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My Book is Out!
by Paul M.
views: 55 | rating: 9.5 | comments: 16
June 23, 2008 10:28 PM EDT -- Well, more or less.  My YA book "Forever Young" has just been "published" on Public Bookshelf.com (under my cousin's name because he has a Paypal account and his name sounds . . . more
June 10, 2008 10:14 AM EDT -- The World According to Garp by John Irving (4/5 stars) I first read this book about five years ago when I was just exploring the works of John Irving, who has since become my favorite writer.  . . . more
Book Review: Going Postal
by Paul M.
views: 44 | rating: 9.9 | comments: 11
April 07, 2008 09:53 AM EDT -- Going Postal by Terry Pratchett (4/5 stars) A Gather friend suggested after I reviewed Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently books that I should give "Going Postal" by Terry Pratchett a try.  . . . more
March 17, 2008 11:00 AM EDT -- It was way back in 1991 or 1992 when I first walked into the local Waldenbooks and saw the display for "Heir to the Empire" by Timothy Zahn billed as "the official continuation of the Star . . . more
June 20, 2008 04:20 PM EDT -- The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving (3/5 stars) I've just about reached the halfway point in reading all of my literary hero John Irving's 11 novels in order with "The Hotel New . . . more
October 31, 2008 11:18 PM EDT -- I went back to the regular theater this week (not by choice so much as the second-run theater didn't have anything at the time I wanted) and watched a movie probably soon to be playing at the second-run . . . more
October 02, 2008 03:26 PM EDT -- I just finished updating a blog with all 180 or so book reviews I've written since 2001.  You can read all about my favorite (and not so favorite) books over that stretch.  The blog divides . . . more
Book Review: Moving Pictures
by Paul M.
views: 23 | rating: 10 | comments: 4
September 05, 2008 09:08 AM EDT -- Moving Pictures (A Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett (3/5 stars) I'm going to be lazy here and borrow heavily from the review of the last Discworld book I read recently because really, . . . more
Book Review: The Fourth Hand
by Paul M.
views: 18 | rating: 10 | comments: 1
October 17, 2008 03:37 PM EDT -- The Fourth Hand by John Irving (1 star) Third time was not the charm for this novel.  The first time I read it about five years ago I didn't really like it.  Then I decide a . . . more
July 24, 2008 03:42 PM EDT -- The Cider House Rules by John Irving 4/5 stars The first time I read "The Cider House Rules" it changed my life in more ways than one.  For one thing up to that point I had been . . . more
 
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