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"He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing." — Sherman Alexie | |
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Karen
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"At the halfway point of any drunken night, there is a moment when an Indian realizes he cannot turn back toward tradition and that he has no map to guide him toward the future." — Sherman Alexie | |
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Flight: A Novel (Paperback) by Sherman Alexie |
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The Namesake (Paperback) by Jhumpa Lahiri bookshelves: to-read |
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The Cider House Rules (Hardcover) by John Irving |
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read in January, 1997
Karen said:
"This is one of my all-time favorite books. Dr. Larch is always in my head... which is another issue, I suppose! So simple... his motto: be of use played out in all characters involeved in such a complexity of ways...
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The Giver by Lois Lowry |
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recommended for: Ages 11 to adult
read in January, 2006
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"The fist in the semi-trilogy. Lowry's storyline turned my students on their heads and they couldn't put them down. Disturbing and thought-provoking. Amazing to see the lights go on in kids' heads making connections to motives of how societies are ...more
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The Hobbit (Paperback) by J.R.R. Tolkien |
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The Kite Runner (Paperback) by Khaled Hosseini |
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3) by J.K. Rowling |
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recommended for: 8-108
read in January, 2003
Karen said:
"The best of the first four... Sirius Black and Lupin!
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Karen's favorite quotes
"He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing."
— Sherman Alexie (The Toughest Indian in the World)
— Sherman Alexie (The Toughest Indian in the World)
"At the halfway point of any drunken night, there is a moment when an Indian realizes he cannot turn back toward tradition and that he has no map to guide him toward the future."
— Sherman Alexie
— Sherman Alexie
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