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

Archive for June, 2008

NOTES FROM AN EXHIBITION - Patrick Gale

This was really a very good book.
The story of the family of a famous artist that spent her life amidst the blurred line between genius and madness. Each chapter began with a critical review of one of her works and how […]

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IRIS & RUBY - Rosie Thomas

I very much liked the concept of the book but I never got fully attached to the characters… which I think hindered me from loving the book as a whole.
The narration style was very unemotional, which created a barrier between the […]

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If only everybodies abandonment and mommy issues worked out so well in the end.

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I can’t help but like Harold Robbins… sometimes he’s ridiculously raunchy, but mostly, he writes about sex in a way that doesn’t offend me. He doesn’t talk about swords and sheaths, which really, I appreciate. Also? His characters don’t get happily […]

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I liked the characters enough that I didn’t mind their silly antics and predictable plot.

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