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<![CDATA[Heather added 'Running with Scissors: A Memoir']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51791097
to: Running with Scissors: A Memoir (Paperback)byAugusten Burroughs bookshelves: read-in--09
I feel like 3 stars is cutting this book short. I would like to give it a 4 but I don't feel like I 'really' liked it. It was a very well written book, it's just the subject matter (ie Augusten's life) is way too weird for me.
I'm going to wait to write more of a review later, maybe. We have the movie coming from Netflix. Hopefully that will give me a different perspective of the issues. We'll see.
I did like it. I would recommend it to friends, I just can't put my finger on what it is that's holding me back.
** After watching the movie, and letting this book set in, I realize that I enjoyed the writing and book itself...just not the subject matter. This family is really messed up.**
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<![CDATA[Heather added 'Sworn to Silence']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65304065
to: Sworn to Silence (Hardcover)byLinda Castillo bookshelves: read-in--09
The title Sworn to Silence makes you think that there is a big secret that the characters are not able to tell. As this story progresses you begin to wonder what the secret actually is.
Linda Castillo does a wonderful job of keeping your interest engaged. The chief of police, Kate Burkholder, grew up as an Amish. As a young adult she chose to leave her family behind and a deep secret.
Now that a killer is on the loose again, in the small town of Painters Mill, Ohio, Kate is forced to reconnect with her family and unearth their deep secret. It isn't until the end that we realize who the killer is and more about Kate's secret past.
This wonderful book was a quick read, mainly because I couldn't put it down. I wanted to see what was going to be uncovered next.
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<![CDATA[Heather Collins
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Heather
added Light on Snow to the book list Fall and Winter Reading
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<![CDATA[Heather added 'Light on Snow']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28084761
Light on Snow (Mass Market Paperback)
byAnita Shreve bookshelves: currently-reading
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<![CDATA[Heather added 'The Book Thief']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76398160
to: The Book Thief (Hardcover)byMarkus Zusak bookshelves: read-in--09
The book Thief by Markus Zusak was amazing! Liesel Meminger is a foster child living through WWII, in Nazi Germany. The Hubermanns take in Liesel after a train ride that takes the life of her ill brother. At the grave of her brother, Liesel theives her first book The Grave Digger's Handbook.
Hanns Hubermann takes the time to teach Liesel to read which then leads to more book stealing. Throughout this store Liesel and her friend Rudy learn about the true meaning of friendship.
On the back cover of the book USA Today is quoted as saying, " Deserves a place on the same shelf with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank....Poised to become a classic" and I totally agree with this. The Hitler era is well described and the actions of the characters seem very believable. It was nice reading a story that was rooting for the 'good guys'.
I loved this book and would recommend it to everyone!
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<![CDATA[Heather added 'The Divorce Party: A Novel']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74928617
The Divorce Party: A Novel (Hardcover)
byLaura Dave bookshelves: to-read
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<![CDATA[Heather added 'Sleepwalking In Daylight']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74924934
Sleepwalking In Daylight (Hardcover)
byElizabeth Flock bookshelves: to-read
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<![CDATA[Heather added 'The Last Bridge: A Novel']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74924889
The Last Bridge: A Novel (Hardcover)
byTeri Coyne bookshelves: to-read
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<![CDATA[Heather added 'The Boy Who Dared']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74742421
The Boy Who Dared (Hardcover)
bySusan Campbell Bartoletti bookshelves: to-read
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<![CDATA[Heather added 'Holly's Inbox']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74518541
Holly's Inbox (Paperback)
byHolly Denham bookshelves: to-read
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