Monthly Archives: December 2014

A Review of Gin Phillips’ The Well and the Mine (by Bethany)

Posted on December 8, 2014 by lfpbe

If themes and character types could be protected as intellectual property, Harper Lee would be a billionaire. To Kill a Mockingbird has got to be the most-scavenged, most-cribbed novel in the world, or at least in the United States. To … Continue reading →

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A Review of Allegra Goodman’s Paradise Park (by Bethany)

Posted on December 5, 2014 by lfpbe

There is no earthly reason for me to like this book. It’s a voice-heavy, first-person narrative with lots of interior monologue and a semi-picaresque plot and a protagonist who makes a lot of really stupid mistakes. Just to be clear, … Continue reading →

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And I’m spent…. Final thoughts on Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch. (by Jill)

Posted on December 4, 2014 by badkitty1016

  Finally finished The Goldfinch yesterday afternoon and I’ve been resetting my brain by playing solitaire ever since. No, not the whole time. This book was a roller coaster—it made me feel almost every emotion I can think of at … Continue reading →

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