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I slept with close to forty boys and men before I figured out doing so was not serving me well. [pg 1]
Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity by Kerry Cohen
Hyperion, 2008
Nonfiction (Memoir); 210 pgs
Kerry Cohen was nothing like me; or was she? While she was vying for men’s affections and slipping under the […]

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If you live long enough, everything happens.
And then some of it happens again. [pg xii]
The Servants by Michael Marshall Smith
Harper Collins, 2008 (ARE)
Fiction; 209 pgs
Mark is an 11 year old boy whose life is out of balance. His mother has remarried and they have moved from London to the seaside community of Brighton. […]

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At this moment, I suddenly want to change everything that is me, the observer part, and move from something else: the living-your-life part. When does that start exactly? And something else. I look into the mirror and someone else says: What are you doing here? You have no right to live. […]

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Something in my soul had been hurt by what surrounded me, but I was not physically hurt. [excerpt from Nightwalker]
Nightwalker by Jocelynn Drake
Harper, August 2008 (ARE)
Fantasy; 370 pgs
It has been too long since last read a fantasy novel about vampires. I was thrilled when I learned that I was selected to receive a copy […]

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For me, this is the essence of life: Accepting the situation for the reality of what it truly is ad accomplishing what needs to be done to advance oneself for the greater good of all, no matter cost or sacrifice. [excerpt from the book]
Moving Forward: Taking The Lead in Your Life by Dave Pelzer
Center […]

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“The world is full of miracles, Mama. All we have to do is find the ones that belong to us.” [pg 27]
Tarnished Beauty by Cecelia Samartin
Atria Books, 2008 (ARE)
Fiction; 339 pgs
Jamilet is a naïve and imaginative young woman who carries a burden, an ugly birthmark that stretches from her shoulders, down her back, reaching […]

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Like many of my generation I did not go to war gravely and soberly, as Lao-tzu tells us a wise man ought. But I returned from it that way. [pg 285]
Killing Rommel by Steven Pressfield
Doubleday, 2008
Fiction; 295 pgs
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was one of the most respected generals of his time, not only by […]

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First Sentence: Brother Gruffyd’s old heart trembled with excitement.
When I first entered my name for a chance to read and review The Arthurian Omen through LibraryThing’s Early Reviewer program, I had certain expectations for this book. As the reviews began to trickle in, I did my best not to pay too close […]

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First Sentence: Somewhere in her heart, Danielle Montgomery knew this was wrong, and her guilt had a face.
Detective Rebecca Montgomery is hanging by a thread emotionally and career wise. Her sister’s disappearance and the lack of progress in the investigation have the grieving San Antonio detective on edge. Her coworkers are tired […]

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First Sentence: Dust flecked with blood, shards of debris and bone, smoke so thick he can’t breathe or see or maybe he’s gone blind; the noise, horrific a moment ago, leveling out to a dull thump, thump, thump in his eardrums until it dissolves into an absence of sound as if the world had exploded […]

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