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  Can you Hear the Nightbird Call

  by Anita Rau Badami

  • Rated 5 stars

  elspbeth wrote:
  beautifully written story of three women whose lives intertwine once they emigrate to canada from india. their stories are real, and ultimately sad. historical upheavels of india also part of the story. it was my vote for the evergreen 2007 awards.
  
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  Shopping for Time: How to Do It All and NOT Be Overwhelmed

  by Carolyn Mahaney

  • Rated 4 stars

  Stephanie M wrote:
  This is a very practical book in making the most of our highly coveted commodity of time. Of course, it also means sacrificing to self for others. Much like Shepherding a Child's Heart and the Power of a Praying Wife, I love/hated this book, because of how convicting it is.
  
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  Swamplandia!

  by Karen Russell

  • Rated 2 stars

  Mike K wrote:
  This may have been a "triumphant debut novel" to some, but to me it was creepy, and not in the way that was intended by the author. Somewhere about the middle, you realize a 13-year old is going to get raped and you are not wrong. And I suppose you are supposed to be inspired that this bunch of mental cases and misfits reunites at the end, but I was not! Some books you don't want to end and some you can't wait to be over. I'm a little surprised I stayed the course.
  
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  The Big Dream

  by Rebecca Rosenblum

  • Rated 4 stars

  Sweet M wrote:
  The practical device connecting these interconnected short stories is "Dream Inc", a corporation publishing a cluster of magazines with "Dream" in the title, and their office building in Mississauga, Ontario. The stories are focalized through characters who work in various departments, the spouse of one of the employees, and also a cafeteria staff member. Working for "Dream Inc" is anything but a dream come true though. I really liked the variety of voices--they come from different levels in...
  
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  The Night Watch

  by Sarah Waters

  • Rated 4 stars

  Jenny Y wrote:
  A very good read. There are five main characters, and their lives are layered together before, during, and after the bombing of London in World War II. The novel works backwards, with each section moving the reader a few more years into the past, and this probably wouldn’t work so well in the hands of a less able writer. In most novels, we are told about the characters’ backgrounds, but in this novel, we live it. ...
  
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