As Simple as Snow (Alex Awards (Awards))
 "Simple" and Complex: "As Simple as Snow" will be haunting me for a long, long time. Some say that all stories can be narrowed down to one of two plots. This story employs the "new person moves to town" plot - but it's far [... more]
$23.95
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Leave Myself Behind (Alex Awards (Awards))
Great Read: This book was truly a great read. What struck me the most about this story was that the characters were your average, everyday person. They were not flamboyantly gay, nor were they overly masculine to the point of disbelief. They simply were [... more]
$23.00
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Donorboy: A Novel (Alex Awards (Awards))
Donor Boy - an easier read than you think: Its the first book I've picked up in a long time and I don't consider myself a novelist or a professional critic like some of the critics below think they are. That being said I enjoyed the book. I liked the [... more]
$12.95
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The Year of Ice: A Novel (Alex Awards (Awards))
One of the best novels I've read! And, I've read a LOT of them.: Brian Malloy tells his story with simple words but memorable, wholly fleshed-out characters. He puts us inside the mind of Kevin Doyle, a 17-year-old Irish boy in Minnesota in the 1970's, [... more]
$22.95
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The Work of Wolves (Alex Awards (Awards))
Wonderful writer, Wonderful Professor: As those of you who have read this novel may have noticed, Kent Meyers is a professor at Black Hills State University in South Dakota. I have had the privilege of taking a couple of his classes at this particular [... more]
$33.00
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Midnight At The Dragon Café (Alex Awards (Awards))
Touching "Midnight at the Dragon Cafe": I am a fourth generation Chinese American living in California. I loved this well written, lyrical and engaging book, and recommend it to all. I have not read much about the Chinese-Canadian immigrant [... more]
$14.00
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Midnight at the Dragon Cafe: A Novel (Alex Awards (Awards))
Touching "Midnight at the Dragon Cafe": I am a fourth generation Chinese American living in California. I loved this well written, lyrical and engaging book, and recommend it to all. I have not read much about the Chinese-Canadian immigrant [... more]
$14.95
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Jesus Land: A Memoir (Alex Awards (Awards))
A Must Read Memoir: Jesus Land is Julia Scheeres' memoir of her childhood, with the main theme being her relationship with her adopted brother David. It has witty prose and graphic reality, leaving you with the haunting feeling that there are places in [... more]
$23.00
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Crow Lake (Alex Awards (Awards))
Amazon.com Review: Canadian writer Mary Lawson's debut novel is a beautifully crafted and shimmering tale of love, death, and redemption. The story, narrated by 26-year-old Kate Morrison, is set in the eponymous Crow Lake, an isolated rural community [... more]
$23.95
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The Glass Castle: A Memoir (Alex Awards (Awards))
Amazon.com Review: Jeannette Walls's father always called her "Mountain Goat" and there's perhaps no more apt nickname for a girl who navigated a sheer and towering cliff of childhood both daily and stoically. In The Glass Castle, Walls [... more]
$25.00
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Gil's All Fright Diner (Alex Awards (Awards))
You just can't beat zombie cows...: I read this book because it sounded funny, and it was pretty funny. Anyone who likes corny zombie movies would like this book. Two unlikely characters serve as the heroes of this tale. Earl (as in earl of the Vampires) [... more]
$13.95
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The Necessary Beggar (Alex Awards (Awards))
Necessary Reading: At its heart, Susan Palwick's The Necessary Beggar, is a rather simple story of a family from a parallel world trying to make a go of things in our world. Palwick's exiles arrive in Reno, Nevada, through a shimmering blue portal. They [... more]
$24.95
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