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bookswami: June 2012
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Nixon Under the Bodhi Tree. Have you ever been curious about Buddhism? I have. Having been a rabid Oprah fan, I too read. By Eckhart Tolle, highlighting passages as I went. A few years ago, a book club i was in read. You Are Not Here and Other Works of Buddhist Fiction. And we had a great discussion about it. Then i read the charming novel Breakfast With Buddha. Just for fun. Recently, my friend Emily recommended The Tao of Pooh. You Are Not Here. Nixon Under the Bodhi Tree.
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bookswami: December 2011
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Sunday, December 4, 2011. The White by Deborah Larsen. Some little books are gems; where the author packs a bright, dense world between its pages. One book like that is ". Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. Another book like that is ". By Deborah Larsen. Wholly American, with prose as spare as a Shaker rocking chair, this recounting of a true story brought me effortlessly back to 1758 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Sixteen-year-old Mary Jemison. French and Indian War. And a memoir;.
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bookswami: MY FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2013
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Monday, March 10, 2014. MY FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2013. MY FAVORITE BOOKS THAT I READ LAST YEAR. The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Longbourn by Jo Baker. Ten White Geese by Gerbrand Bakker. My Beef with Meat by Rip Esselstyn. The Mothers by Jennifer Gilmore. Mother Daughter Me by Katie Hafner. Being Esther by Miriam Karmel. Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver. The Dinner by Herman Koch. The Good House by Ann Leary. The Witness Wore Red by Rebecca Musser. Subscribe Now: Feed Icon.
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bookswami: November 2011
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011. Open Wound by Jason Karlawish. I love historical fiction, and so I really enjoyed this new novel based on a true story. The book opens on Mackinac Island in the year 1822. Mackinac Island. French and Indian War, and the War of 1812. A surgeon in the U.S. Army, based alongside. The American Fur Company. There are complicated natures of debt in this story, and equally complex payment structures. This would be a good novel for book club discussions due to the many ethical an...
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bookswami: Unspoken: A Story From the Underground Railroad by Henry Cole
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Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Unspoken: A Story From the Underground Railroad by Henry Cole. Unspoken: A Story From the Underground Railroad. By Henry Cole is a most gorgeous book. I gave it to my nephew, Douglas, who just turned seven years old. The most unusual thing about this book is that it's a storybook with no words. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Subscribe Now: Feed Icon. Subscribe in a reader. Unspoken: A Story From the Underground Railroad . Donate Fabrics to Peace Quilts.
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bookswami: Still Alice by Lisa Genova
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Friday, December 14, 2012. Still Alice by Lisa Genova. Is one of those different novels. It's written from the point of view of a woman going through. Alice is a brilliant Psychology Professor at Harvard, and is only 50 years old when she realizes she's forgetting things- it might be a recipe she's been making for decades, or how to get home. The cast of characters includes Alice's husband and children, and takes us from diagnosis to deep into the disease. The author, Lisa Genova. Subscribe Now: Feed Icon.
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bookswami: My Favorite Books of 2012
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Sunday, December 30, 2012. My Favorite Books of 2012. Here's a list of my favorite books, out of all the books I read in 2012:. The Cellist of Sarajevo. By Charles C. Mann. Bring Up the Bodies. When Tito Loved Clara. Destiny of the Republic. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection. By Alexander McCall Smith. The Sex Lives of Cannibals. By J Maarten Troost. A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard. By Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. Nixon Under the Bodhi Tree. December 31, 2012 at 11:12 AM.
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bookswami: September 2011
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Monday, September 5, 2011. Emily, Alone by Stewart O'Nan. Supposedly, this book by. Is a reprisal of an earlier novel of his (. Wish You Were Here). I didn't know this until I began writing this review. However, this quiet novel,. Is very good all by itself. I also liked another novel by O'Nan;. Last Night at the Lobster. Are sort of about the ordinary moments of life. But enough about. We're here to talk about. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Subscribe Now: Feed Icon. Subscribe in a reader. Spent many years...