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Until Forever

Until Forever

By Johanna Lindsey Read: Feb 2010 Rating: Convoluted There’s a LOT of fun to poke at this thing. Before I have fun, let me say that it wasn’t awful. It wasn’t really good, either. BOOK-IN-A-MINUTE, Git-style (Yes, that means spoiler) Roseleen: I am a history professor with a penchant for old weapons. Look at this [...]

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Chocolat

Chocolat

By Joanne Harris Read: December 2009 Rating: Delicious I saw the movie ages ago, but I don’t remember it very well. A good deal of the book felt familiar, which means the movie did bear some similarity to it. Not that anyone would really care when they could gaze on a GORGEOUS Johnny Depp. The [...]

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Le Divorce

Le Divorce

By Diane Johnson Read: November 2008 Rating: Mmph. Right, so. I saw the movie ages back and don’t remember much about it except that I liked it more than my mother did, and she thought it was very disappointing. The book is… strange. I wish we’d read it in one of my writing classes because [...]

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The Lady and the Unicorn

The Lady and the Unicorn

By Tracy Chevalier Read: October 2008 Rating: Mwah! I really like Tracy Chevalier. Like so many people, I began with Girl With a Pearl Earring, and loved it. I think I love this even more, though. Based off the tapestries by the same name, the book follows the people engaged in its making in the [...]

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Beast

Beast

By Donna Jo Napoli Read: August 2006 Rating: Charming I love retellings of fairy tales. My mother built me a collection of really gorgeously illustrated books when I was very young, and my edition of Beauty and the Beast is one of my favorites. Of course I had to read this rendition by Donna Jo [...]

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To Dance With Kings

To Dance With Kings

By Rosalind Laker Rating: Bon. Read: 2005 (March?) I’m still not sure if I enjoyed this, but it’s certainly worth talking about. To Dance With Kings is set in France, and begins with the founding of Versailles. Jeanne Dremont, a modest peasant woman living in the village of Versailles, struggles to give birth. Her husband [...]

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