Archive | March, 2010

Review: Stranger in the Night by Charlotte Lamb

March 30, 2010

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Review: Stranger in the Night by Charlotte Lamb

I was looking through the boxes of books that I hadn’t seen in years—I’m like Claudia Kishi from the Babysitter’s Club, only it’s books instead of junk food stashed in all sorts of hiding places—and came across a glutton’s trove of vintage Harlequin Presents. To a book junkie, this is like stumbling across a giant [...]

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Review: Petals in the Wind by V.C. Andrews

March 19, 2010

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Review: Petals in the Wind by V.C. Andrews

When we last saw the Dollagangers, they were escaping the attic in which they were locked up for almost four years, plotting revenge against their evil mother, and incest-kissing like it’s going out of style (has it ever ever been in style? No, it has never been in style). With their little sister Carrie in [...]

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Review: Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult

March 17, 2010

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Review: Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult

I’ve never been a particularly religious person. Growing up a Catholic Filipino-American, my exposure to church was my mother dragging me out of bed at the crack of why-am-I-awake on a Sunday, making me put on a skirt, and forcing me to sit on a pew for a whole hour listening to some guy in [...]

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Review: A Perfect Getaway (Film)

March 9, 2010

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Review: A Perfect Getaway (Film)

I wanted to see A Perfect Getaway in the movie theaters when I first saw the preview because I seem to be under some sort of spell that compels me to watch any movie starring Leeloo Multipass, but vdecided against it because it seemed like it would be a teen-percenter on Rotten Tomatoes like Turistas [...]

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Review: Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews

March 6, 2010

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Review: Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews

Once upon a time, in a mansion deep in the heart of the South, a beautiful blond princess borne to a heartless, cold woman and a cold, soulless man, fell illicitly in love with a beautiful blond prince. This beautiful blond prince happens to be the very much younger half-brother of her father, which makes [...]

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