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Book Review: A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
4 Stars Fiction

Book Review: A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick

Man of la BookDecember 15, 2010

A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick is told in vivid narrative, it is sinful and tense, with flashes of violence, graphic sexual acts and grief

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Book Review: Room by Emma Donoghue
3 Stars Fiction

Book Review: Room by Emma Donoghue

Man of la BookDecember 13, 2010

Room Emma Donoghue is a good book and a quick read. The unique voice in which the book is told is refreshing and well worth the time to read.

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Book Review: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
3 Stars Fiction

Book Review: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Man of la BookDecember 1, 2010

The story of Jane Eyre is absorbing & well written. Brontë’s observations are poignant & engaging, her storytelling, when not of on a tangent, is admirable

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Book Review: The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives by Lola Shoneyin
4 Stars Fiction

Book Review: The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives by Lola Shoneyin

Man of la BookNovember 17, 2010

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives examines the compound relationships of a polygamous family, the jealousies, infighting, self deception and conniving.

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Book Review and Giveaway: The Templar Salvation by Raymond Khoury
4 Stars Fiction

Book Review: The Templar Salvation by Raymond Khoury

Man of la BookNovember 10, 2010

Conrad, one of the last of the Templars must save several crates. Archeologist Tess Chaykin is forced by a mysterious man to solve Conrad’s mystery 700 years

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Book Review: The First Wave by James R. Benn
4 Stars Fiction Historical Fiction

Book Review: The First Wave by James R. Benn

Man of la BookNovember 8, 2010

The characters from the first book are being assembled, in Algeria, getting ready for Allied forces to take over, hoping the French won’t put up a fight

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Book Review: Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving
4 Stars Fiction

Book Review: Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving

Man of la BookNovember 5, 2010

The making of a writer. Daniel Baciagalupo and his father flee a 1950’s New Hampshire logging town after Daniel accidentally killed his father’s lover.

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Book Review: The Help by Kathryn Stockett
4 Stars Fiction

Book Review: The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Man of la BookNovember 1, 2010

Set during the 1960’s, when the civil rights movement was gaining speed and atrocities went unnoticed, the book’s existence could provide life threatening

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Book Review: Panopticon by David Bajo
4 Stars Fiction

Book Review: Panopticon by David Bajo

Man of la BookOctober 19, 2010

The central idea of video being spliced from public cameras, using one person as a central figure without their knowledge, an interesting concept

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Book Review: The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard
4 Stars Fiction

Book Review: The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard

Man of la BookOctober 15, 2010

The story is readable, literary, the characters are well drawn and the mischief and mayhem which can gives small towns their unique characteristics are felt

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