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Thank you so much, Ariane. I love reading because books make me think, so I guess I want to do something with those thoughts!
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Ethical Chic: The Inside Story of the Companies We Think We Love
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2012
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Her Daughter
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Inside the FDA: The Business and Politics Behind the Drugs We Take and the Food We Eat
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2005
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I Meant to Tell You
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2022
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The Merck Druggernaut: The Inside Story of a Pharmaceutical Giant
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2003
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The Heirs
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2018
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The Overloaded Liberal: Shopping, Investing, Parenting,and Other Daily Dilemmas in an Age of Political Activism
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2010
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Pension Dumping: The Reasons, the Wreckage, the Stakes for Wall Street
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2008
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A Brief History of American Pensions-The Origins of U.S. Retirement Plans
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2013
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Teach Yourself VISUALLY Investing Online
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2000
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I MEANT TO TELL YOU "would be a terrific book club pick" --
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Excellent review, Bonnie. I appreciate your honesty in examining the portrayal of Ramona, the way the author "wrote herself into a hole," and your own
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"A solid 3.5, rounding up because this, like all of Solomon's books, is packed with goodwill and a celebration of honor and decency.
Ramona went from Disney pop star to regular pop star. She was pushed along by an overbearing, self-involved mother who " Read more of this review » |
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""I can almost imagine I hear it [a nightingale]," Audrey said as she closed her eyes against the cold beauty of the stars shimmering over Sunset Boulevard.
She had me at "Gone With the Wind." More specifically, a hat with a label saying SCARLETT #13. Th" Read more of this review » |
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This novel bravely puts the subject of menopause -- unmentionable in polite society, even today -- front and center, with all its embarrassments, awkwardness, and hot flashes. Even if the subject doesn't interest you, the narrator, Peg, is a lot of fu ...more |
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This novel is brilliant, rightly praised, and perhaps unique. I don't think it quite deserves 4 stars but certainly it's miles above 3. Everything about it is overwhelming. And that's the problem. The writing is blazing and original. On nearly every pa ...more |
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“In this age of consumer activism, pinpoint marketing, and unlimited and immediate information, we want the impossible: products and producers that will assure us that we are fashionable, and that don’t pollute, harm animals, or contain weird chemicals, that run on alternative energy, pay their workers good salaries, recycle their scraps, use natural ingredients, buy from local suppliers, donate generously to charity, donate in particular to their neighborhoods, and don’t throw their weight around by lobbying. (Or maybe they should lobby for the right causes?)”
― Ethical Chic: The Inside Story of the Companies We Think We Love
― Ethical Chic: The Inside Story of the Companies We Think We Love
“People keep secrets for all kinds of reasons. To avoid hurting other people. To protect their jobs. Sometimes I think people just get so used to their public versions of the truth, if they've been doing it for a long time, that they forget the secret they've been hiding.”
― I Meant to Tell You
― I Meant to Tell You
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“People keep secrets for all kinds of reasons. To avoid hurting other people. To protect their jobs. Sometimes I think people just get so used to their public versions of the truth, if they've been doing it for a long time, that they forget the secret they've been hiding.”
― I Meant to Tell You
― I Meant to Tell You
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