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I have always imagined that Paradise would be a kind of library. - Jorge Luis Borges

Archive for January, 2006

Everything about this book was unbelievable.  Except maybe for the criminals, and how very creepy some people can be. 
The main character was a single mother of two, the conversations were stilted and unnatural.  She claimed over and over again about how her children were the most important thing to her, but she worked 12 […]

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In Montana, I ran out of books I brought with me, then I bought more and still ran out, so I resorted to my step-mom’s books.
These two books told pretty much the exact same story, but from two different points of view.  I liked that idea, but it could have been done in the same […]

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THE TAKING - Dean Koontz

I didn’t like it much until the very end. 
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WANTED: ONE SPECIAL KISS - Judi McCoy

I can’t be bothered to find the quote, but at one point the author took the time to describe macaroni and cheese, creamy and cheddary.  And it was about an alien, only she wasn’t describing it for the alien, who’d probably never had it, but by the male character, who ate it all the time […]

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THE QUALITY OF LIFE REPORT - Meghan Daum

"In all that space, under all that sky, there was no form of recklessness the homesteaders hadn’t already tried.  There was no mess that the wind couldn’t blow away."
Great book.  Looking for the GOOD life,  instead of having it, pretending that you do… kind of.  Pretending that things are ok because you like the idea […]

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