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The Dain Curse 07/24 Christy is currently reading:
The Dain Curse (Crime Masterworks S.)
by Dashiell Hammett
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Sources of Strength:... 01/14 Christy is currently reading:
Sources of Strength: Meditations on Scripture for a Living Faith (Paperback)
by Jimmy Carter
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War and Peace 11/11 Christy is currently reading:
War and Peace (Modern Library Classics)
by Leo Tolstoy, Constance Garnett (Translator)
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July 24
The Dain Curse Christy is currently reading:
The Dain Curse (Crime Masterworks S.)
by Dashiell Hammett
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Red Harvest Christy gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
Red Harvest (Paperback)
by Dashiell Hammett
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July 18
Cherry Christy gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Cherry (Paperback)
by Mary Karr
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July 09
Quartzsite Trip Christy gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Quartzsite Trip (Paperback)
by William Hogan
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July 05
Elmer Gantry Christy gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Elmer Gantry (Hardcover)
by Sinclair Lewis
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June 23
Pretty is What Chang... Christy gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
Pretty is What Changes: Tough Choices, the Breast Cancer Gene, and Learning How to Live in the DNA Age (Hardcover)
by Jessica Queller
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Christy Christy said: "Not my typical fare, but my family is affected by the BRCA-1 mutation, so I zoomed through this one in a single day, mostly for the information. Interesting analysis of how people in the same family face the situation so differently, and sadly startl...more "
June 18
Quote_tiny Christy added a quote:
"It is the beginning of wisdom when you recognize that the best you can do is choose which rules you want to live by, and it's persistent and aggravated imbecility to pretend you can live without any."Wallace Stegner
June 28
Almost Perfect Christy gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
Almost Perfect (Paperback)
by Alice Adams
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read in June, 2008
June 14
Quote_tiny Christy added a quote:
"And when we love our sin then we are damned indeed."Graham Greene
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"Hope is an instinct only the reasoning human mind can kill. An animal never knows despair."graham greene




Christy's favorite quotes

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"What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?"
George Eliot

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"Pouring out liquor is like burning books."
William Faulkner

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"I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door at 4 a.m. of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends."
Joan Didion (Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays)

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"Anything that just costs money is cheap."
John Steinbeck

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"I wish people weren't so set on being themselves, when that means being a bastard. -- The Rebel Angels"
Robertson Davies




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from Daniel
10/04/2007 08:08PM

276352 You read a book or two each week Christy?
Wow!
I wish you good luck in your book selections and in everything else that you do.

















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