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Dana Swier Huff

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I share my home with my husband Steve and children Sarah, Maggie, and Dylan. I am a Technology Integration Specialist and high school English teacher. I give a lot of four and five-star reviews because if I see a book is coasting on a 1, 2, or sometimes even a 3 in time to stop reading it, I do. Life's too short not to read spectacular books.

Ratings:
5 stars = I loved it
4 stars = I liked it
3 stars = It was OK
2 stars = I didn't like it
1 star = I hated it


Harry Potter?


I have long wanted to do two things with a re-read of the entire Harry Potter series. No, strike that. Three things. I have wanted to do three things with a re-read of the Harry Potter series.



Read the British versions. There are differences.
Analyze/discuss/think about the events in light of what we know now that the series is done with addenda revealed via Pottermore (though they are only in... Read more of this blog post »
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Published on May 22, 2013 18:53
Average rating: 3.50 · 4 ratings · 2 reviews · 1 distinct work · Similar authors
A Question of Honor
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2007

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“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
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“Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.”
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“Great books write themselves, only bad books have to be written.”
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“His heart beat faster and faster as Daisy’s white face came up to his own. He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God. So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning fork that had been struck upon a star. Then he kissed her. At his lips’ touch she blossomed like a flower and the incarnation was complete.”
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Jennifer Thanks for adding me as a friend! :-)


Michael Moore I read Ross' the rest is Noise and liked it. I started buying the recommended music and the performances he recommends in the back. I learned a lot I didn't know. I also read his NYer columns. See you at GCTE.


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