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Madeleine L'Engle followed up A Wrinkle in Time with the more complex book, A Wind in the Door. more...
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons
Lorna Landvik's fifth novel Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons is a tour of upper-middleclass life as a housewife during 1968 to 1998. more...
Book Review of The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd's first novel The Secret Life of Bees is a novel full of memorable characters and fascinating facts. more...
The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier
Before Tracy Chevalier's popular novel "The Girl with the Pearl Earring" came her first novel "The Virgin Blue." more...
Review: The Other Side of the Sun
L'Engle writes about finding where you belong in this novel about a young British girl who moves to the Deep South to live with her fiancé's family. more...
Review of The Veritas Conflict
The Bible tells us who wins the spiritual war for the mankind but individual battles continue. Shaunti Feldhahn's novel is a compelling story that imagines that battle. more...
A collection of four discussion questions to be used by book clubs when discussing Martin's novel. more...
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Updike Novel Unravels Making of a Terrorist
The book title is simple, "Terrorist". Understanding the main character, Ahmad, is a bit more complicated. more...
By: Marie Brannon
Fictional accounts with characters or settings in various parts of Alabama have produced many memorable characters, plots, dialogs and issues. more...
Four Novels With Afghan Characters or Themes
By: Marie Brannon
Fictional accounts with Afghan characters or settings are relatively hard to find. Here are four novels to read from the safety of your armchair. more...
Book Review of The Lottery and Other Stories
By: Catherine Jozwik
Shirley Jackson's collection of short stories, which contains her most famous story "The Lottery," satiates readers with her vivid writing and unorthodox plots. more...
The Shack by William Paul Young
By:
Jenny Evans
William P. Young's The Shack is a piece of Christian fiction that manages to be inspiring, interesting, and challenges religious prejudices all at the same time. more...
Prolific Joyce Carol Oates Shows Her Weakness
By: Douglas Nordfors
Joyce Carol Oates is a good storyteller, but perhaps because of her prolific output, discerning readers won't get much from from her new book in terms of artistic power. more...
The Epic Forms in Eugenides' Middlesex
By:
Jenna Galley
Middlesex, a second novel by Jeffrey Eugenides, is of epic proportion to say the least. It recounts the history and humour that made Calliope into the man he is today. more...
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