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I am an avid reader(and amateur artist) and would eventually like to write myself;either novels,children's books(or illustrating them)Some of my favrite writers include: Kurt Vonnegut, Margaret Atwood ,Phillipa Greggory,Anne Rice & J.K Rowling. I also enjoy the 'classics' I laso greatly enjoy 19th English literature particularly by authors such as Jane Austen, Lewis Carroll,The Brontes& Charles … Read moreI am an avid reader(and amateur artist) and would eventually like to write myself;either novels,children's books(or illustrating them)Some of my favrite writers include: Kurt Vonnegut, Margaret Atwood ,Phillipa Greggory,Anne Rice & J.K Rowling. I also enjoy the 'classics' I laso greatly enjoy 19th English literature particularly by authors such as Jane Austen, Lewis Carroll,The Brontes& Charles Dickens. Finally, I collect paper dolls,and enjoy art(& creating it:-) and books about fashion . Well,that's about all can say about myself :-).
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Wendy,the 13 year old heroine of this book,is a "typical" N.Y teenager with a loving mother and step-dad and younger half-brother. Then the tragic events of 9/11 unfold and her mother disappears while working in one of the Twin Towers.The book really makes you re-live the horror and loss of that day and the girl's grief is belivable,although at times she seems a bit too stoic. (...)In addtion,Wendy meets a lot of other people at a crossroads in their life and that's the main fault of the book,as it should focus more on Wendy and the tragedy of losing her mother at such a young age. The author does show that were not alone in our searching for family connection and a sense of closure,which… Read more
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I finally got around to reading this book after hearing about it(and seeing some of the movie). Overall,it's a great story. The author convincingly shows how Charlie goes from being mentally disabled to brillant within a few short months of being operated for an experiment about increasing IQ's that first was tried out on a mouse. People are a bit more complicated than lab mice,however,and therein lies the story. Charlie experiences a whole range of emotions and thoughts that make his life much more complex and confusing and at times makes you wish that he was never used as a "guinea pig". In the end, however,you end up rooting for him and hope he stays where he is mentally. How… Read more
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This was an enjoyable,if flawed,story that gave me alot of insight into the French-American relationship,warts and all,which was I enjoyed most about the story of a young woman named Isabel who goes there to help out her newly-abandoned pregnant step-sister. The French are neither portrayed as horribly rude and unwashed( a played-out,suspect stereotype to begin with) Nor are Amercians portrayed as simple and uncultivated,(at least the ones in this book weren't.) What I like less was the rather icky affair Isabel has with a 70 year old man and the ending which didn't match the tone of book and seemed to belong to a different story. The "travel-guide" aspect and observations of… Read more
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