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The Confession

by Rob @ 52 Novels on May 18, 2006

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Like Carl Lewis, this one got me from out of the gate. But unlike Lewis, the promise that “The Confession” reeled me in [...]

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You might be thinking, “He’s reading 52 novels this year. There ain’t that many reviews here. Homeboy better get cracking.”
I’m only behind on the reviews. The reading, I assure, is up to date. I’m even a little ahead. Look for more reviews in the coming days. Only fifteen or so to catch me up.

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Missing Persons

by Rob @ 52 Novels on May 14, 2006

I’m not yet sure what I think of this novel. I got turned on to the author by my mom, who loaned me an earlier work called “Blinded.” My interest, really, is fuelled by proximity. White lives in Boulder, Colo., and his books are set in the quaint college town that lies just 40 miles [...]

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I read this morning that NBC fired a producer for plagiarism:
The script said that trainer Michael Matz “ran into the fire to save the lives of three children.” The narrator paused dramatically and said, “ran into the fire.”
The pause and last line echoed one delivered by Martin Sheen, who plays the president on “The West [...]

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I was zooming around the Internet the other day and I stumbled across a site called Change This. It’s another creation from marketing expert Seth Godin.
This site, which he launched with Amit Gupta — the wunderkind behind The Daily Jolt — is an attempt to leverage the power of Web 2.0 … maybe not so [...]

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