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A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
by Anthony Marra
Highly recommend "A Constellation of Vital Phenomena." (2/28/2014)
Unaware of "A Constellation of Vital Phenomena" (CVP) until the much deserved BookBrowse and Goodreads 2013 book awards were announced and certainly glad I check on these. Received this book from BookBrowse in order to participate in the website’s book discussion. My ratingmore
Next to Love
by Ellen Feldman
“War…next to love, has most captured the world’s imagination” (4/19/2012)
Received this book as an advance copy from Random House

“War…next to love, has most captured the world’s imagination” – Eric Partridge, 1914 (believe he is a famous lexicographer and author who served in the Australian Imperial Force during WWI). This quote begins Ellenmore
The Sometimes Daughter
by Sherri Wood Emmons
Interesting Concept Not Fully Developed (4/19/2012)
Rate "The Sometimes Daughter" with a 2 for several reasons. The first, is the lack of sophistication in the prose - this book read as a YA book rather than one aimed at adults. The characters ended up as stereotypes as their personalities and relationships with each othermore
Little Bee: (aka The Other Hand)
by Chris Cleave
Life is about our choices as "Little Bee" eloquently illustrates. (4/16/2012)
In an interview when the author is asked about his characters' choices on the Nigerian beach he replies, "Life is savagely unfair. It ignores our deep-seated convictions and places a disproportionate emphasis on the decisions we make in split seconds.". IMO, in addition tomore
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