2007 March

#13 ~ Middlesex

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides You are in for an interesting ride if you choose to read this book. It is written from the point of view of a hermaphrodite of Greek ancestry who was raised as a female until the age of 14, when his condition was finally discovered. In order to make sense of [...]

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You Choose #14

21 Mar By Literate Housewife 5 Comments

#13 is well underway, but I’d like to mix things up a little bit if I can. I would like you to decide which book will be #14. Just leave a comment and indicate which of the following tickles your fancy: 1) Cider House Rules by John Irving 2) The Constant Princess by Phillipa Gregory [...]

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#12 ~ Nineteen Minutes

17 Mar By Literate Housewife Leave a Comment

Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult Jodi Picoult is one of my favorite current authors. This book did not disappoint me at all. It was very interesting to get a full view of a school shooting from the perpetrator, from the students, from the parents, and from the community. You usually don’t know what makes someone [...]

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#11 ~ The Other Boleyn Girl

12 Mar By Literate Housewife 18 Comments

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory When I picked up this book to begin reading, I thought I would never finish it. 650+ pages? I have been keeping pace with my book a week goal. I was certain that this would take much longer to read. I was completely wrong. I finished it in [...]

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#10 ~ Son of a Witch

12 Mar By Literate Housewife 1 Comment

Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire I cannot say that I liked this book very much. It was a let down after Wicked, that’s for sure. Nothing in this book made me care about Liir; and, so it seems, what happened to the Land of Oz after Dorothy killed the witch. Two burning questions [...]

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#09 ~ Wicked

1 Mar By Literate Housewife 3 Comments

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire Wow! What a wild ride this book is. I agree with what my sister has said: Gregory Maguire is a genius for coming up with this concept. Unlike the results with books written around Gone with the Wind, you can [...]