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49. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason - Helen Fielding

The sequel to Bridget Jones’s Diary.  It was worse than the first.  Fielding again wrote the novel as a diary, but couldn’t quite commit.  She kept having Bridget writing things like, “GAAHHH! Doorbell!”  Who does that?  If you want to write a story as a diary entry, then ( Read more... )

BOOK 13 - VIRPI HÄMEEN-ANTTILA: SUDEN VUOSI
A Novel
Language: Finnish
Pages: 399
So, this is a debut novel by a Finnish author. I liked it, but it was not especially good. The Year of the Wolf (the title of the movie based on this novel) tells the story of Sari, an intelligent literature student who has epilepsy and of Mikko Groman, one of her ( Read more... )

12. Shadow Man - Cory Mcfadyen
       Thriller about an FBI agent with the improbable name of Smoky.  Her family has been murdered, but when a new serial killer appears, she gets back in the game.  Interesting, not too terribly intellectual, sometimes scary or gory.
13. Pet Semetary - Stephen King
        The classic horror novel that I never read.  ( Read more... )

Well, it's the beginning of February, so the update for the first month follows. Due to that wonderful event called winter break, it was pretty good.

1. The Known World by Edward P. Jones - A novel of American slavery that covers every aspect I've ever heard of. Slaves in bondage, freed men recaptured, and freed men who decide to own slaves of ( Read more... )

#4: Shattered Souls by Dywane Birch

Format: Ebook

Genre: I'm not actually sure. Mainstream, maybe? Sony says it's a psychological thriller, but I don't think I agree.

Themes: friendship, child abuse, African-American culture, sex

Why I chose it: I was browsing psychological thrillers in Sony's ebook store and this one looked interesting

Plot:

This book ( Read more... )

99. The Temple of My Familiar - Alice Walker

This book is sort of a continuation of The Color Purple, but only in that the characters are related to or connected to Celie in some way.  Other than that, I found it to be pretty different.

I didn't like it as much, but it was still good.  It seemed a lot more...theoretical, ( Read more... )

51 THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY Douglas Adams (England, 1979)

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34. Tar Baby - Toni Morrison

Another really good book by Toni Morrison.  Tells the story of black model living in white society and a man she both fears and loves, because he represents everything about "blackness" that she has tried to escape.

35. Neither Here Nor There - Bill Bryson

Really funny book.  Bryson tells of his ( Read more... )

110. Pharos Alice Thompson (4/5 ( Read more... )