Category: Books Read-2008

Review: All Our Wonder Unavenged

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Title: All Our Wonder Unavenged
Author: Don Domanski
Date: April 2007

This was the winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award in 2007. It won for Poetry. Its a collection of his poetry. There is 40 beautifully written poems. I had a hard time to pick a favorite to really brag about but too choose one I would have to say Three Ribbons. The reason why?

“I could remind you that the world
is still here in deepest space
that the human heart is still
three ribbons tied to a belief
in flesh and form.”

When I was reading them I could actually invision myself there. He writes beautifully. Plus he is Canadian. Born and raised in Cape Breton NS. He now lives in Halifax, NS. He has published eight books of poetry. Two of his books (Wolf Ladder, 1991, and Stations of the Left Hand, 1994) were short-listed for the Governor General’s Award for Poetry. In 1999 he won the Canadian Literary Award for Poetry. Published and reviewed internationally, his work has been translated into Czechoslovakian, Portuguese, and Spanish.

 

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Review: Mexican Bowl Fishing and Other Tales of Life

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Title: Mexican Bowl Fishing and other Tales of Life
Author: William Douglas Little
Date: June 20, 2008

I received this from Authorhouse. It was a Bostick Communications Email.

This book was such a quick and funny read that I read it in one sitting. I wasn’t sure when I started to read it but the very first short story was called “Eddie’s bad Day” made me change my mind. This story was funny. Its about a guy who has prepared for a presentation the night before and decided that he was going to stay home until it was time to leave for his meeting in the afternoon. He had no reason to go to the office. It was a time to take it easy and goof off. Well you know how Murphy’s Law works. If anything bad can happen it will. Eddie is struck by so many misfortunes that you can’t help but sit back and laugh.

The whole book is like that. One funny story after another. William has written 26 stories in this book. They are all filled with misfortunes that has happened to him all his life. When you read the stories you feel as though you have been in similar situations as him. From trips to Walmart and Speedy Lube to waiting for take out food from a Chinese restaurant. You can relate to William.

I have to say if you need a quick pick me upper then this is the book for you. It makes you realize that you are not the only one with bad luck, misfortune or minor complications in your life, that there is actually other people going through them too.

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Review: Summer Blowout

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TITLE: SUMMER BLOWOUT
AUTHOR: CLAIRE COOK
DATE: JUNE 2008 (ARC)

Summer Blowout by Claire Cook is the authors 5th book. This book is very lite and is a very quick read. This is a great summer book. I would say its chick lit.

The main character is Bella. She is a divorced make up artist/hair stylist. She is working in the family business with her father and siblings. She is obsessed with lipstick. “Lipstick is my drug of choice”.

We find out during the story that Bella’s life revovles around the family business. This family seems like a happy family but we discover that is not all that it appears to be. Her father has been married 3x already. Her brother Mario is gay and committed to his partner Todd.

Bella’s marriage is over and she is divorced. She founds out after he left that her half sister Sophie was involved with her then husband. Bella is bitter towards them both. She has thrown things at her ex’s car and doesn’t speak to her sister. Bella has sworn of men and relationships.

Bella thinks that she can be happy on her own with no man. Then by accident a little dog left in her care makes Bella realizes that love is worth taking risks for. Then during one of the make up demos she meets a young, handsome entrepeneur named Sean. Sean tells Bella that she has a talent as a make up artist and how she can make a name for herself selling make up kits.

Bella’s interest in Sean starts to grow. She tries to keep her distance with him and to keep it proffessional. That changes after a crazy family wedding in Atlanta when Bella realizes that its okay to move on.

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Review: The last summer (of You & Me) by Ann Brashares

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TITLE: THE LAST SUMMER (of You & Me)
AUTHOR: ANN BRASHARES
DATE: APRIL 2008

If you are wondering why the author’s name sounds so familiar its because she is the author of the young adult books called The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and series. This has nothing to do with those books. This in an entirely different book. You will notice that its no surprise that her first novel for adults features adult characters who seem reluctant to leave adolescence behind.

In The Last Summer (of You and Me), recent college graduate Alice returns for yet another summer on the Island, only to discover that life, in its inevitable way, is moving on – with or without her.

Alice, her older sister Riley, and next-door neighbor Paul have grown up together, barefoot on the boardwalks of the kind of resort town where nobody locks the door or carries a wallet. As a teen, Riley was the youngest of the lifeguards; now, at 24, she’s the oldest, still content to stare out over the ocean in the hopes of catching sight of a dolphin. Alice worries that both of them are aiming too low in the journey towards adulthood, hence Alice’s decision to go to law school, where she hopes she’ll learn to be a grown up.

Paul’s reaction to Alice’s plans is disappointment. He’s always wanted more for Alice, with whom he’s been in love as long as he can remember. To his surprise and delight, Alice reciprocates his affections. She has felt that same way about Paul.

When tragedy strikes, Alice finds herself filled with fear that she and Paul are betraying Riley by turning a threesome into a couple plus third wheel. Technically, Paul is Riley’s best friend, and they’ve always “shared” Alice as a little sister. For Alice to claim a greater stake in Paul than Riley is more than she feels entitled to allow herself.

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