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Book Review: The Kitchen Boy

Book Review: The Kitchen Boy

From the beginning I knew there was a secret even deeper repressed than just the fall of the Romanovs.  His dear May had a vast collection of Fabergé  eggs an item Alexandra Fyodorovna, Tsarina collected.  The couple’s only child, a son had hemophilia, a disorder that the Tsarevich  Alexei Nikolaevich had.  And what happened to […]

Posted June 10, 2011 by Whitney in Review / 4 Comments
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Book Review: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Book Review: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

J.K. Rowling continues to draw toward two major themes, love and prejudice.  Love, through Harry with those surrounding him with a strong desire to protect him.  His mother giving her life to save him, Dumbledore through the stupidity of blind love consistently finds excuses to avoid telling him the true reason Voldemort attacked thirteen years […]

Posted May 23, 2011 by Whitney in Review / 1 Comment
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Book Review: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Book Review: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Part of this may have to do with Alan Rickman’s delivery of the line but my favorite quote of all the Harry Potter books/movies is spoken by Professor Snape while substituting for the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher Professor Lupin, “Turn to page 394.” on page 394 is the chapter on werewolves and […]

Posted May 22, 2011 by Whitney in Review / 3 Comments
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Book Review: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

Book Review: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

Having just finished The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo I thought I would be hard pressed  to come across as unique a heroine as Lisabeth  Salander, but that was before I met Flavia. Flavia de Luce is an 11-year-old chemistry enthusiast and with her candied insight and dry sense of humor comes off like a […]

Posted November 1, 2010 by Whitney in Review / 5 Comments
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Review: The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest

Review: The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest

The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest is the last novel in the Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson.  The third installment picks up where The Girl Who Played With Fire left off, our hero Lisbeth Salander hanging on through life and death after being shot in the head.  When she is “captured” and taken to […]

Posted October 10, 2010 by Whitney in Review / 5 Comments
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Review: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Review: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Lisbeth Salander is the Nancy Drew for adults, she’s quick on her feet using her intellect to solve crime and revenge those who have wronged her.  She may not be as attractive as Nan is described with her piercings and tattoos but is beautiful in her own way. I see Lisbeth  Salander as a hip […]

Posted September 28, 2010 by Whitney in Review / 3 Comments
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Book Review: Me Talk Pretty One Day

Book Review: Me Talk Pretty One Day

David Sedaris’s short stories have me laughing out loud with people turning the heads to look.  I can just hear them saying/thinking “What’s wrong with that girl?”  Nothing is off-limits for this author, his parent’s dog replacing their children, being taught to play guitar by a midget so his father can put a jazz bad […]

Posted September 7, 2010 by Whitney in Review / 4 Comments
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Book Review: Pride and Prejudice

Book Review: Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice I feel is the ultimate love story.  Our heroine, Elizabeth Bennet is pretty, witty and wise with a great sense of time and humor.  Mr. Darcy is rude, proud and very disagreeable, even if he is worth ten thousand a year.    Both cannot stand each other.  So what makes this the ultimate […]

Posted July 8, 2010 by Whitney in Review / 4 Comments
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