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Recent content by Prairie_Girl

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    Long shot - looking for a book title.

    there is a community on Goodreads.com called What's the Name of that Book??? that is extraordinary at finding stuff like this. Try it out!
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    Goodreads

    I update mine regularly!! Allyson (BiscuitMunroe) - Regina, SK, Canada (319 books)
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    Do you know any good historical fiction novels about Catherine of Aragon?

    Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory was quite good.
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    Do you let an author's personal views affect your reading choices?

    I won't let it affect my decision to read the book. However, there are going to be some people who use their money and celebrity for causes that I find morally repugnant (aka anti-gay marriage people) I would not buy those books first hand because I don't want to put money in the author's pocket.
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    Do we learn something from the books we read or just filling up our free time?

    I probably learn something, or make a new connection, or spark a new interest in almost everything I read, even the silly crime novels and chic lit. the book I'm reading now, A Fraction of the Whole, is making me look at Australia in a different way. As I had previously never read much on it...
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    Something along the lines of "the Prince of Tides"?

    Kwitel, it sounds like a family saga is kind of what you're looking for, I LOVED Price of Tides! Try The Way the Crow Flies or Fall on Your Knees by Anne-Marie MacDonald, or maybe Of Bees and Mist by Eric Seitwan
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    An article about owning too many books (?!)

    The moment I realized I needed to be single was when, about 3 1/2 years ago I woke up and realized my partner had forced me to get rid of almost all of my books. She's gone. Unfortunately so are most of my books as I woke up too late :( They live at the library now. I visit them once in a...
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    Are You A Slacker?

    I have become such a slacker the last 9 months because I finally have a laptop which means I can haul my computer into bed with me, when it used to a book. So, consequently, I read more text but far fewer books. so. many. blogs.
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    Women's Fiction

    personally I think the term "women's fiction" applied to these books is a bit anti-feminist and insulting. it implies that this is the only fiction that women are going to be interested in and it tends to be badly written, materialistic and focuses solely on relationship drama, fashion and...
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    Personal Reading Record

    I read 37 books for a total of 15,639 pages. I was aiming for 50 but went back to school in September so that kind of derailed me! I will hit 50 this year. More time reading, less on the internets.
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    Rohinton Mistry: A Fine Balance

    Hmmm, this has been sitting on my book shelf for six months or so. Might pull it off and throw it on the top of my TBR pile
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    Longlist announced for Man Booker Prize 2009

    I really want sarah waters to win!
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    one or more books at a time

    I am usually in the middle of a few. Generally one literary fiction type book, a non fiction, some brain candy in the form of chic lit or a thriller, the occasionally a classic as well. currently I'm reading Life of Pi, The World Without Us, Anna Karenina and The Alexandria Link. However...
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    Afterwards...Please Rank

    You won't regret reading Blindness. It's completely amazing. I heard not great things about Blood Meridian on a CBC Radio show about McCarthy's The Road, so be sure to let us know what you think of it.
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    Help me choose my next read!

    I have only read Time Traveler's Wife but it was one of my top reads of last year. I insanely loved it and gave it to like three different people for Christmas. It's SOOO good.
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