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• You Can Never Go Home, Reverse Culture Shock

  

  By Kelly Raftery As a newly minted Russian Area Studies degree holder, a chance meeting with another student led me to my first job in Russia--representing the... Read more

  The 28 March 2013 by   Noveladventurers
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• Dr Thorne

  

  How Did He Do It? is not the title of a novel by Anthony Trollope, though it could be (cf. Can You Forgive Her? Is He Popenjoy?, Did He Steal It?). No, it... Read more

  The 26 March 2013 by   Drharrietd
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• The Mirror of The Moon by Travis Simmons

  

  The sound of children laughing in the street outside gusted through the patio doors, ruffling the gossamer curtains and bringing the soapy smell of flowers to... Read more

  The 25 March 2013 by   Librarygirl
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• Nowhere Near Almost There

  

  Title: Almost ThereAuthor: Nuala O’FaolainI love reading for holidays.  Around Christmas, I choose appropriately wintery titles. Read more

  The 21 March 2013 by   Akklemm
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• M.G. King: the New Voice of Young Adult Fantasy

  

  Title: Fizz PeppersAuthor: M.G. KingGenre: Young Adult/Fantasy/Adventure“Sometimes great ideas are so genius and unlikely they fall from the heavens; but... Read more

  The 21 March 2013 by   Akklemm
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• Mary, Queen of Scots – an Accidental Tragedy

  

  Mary, Queen of Scots, after Clouet, c1560. Photo: National Portrait Gallery, London.I really don’t know what I think about Mary, Queen of Scots as on one hand, ... Read more

  The 19 March 2013 by   Mmeguillotine
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• Book Review: The Road to Oz

  

  Title: The Road to Oz Author: L. Frank Baum Series: Book 5 of 14 of the Oz Series Publisher: Reilly Britton Publish Date: 1909 Genre: Middle Grade Classic! Read more

  The 18 March 2013 by   Storycarnivores
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• Quick Review: Orwell’s Down and out in Paris and London

  

  Drafting and revising semi-orphaned novel project but had some time to finish reading Orwell’s memoir/nonfiction/autobiographical novel about a young writer’s... Read more

  The 17 March 2013 by   Jjaramillo
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• What I'm Reading This Weekend!

  

  Hope, A Tragedy by Shalom AuslanderSolomon Kugel has had enough of the past and its burdens. So, in the hope of starting afresh, he moved his family to a small... Read more

  The 15 March 2013 by   Bookfabulous
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• Review: Bluefish by Pat Schmatz

  

  Beautiful Contemporary YA: poignant yet positive This book has a quiet kind of greatness. Well-written and character-driven, it achieves emotional depth... Read more

  The 15 March 2013 by   Bethkemp
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