Posted on September 5, 2009 by MyWorldInBooks
When I don’t really care for a book, I generally just don’t write about it here. I have written some reviews of books I dislike, if I have specific reasons. If it was simply “this book didn’t grab me” then I just don’t write about it. I read so many books that [...]
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Posted on August 31, 2009 by mwib
I wrote about Cleopatra’s Daughter for Bookbrowse.com.
Go check out my review – and other people’s review – of Cleopatra’s Daughter.
While you’re there, consider getting a membership. I find out about great books well before they show up on bookshelves and sometimes I get Advance Reading Copies to review. It’s pretty great and not [...]
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Posted on December 28, 2008 by mwib
Thanks to my membership at Bookbrowse, I got an advanced reading copy of Eve. I loved, loved,loved it.
Here’s the basic premise: What was Eve’s life like after Eden?
The story goes back and forth in time and is told in 4 voices: Eve’s and her daughters, Naava, Dara and Aya. Oddly, Naava’s is [...]
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