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	Alexandra is currently reading: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating: add to my books
	progress: (page 225 of 334) "still an okay book, good to read but I was expecting a liiiittle more..." — Sep 07, 2010 05:35pm
	Aug 17, 2010 03:50pm · see review
	Alexandra is currently reading: Rework by Jason Fried bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating: add to my books
	progress: (page 113 of 256) "great book still! No chapter is worth skipping." — Jul 09, 2010 09:29am
	Apr 12, 2010 06:08pm · see review

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September 07
	Alexandra gave to: The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer bookshelves: baby-children read in August, 2010	my rating: add to my books
	Alexandra said: " A lot of good tips and hints in this book, however, I found it a bit dry to read in some chapters. "
	Sep 07, 2010 05:36pm · see review
	Alexandra is on page 225 of 334 of Eat, Pray, Love: still an okay book, good to read but I was expecting a liiiittle more...
	Sep 07, 2010 05:35pm · see status
August 26
	Alexandra gave to: Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin bookshelves: baby-children read in August, 2010	my rating: add to my books
	Alexandra said: " If you don't read a little for yourself, you might think the only way to give birth is hospital with an epidural and/or c-section. But there are so many other things you can do... even in a hospital. This book is a little hippie but it gives a gr ...more "
	Aug 26, 2010 05:07pm · see review
August 17
	Alexandra is on page 139 of 334 of Eat, Pray, Love: wanted to read this before watching the movie.
	Aug 17, 2010 03:50pm · see status
	Alexandra is currently reading: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating: add to my books
	progress: (page 225 of 334) "still an okay book, good to read but I was expecting a liiiittle more..." — Sep 07, 2010 05:35pm
	Aug 17, 2010 03:50pm · see review
August 09
	Alexandra marked as to-read: All Over Creation by Ruth L. Ozeki bookshelves: food-and-cooking, to-read	my rating: add to my books
	Aug 09, 2010 09:33am · see review
August 05
	Alexandra marked as to-read: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen bookshelves: did-not-finish, fiction, to-read read in June, 2009	my rating: add to my books
	Alexandra said: " I tried this as an audio book but it did not work for me. I abandoned it. I need to read it as a real book one day. "
	Aug 05, 2010 11:06am · see review
	Alexandra gave to: The Backyard Beekeeper's Honey Handbook: A Guide to Creating, Harvesting, and Cooking with Natural Honeys by Kim Flottum bookshelves: sustainability-gardening read in July, 2010	my rating: add to my books
	Alexandra said: " This is a great book to help you understand honey and what's important for the honey harvest. It is aimed a little more towards bigger scale bee keepers but it was not hard to adopt the advice to my small scale beekeeping. It also has some good looki ...more "
	Aug 05, 2010 11:00am · see review
	Alexandra gave to: The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd bookshelves: fiction read in July, 2010	my rating: add to my books
	Alexandra said: " This was a sweet story, very pleasant read. "
	Aug 05, 2010 10:58am · see review
July 09
	Alexandra became a fan of Michael Pollan View all of Alexandra's favorite authors »
	Jul 09, 2010 09:27am

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Alexandra's favorite quotes

"10% of life is made up of what happens to you.
90% of life is decided by how you react."
— Charles R. Swindoll

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"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
— Mark Twain

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Alexandra's groups (recent posts)

Sustainable Foodies — 740 members — last activity Sep 01, 2010 02:48am
A group for people who love food and care about the effects our food choices make on the environment. Vegetarians, vegans, omnivores, gardeners, farm ...more

Best Books — 266 members — last activity Apr 23, 2009 03:24pm
Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all.

Green Group — 286 members — last activity 10 hours, 52 min ago
The Green group is about the World History of Science - Environmental Science, Life Science and Natural History. This is a group for anyone who enjoy ...more

Goodreads Feedback — 3779 members — last activity 1 hour, 38 min ago
This is a place to give feedback about Goodreads. Feature ideas, bugs, or any other suggestion for improvement. The Goodreads staff monitors this gr ...more