your mouth is lovely, nancy richler
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lookee there, a perfect score. this is a book about miriam, who is writing her life story as she serves a life sentence for murder in siberia in 1911. she's writing to the daughter she was forced to give up at birth. lots of very vivid description of growing up in a small village on the verge of the russian revolution. i loved this book. i loved the title. i loved the cover art. i loved that i knew which historical revolutionary figures richter based her characters on because i took that awesome literature of russian terrorism class in undergrad. vera figner! dora brilliant! the frenchman!
by the way, i'm doing a "jewish fiction" bibliography as my big field experience project, so please comment with good books that you think should be included. i have not yet ascertained whether jewish fiction means: fiction by jewish authors, fiction with jewish characters, or fiction with "jewish themes," so feel free to recommend titles that fit into any or all of those categories.
girls in pants: the third summer of the sisterhood, ann brashares
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what can i say, sometimes i like books that don't require me to think or backread to understand what's happening. i snagged this off the reshelving cart at the public library the other day, as i've been meaning to read it since it came out and alicia's post from a few days ago put it in my head again. i was somewhat confused because it's been a few years since i read the second one. but things wrapped up fine and of course it worked out for the best. i vaguely remember the other two books being a little heavier. plus i forgot about kostos being such a dog! anyway, sometimes it's nice to read about teen angst. it makes you remember how much you LOVED josh satterfield when you were fourteen and how you were going to DIE if he didn't LOVE you back. especially if you're like me, and your current worries are much more boring and practical, like figuring out why your kitchen light fixture mysteriously shattered all over the house and finally teaching yourself how to effectively iron pants.
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oh man, seriously, i have about a million jewish-related pieces of fiction. want me to work up a list and email you?
i knew i could count on you! if you have the time, i would love a list of your faves. i'm totally overwhelmed by all the six million LC subject headings that involve jews and fiction, so i'm basically just going to make a list of books that i know are good. anyway. do you have my email?
i assume it's this web address at email dot unc--if not, email me which address you want me to use at wordnerd at gmail.
i'll have something to you in a day or so. :)
how clever you are! yes, that's the address.
i'm going to write your new supervisor and tell her/him what a resourceful librarian you are.
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