Posts tagged with ‘Book Reviews’

  • Book Review: The Red Book

    By on September 9, 2012

    This novel utilizes hypothetical "red book" entries to introduce characters returning to Harvard for their 20th reunion. The whole...

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    Polly Castor
  • Book Review: Bird Cloud

    By on August 31, 2012

    I found myself liking this book by the end. It is a rather droll telling of building a house...

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    Polly Castor
  • Book Review: State of Wonder

    By on August 19, 2012

    I liked this book, regardless of the fact that it takes place in the pharmaceutical industry and has some...

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    Polly Castor
  • Book Review: Age of Miracles

    By on August 13, 2012

    This novel had a very unique premise: the earth’s rotation begins gradually to slow down. Each day is longer...

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    Polly Castor
  • Book Review: Mennonite in a Little Black Dress

    By on August 1, 2012

    Although I can give this memoir only three stars – due to too much emphasis on bodily functions and...

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    Polly Castor
  • Book Review: American Grown

    By on July 31, 2012

    The Kitchen Garden at the White House, begun by Mrs. Obama in 2009, has come to symbolize bringing the...

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    Polly Castor
  • Giving Myself Permission Not to Finish These Two Books

    By on July 11, 2012

    Reading books is a glorious oasis for me, which is why it was an unexpected revelation that I actually...

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    Polly Castor
  • Book Review: Last Man in Tower

    By on July 10, 2012

    This book seemed to take forever for me to get through. I read this because I had found...

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    Polly Castor
  • Book Review: A Bigger Message (Conversations with David Hockney)

    By on June 22, 2012

    I found this book fascinating and give it five stars. David Hockney’s work has spanned a provocative period...

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    Polly Castor
  • Book Review: Sketchbook Confidential

    By on June 12, 2012

    I’ve read through this book slowly, a couple of page spreads at a time: each artist featured here had...

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    Polly Castor
  • Book Review: The White Tiger

    By on June 8, 2012

    This is an eye opening novel of corruption and oppression in modern day India. The protagonist cannot free...

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    Polly Castor
  • Book Review: The Joy Diet

    By on June 1, 2012

    I really liked this self-help book written by the foremost “life coach” in the country. By taking in...

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    Polly Castor

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