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Book Review: The Kitchen Boy

June 10, 2011 Whitney Review 4 Comments
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 […]

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Book Review: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

May 23, 2011 Whitney Review 1 Comment
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 […]

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Review: The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest

October 10, 2010 Whitney Review 5 Comments
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 […]

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Review: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

September 28, 2010 Whitney Review 3 Comments
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 […]

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Book Review: Me Talk Pretty One Day

September 7, 2010 Whitney Review 4 Comments
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 […]

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Book Review: Pride and Prejudice

July 8, 2010 Whitney Review 4 Comments
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 […]

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