70 ratings | 47 reviews
avg rating: 3.83

(since January 08)

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	Karin 284 books 39 friends
	Adrienne 369 books 14 friends
	Louise 42 books 16 friends
	Eileen 1 book 1 friend
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	Debbie 128 books 10 friends
	Stephanie 46 books 27 friends
	Beth 111 books 9 friends
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Clay Carmichael

author profile

place of birth

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

website

http://www.claycarmichael.com

genre

Children's Books

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Because I can't always remember titles or I forget to email when people are kind enough to ask "What are you reading?"

Below are a few I've recently liked--or loved--some new, some not.

books by Clay Carmichael

combine editions
avg rating: 5.00 | 4 ratings | 5 distinct works

	Bear At the Beach (Easy-to-Read Books) by Clay Carmichael (goodreads author!) avg rating 5.00 — 1 ratings — published 1996 3 editions	my rating:
	Used-Up Bear (Hardcover) by Clay Carmichael (goodreads author!) avg rating 5.00 — 1 ratings — published 1998 3 editions	my rating:
	Lonesome Bear (Hardcover) by Clay Carmichael (goodreads author!) avg rating 5.00 — 1 ratings — published 2001 3 editions	my rating:
	El Osito Usado (School & Library Binding) by Clay Carmichael (goodreads author!) avg rating 0.00 — 0 ratings — published 2000	my rating:
	Wild Things (Hardcover) by Clay Carmichael (goodreads author!) avg rating 0.00 — 0 ratings — published 2008	my rating:

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Clay is currently reading

	07/03 Clay is currently reading: The Plague of Doves: A Novel (Hardcover) by Louise Erdrich bookshelves: adult-fiction, currently-reading	my rating:
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	06/14 Clay is currently reading: The Places In Between (Paperback) by Rory Stewart bookshelves: adult-non-fiction, currently-reading	my rating:
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Clay's recent updates (rss)

July 25

Clay gave

to:
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel (Hardcover)
by David Wroblewski
bookshelves: adult-fiction

my rating:

recommended to Clay by: Diane Rehm Show with author
read in July, 2008

Clay said: ""It would be better to imagine how men might become more suitable for dogs and not the other way around." -Wroblewski, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

Between this book and G. Schmidt's "Trouble" my summer reading has gone to the d...more "

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July 21

New comment on Karin's review of Graceling

Clay wrote: "You've got my number; this and the Explosionist sound like ones I would like.
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July 16

New comment on Adrienne's review of The Bhagavad Gita (Penguin Classics)

Clay wrote: "Never seen The Bhagavad Gita rated before. Made me check out ratings of "The Bible, King James ...more "

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Clay read and liked George's review of Holy Bible, King James Version (LDS Edition):

"What to say about this one?

Firstly, it is much longer than it needs to be to get the point across. I mean, do we really need a few thousand pages to basically communicate the ten commandments and how God is scary, and a few thousand more to co...more "

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July 10

New comment on Karin's review of The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963

Clay wrote: "I love this book and often use the opening to help students think how to write beginnings of their o...more "

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July 05

Clay gave

to:
Honeybee (Hardcover)
by Naomi Shihab Nye
bookshelves: young-adult-or-adult

my rating:

recommended for: everyone--good crossover to adult
read in July, 2008

Clay said: "Shihab begins her poems and poetic meditations on the mysterious disappearance of the honeybee, but her meditations' scope quickly widens. A little gem. "

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