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The Tiger's Wife
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"I do much better with this book if I read it with a clear and open mind. If I force my own preconceived ideas on top of the words, I get frustrated and throw it aside. It has an interesting message... I just have to be willing to hear it." Jan 28, 2012 07:33am
 
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The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht
The Tiger's Wife
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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
read in January, 2012
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I closed the back cover on Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. Fabulous. It is one of those classics that I shake my head and think, "WHY haven't I read this before?" In a world where TV's keep getting larger, sports teams more "important", fun and vacat...more
Pam is on page 90 of 176 of Shambhala: I do much better with this book if I read it with a clear and open mind. If I force my own preconceived ideas on top of the words, I get frustrated and throw it aside. It has an interesting message... I just have to be willing to hear it.
Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior
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Helsinki White by James Thompson
Helsinki White
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read in January, 2012
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This seemed to be a transitionary book for both Thompson and Inspector Kari Vaara. It was good, but not as tightly woven as the first two. It will be interesting to see where Thompson goes with this series next. Not saying anything more... not giv...more
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Lucifer's Tears by James Thompson
Lucifer's Tears
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The Ladies Auxiliary by Tova Mirvis
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The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
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Underground London by Stephen Smith
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Shambhala by Chögyam Trungpa
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“No matter how busy you may think you are,
you must find time for reading,
or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.

― ~ Atwood H. Townsend ~

“The humble little school library ... was a ramp to everything
in the world and beyond, everything that could be dreamed and
imagined, everything that could be known, everything that could be hoped.”
Lee Sherman

George R. Gissing
“I know every book of mine by its smell, and I have but to put my nose
between the pages to be reminded of all sorts of things.”
George R. Gissing

Oliver Goldsmith
“I love everything that is old; old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines.”
Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield

“The true university of these days is a collection of books.”
― Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881

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