February 14th, 2012
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My Temporary Life [Paperback]
Review There were moments of magic, scenes filled with foreboding, passages that were poetic and ruminative, others that were breathtaking. The masterful handling of Malcolm’s mother, was brilliant. There were many scenes, especially toward the end, that were fast-paced and made the book impossible to put down. Susan Russo Anderson I have to say I have [...]
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The Hunger Games [Paperback]
From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Reviewed by Megan Whalen Turner If there really are only seven original plots in the world, it’s odd that boy meets girl is always mentioned, and society goes bad and attacks the good guy never is. Yet we have Fahrenheit 451, The Giver, The House of the Scorpion—and now, following [...]