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Ask Your Angels
Ask Your Angels
Author: Alma Daniel, Timothy Wyllie, Andrew Ramer
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 2/15/2006


Inspirational stories!


The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships
Review Date: 5/9/2006


From the back cover: Harriet Goldhor Lerner, a psychotherapist at the Menninger Foundation, illuminates the causes and patterns of anger while providing specific strategies for making meaningful and lasting change in important relationships. Basing her conclusions on a decade of clinical investigations and drawing on recent findings from psychoanalytic and family systems theory, she illustrates how, and why, our anger (be it vented through fighting and blaming or silence and emotional distancing) often protects rather than challenges existing relationship dynamics. And she explains the difficulties women have not only in getting angry but also in using their anger to gain a stronger, and more independent, sense of self.


Digging to America
Digging to America
Author: Anne Tyler
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 11/24/2007


Sweet story as only Anne Tyler can tell it!


Eleanor & Park
Eleanor & Park
Author: Rainbow Rowell
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
 100
Review Date: 10/23/2014


Great, very believable characters. Even though it's about teenagers, I didn't feel "too old" to understand and appreciate their love story.


Getting the Most for Your Home in a Down Market or Any Market
Review Date: 7/23/2006


Very thorough, interesting tips for updating, selling, negotiating. Valuable information even if you're not planning to sell any time soon.


A Girl Named Zippy : Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana
A Girl Named Zippy : Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana
Author: Haven Kimmel
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 7/7/2006


Charming, wry, really brings back the memories of a 70s childhood!


The Girlfriends' Guide to Getting your Groove Back
The Girlfriends' Guide to Getting your Groove Back
Author: Vicki Iovine
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 2/15/2006


Hilarious!


Good in Bed (Cannie Shapiro, Bk 1)
Good in Bed (Cannie Shapiro, Bk 1)
Author: Jennifer Weiner
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 5/14/2006


Great characters, fun book!


The House Next Door
The House Next Door
Author: Anne Rivers Siddons
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 7/7/2006
Helpful Score: 1


This book, though unlike any of Siddons' other novels that I've read, really drew me in. Eerie!


In Open Spaces
In Open Spaces
Author: Russell Rowland
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 2/14/2006


Set in the vast and unforgiving prairie of eastern Montana from 1916 to 1946, In Open Spaces is the compelling story of the Arbuckle brothers. With breathtaking descriptions of the Montana landscape, Russell Rowland masterfully weaves a fascinating tale of the psychological wars that can rip a family apart, and, ultimately, the redemption that can bring them back together.


Isaac's Storm : A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
Isaac's Storm : A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
Author: Erik Larson
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 1/26/2007
Helpful Score: 1


Great read--behind the scenes during the Galveston hurricane of 1900. Some fascinating facts about hurricanes, the National Weather Service, and the real reason why 6,000 people didn't survive.


Review Date: 8/16/2007


I really enjoyed Wide Saragasso Sea, which tells the "back story" of Mr. Rochester's wife from the classic, Jane Eyre.


The Pearl Diver
The Pearl Diver
Author: Jeff Talarigo
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 4/19/2007


Fascinating, haunting story. I read it in almost one sitting!


The Pillars of the Earth
The Pillars of the Earth
Author: Ken Follett
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 12/5/2006


Excellent book! I learned a lot about a fairly obscure time period while being entertained by the story!


The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible
Author: Barbara Kingsolver
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 7/7/2006
Helpful Score: 2


This is one of the best books I have ever read. The story is fabulous, and I learned a great deal about Africa.


Sisterland
Sisterland
Author: Curtis Sittenfeld
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 6/29/2015


The topic of this novel--identical twin sisters who have ESP--intrigued me, and I'm glad I read it. The book is extremely well written. The characters are believable, and although I found the unfolding of the story to be a bit dry, at least it wasn't overly emotional--I didn't feel that I was reading a soap opera in print. Would definitely recommend, especially for readers who are interested in the topic and/or with connections to St. Louis, which features prominently as well.


What Do Women Want?
What Do Women Want?
Author: Dan Greenberg
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
 3
Review Date: 7/15/2006


This book is hilarious--had me laughing so hard I had trouble sitting up straight! Unfortunately now out of print.


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