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Velma "This tome is beginning to drag for me. Jury is still out on my final impression." ]]> <![CDATA[Velma added 'Tales from a Traveling Couch: A Psychotherapist Revisits His Most Memorable Patients']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44897147 to: Tales from a Traveling Couch: A Psychotherapist Revisits His Most Memorable Patients (Paperback) by Robert U. Akeret
bookshelves: memoir, non-fiction, own, psychology
Read this during grad school for counseling psychology, as a means to avoid the mind-numbing boredom of the academic experience. It worked like a charm, and I thoroughly enjoyed these tales of the good doctor's memorable patients. ]]> <![CDATA[Velma added 'The Secret Life of Bees']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44896790 The Secret Life of Bees (Paperback) by Sue Monk Kidd
bookshelves: borrowed, to-read
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bookshelves: to-read, wishlist
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bookshelves: humor, memoir, non-fiction, own
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bookshelves: fiction, literature, own, thriller
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