Tag: fiction
group name: talkaboutbooks
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July 06, 2008 10:52 AM EDT --
Horatio Hornblower is the ideal action hero, a character created by talented British author C.S. Forester, who also wrote The African Queen. Hornblower is a man subject to the same anxieties and doubts . . . more
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April 17, 2008 08:53 PM EDT --
After reading several of Alison Weir's books -- nonfiction as well as fiction -- I am convinced that time machines exist. How else to explain the richly textured dialogue and scenes of 16th century . . . more
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November 30, 2007 11:16 PM EST --
The climax of Roberts' vampire trilogy, and quite possibly the best of the bunch. As typical of her trilogies, Roberts offers three heroines - one per segment - one blonde, one brunette, one redhead. . . . more
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June 16, 2008 04:44 PM EDT --
I like to read fiction, and I tend to pick up books that I find more entertaining than thought provoking. When a story gets to deep or complex I put it down and move on to the next one. Yes, I can be . . . more
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June 27, 2008 05:05 AM EDT --
The safety of secrets is a novel that pulls the reader into the world of secrets from chapter one. It is a story of friends who trust each other to keep their secrets from childhood through adult life. . . . more
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June 03, 2007 11:46 PM EDT --
A first time novelist’s first time at the show (originally published on my website at www.duskbeforethedawn.net)
I went to BEA (and took my wife and son) for many reasons:
My first book (Dusk Before . . . more
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January 02, 2007 05:36 PM EST --
I loved this book. I love how Janet Evanovich is able to keep you interested in a mystery, and still be humerous at the same time. When I read her books, It seems like while I am busy trying to figure . . . more
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March 21, 2008 03:40 PM EDT --
You are invited to participate in the Fiction Readers Online Book Club. Connect with Avon A fiction authors and learn about their new book releases.
April's Featured Books Are: . . . more
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September 12, 2007 10:39 PM EDT --
Reviewed by Magdalena Ball
The Road
By Cormac McCarthy
Picador
ISBN: 9780330447546 , June 2007, 256 pages, paperback, A$22.95
It’s probably fair to call The Road a perfect novel. . . . more
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December 16, 2007 01:56 PM EST --
Well, this book is definitely a Big Book in one sense of the phrase. It is 1014 pages long!! But in the other sense of the term, yes it has Bigness. This historical novel explores the community of a town . . . more
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March 27, 2008 09:23 AM EDT --
Fiction Readers is looking for nine Gather members to read and review Bulls Island .
Learn more about the book:
BULLS ISLAND by Dorothea Benton Frank
After twenty years, . . . more
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April 18, 2008 01:01 PM EDT --
Author Mameve Medwed is coming out with a new book on April 22, Of Men and Their Mothers . The Fiction Readers group is providing 10 members who wish to write a review of the book with a free copy . . . more
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November 26, 2007 07:16 PM EST --
For almost a decade, I wanted to write a novel with dog-rescue as the background, using the title THE DARKEST EVENING OF THE YEAR.
Many thousands of people do volunteer work for . . . more
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August 17, 2007 07:20 PM EDT --
I am having a good time diving into the new crop of Summer/Fall novels in advance copies. I just finished reading "The Chicago Way" by Michael Harvey. You probably will not recognize the author's . . . more
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June 02, 2008 12:11 AM EDT --
When I discovered the National Fatherhood Initiative website for the first time two years ago, their tagline - "Fathers Change the World One Child at a Time" -- caught my attention and impressed . . . more
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November 26, 2007 04:22 PM EST --
All writers are first and foremost readers, and so one of the chapters most important to us in The Daring Book For Girls is the chapter on books, where we list roughly 100 great books.
From treasured . . . more
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February 29, 2008 10:23 AM EST --
You submitted your questions for our Fiction Readers authors. Now find out what Jo Barrett, author of This Is How It Happened has to say about inspiration, her writing process, and the characters . . . more
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March 07, 2008 04:08 PM EST --
Fiction Readers is looking for 10 Gather members to read and review The Land of Mango Sunsets.
Learn more about the book:
THE LAND OF MANGO SUNSETS by Dorothea Benton . . . more
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March 27, 2008 04:37 PM EDT --
"Is that why you moved to Arizona? It's the goddamn desert, Marnie. I thought you, of all people, would be a little more creative than that." She fished a cigarette pack and a lighter out . . . more
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February 05, 2007 01:22 PM EST --
I picked up ‘The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay’ when it was selection for book group I belong to. The book group fizzled out, but I am grateful to the members for bringing . . . more
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