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bookshelves: 2009-books-read, 2009-fall-challenge-read, fiction-award-winner, literary-fiction
]]> <![CDATA[Krista voted on a poll]]> http://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/26277-which-celebration-observance-from-the-following-list-would-you-like-to-u Krista voted on the poll: Which celebration/observance from the following list would you like to use for our December task of the ongoing challenge?

**If there is a celebration/observance that is not listed and you feel it should be, please comment on this poll and I will add it, not only to this poll, but also to my list for our next December task! :) ]]> <![CDATA[Krista added 'Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78852059 Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (Hardcover) by Barbara Kingsolver
bookshelves: highly-recommended, to-read
]]> <![CDATA[Krista added 'Shutter Island']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78737666 to: Shutter Island (Mass Market Paperback) by Dennis Lehane
bookshelves: fiction, suspense
This was the first of Lehane's books that I've read, and it's been quite awhile since I've read a thriller. I loved the fact that I was seemingly SPEEDING through a book. I also found it to be strangely satisfying on some level.

I’m not going to say anything else for fear of spoiling it for those that haven’t read it yet, but I thought this was a really good book on many levels. ]]> <![CDATA[Krista added 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78808945 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling
bookshelves: currently-reading, fiction-award-winner, paranormal, series-paranormal, young-adult--ya-
]]> <![CDATA[Krista Castner voted on the book list What To Read Next]]> http://www.goodreads.com/list/user_vote/233344 Krista added Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) to the book list What To Read Next

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]]> <![CDATA[Krista added 'My Invented Country: A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77607372 to: My Invented Country: A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile (Hardcover) by Isabel Allende
bookshelves: 2009-books-read, 2009-fall-challenge-read, audio-book, autobiography-biography-memoir, travel
This was interesting mix of personal memoir, family history, Chilean history and travel story. I haven't read any other Allende books to date. This book makes we want to dust off some of her earlier work that has been languishing on my bookshelf. ]]> <![CDATA[Krista added 'The Wet Nurse's Tale']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78676400 The Wet Nurse's Tale (Hardcover) by Erica Eisdorfer
bookshelves: highly-recommended, historical-fiction--european-, to-read
]]> <![CDATA[Krista added 'The Braid']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78440701 to: The Braid (Hardcover) by Helen Frost
bookshelves: 2009-books-read, historical-fiction--european-, poetry, young-adult--ya-
This was a really lyrical story about a tough time in Scottish history. The story swapped storlines between two sisters, Jeanie and Sarah. There were short poems between each sisters telling of the latest installment in their lives.

The story in and of itself was amazing, but after reading the author's notes at the end of the book I was really blown away by the complex structure of the book. But that stucture in no way interfered with the pace or voice of the book.

The theme of the braid is carried throughout as the stories were braided together. As an added layer of nuance, the author notes that, "In the narrative poems, the lines all contain the number of syllables of the age of the speaker. At the beginning of the story, Jeannie is fourteen, and the lines in her poes are fourteen syllables each; Sara is fifteen and her poems are composed of fifteen-syllable lines. By the end of the story, Jeannie is sixteen and Sarah is seventeen, and the line of their poems are conrrespondingly longer."

Amazing! I'm giving this to my 12 year-old neice. She may turn up her nose at it initially because it's such a skinny book (it may seem too childish to her), but I'm going to encourage her to read it because it works on so many levels; historical ficion, accessible poetry, and important young-adult themes. ]]> <![CDATA[Krista added 'Pawn of Prophecy']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78427822 Pawn of Prophecy (The Belgariad, #1) by David Eddings
bookshelves: fantasy, highly-recommended, to-read, young-adult--ya-
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