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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author)
Colleen rated a book 3 of 5 stars
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka
read in May, 2013
Isolation is curious and sad, and Kafka knew that well.
Colleen rated a book 4 of 5 stars
The Continual Condition by Charles Bukowski
Dipping my toe in the water and liking it.
Colleen rated a book 2 of 5 stars
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
read in May, 2013
One hundred pages and I just can't bring my self to read any more. :(
Colleen rated a book 2 of 5 stars
Joy School by Elizabeth Berg
Meh.
Colleen rated a book 4 of 5 stars
Where Rivers Change Direction by Mark Spragg
A beautiful heart breaker, a man slowly unspooling the thread of his beginnings, his failings, his complications. I loved the timbre of the language, the way my thoughts began to move in cadence with his words, despite the brutality of some of the ta...more
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Home Made Winter by Yvette van Boven
Colleen wants to read
The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
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Thich Nhat Hanh
“May our heart's garden of awakening bloom with hundreds of flowers.”
Thich Nhat Hanh

August Wilson
“Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing.”
August Wilson

John Keats
“I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days - three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.”
John Keats, Bright Star: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne

John Burroughs
“Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world.”
John Burroughs, Studies in Nature and Literature

Seán O'Casey
“When it was dark, you always carried the sun in your hand for me.”
Seán O'Casey, Three More Plays: The Silver Tassie, Purple Dust, Red Roses For Me


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