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The Secret Keeper
Paul Harris, 2009, 318 p. In 2005/2006, while my Mother was in end-stage Alzheimer’s, Dad hired some home care workers to help with the day-to-day caregiving. Most of Mom’s home health ai… more →
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The Secret Keeper
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chartroose wrote 6 months ago: Paul Harris, 2009, 318 p. In 2005/2006, while my Mother was in end-stage Alzheimer’s, Dad hire … more →
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
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chartroose wrote 7 months ago: Lisa See, 2005, 253 p. Word up, dawgs! I’m in the reading spirit again (thank goodness). F … more →
The Kindly Ones (Unfinished) and Social Darwinism
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chartroose wrote 8 months ago: Jonathan Littell, 2009, 992 p. I’ve finally given it up. The only reason I stuck with The Kind … more →
Harvard Yard
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chartroose wrote 9 months ago: William Martin, 2003, 576 p. I’ve always been disappointed that I never had a chance to go to … more →
Mister Pip
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chartroose wrote 9 months ago: Lloyd Jones, 2007, 272 p. I can see why Mister Pip won Australia’s Commonwealth Writer’s … more →
Tallgrass
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chartroose wrote 10 months ago: Sandra Dallas, 2007, 320 p. Wowie zowie, this novel is great! It’s always such a treat to be … more →
The Pine Deep Trilogy
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chartroose wrote 10 months ago: The Pine Deep Trilogy Jonathan Maberry, 2006-2008, 1588 p. Have you noticed that vampire … more →
Breathing Out the Ghost
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chartroose wrote 11 months ago: 2007, Kirk Curnutt, 329 p. ↑ Doesn’t he kind of look like Eminem in this picture? “You b … more →
Kick Me: Adventures in Adolesence
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chartroose wrote 11 months ago: I decided to read Kick Me before tackling some of the novels that have been patiently waiting in my … more →
Holidays on Ice
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chartroose wrote 11 months ago: After reading When You Are Engulfed in Flames (see my review here), I was in a Sedaris kind of mood, … more →
When You Are Engulfed in Flames
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chartroose wrote 1 year ago: David Sedaris, 2008, 323 p. (I’ve read that he sometimes draws little pictures under his autog … more →
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
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chartroose wrote 1 year ago: David Wroblewski, 2008, 533 p. Another Doprah recommendation, blah! I bought this way before she gl … more →
The Memorist -- Review and Giveaway
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chartroose wrote 1 year ago: M. J. Rose, 2008, 533 p. The Memorist is probably the most entertaining novel I’ve read all ye … more →
The Best Place to Be
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chartroose wrote 1 year ago: Lesley Dormen, 2008, 174 p. The Best Place to Be is a “novel in stories” and the centr … more →
My Love/Hate Relationship With Bill Bryson
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chartroose wrote 1 year ago: I’m currently listening to an audio version of A Walk in the Woods. It’s my favorite me … more →
The World of Henry Orient
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chartroose wrote 1 year ago: Nora Johnson, 1958, 223 p. —————————— … more →
To Serve Them All My Days
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chartroose wrote 1 year ago: R. F. Delderfield, 1972, 638 p. Before I get started on my critique of this novel, it’s time for a b … more →
The Shadow Year
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chartroose wrote 1 year ago: Jeffrey Ford, 2008, 304 p. I finished The Shadow Year about a month ago, and for some inexplicable r … more →
Popular Music From Vittula
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chartroose wrote 1 year ago: Mikael Niemi, 2003, 237 p. This novel was originally published in Sweden in 2000 and almost instantl … more →
