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4.0

What a gem and complete delight!

aspygirlsmom_1995's review

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challenging dark reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

shellyswearingen's review

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4.0

What a gem and complete delight!

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4.0

**** Ray Bradbury's "Exchange," read by Rochelle Oliver
A major returns to his childhood library on his way to report to war duty.

**** Walter R. Brooks' "Ed Has His Mind Improved," read by Tony Roberts
Story of Wilbur Pope's talking horse, Ed, who learns to read.

*** Italo Calvino's "The Adventures of a Reader," translated by William Weaver and read by John Shea
Reader meets a woman at the beach.

**** Molly Giles' "The Writers' Model," read by Blair Brown
Spunky main character answers writers' questions at first

** Adam Haslett's "Notes to My Biographer," read by Isaiah Sheffer
Manic main character won't take his meds.

**** Audrey Niffenegger's "The Night Bookmobile," read by Christina Pickles
Main character's life is changed by encounters with a bookmobile that contains everything she ever read.

**** Evelyn Waugh's "The Man Who Liked Dickens," read by Leonard Nimoy
Explorer is helped by a man who wants him to stay to read Dickens aloud.
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