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How Many Kings
How Many Kings from the Downhere album “Ending Is Beginning” Martel/Germain Follow the star to a place unexpected Would you believe after all we’ve projected A child in a manger? Lowly and small… more →
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How Many Kings
wrote 1 week ago: How Many Kings from the Downhere album “Ending Is Beginning” Martel/Germain Follow the star to a pla … more →
Yellow Face by David Henry Hwang, foreword by Frank Rich
wrote 4 weeks ago: Surely, I have never been part of a more raucous audience than when I saw David Henry Hwang’s … more →
NurtureShock: New Thinking about Children by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
wrote 1 month ago: For the past week, I’ve been talking nonstop about this book to friends, even those who don … more →
God is in the center...
wrote 1 month ago: The shortest chapter in the Bible is Psalm 117 The longest chapter in the Bible is Psalm 119 The cha … more →
Stitches: A Memoir by David Small
wrote 2 months ago: Apparently the big book controversy this week (besides the Wal-Mart $10 vs. Amazon $9 pre-order pric … more →
So Few of Me by Peter H. Reynolds
wrote 3 months ago: Certain kiddie authors whose books that my children have outgrown I can’t bear to part with – … more →
Once on a Moonless Night by Dai Sijie
wrote 4 months ago: If you see a book cover with the name Dai Sijie on it, read the book. Dai’s delightful 2001 de … more →
all the broken pieces: a novel in verse by Ann E. Burg
wrote 6 months ago: Not only will you be unable to put this down, you’ll have to be careful to remember to breathe … more →
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
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wrote 7 months ago: For about-to-turn-sweet-16 Belly (no one calls her Isabel), summers at the beach is where her real l … more →
Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka 001 by Naoki Urasawa and Osamu Tezuka, co-authored by Takashi Nagasaki, supervised by Macoto Tezka
wrote 7 months ago: Osamu Tezuka, the godfather of manga, introduced his beloved Tetsuwan Atom – better known in the Wes … more →
Once the Shore: Stories by Paul Yoon
wrote 8 months ago: I have to say it: ‘Yoon’ rhymes with ‘swoon’ for a reason! … and now on with the published rev … more →
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
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wrote 9 months ago: Clearly, this is one of those books that will change the way you think about the world. Forget the … more →
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Fireproof...
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wrote 10 months ago: My wife and I watched the new movie “Fireproof” the other night… wow! If you have … more →
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin
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wrote 10 months ago: What can I say? This debut collection is a gift. In eight intertwined stories using spare, perfectly … more →
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
wrote 1 year ago: Thank goodness the Pulitzer-winning Jhumpa Lahiri went back to her short story roots: The Namesake w … more →
The Perfect Man by Naeem Murr
wrote 1 year ago: Naeem Murr’s latest novel is a near-perfect coming-of-age story about an Indian-born, London-raised … more →
The Gift of Rain by Tan Twang Eng
wrote 1 year ago: IF YOU READ ONE BOOK, LET IT BE THIS EPIC STUNNER! One rainy evening, an elderly gentleman finds him … more →
The Blue Stone: A Journey Through Life by Jimmy Liao
wrote 1 year ago: “A beautiful blue stone lies peacefully in the heart of a forest” for thousands of years until someo … more →
