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Anyone who has read “Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl” must definitely read this memoir of a 13 year old Hungarian Jewish girl, Elli Friedmann, who survived the Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz with her mother.
While “Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl” records the events of the Holocaust from a young [...]
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I received this book for review last week and couldn’t wait to dig into what sounded like “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood” and “Calendar Girls”.
A small town girl myself, I was interested to read about “the town that raised them” as Amy Dickinson goes through a divorce and raised her daughter on [...]
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I borrowed this book from the school library when I was about 12. Reading “Daddy-Long-Legs”, I fell in love with the idea of having penfriends and the art of letter writing.
Jerusha Abbott (later called Judy) is an orphan at the John Grier Home, which is nothing like loving atmosphere of the orphanage in John Irving’s [...]
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Now, why would a college freshman from Virginia want to stake out a sporting goods store, map out his burglary and proceed to break-in when he doesn’t need the money?
Tom Wagner is a “freelancer or hobbyist criminal” and as he puts it, he’s doing it simply because
“I can. That’s the only reason I need.”
Bored with [...]
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When I received the book last week, I fell in love immediately with the cover photo of a finger drawing out an incomplete heart on a frosty window…
“A stunning debut novel of love and loss”, we follow the journey of Isabel’s heart
…from the day she signs the organ donation card, informs her husband, Alex Voormann [...]
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I found this secondhand book in the family bookshelf back home and had a delightful time reading this old book last month! As I am reviewing the book from memory, please forgive me for any factual errors…
“Love from Nicky” is translated from German and it’s about 9 year old, Nicky, whose parents are actors. [...]
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Tales of Besty May by Enid Blyton is one of my first storybooks when I was about 9 years old (I started reading late).
It’s the perfect book to start off little girls on Enid Blyton’s collection as Betsy May is around 5-6 years old and this book contains 20 stories about her adventures.
I loved reading [...]
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I bought this book for my little sister years ago for Christmas and only got to read it myself recently. “The Bear Nobody Wanted” is about an arrogant teddy bear who thought he was much, much better than all the other toys at the factory.
He’s so proud of himself that he wouldn’t talk to the [...]
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