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author: Ian Falconer
name: Jenn
average rating: 5.00
book published: 2006
rating: 5
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author: Ian Falconer
name: Jenn
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2002
rating: 5
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]]> 27702665 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:16:58 -0700
author: Ian Falconer
name: Jenn
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2002
rating: 5
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date added: 07/19/08
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]]> 27702658 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:16:51 -0700
author: Ian Falconer
name: Jenn
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> 27702655 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:16:49 -0700
author: Ian Falconer
name: Jenn
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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]]> 27702651 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:16:45 -0700
author: Ian Falconer
name: Jenn
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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date added: 07/19/08
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]]> 27702643 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:16:42 -0700
author: Ian Falconer
name: Jenn
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2001
rating: 4
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date added: 07/19/08
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]]> 27702639 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:16:39 -0700
author: Ian Falconer
name: Jenn
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2000
rating: 5
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date added: 07/19/08
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]]> 27702608 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:16:05 -0700
author: Margaret Atwood
name: Jenn
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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]]> 27702604 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:16:03 -0700
author: Margaret Atwood
name: Jenn
average rating: 3.76
book published: 1998
rating: 5
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]]> 27702597 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:15:59 -0700
author: Margaret Atwood
name: Jenn
average rating: 3.94
book published: 1989
rating: 5
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]]> 27702501 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:15:48 -0700
author: Margaret Atwood
name: Jenn
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2000
rating: 5
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date added: 07/19/08
shelves: all-timefaves, highlyrecommend
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I was suddenly stopped in my tracks by the realization that I hadn't added any Margaret Atwood to my shelves and she is one of the most beautiful prose writers of all time, in my opinion. There are passages from this book, Cat's Eye, and The Robber Bride that are seared across my brain. Her books aren't always comfortable to read, but you never forget them. This one is my favorite of hers. I love it dearly.
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author: Margaret Atwood
name: Jenn
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1986
rating: 4
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]]> 27039040 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:29:44 -0700
author: Louise Rennison
name: Jenn
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2008
rating: 4
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/18/08
shelves: youngadult
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I laughed, I cried, it was better than ca... Actually, Angus plays a crucial role here and was part of some good character development with Georgia, which I quite liked. Each successive book has been great: full of geniosity and pants. Rennison is hilarious and the books in this series are a blast to read - I hope Georgia keeps going on and on and on.
]]> 27347391 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:26:29 -0700
author: Rick Riordan
name: Jenn
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> 27346527 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:19:00 -0700
author: Tom Stoppard
name: Jenn
average rating: 4.23
book published: 1967
rating: 5
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]]> 22758586 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:18:34 -0700
author: Ann Brashares
name: Jenn
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2001
rating: 4
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date added: 07/10/08
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]]> 25755423 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:44:23 -0700
author: Robert M. Pirsig
name: Jenn
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2002
rating: 5
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date added: 06/28/08
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]]> 9275478 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:29:15 -0700
author: Kirsten Miller
name: Jenn
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2006
rating: 4
read at: 06/08
date added: 06/26/08
shelves: highlyrecommend, youngadult
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What a lot of fun! I loved the narrator's voice and the feel of the book that was like Ellen Raskin's or E.L. Konigsburg's books that I read when I was young. Excellente!
]]> 12157582 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:19:42 -0700
author: Laurell K. Hamilton
name: Jenn
average rating: 3.54
book published: 2008
rating: 3
read at: 06/08
date added: 06/16/08
shelves: vampiresupernatural
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Better than the last few books in this series, I think. Some interesting revelations about Jason, as well as a lot of the other characters. Hamilton knows how to write a page turner, her books just seems to have stalled with less and less character development.
]]> 21136452 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:13:26 -0700
author: Stephen Greenblatt
name: Jenn
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2005
rating: 5
read at: 06/08
date added: 06/16/08
shelves: highlyrecommend
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Absolutely brilliant! A page-turner - which, since it's non-fiction, is amazing since I have a short attention span. The way that Greenblatt works historical events from Elizabethan England in with possible events from Shakespeare's life in with Shakespeare's plays is incredible. I was riveted. I loved it.
]]> 22758591 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:51:57 -0700
author: Ann Brashares
name: Jenn
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2001
rating: 4
read at: 06/08
date added: 06/16/08
shelves: youngadult
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author: Rufus Butler Seder
name: Jenn
average rating: 4.53
book published: 2007
rating: 5
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date added: 06/07/08
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Pretty darn cool and done by someone named Rufus - which rules, in my opinion!
]]> 23912016 Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:55:10 -0700
author: Gary D. Schmidt
name: Jenn
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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]]> 23912014 Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:55:00 -0700
author: Russell Freedman
name: Jenn
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> 23912000 Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:54:40 -0700
author: Lois Lowry
name: Jenn
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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]]> 23912002 Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:52:31 -0700
author: Jacqueline Woodson
name: Jenn
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2005
rating: 5
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date added: 06/07/08
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]]> 23911807 Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:26:57 -0700
author: Alan Paton
name: Jenn
average rating: 3.96
book published: 1948
rating: 4
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]]> 23092997 Tue, 27 May 2008 20:07:36 -0700
author: Maureen Johnson
name: Jenn
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2006
rating: 0
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]]> 22758542 Tue, 27 May 2008 20:07:05 -0700
author: Maureen Johnson
name: Jenn
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2008
rating: 5
read at: 05/08
date added: 05/27/08
shelves: highlyrecommend, youngadult
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A thoroughly enjoyable read with a vivid writing style and snappy dialogue - I loved it! I loved the dynamics of the family and think that Johnson is such an excellent writer that her descriptions are effortless - you just become immersed in the writing. Of course, what I especially loved were the efforts of the brother, Spencer, and his acting troupe, to try to put on a performance of Hamlet in very Off-Off Broadway style. Yay! So much hilarity and fun ensues - I can't wait to read another of her books.
]]> 22759011 Thu, 22 May 2008 11:22:59 -0700
author: Eric Carle
name: Jenn
average rating: 4.34
book published: 1969
rating: 5
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]]> 22759004 Thu, 22 May 2008 11:22:47 -0700
author: David Shannon
name: Jenn
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> 22758998 Thu, 22 May 2008 11:22:37 -0700
author: Doreen Cronin
name: Jenn
average rating: 4.46
book published: 2000
rating: 5
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]]> 22758699 Thu, 22 May 2008 11:16:46 -0700
author: Ann Brashares
name: Jenn
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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author: Ann Brashares
name: Jenn
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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]]> 17946546 Thu, 15 May 2008 08:32:04 -0700
author: Charlaine Harris
name: Jenn
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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]]> 22158070 Tue, 13 May 2008 10:47:58 -0700
author: C.S. Lewis
name: Jenn
average rating: 4.13
book published: 1942
rating: 5
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]]> 21836187 Wed, 07 May 2008 22:24:07 -0700
author: Jon Scieszka
name: Jenn
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1995
rating: 5
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]]> 21836177 Wed, 07 May 2008 22:23:52 -0700
author: Jon Scieszka
name: Jenn
average rating: 4.37
book published: 1992
rating: 5
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]]> 21643039 Mon, 05 May 2008 11:13:46 -0700
author: Mercedes Lackey
name: Jenn
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1996
rating: 4
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]]> 21643001 Mon, 05 May 2008 11:13:09 -0700
author: Mercedes Lackey
name: Jenn
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> 21642857 Mon, 05 May 2008 11:10:40 -0700
author: Irving Stone
name: Jenn
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1996
rating: 4
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]]> 21434944 Thu, 01 May 2008 20:18:55 -0700
author: Azar Nafisi
name: Jenn
average rating: 3.41
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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]]> 21431641 Thu, 01 May 2008 20:16:43 -0700
author: Charles Dickens
name: Jenn
average rating: 4.10
book published: 1865
rating: 5
read at: 07/07
date added: 05/01/08
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Along with the usual(I find hilarious)Dickensian caricatures, this book contains one of my most passionate literary crushes, Mr. Eugene Wrayburn. I love Dickens and enjoy novels, but I've rarely wished so much that I could meet a character in real life. Eugene is hilarious and suffers from ennui, observe: "'Generally, I confess myself a man to be doubted,' returned Eugene, coolly, 'for all that.' 'Why are you?' asked the sharp Miss Wren. 'Because, my dear,' said the airy Eugene, 'I am a bad idle dog.' 'Then why don't you reform and be a good dog?' inquired Miss Wren. "Because, my dear,' returned Eugene, 'there's nobody who makes it worth my while.'" Raowr! That's what I think: suspense, romance, mystery, clever wordplay - it's the perfect book. Sigh.
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author: Charles Dickens
name: Jenn
average rating: 3.91
book published: 1850
rating: 5
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author: Charles Dickens
name: Jenn
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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author: Charles Dickens
name: Jenn
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2000
rating: 4
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]]> 21431615 Thu, 01 May 2008 19:14:28 -0700
author: Charles Dickens
name: Jenn
average rating: 3.93
book published: 1843
rating: 5
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]]> 21431610 Thu, 01 May 2008 19:14:22 -0700
author: Charles Dickens
name: Jenn
average rating: 3.84
book published: 1859
rating: 4
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]]> 21431604 Thu, 01 May 2008 19:14:12 -0700
author: Charles Dickens
name: Jenn
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2006
rating: 5
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date added: 05/01/08
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]]> 21138623 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:46:12 -0700
author: Teaching Shakespeare Institute
name: Jenn
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2006
rating: 5
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date added: 04/27/08
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]]> 21138454 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:44:10 -0700
author: Michael Macrone
name: Jenn
average rating: 3.67
book published: 1998
rating: 4
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]]> 21138278 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:42:18 -0700
author: William Shakespeare
name: Jenn
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1988
rating: 5
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]]> 21137895 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:37:35 -0700
author: William Shakespeare
name: Jenn
average rating: 4.37
book published: 1993
rating: 5
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]]> 21137775 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:35:25 -0700
author: Norrie Epstein
name: Jenn
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1994
rating: 4
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]]> 21137438 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:30:51 -0700
author: Isaac Asimov
name: Jenn
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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]]> 21137427 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:30:43 -0700
author: William Shakespeare
name: Jenn
average rating: 3.36
book published: 1609
rating: 4
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]]> 21137407 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:30:29 -0700
author: Bruce Coville
name: Jenn
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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]]> 21137394 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:30:19 -0700
author: Gary Blackwood
name: Jenn
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2000
rating: 4
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author: William Shakespeare
name: Jenn
average rating: 3.36
book published: 1609
rating: 4
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author: William Shakespeare
name: Jenn
average rating: 3.45
book published: 1623
rating: 4
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date added: 04/27/08
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author: William Shakespeare
name: Jenn
average rating: 3.44
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