend them to customers. A Guide To the Birds of East Africa. Can be found here.
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Literary Snark: January 2009
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Friday, January 16, 2009. Umno one overspends. No cutesy overdraft letters from earnest, unrealistically patient bank managers. Though there is a bill for a glass leopard. I guess Kinsella just can't help herself. Meandering plot and the same staggeringly irritating heroine utterly bereft of common sense who persons every single one of Kinsella's novels and constantly makes bad decisions, plunging herself into ever-increasingly hot water until the hero arrives to save her from herself. I have a file?
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Literary Snark: Snarklet: Fly on the Wall
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Monday, December 21, 2009. Snarklet: Fly on the Wall. Oral sex references. On page 5. I'm still trying to get past that. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). FTC Mandated Disclaimer *eyeroll*. Can be found here. View my complete profile. Books on the Nightstand. Snarklet: Fly on the Wall. Update and Holiday Greetings. Classic in the making. Current and Recent Reads. What Our Tags Mean. Reviewed books are in the following generally accepted bookstore categories:. Good - we liked it. Books are rated on a sc...
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Literary Snark: December 2009
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Monday, December 21, 2009. Scale of 1 - 10:. Wry look at growing up with celebrity. Fisher's writing is engaging and very much like she's invited you to lunch. Maybe a tad too glib. Fisher's sense of humor sometimes misses the mark for me, and her language is occasionally shockingly coarse. Then again, that's her style, and I'm not going to judge her for it. Some people might find it off-putting, however. This is not a book written for the prim crowd. A brave book and wish Fisher well. Links to this post.
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Literary Snark: April 2009
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Tuesday, April 7, 2009. Strong female leads, enough conflict to make it interesting and unpredictable, decent character development, and solid writing all make this a book both teens and tweens can read and enjoy, though I'd only recommend it for tweens if they read above their level. Moms who vet their teens' reading can also rest assured this is a healthy read. Is a solid, dependable read, and much better than most teen fiction currently sitting on the shelves at your local Big Chain Bookstore. Snarkle...
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Literary Snark: October 2008
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Wednesday, October 8, 2008. Snarklet: Blood and Chocolate. Let's see.the main character and narrator (for whom we are meant to cheer) is mean-spirited and nasty, nearly every character in the book behaves like a rapaciously sex-starved porn star locked permanently in his/her 40's, and the "happy ending" to this whole sordid tale of werewolves living among us is statutory rape. Gee, and me without any popcorn. Stay tuned for the full snark. When I have time, it will flow. Freely. Links to this post. Good ...
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Literary Snark: February 2009
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Friday, February 20, 2009. Update 2: Bras and Broomsticks. Well, I finished it. Now I need time for the awful to sink in. Links to this post. Wednesday, February 18, 2009. Update: Bras and Broomsticks. Note to self: stop reading books the covers proclaim screamingly funny. Srsly. Links to this post. Monday, February 2, 2009. Golfwidow in da house. For more on Sondra, please visit her profile.). Links to this post. Currently Reading: Bras and Broomsticks. Sigh* Teen fiction can not possibly. Not that Kati...
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Literary Snark: June 2009
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Friday, June 5, 2009. Currently Reading: Hardly Working. Like a bad Harlequin romance, only twice as long and with so much dreary exposition about fundraising and the environment that it's less than half as interesting. Help. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). FTC Mandated Disclaimer *eyeroll*. Can be found here. View my complete profile. Books on the Nightstand. Currently Reading: Hardly Working. Classic in the making. Current and Recent Reads. What Our Tags Mean. Good - we liked it. Books ...
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Literary Snark: March 2009
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Sunday, March 29, 2009. Snarklet: Special Topics in Calamity Physics. Pessl apparently wanted to show off her education with this exceedingly erudite first novel. Unfortunately, she must have napped all the way through her writing classes, since she does not seem to have noted that when one is writing a mystery, one does not spend the first 200 pages dillydallying with introduction.or citing one's sources - real or imagined - in parenthetical asides. And pop quizzes at the end of the book? OMG, how did t...
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