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Jo rated a book 4 of 5 stars
Faith Bass Darling's Last Garage Sale by Lynda Rutledge
Faith Bass Darling's Last Garage Sale
by Lynda Rutledge (Goodreads Author)
read in November, 2012
I picked this book up at the Texas Book Festival after having overheard a conversation about it in my local library in upstate New York. I read it while waiting to find out when I might make it home after Hurricane Sandy caused the cancellation of my...more
Jo rated a book 5 of 5 stars
Divided in Death by J.D. Robb
Divided in Death (In Death, #18)
by J.D. Robb
read in September, 2011
I LOVE this installment! Its got a good mystery, but again its the character development that drives this book. For a large part of this book, Eve and Roarke cannot find their way to each other, they are estranged by their different reactions to some...more
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Jo rated a book 5 of 5 stars
Steel's Edge by Ilona Andrews
Steel's Edge (The Edge, #4)
by Ilona Andrews (Goodreads Author)
read in March, 2013
I love this book! I finished reading it, and wasn't ready to leave it yet, so I read it again!

Steel's Edge is the 4th and last book in Andrews The Edge series, or at least in this story arc. I'm still hoping for more stories in this world. (Maybe fo...more
Jo rated a book 2 of 5 stars
Composing a Life by Mary Catherine Bateson
Composing a Life
by Mary Catherine Bateson
read in March, 2013
I don't really know what to say about this. It took me a long time to read it (which is very odd for me); it didn't compel me to keep picking it up. Since I'm a woman in a previously male-dominated field (still is in upper levels), it really ought to...more
Jo rated a book 3 of 5 stars
Calculated in Death by J.D. Robb
I love this series. This book, for me, was not one of the best but it's good. It's very case-centric; I figured it out well before the end but enjoyed watching her build the case to hold up in court. The personal drama was not as intense as recent bo...more
Jo rated a book 3 of 5 stars
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
The Casual Vacancy
by J.K. Rowling
read in February, 2013
I started this book as an audiobook. It has a slow beginning and was hard to get into. Most of the characters are very hard to like (-- I usually have to like somebody to be drawn into a story). I almost gave up. At one point, when I was contemplatin...more
Jo rated a book 5 of 5 stars
The Snow Queen's Shadow by Jim C. Hines
The Snow Queen's Shadow (Princess, #4)
by Jim C. Hines (Goodreads Author)
read in February, 2013
This is the fourth book in Hines' Princess Novels and the end of the story arc, and probably of the series. It isn't a stand-alone. Go back and read the first three books before you start this one or you'll likely be a bit lost. (That's okay, they're...more
Jo rated a book 4 of 5 stars
Red Hood's Revenge by Jim C. Hines
Red Hood's Revenge (Princess, #3)
by Jim C. Hines (Goodreads Author)
read in February, 2013
Red Hood's Revenge is the third book in Jim C Hines' Princess series, and the series keeps getting better. Hines' series takes takes fairy tale princesses to a dimension never dreamed of by Disney. The three main characters - Danielle, Snow and Talia...more
Jo rated a book 5 of 5 stars
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Man's Search for Meaning
by Viktor E. Frankl
read in February, 2013
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“Those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
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“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.”
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Marcus Aurelius
“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.”
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“So many books, so little time.”
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“It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.”
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