false 5 142 99 true 5952173 read 0 true 2792479 currently-reading 43 true 2792478 to-read 41 false 2798103 baby 16 false 2798107 childhood 16 false 3349600 adoption <![CDATA[Karen added 'Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80873198 to: Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree (Hardcover) by Robert E. Barry
This is my favorite Christmas book! ]]> <![CDATA[Karen added 'D-Day June 6, 1944']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79854050 D-Day June 6, 1944 (Paperback) by Stephen E. Ambrose
bookshelves: to-read
]]> <![CDATA[Karen added 'Great Answers to Difficult Questions about Adoption: What Children Need to Know']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78544941 Great Answers to Difficult Questions about Adoption: What Children Need to Know (Great Answers to Difficult Que) by Fanny Cohen Herlem
bookshelves: to-read
]]> <![CDATA[Karen added 'Telling the Truth: The Gospel as Tragedy, Comedy, and Fairy Tale']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29379829 to: Telling the Truth: The Gospel as Tragedy, Comedy, and Fairy Tale (Hardcover) by Frederick Buechner
Definitely an old book. The writing is from another age. Some interesting concepts. ]]> <![CDATA[Karen added 'A Woman's Call to Prayer: Making Your Desire to Pray a Reality']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64046502 to: A Woman's Call to Prayer: Making Your Desire to Pray a Reality (George, Elizabeth (Insp)) by Elizabeth George
This one was purposefully being read a little bit at a time to give time for the prayer. What I found most helpful from this book was the concept of a prayer journal. It really did help me to focus my prayers.
]]> <![CDATA[Karen added 'Soulless']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78543372 Soulless (The Parasol Protectorate #1) by Gail Carriger
bookshelves: to-read
]]> <![CDATA[Karen added 'God Created the Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs That Changed History']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75907249 God Created the Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs That Changed History (Hardcover) by Stephen W. Hawking
bookshelves: to-read
]]> <![CDATA[Karen added 'We're Different, We're the Same']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29375042 to: We're Different, We're the Same (Pictureback(R)) by Bobbi Kates
bookshelves: baby
Features the Sesame Street Muppets. A good book to come back to again and again. ]]> <![CDATA[Karen added 'Excuse Me!: A Little Book of Manners']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29374665 to: Excuse Me!: A Little Book of Manners (Hardcover) by Karen Katz
bookshelves: baby
This book cover all sorts of polite answers. This is a lift-the-flap book with full page flaps - not my favorite, but OK. ]]> <![CDATA[Karen added 'The Colors of Us']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29372142 to: The Colors of Us (Paperback) by Karen Katz
bookshelves: baby
The colors of skin are given beautiful names like cinnamon, chocolate, honey, peachy, etc. ]]>