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I have a little girl who makes me laugh and smile all the time and a parcel of friends that are truly the glue that holds my life together. I love my job and almost always look forward to going to it -- how many can say that?

I love black boots, rainy afternoons and miller high life. I hate brown clothes, the sound of people chewing and leaf blowers.

There. A glimpse of me.]]> female Seattle, WA 07/2007 12/2009 11633 Sharon Creech 125769 Greg Foley 102076 Linda Johns 302049 Margaret Read MacDonald 1221698 Neil Gaiman 85232 Jarrett J. Krosoczka 66 1304 1169 true 5681279 read 1 true 414993 currently-reading 134 true 414992 to-read 325 false 3659272 picture-book 264 false 3659278 elementary-school 262 false 3659277 preschool 213 false 3671220 read-aloud 174 false 3756696 early-literacy 164 false 3659269 funny 158 false 3659165 adult 139 false 3659159 story-time 130 false 3725233 animals 120 false 3659276 toddler 110 false 3659168 non-fiction 105 false 3725264 concepts 83 false 3659191 chapter-book 79 false 4281413 nik-s-kids 61 false 3659160 historical-fict 51 false 3659151 teen 42 false 3659197 girls 39 false 3659281 tween 38 false 3659195 mystery 36 false 3659211 parenting 34 false 4659114 advanced-readers 32 false 3659196 boys 30 false 4784506 issues 30 false 3659282 history 29 false 5487806 school-visit 28 false 4281409 estelle 26 false 3659212 culinary 25 false 4658978 all-time-favorite 25 false 3834267 baby 25 false 3659275 death 24 false 4281412 sienna 24 false 3659194 suspense 23 false 4659111 reluctant-reader 20 false 3725190 poetry 19 false 3756715 horror 18 false 3659156 lgbt 18 false 3671221 folk---fairy-tale 17 false 3725189 romance 16 false 3725208 memoir 15 false 3659171 fantasy 12 false 3725225 chick-lit 9 false 4699540 environment-conservation 9 false 3835252 movie 6 false 3725207 epistolary 6 false 3756714 vampires 6 false 4128534 religion 6 false 3788438 crafty 6 false 4376153 didn-t-finish 5 false 3831165 disabilities 4 false 4784812 professional-resource 3 false 3659207 polygamy 2 false 3779367 sci-fi 2 false 3725221 bildungsroman 1 false 7815671 comic-graphic-novel 1 false 3788458 spain 1 false 9070743 holiday The Wet Nurse's Tale (Hardcover) by Erica Eisdorfer]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/82211112 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JBujDVj5L._SL75_.jpg 199636 Lupine http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1219447669p2/199636.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/199636-lupine Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:21:05 -0800 Can You Make a Scary Face? (Hardcover) by Jan Thomas]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/82207064 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YC1yvz1GL._SL75_.jpg 199636 Lupine http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1219447669p2/199636.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/199636-lupine Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:46:39 -0800 The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and Friendship (Hardcover) by Jeffrey Zaslow]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/82104793 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255647720s/6098148.jpg 199636 Lupine http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1219447669p2/199636.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/199636-lupine Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:17:48 -0800 Rumors (Luxe, #2) by Anna Godbersen]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/82080776 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255589635s/2218252.jpg 199636 Lupine http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1219447669p2/199636.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/199636-lupine Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:58:18 -0800 The Witch's Guide to Cooking with Children (Hardcover) by Keith McGowan]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81885997 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BiFUl%2B03L._SL75_.jpg 199636 Lupine http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1219447669p2/199636.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/199636-lupine Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:40:46 -0800 Clara's Kitchen: Wisdom, Memories, and Recipes from the Great Depression (Hardcover) by Christopher Cannucciari]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78766106 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51g9z1V2SlL._SL75_.jpg 199636 Lupine http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1219447669p2/199636.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/199636-lupine Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:55:02 -0800 14 Cows for America (Hardcover) by Carmen Agra Deedy]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81778745 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255594995s/6536509.jpg 199636 Lupine http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1219447669p2/199636.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/199636-lupine Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:49:31 -0800
My favorite quote, "Because there is no nation so powerful it cannot be wounded, nor a people so small they cannot offer mighty comfort."
]]> Theo Gray's Mad Science: Experiments You Can Do At Home - But Probably Shouldn't (Hardcover) by Theodore Gray]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81760749 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255629280s/6398447.jpg 199636 Lupine http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1219447669p2/199636.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/199636-lupine Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:56:13 -0800