the booklog

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

Archive for January 25th, 2007

THE WEIGHT OF WATER - Anita Shreve

This writer has the most somber, yet beautiful voice. Her stories, though the characters can at times be a bit thin, are incredibly emotional.
This book switched back and forth between a modern day photographer, and the story of the island she was photographing, and the memoir written of the only surviving member of […]

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THE RED TENT - Anita Diamant

This book was all over the place a few years ago. Womens book clubs, magazines, etc. I avoided it because of the press. Good publicity, although I might not hear about a book, otherwise, is usually a turn-off for me, rather than what I’m sure it’s meant to be, a hook.
I was […]

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