Reviews by Kathleen Z. (oxford, mi)

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Half-Blood Blues: A Novel
by Esi Edugyan
Music is a language we all understand (4/6/2012)
Casablanca comes to mind, most specifically the last paragraph:

"Turn it", Thomas said, without smiling. "Play it again."

In the book the romance, is the love of music, which Hiero and Sid share, and like the song, "As Time Goes By" from the movie - there is some jealousymore
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett
Change (7/19/2011)
I think the book deserves the credit it has been receiving, now the movie...I'll see, that may be a different story.

Determination on Skeeter's part is what drives this book. What starts out as a quest to find an answer to a question, finds it's own path, in the context ofmore
Before Ever After: A Novel
by Samantha Sotto
Fan of the Spoken or Written Word? (6/20/2011)
A kind of modern day twist on "The Gift of the Magi" and "Romeo and Juliet". I liked the book. If you know someone who adds an extra dimension to conversation, just by using a word not usually placed in a particular sentence, but given the particular circumstance you findmore
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A love triangle reveals deadly secrets in this thriller for fans of The Paper Palace and Where the Crawdads Sing.

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