Monday, March 30, 2009

Delicate Edible Birds: And Other Stories Delicate Edible Birds: And Other Stories by Lauren Groff


My review


rating: 4 of 5 stars
I read this like I read most books of short stories--if the story doesn't catch my attention, I move on after about 2 pages. That didn't happen very often in this book. Most of the stories were moving and a few were truly riveting. Good writing and interesting characters.


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Thursday, March 26, 2009

Borders

I love getting instructions for making scrapbook page borders.  It’s fun to make a bunch of borders with different themes and then when you are scrapbooking something, say a night when you get snowed in, you have a ready-made “snowed in” border and matching journal box!

The Slide: A Novel The Slide: A Novel by Kyle Beachy


My review


rating: 3 of 5 stars
I loved most of this book but can't rate it higher than "liked it" because there were some weird parts (talking to a dead brother, for instance). And was it me, but it seemed like there were some error/copy editing errors through the book.



That said: good characters, interesting story line. Perhaps too many characters for this short of a book.


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Saturday, March 7, 2009

Catching Genius

Catching Genius Catching Genius by Kristy Kiernan


My review


rating: 4 of 5 stars
I enjoyed this book of two sisters and their lives that converge when packing up their mother's beach home. I cared about the characters and I think this would be a great movie.


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