Gabriel’s Story by David Anthony Durham is one of those books that I saw mentioned somewhere (but for the life of me I can’t figure out where), I immediately put on hold at the library, and when I brought it home, everything else I was reading got put down and it cut in line from [...]
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February 13th, 2010
Tags: A-D Author, African American, Black History Month reads, E-H Title, Fiction, historical fiction, published 2001, western
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While browsing some of my favorite blogs, I happened upon a great recommendation at Shelf Elf for a children’s companion book to A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (see my review here). Shelf Elf says, “While mom and dad are reading A Thousand Splendid Suns, the kids should try Deborah Ellis’s novel, The [...]
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February 12th, 2008
Tags: A-D Title, Afghanistan, E-H Author, female author, Fiction, poverty, published 2001, refugee, videos, war
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Well, even though it’s past Christmas, I have just finished my Christmas reading. This year I read four books by Richard Paul Evans: The Christmas Box, The Christmas Box Miracle, Finding Noel, and The Gift.
The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans
Synopsis: “Whatever the reason, I find that with each passing Christmas the story of [...]
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January 3rd, 2008
Tags: A-D Title, Christmas, E-H Author, E-H Title, Fiction, holidays, inspritational, LDS author, male author, published 1990's, published 2001, published 2006, published 2007, Utah author
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