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The Voracious Reviewer: November 2014
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Call me Irresistible by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. I am on a Susan Elizabeth Phillips binge. The last three books I read to completion have been by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. I think I am now firmly apart of the SEP fan base. In the end, Ted falls in love with Meg after a period of casual rebound lovemaking, and they decide to marry. There was a pronounced declaration of love first, of course. The whole “Win a Date with Ted” thing I found completely extra and unnecessary. Despite my minor complaints, I rea...
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The Voracious Reviewer: Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L James
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Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L James. I can't say that I enjoyed this book. That being said, I read the whole thing in 2 days. Fifty Shades of Grey. Is about a young virgin new grad meeting a powerful and handsome entrepreneur. She is delighted to begin a sexual relationship with him only to find that his BDSM sexual predilections frighten and confuse her. She is willing to partake because its the only way they can be together. At the end, she decides that she feels shortchanged and walks away. I feel like ...
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The Voracious Reviewer: Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
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It is intriguing how the Pulitzer Prize in fiction was not awarded this year. I was incredibly intrigued. I followed the story on the Daily Beast. And I read all the speculation on how this doesn't mean that the three contenders weren't good enough for the Pulitzer Prize. Well, if if one of them was good enough, why didn't one of them win? I think it was a publicity thing. No prize awarded is much much more interesting than a deserved prize being given. They've got to sell papers, right? I can see why th...
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The Voracious Reviewer: Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
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Cannery Row by John Steinbeck. Its hard to say what this book is about. Laconically, group of adults throw two parties for their friend, Doc. Doc shows up to one of the parties. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Book reviews are old hat. Its been done hundreds of times before both expertly and poorly. Full staffs of the worlds' best literary minds review books for a living. I chose to create this review website not because the landscape is lacking in reviews, but because I believe that the ...The third...
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The Voracious Reviewer: 101 things to do before you Diet by Mimi Spencer.
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101 things to do before you Diet by Mimi Spencer. The full title of this book is 101 things to do before you diet because looking great isn’t just about losing weight. After reading that, I felt like I could take these tips with a grain of salt. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Book Websites that I recommend. Jamie's Books - A friend of mine. Smart Bitches, Trashy Books. Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L James. Mockingjay by Suzzane Colins. Adored by Tilly Bagshawe. Catching Fire by Suzanne Colins. Catching...
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The Voracious Reviewer: The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
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The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff. Many people describe The 19th Wife. As a combination of two books: a murder mystery and a historical fiction. Saying that the author completes two whole different ideas is generous. He is just trying to get all the way around the idea of polygamy. I think a more accurate thing to say is that he uses many voices to paint a vast, vague, and inconclusive picture of polygamy. The author cites her work as The 19th Wife. You can't fool me, Ebershoff. A Los Angeles Times. The a...
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The Voracious Reviewer: June 2014
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101 things to do before you Diet by Mimi Spencer. The full title of this book is 101 things to do before you diet because looking great isn’t just about losing weight. After reading that, I felt like I could take these tips with a grain of salt. What I did for Love by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. I was looking for something specific. I really enjoyed the book. The character description was sufficiently glamorous, and I ate up every word. It wasn’t as glamorous as Adored by Tilly Bagshawe,. The writing was v...
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The Voracious Reviewer: Mockingjay by Suzzane Colins
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Mockingjay by Suzzane Colins. The tone of this book was different from the first two of the trilogy. Katniss and Peeta are separated in the first half, and the book suffers for it. The book loses a lot of its warmth as the effervescent Peeta is held offscreen and tortured. The Gale-Katniss (Gatniss? Relationship gets room to breath, but it has surprisingly little chemistry for a book for this genre. I just don't believe the love triangle. She was never meant to be with Gale, was she? Book reviews are old...
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The Voracious Reviewer: Princess in Love by Julianne MacLean
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Princess in Love by Julianne MacLean. I picked up “princess in love” at the local library because it was in the romance section and it had a princess on the cover. I’ve been reading Game of Thrones for a whole year and I just needed a quickie to get it out of my system. I don’t think I need to defend romance novels here. Romance novels are the workhorse of the publishing industry. Romance novels are, from a pure numbers standpoint, porn for women. Well, anyway, Leopold can’t let it go and decides t...
