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Paris in Love: A Memoir
by Eloisa James
Not What I Expected (5/4/2012)
I must have enjoyed Peter Mayle's books about Provence too much, as I was expecting this would be about Paris in a similar way. It is not. I enjoyed the first few pages of the book but as it went on it became very boring. The little snippets of information became annoyingmore
The Journal Keeper: A Memoir
by Phyllis Theroux
The Journal Keeper (2/2/2010)
This book should inspire many readers to keep a journal. At first the book is difficult to get into but as you begin to "know" the author it is difficult to put down. I read it in two evenings and found it very enjoyable. Ms. Theroux is revealing about her life, hermore
The Elephant Keeper
by Christopher Nicholson
A Novel About Elephants (6/18/2009)
This novel is set in the second half of the 18th century and is about a young teenager becoming the caretaker of two elephants in England and follows his life with the elephants as the only person who had the skills to take care of these beautiful but strange animals whichmore
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