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Where Shadows Dance (Sebastian St. Cyr, #6)
4.19
These are beginning to rank right up there with Dorothy Sayers and Lord Peter. Darker in tone, but simply enthralling. I love Hero and, needless to sa...more
Mar 31, 2011
Mar 27, 2011
 
To Say Nothing of the Dog
4.16
Started 2-14-10.

How delightful to have a new favorite book! I did take a hiatus in the middle of it, to read "Three Men in A Boat" which did add to my...more
Feb 21, 2010
Nov 20, 2009
 
The Pauper's Cookbook
4.58
I just love this cookbook. I have had it for more than 20 years, acquired from a British significant other. It was as good an introduction to the norm...more
Jan 1984
Aug 17, 2008
 
The Swiss Family Robinson
3.87
My father read this aloud to us when I was younger than 9. I suspect that has a lot to do with my love for the book.
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Nov 18, 2009
 
Lucky Jim
3.82
Certainly one of the funniest books I read in college. I suspect nonfunny things about it would bother me now.
Jan 1973
Aug 04, 2008
 
Naked in Death (In Death, #1)
4.11
The beginning of an addiction.

Still 5-plus stars on reread...especially having seen it evolve.
Aug 14, 2012
Aug 05, 2008
 
The Secret Garden
4.09
My absolute favorite children's book. Read and reread many times.
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Aug 04, 2008
 
A Tale of Two Cities
3.71
Probably my favorite Dickens. Probably. :-)
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Mar 01, 2008
 
Slan (Slan, #1)
3.67
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Aug 04, 2008
 
The Count of Monte Cristo
4.10
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Jan 1967
Aug 04, 2008
 
Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen
4.25
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Aug 17, 2008
 
The Edge
3.92
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Aug 08, 2008
 
Childhood's End
4.03
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Aug 04, 2008
 
The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, #1-3)
4.32
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Aug 04, 2008
 
A Child's Garden of Verses
4.27
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Dec 13, 2009
 
Pippi Longstocking
4.08
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Aug 08, 2008
 
Nobody Said You Had to Eat Off the Floor... the Psychiatrist's Wife's Guide to Housekeeping
3.40
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Aug 17, 2008
 
The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell, #1)
4.12
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Aug 04, 2008
 
Bleak House
3.96
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Aug 04, 2008
 
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax  (Mrs. Pollifax #1)
4.09
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Aug 15, 2009
 
The Hollow Hills (Arthurian Saga, #2)
4.19
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Aug 08, 2008
 
The Next Whole Earth Catalog: Access to Tools
4.35
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Nov 17, 2008
 
Calvin and Hobbes
4.62
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Nov 18, 2009
 
The Frugal Gourmet Cooks Three Ancient Cuisines: China, Greece, and Rome
3.73
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Mar 01, 2008
 
The Daughter of Time
3.99
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Jun 21, 2009
 
Whose Body?  (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #1)
3.94
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Aug 04, 2008
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