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    Packing for Mars, How I Killed Pluto, Assassination Vacation, Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Reviews

    by  • 05/01/2011 • 4 Stars, 4.5 Stars, Audiobook, B Authors, H Titles, History, Humor, I Titles, Non-Fiction, P Titles, R Authors, S Authors, Science, V Authors, W Titles • 80 Comments

    Reviews of Packing for Mars by Mary Roach, How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown, Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell, and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot.

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    Review: The Devil’s Punchbowl by Greg Iles

    by  • 03/20/2010 • 3.5 Stars, D Authors, Fiction, I Titles, Mystery/Thriller • 10 Comments

    A meme concept by That’s A Novel Idea 1 Book you read: “The Devil’s Punchbowl” by Greg Iles 2 Words that describe the book: Suspenseful thriller 3 Settings where it took place or characters you met: Setting: Natchez, Mississippi, modern times Penn Cage—A former DA and now mayor of his hometown of Natchez, Mississippi,...

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    Review: If the Church Were Christian by Philip Gulley

    by  • 03/15/2010 • 3.5 Stars, G Authors, I Titles, Non-Fiction, Spirituality • 20 Comments

    If the Church Were Christian Phillip GulleyHarperOne, 2010191 pagesGenre: Non-Fiction, SpiritualityMy rating: 3.5 stars Book Overview Philip Gulley is a long-time Quaker minister who has written several books on Christian faith, including If Grace Were True and If God Is Love. In other words, this book is written by someone who has been involved...

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    Graphic Review: The Impostor’s Daughter by Laurie Sandell

    by  • 02/22/2010 • 3.5 Stars, I Titles, Memoir, S Authors • 27 Comments

    The Impostor’s DaughterLaurie SandellLittle, Brown and Company, 2009ISBN: 978-0-316-03305-3246 pagesGenre: Memoir, Graphic NovelMy Rating: 3.5 stars The Basic Story The book is a memoir of the author’s struggles to understand her father, who lied about almost everything in his life and screwed a lot of friends and family members. As a result, the author...

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    Reviews: The Guinea Pig Diaries and I Was Told There’d Be Cake

    by  • 02/05/2010 • 3.5 Stars, 4 Stars, C Authors, G Titles, I Titles, J Authors, Non-Fiction • 11 Comments

    The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life As An ExperimentA.J. JacobsSimon & Schuster, 2009ISBN: 978-1416599067256 pagesNon-Fiction, HumorMy Rating: 3.5 stars A.J. Jacobs has created his own little niche market: conducting experiments in his life and then writing about them. The first of these books, The Know-It-All, chronicled his experience reading every single page of the...

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