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2012 Review Extravaganza: Pt. 7

by Jenners • 12/29/2012 • 3 Stars, 3.5 Stars, 4 Stars, 4.5 Stars, A Authors, Audiobook, B Authors, Contemporary, Essays, F Titles, Fiction, Humor, J Titles, L Titles, Literary, M Authors, M Titles, Non-Fiction, O Titles, P Authors, P Titles, R Authors, S Titles, T Authors, True Crime, Young Adult • 66 Comments

Short reviews of Jellicoe Road, The Sense of An Ending, The Future of Us, Lost At Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries, One Last Thing Before I Go, People Who Eat Darkness and Moranthology.
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2012 Review Extravaganza: Pt. 3

by Jenners • 12/18/2012 • 3.5 Stars, 4 Stars, Adventure, Audiobook, Contemporary, Essays, Fiction, History, Memoir, Non-Fiction, P Authors, P Titles, S Authors, S Titles, T Titles, V Authors, W Authors, W Titles • 53 Comments

Short reviews of State of Wonder, Take the Cannoli, The Partly Cloudy Patriot, Wild, State by State and Savages.
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The Panther by Nelson DeMille

by Jenners • 11/20/2012 • 3.5 Stars, D Authors, Fiction, Mystery/Thriller, P Titles • 27 Comments

A review of Nelson DeMille's latest book featuring John Corey, The Panther.
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RIP Review: The Pure In Heart by Susan Hill

by Jenners • 10/22/2012 • 4 Stars, Fiction, H Authors, Mystery/Thriller, P Titles • 38 Comments

A review of the second Simon Serraillier novel, The Pure In Heart, by Susan Hill.
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Olive Kitteridge, Drop Dead Healthy, Steve Jobs, Fun Home and Perfection

by Jenners • 08/13/2012 • 4 Stars, 4.5 Stars, B Authors, Biography, D Titles, F Titles, Fiction, Health, Humor, I Authors, J Authors, Literary, M Authors, Memoir, Non-Fiction, O Titles, P Titles, S Authors, S Titles, Short Stories • 23 Comments

Super mini reviews of Olive Kitteridge, Drop Dead Healthy, Steve Jobs, Fun Home and Perfection.
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A People’s Readalong: The Empire and the People

by Jenners • 04/09/2012 • A People's Readalong, History, Non-Fiction, P Titles, Z Authors • 13 Comments

Continuing A People's Readalong with a discussion of Chapter 12: The Empire and the People
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A People’s Readalong: Chapters 10 and 11

by Jenners • 03/26/2012 • A People's Readalong, History, Non-Fiction, P Titles, Z Authors • 31 Comments

Thoughts on Chapters 10 and 11 of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States. (A bit incomplete on my end as I didn't quite finish the reading.)
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A People’s Readalong: Chapters 8 and 9

by Jenners • 03/12/2012 • A People's Readalong, History, Non-Fiction, P Titles, Z Authors • 33 Comments

Covering Chapters 8 and 9 of Howard Zinn's book A People's History of the United States.
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A People’s Readalong: As Long As Grass Grows Or Water Runs

by Jenners • 02/26/2012 • A People's Readalong, History, Non-Fiction, P Titles, Z Authors • 14 Comments

Discussing Chapter 7 of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, which focuses on the Indian Removal policy.
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A People’s Readalong: The Intimately Oppressed

by Jenners • 02/20/2012 • A People's Readalong, History, Miscellaneous, Non-Fiction, P Titles, Z Authors • 16 Comments

A People's Readalong moves into Week 6 with a look at how women in early America were oppressed.
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A People’s Readalong: A Kind of Revolution

by Jenners • 02/12/2012 • A People's Readalong, History, Non-Fiction, P Titles, Z Authors • 11 Comments

It is Week 5 of A People's Readalong and we're learning about the American Revolution.
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A People’s Readalong: Tyranny Is Tyranny

by Jenners • 02/06/2012 • A People's Readalong, History, Non-Fiction, P Titles, Z Authors • 18 Comments

A People's Readalong tackles Chapter 4: Tyranny Is Tyranny, which looks at the events leading up to the Declaration of Independence.
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A People’s Readalong: Persons of Mean and Vile Condition

by Jenners • 01/29/2012 • A People's Readalong, History, Non-Fiction, P Titles, Z Authors • 14 Comments

Time again for A People's Readalong. This week, we're looking at Chapter 3, Persons of Mean and Vile Condition.
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A People’s Readalong: Drawing the Color Line

by Jenners • 01/23/2012 • A People's Readalong, History, Miscellaneous, P Titles, Z Authors • 22 Comments

A People's Readalong continues with a discussion of Chapter 2: The Color Line.
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A People’s Readalong: Columbus, The Indians and Human Progress

by Jenners • 01/15/2012 • A People's Readalong, History, Non-Fiction, P Titles, Z Authors • 23 Comments

A People's Readlong of Howard Zinn's book, A People's History of the United States, begins with Chapter 1: Columbus, The Indians and Human Progress.
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Packing for Mars, How I Killed Pluto, Assassination Vacation, Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Reviews

by Jenners • 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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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith

by Jenners • 01/19/2011 • 3.5 Stars, A Authors, Classics, Fiction, G Authors, Humor, P Titles • 83 Comments

A review of the genre mash-up book Pride and Predjudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith.
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A Valley Girl’s Take on Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

by Jenners • 09/27/2010 • 3.5 Stars, A Authors, Classics, P Titles • 116 Comments

A book review of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice ... as written by a teenage Valley Girl!
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The Passage by Justin Cronin

by Jenners • 08/08/2010 • 4 Stars, C Authors, Dystopia, Fiction, Gothic/Horror, P Titles, Science Fiction • 30 Comments

A review of Justin Cronin's epic "The Passage." It is NOT a vampire book!
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Review: Plainsong by Kent Haruf

by Jenners • 10/11/2009 • 3.5 Stars, Fiction, H Authors, Literary, P Titles • 17 Comments

Title: Plainsong Author: Kent HarufISBN: 0-375-70585-6Publishing Info: Vintage Contemporaries, 1999Number of Pages: 301Book Category: Fiction Story Overview The setting is the small town of Holt—located in the prairie not too far from Denver. The type of town where people know each other’s business and papers are still delivered by boys on bicycles. Yet as...
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Books That Play With Time

by Jenners • 11/14/2008 • A Authors, Book Recommendations, Contemporary, Fiction, Literary, N Authors, P Titles, S Authors, T Titles • 4 Comments

Recommending some books that play with time.
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