Posted on August 3rd, 2009 by natalina
In The Lover (L’Amant), Marguerite Duras reflects on her youth in 1930s Indochina. This memoir focuses mainly on her affair with the man who would become her first lover, the adult son of a Chinese millionaire at least 12 yrs her senior.  The short book (only about 100 pages) weaves in and out of the author’s memories in a dreamy manner that is not unappealing. I had the impression (more. . .)
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Filed under: Books, Non-Fiction
Posted on July 16th, 2009 by natalina
MURDER, MAGIC, AND MADNESS AT THE FAIR THAT CHANGED AMERICA.
This is the first non fiction book that I’m reviewing here on Book Review Babes. The Devil in White City is an engrossing story that reads like a novel. Indeed, the facts within are extraordinary, and with such a tale, it is difficult to believe how infrequently this story has been told over the years. There are actually two narratives (more. . .)
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Filed under: Books, Crime, Non-Fiction
Posted on July 2nd, 2009 by cheryl
Have you ever wondered what happens to bodies that are donated to science? The lovely Mary Roach, who is not a scientist but takes a scientific approach to her books, has written a wonderfully informative, hilariously funny and at times utterly gross-out book. The subtitle of the book is “The curious life of human cadavers” and it really is a very curious book and one of the best things (more. . .)
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Filed under: Books, Humor, Non-Fiction, Special Interest
Posted on May 20th, 2009 by cheryl
We are currently building the site so it may take on a few different schizophrenic personas over the next months as we toss ideas back and forth in a civilized manner over a cup of coffee and then move on to sipping Gins and Tonic…which will most likely end with us rolling on the floor pulling hair and bitch-slapping each other senseless until one of us gets our way. We’ll (more. . .)
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Filed under: Biographies, Books, Crime, Fiction, Humor, Non-Fiction, Sci-Fi / Fantasy, Special Interest, Thriller, Uncategorized
