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May 31, 2004
Books
You know the old adage “don’t judge a book by its cover?” I never listen to this old adage. I always judge books by their covers, at least when I’m in a free library. Distant Cousins by Eva Vogiel is one of the books that should not be judged by their covers. The cover design is great! The typography and design are top-notch. But why read fictional stories of courage? Isn’t it sort of an oxymoron? “Fictional stories of courage?”
Juggling Act by M. C. Millman is not a book about aerobics or clowns. It is the story of a Kollel Yingerman who has to take care of the home and write his wife’s newspaper column for a few weeks. While it is another one of those books that pit Cookie against Jewish books, I liked it. It made me laugh! How many books make you laugh when you are in a room by yourself? So while the writing is far from the greatest, it’s still worth reading.
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AUTHOR:
DATE: 05/31/2004 05:11:39 PM
thanks for the book reviews. what free library is there around here??
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COMMENT:
AUTHOR: cookie
DATE: 06/01/2004 09:55:34 AM
Oy. Now I'm going to have to read it to see whether I can justify reading it....
I'm going to go into a serious rant one of these days about frum Jewish publishing. Something like the alleged music mavens keep giving us about Jewish music. But I'll try to keep it to one post.
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Posted by notepad at May 31, 2004 10:14 PM