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Summary: Back on form
Review: If you didn't like 'Maybe Next Time' then you were not alone. But with 'One Degree of Separation' Kallmaker is back on top hysterical and raunchy form.Wonderful characters, brilliant dialogue and an awesome plot. Really a pleasure to read.
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Summary: Who knew?!
Review: Karin Kallmaker has written so many books that I've started grouping them. There's the "intense, wrenching drama" stack, the "fantasy/sci-fi action" section and the largest of all "light, moving and laugh outloud funny." That's where One Degree of Separation belongs.
Living near a coast I can't say I've ever thought of Iowa as a great destination for a lesbian, but who knew Iowa City was wall-to-wall with a large community of lesbians? The characters and settings of this novel are so real I'm certain I'd find them at the Java House or Prarie Light any given Friday night. The dialogue is sharp, rapid fire and funny. The situations sometimes so real to life they'd be banal were it not for Kallmaker's skillful prose and deft humor. (Really, haven't cramps played a part in all our lives?)
My admiration for Kallmkaer's work began with her excellent Laura Adams works, then her more intense romances, like Substitute for Love and Watermark. But there is plenty of room in my life for her funnier, lighter work because in today's world it isn't often I can kick back, hang with the sisters, laugh and know in the end it'll all be okay.
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Summary: A superbly crafted saga of human sensuality and sensibility
Review: Set in America's Heartland, One Degree Of Separation by Karin Kallmaker is the sometimes wry, sometimes passionate story of lesbian attraction that transcends the pervasive atmosphere of humdrum surroundings. A reference librarian and the not-so-happily married woman she's had a crush on for years make a seemingly unlikely yet surprisingly star-crossed couple who are, perhaps, truly meant for one another in this superbly crafted saga of human sensuality and sensibility.
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Summary: Absolutely wonderful!
Review: The excellent writing, pacing, humor, and insight of this stellar book reminded me of Jackson McCrae's THE BARK OF THE DOGWOOD or possibly some of Rita Mae Brown's books. Just very, very well done (...). The dialogue, characters, and overall plan of the book are all flawless. You cannot go wrong with this one! Would also recommend MAYBE NEXT TIME.
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Summary: Not a Coming Out Story - Yay!
Review: There are a lot of things I like about this book - but what I like the most is that the lesbians in this book know they are lesbians. I get so tired of reading coming out stories. In this book, although there don't seem to be enough lesbians in town, at least the ones who are there take their lesbianism as just a fact of life and the story doesn't have to revolve around it. I loved the fact that one of the main characters was a librarian and all the references to librarians, especially since my partner is one. The mid-west college town setting was amusing. The reason I don't give this book 5 stars is that one of the character's constant swearing to herself annoyed me.
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Summary: Loved it!
Review: This book was a delight! Karin Kallmaker deftly incorporated humor and real heart into this fun, emotional, and surprisingly spirited read. I highly recommend it....Review by Blayne Cooper, author of "The Last Train Home," "First Lady," and other works of lesbian fiction.
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Summary: Librarians are Hot!
Review: This is not your mother's library! It's the library where I wish I'd spent all my youth though. Imagine going to the library and there at the desk is this cute, sweet, honest, knowledgeable, kind, OUT LESBIAN there to answer your every question. I would have asked *this* Marian the Librarian where to find the girls-who-like-girls book, let me tell you. This book was like a fantasy come to life. All my life I have had the hots for librarians. I think it's because Barbara Gordon was a librarian -- you know, BATGIRL! I laughed a lot and really felt like if I went to Iowa City I'd find Marian and Liddy drinking coffee, along with the rest of the gals. No telling who'd be with whom by then, except Marian and Liddy -- they're meant for each other. Wouldn't I like to be a fly on the wall for their sex life! I did not think that Karin Kallmaker could come up with a heroine that was sexier than the savagely intelligent, tormented, motorcycle riding Reyna, but Marian flipped all my lights to green. She can check out if I'm Dewey any day!
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Summary: AMAZING!!!!
Review: This is probably the best story in lesbian romance today. I love every character but Marian the Librarian has to be my favorite. It's hilarious to read Marian's brain go back and forth between Inner Slut(my favorite), Inner prude, and Inner Historian, the keeper of the Iowa City dance card. I have had so much fun reading this book and I just keep reading it over and over again. It's a buy you will never regret!
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Summary: Karin does it again!
Review: What are the chances? They say anyone can be connected to another person with six degrees of separation. What happens when there is only one? One woman, trying to recover from an abusive relationship takes a job in a town where she meets a woman who is also recovering from the same type of situation. Although somewhat attracted to each other, they both voice the "I'm not looking for a relationship" comment. Tentatively forming a friendship, they begin to spend more and more time together. Can they heal the wounds that each is carrying, learn to trust and to love again? And just what exactly is the one degree separating them? A fantastic story, where the writer weaves a tale taking the reader on a journey filled with drama, intrigue and at times, laughter. Once again the skills of the writer are very evident in the story, interlocking the lives of the characters with everyday situations and obstacles placed in their paths and of friendships forged. A terrific book! Another in the long line of well-written books by a fantastic writer!
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