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	03/14 Joanna is currently reading: La's Orchestra Saves the World: A Novel (Hardcover) by Alexander McCall Smith bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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	03/13 Joanna is currently reading: No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II (Hardcover) by Doris Kearns Goodwin bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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	03/02 Joanna is currently reading: Doctor Dolittle's Puddleby Adventures (hardback) by Hugh Lofting bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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March 14

Joanna is currently reading:
La's Orchestra Saves the World: A Novel (Hardcover)
by Alexander McCall Smith

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Joanna said: "Rating is 3.54 at the time I began reading 3/14/10 "

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March 13

Joanna Compton-Mys made a comment in the group The Seasonal Reading Challenge—Spring Challenge 2010 Completed Tasks topic:

Joanna wrote: "I just finished task task 10.4, Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. I used Option B as I wanted to read thi...more "

Joanna is currently reading:
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II (Hardcover)
by Doris Kearns Goodwin

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Joanna gave

to:
The Book Thief (Hardcover)
by Markus Zusak

bookshelves: 2010, spring-challenge-2010
read in March, 2010

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Joanna said: "It took me awhile to get into the rhythm of this book, as the writing style is a little unusual. Once I got a feel for the book, I loved both the method of telling as well as the story.

That said, it is very hard for me to actually revie...more "

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March 09

Joanna gave

to:
Odd and the Frost Giants (Paperback)
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: 2010, spring-challenge-2010
read in March, 2010

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Joanna said: "A charming, quick read with intriguing characters. Great! "

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March 07

Joanna gave

to:
M Is for Magic (Hardcover)
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: 2010, spring-challenge-2010
read in March, 2010

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Joanna said: "A lovely compilation of stories from the incomparable Neil Gaiman. There are some lovely selections in this book, including "Chivalry", the story of an elderly woman finding the Holy Grail in a second hand store. The method of telling is ge...more "

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March 02

Joanna gave

to:
The Undomestic Goddess (Paperback)
by Sophie Kinsella

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Joanna Compton-Mys made a comment in the group The Seasonal Reading Challenge—25.6 (BJ Rose's Task - This Day In History) topic:

Joanna wrote: "BJ Rose wrote: "Joanna wrote: "OK, I think I found a good idea. Let us see if it will work! As I am...more "

Joanna marked as to-read:
The Man from Beijing (Hardcover)
by Henning Mankell

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Joanna marked as to-read:
There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby: Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya

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Spring Challenge 2009 (Reference)

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