Literacy and Longing in L.A.
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780385340175 (0385340176)
Publish date: May 30th 2006
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Love,
Humor,
Writing,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Books About Books,
Romance,
Adult,
Contemporary,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit
An unusual book and one I really rather enjoyed, in no small measure for its difference from any other women's fiction/romance book I've read recently. Dora is obsessed with books and uses them to both hide from and try to make sense of her rapidly disintegrating life. I found it hard to get into ...
Dora's divorcing her husband and having a hard time of it. Instead of trying hard to find a book she's bingeing on books, trying to avoid reality. She has used this as a way of escape since her childhood. When she finds that an attractive man from the bookstore is attracted to her, she starts a re...
This was a snoozefest. Nothing happened. And from what I gather, nothing was going to happen either.
I'm afraid the authors pissed me off by using "whole mantra" instead of "ritual". I know, I'm petty, pedantic, whatever. Typos also annoy me. College Educations: Spoiling the fun of reading a book since time immemorial.
"I collect new books the way my girlfriends buy designer handbags."Despite a main character who could be construed as a kindred spirit, this book disappointed me. The blurb on the back described the plot as that of a woman who deals with the problems of her life by going on a book reading binge. Oka...
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