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Angela Campbell Recommends...
Wild Ginger by Anchee Min -
a tiny story with a lot of impact...
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Solomon vs. Lord = Great Escapism Reading by Paul Levine
- The
story follows unscrupulous lawyer, Steve Solomon...
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PREP by Curtis Sittenfeld - I now know what people
mean when they call a book "compelling"....Prep,...not
only fits the definition...but somehow makes the reader feel the
definition...
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Open Season by Linda Howard - What better way to warm
up this winter than with a good book? Actually, there is one better
way…to warm up with...
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Grift Sense - by Tony Swain - If
you haven't ever read anything by James Swain, what are you waiting
for? Swain is self-described as one of the best card-handlers
in the world, a gambling expert, and a magician...
Angela Campbell Recommends...
The Red Hat Society: Fun and Friendship After Fifty - by
Sue Ellen Cooper - I had to laugh when my mother came up north
from Florida for a visit, wearing a red hat, a purple shirt and
purple pants. "What on earth has gotten into you...
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark
Haddon - A
savant is defined as someone with detailed knowledge in a specialized
field, particularly science or literature. The narrator of this
brilliant novel is...
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The Good Patient by Kristin Waterfield Duisberg - Darien
is smart. Darien is beautiful. She is successful, witty, and obsessed
with pain.
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Coming Back To Me - By Caroline Leavitt - About a month ago,
Jane forwarded an email to me from an author named Caroline Leavitt.
Angela
Campbell Recommends... More Books From Recommended Authors
- Start your New
Year off with something good to read!
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Spilling Clarence by Anne Ursu - What would your life
be like if you could suddenly remember everything that ever happened
to you? I mean everything--from your first steps to...
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- Quietus - by Vivian Schilling - Imagine being in a plane
crash. After surviving such a horrible fate, you manage to somehow
cheat death...
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- Colony Girl - by Thomas Rayfiel - should be read by
every woman over the age of 15...
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- The Bear's Embrace - by Patricia Van Tighem - According
to an old Native American legend, if you are attacked by a bear
and survive, you will gain its wisdom and power
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- The Shipping News - by E. Annie Proulx -
storytelling
genius
Proulx vividly describes the beauty of Newfoundland
and its laid back atmosphere
Angela Campbell Recommends
- In the Forest of Harm by Sallie Bissell -
What do you do when a quiet nature hike turns into Deliverance
gone bad?! Who is that man (or is it men?) hiding in the trees?
Why won't her Native American ancestors leave her alone?...
Angela Hansen Recommends..
A Perfect Arrangement by Suzanne Berne - It's obvious she
has something to hide. Who doesn't in this novel?
Angela's Picks: Some Things
That Stay by Sarah Willis - This book is a coming of age story
about a 15 year old girl who lives during the late 1950's. Her
name is Tamara -"pronounced like tomorrow with an 'a'"
as she so often explains...
More Recommendations
- From Leslie Knox, Narveen Virdi and Jane Wagoner...
June-2001
Angela's Picks - The
Man Who Ate the 747 "This is the story of the greatest love,
ever. An outlandish claim, outrageous perhaps, but trust me ..."
Angela's Picks: Seeing
Through Things by Mary Gordon - Mary Gordon investigates the
role that place plays in the formation of identity - the connections
between where we live and who we are ...
Angela's Picks
- Pay It Forward is a wondrous and moving novel about Trevor
McKinney, a twelve-year-old boy in a small California town who
accepts the challenge that his teacher gives his class, a chance
to earn extra credit by coming up with a plan to change the world
for the better-and to put that plan into action...
A Good Read...
"Watermelon" by Marian Keyes