false 30 413 69 true 5690042 read 4 true 4446783 currently-reading 340 true 4446782 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78944656 The Glass Castle: A Memoir (Paperback) by Jeannette Walls
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78790151 A Dropped Stitches Wedding (Mass Market Paperback) by Janet Tronstad
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78789810 Prayers That Open Heaven (Volume 1) by Jamie T. Pleasant
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78789220 Believe It, Be It: How Being the Biggest Loser Won Me Back My Life (Hardcover) by Ali Vincent
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78789133 The Sweethearts' Knitting Club (Mass Market Paperback) by Lori Wilde
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78788968 The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun (Hardcover) by Gretchen Craft Rubin
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78654358 Fit For My King (His Princess) by Shepherd, Sheri Rose
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78614644 When Christ Comes (Hardcover) by Max Lucado
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70723508 to: Thanksgiving: The Pilgrims' First Year in America (Paperback) by Glenn Alan Cheney
Thankgsgiving is a book written based on a journal found that describes the first year of life at Plimouth Plantation for the Pilgrims. The book takes you from the origination of the Separatists/Puritans to when the fled to Holland to when they decided to make their way to America. The journey to America was covered in detail as was the hardships and deaths that occurred during the first year.

Overall this was an interesting read. The relationship between the Pilgrims and the "savages" as the natives were referred to, was tenuous but friendly. The fear that the Native Americans felt because of earlier Englishmen was overcome and they formed an odd sort of friendship. Going through this year, it is mentioned how they supported one another against enemies, but more importantly how they each taught the other their ways. It makes me wonder how much of who we are is European and how much is based on Native American teaching? Don't know but that's a thought for another day I guess!

Overall the book was an interesting read. My response is lukewarm only because it's not my normal genre and while I often "cross over," this book did not captivate me. It was full of facts and assumptions based on the known facts. It did give a good picture of what the Pilgrims encountered in thier journey to the new land and beyond. This is a great read for high school students studying the early years of American History and the history buff wanting to know more about the first years at Plimouth. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78253007 What Doesn't Kill You: A Novel (Hardcover) by Virginia DeBerry
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