Book Reviews - Tiffany T. (sassenachtiff)

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The Almost Moon
The Almost Moon
Author: Alice Sebold
Book Type: Hardcover
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4 member(s) found this review helpful.


The book doesn't justify murder, but it explains a lifetime that led up to that one act. Explaining something doesn't mean you condone it. I was fascinated with this book, so I stuck with it till the end. It left me rather sad.

Review Date: 4/17/2008
Breaking Dawn (Twilight, Bk 4)
Breaking Dawn (Twilight, Bk 4)
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Book Type: Hardcover
Rating:
15 member(s) found this review helpful.


This is one of my least favorite of the Twilight saga. I keep hearing that it gets better with each re-read, so I'll give it another try. But my initial impression was mixed. I didn't hate the book like some did, but it's definitely not my favorite. It felt rather rushed in some places, and anti-climactic in others. But the end was satisfying.

Review Date: 8/14/2008
The Cancer Journals
The Cancer Journals
Author: Audre Lorde
Book Type: Paperback
Rating:
5


Moving story about the author's fight with breast cancer.

Review Date: 6/30/2008
Eclipse (Twilight, Bk 3)
Eclipse (Twilight, Bk 3)
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Book Type: Hardcover
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Possibly my least favorite, next to Breaking Dawn; Twilight will always be my favorite of the series.

Review Date: 8/14/2008
Housekeeping
Housekeeping
Author: Marilynne Robinson
Book Type: Paperback
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Beautifully written prose about abandonment and transiency.

Review Date: 6/9/2008
New Moon (Twilight, Bk 2)
New Moon (Twilight, Bk 2)
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Book Type: Paperback
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I read this in one day. That's never happened before! The story just sucked me in and wouldn't let go.

Review Date: 8/14/2008
Twilight (Twilight, Bk 1)
Twilight (Twilight, Bk 1)
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Book Type: Paperback
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Loved this book. No, it's not high-brow literature but it's a great story and I enjoyed reading it. The rest of the series isn't as good as this one.

Review Date: 8/1/2008
Woman on the Edge of Time
Woman on the Edge of Time
Author: Marge Piercy
Book Type: Paperback
Rating:
2 member(s) found this review helpful.


An interesting feminist science fiction story about a basically genderless utopia...I found most of the story depressing, and hard to appreciate fully.

Review Date: 7/21/2008
The Woman Warrior : Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
The Woman Warrior : Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
Author: Maxine Hong Kingston
Book Type: Paperback
Rating:
2 member(s) found this review helpful.


A great representation of the struggle for cultural identity as the child of immigrants.

Review Date: 6/3/2008
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