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A story about "When She Was White: The True Story of a Family Divided by Race"

nobody@allconsuming.net (gbitch) — Tue, 08 May 2007 00:44:19 GMT

When She Was White: The True Story of a Family Divided by Race

by Judith Stone

Oh. My. Word. I want to comment but it leaves me speechless, mostly with tears in my eyes.

Why I gave up consuming "The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears"

nobody@allconsuming.net (gbitch) — Tue, 08 May 2007 00:42:30 GMT

The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears

by Dinaw Mengestu

I haven’t totally but I’m pretty disappointed by the book. It’s well-written and skillful but not that compelling. The main character/narrator feels too passive to me. I can understand the choice of him not having a real affair, or real intimacy, with his neighbor but it’s also very anti-dramatic and antithetical to page-turning. I keep feeling bored. And I hope to all the powers in the universe that my own novel is not this formulaic and bland.

Why it's taking me forever to finish consuming "Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America"

nobody@allconsuming.net (gbitch) — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 18:18:04 GMT

Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America

by John M. Barry

I love it every time I read it but I am just too busy to keep up with it. Reading one paragraph or so a day is not the way to handle a book like this.

Why I gave up consuming "I Didn't Do It For You"

nobody@allconsuming.net (gbitch) — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 01:08:39 GMT

I Didn't Do It For You

by Michela Wrong

love it but i am too busy right now!