BookLoversWiki http://booklovers.pbwiki.com/ The wiki of the Princeton Public Library's 2006 summer reading club for adults. Description of events, book reviews by the community, and much more. en http://booklovers.pbwiki.com/feedlogo.gif PBwiki http://pbwiki.com/ PBwiki 3.7 support@pbwiki.com Princeton Public Library http://booklovers.pbwiki.com/Princeton+Public+Library email.hidden@example.com (Anonymous) Anonymous edited Princeton Public Library FAQ
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drawings. The This wiki is being left active as an archive -- our intention with this wiki was to create a "snapshot in time" of what our club members read during the summer.
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Program, [http://princetonlibrary.org/princeton/reads/ReadAroundtheWorld.html"|Read Around the World"], ReadAroundtheWorld, started on June 15th with reviews now being entered directly to our recently upgraded online catalog. Hope you will join us!
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Club has now ended for 2006. The on September 15th, 2006 with raffle drawing for drawings. The 2007 version of the great prizes donated by local merchants was held PPL Summer Reading Program, [http://princetonlibrary.org/princeton/reads/ReadAroundtheWorld.html"|Read Around the World"], started on September 15th. Winners June 15th with reviews now being entered directly to our recently]]> Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:46:56 +0000 mod Contemporary Fiction Reviews http://booklovers.pbwiki.com/Contemporary+Fiction+Reviews email.hidden@example.com (Anonymous) Anonymous edited Contemporary Fiction Reviews
Although this is a fictional account of a geisha’s life story, it reads much like a biography, as told to a close friend. Filled with details that make you empathize more deeply with the character, one can feel the pain as events of her life unfold. An intriguing look into the secret world of Geishas in Japan…although it should not be considered an authoritative factual account, still an enlightening read for those with very little knowledge of this culture. Hard to put down, definitely one of my favorites so far this summer.

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This book takes the reader away to another place and time. This novel provides an interesting look at the lives of women and girls during the 19th century in Japan. It is also an intriguing story of a girl's transformation into a geisha and the many hardships faced along the way. This book shows how much the role]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2006 16:22:55 +0000 mod Biography and Memoir http://booklovers.pbwiki.com/Biography+and+Memoir email.hidden@example.com (Anonymous) Anonymous edited Biography and Memoir
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This book is a first-hand account of a brilliant yet flawed man. He started off as a talented news reporter who fabricated stories to save his job. He started working at the New York Times as an intern but stayed on full time after he lied about graduating college. He details how he went about making up stories. In the end, he still doesn't accept full responsibility for his actions. ''Reviewed by: C. BalejcsikB.''<br>
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<td valign=top><img src=/f/4stars.gif> **Black and Blue: The Golden Arm, the Robinson Boys, and the 1966 World Series that Stunned America** by Tom Adelman

Representative of a fairly new genre that mixes sports and cultural history, Black and Blue contextualizes the Baltimore Orioles' 1966 championship season, which culminated in their four-game World Series sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers, within the social and political ferment of the mid-to-late 1960s. If you enjoy recent history and baseball, this book is for you.

''Reviewed by: D. Venturo''

Representative of a fairly new genre that mixes sports and cultural history, Black and Blue contextualizes the Baltimore Orioles' 1966 championship season, which culminated in their four-game World Series sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers, within the social and political ferment of the mid-to-late 1960s. If you enjo
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<td valign=top><img src=/f/4stars.gif> **Black and Blue: The Golden Arm, the Robinson Boys, and the 1966 World Series that Stunned America** by Tom Adelman

Representative of a fairly new genre that mixes sports and cultural history, Black and Blue contextualizes the Baltimore Orioles' 1966 championship season, within the social and political ferment of the mid-to-late 1960s. Adelman preswents his readers with nostalgia masquerading as history; but, if you grew upRepresentative of a fairly new genre that mixes sports and cultural history, Black and Blue contextualizes the Baltimore Orioles' 1966 championship season within the social and political ferment of the mid-to-late 1960s. Adelman preswents his readers with nostalgia masquerading as history; but, if you grew up in the '60s and enjoy reading about baseball, the book has its moments. ''Reviewed by: ]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:52:01 +0000 mod Non-Fiction http://booklovers.pbwiki.com/Non-Fiction email.hidden@example.com (Anonymous) Anonymous commented on Non-Fiction Wow. That is amazing art! Thanks for sharing.]]> Thu, 05 Oct 2006 10:38:03 +0000 com Non-Fiction http://booklovers.pbwiki.com/Non-Fiction email.hidden@example.com (Anonymous) Anonymous edited Non-Fiction
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Representative of a fairly new genre that mixes sports and cultural history, Black and Blue contextualizes the Baltimore Orioles' 1966 championship season within the social and political ferment of the mid-to-late 1960s. Adelman preswents his readers with nostalgia masquerading as history; but, if you grew up in the '60s and enjoy reading about baseball, the book has its moments. ''Reviewed by: D. Venturo''

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Famed actress and director Blair Brown and Mc Carter Artistic Director

Emily Mann will discuss their experiences in directing plays by Harold Pinter. **The Birthday Party** by Pinter, directed by Emily Mann, will open at Mc Carter Theatre on September 8th.

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''August'' is the story of a pychoanalyst and one of her patients and the title refers to the month of the year when most analysts, especially in NYC, are on vacation. This fact plays heavily in the story of the patient who comes to dread this time of year. The author was most famous for her novel ''Looking for Mr. Goodbar'' which is also about a woman in NYC. The big appeal of this book for me was that it chronicles the lives of women in a big city at a particular moment in time. It's set in the 1970's and details quite thoroughly the lives of these two women, one younger, one older. The author is very good at capturing the finer details of her characters and their lives, everything from what they wear to where they live an
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''August'' is the story of a pychoanalyst and one of her patients and the title refers to the month of the year when most analysts, especially in NYC, are on vacation. This fact plays heavily in the story of the patient who comes to dread this time of year. The author was most famous for her novel ''Looking for Mr. Goodbar'' which is also about a woman in NYC. The big appeal of this book for me was that it chronicles the lives of women in a big city at a particular moment in time. It's set in the 1970's and details quite thoroughly the lives of these two women, one younger, one older. The author is very good at capturing the finer details of her characters and their lives, e
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<td valign=top><img src=/f/4stars.gif> **Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country** **by Louise Erdrich**<br> Anyone who is a fan of Louise Erdrich, as I am, knows that her writing combines a love of earth and spirit with a love of words. This delightful memoir is no exception. In its early pages, for example, the author talks about the trees she has named around her house: Guarding Elm, Old Stalwart, Pensive Love, Serene Darling... But this time Erdrich is on a journey, rather than earth-bound. She travels with her baby daughter and her Ojibwe partner through the many-islanded lakes of Minnesota and Canada, seeking the ancient rock paintings of her people and heading for the island library of a brilliant eccentric Harvard graduate named Ernest Oberholtzer. His 11,000 books, left for future generations, inspire Erdrich to wax eloquent about the delights of books. "The point of books",
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<img src=/f/4stars.gif> [http://catalog.princetonlibrary.org/search/tordinary+m/tordinary+m/1%2C2%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=tordinary+man+an+autobiography&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-|An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography] by Paul Rusesabagina with Tom Zoellner

<img src=/f/4stars.gif> [http://catalog.princetonlibrary.org/search/tordinary+m/tordinary+m/1%2C2%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=tordinary+man+an+autobiography&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-|An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography] by Paul Rusesabagina with Tom Zoellner<br>

The autobiography of Paul Rusesabagina, manager of the "Hotel Rwanda" (film title), is the story of a remarkable man. His instincts and actions saved the lives of many Tutsis and Hutus during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. He modestly dismisses praise for his heroic acts of courage as "the normal thing to
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