Laura's Profile

112 ratings (3.47 avg)
39 reviews

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Laura's favorite books

The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly

The King Of The Copper Mountains by Paul Biegel

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

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Laura's Bookshelves

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Laura is Currently Reading

Laura is currently reading:

From Dark Places

by E.J. Newman (Goodreads Author)

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Aug 24, 2011 02:01pm

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At Home: A Short History of Private Life

by Bill Bryson

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Aug 23, 2011 02:25am

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Never Never Stories

by Jason Sanford (Goodreads Author)

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Aug 14, 2011 10:07am

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Laura's Recent Updates

Laura is now friends with Jenny Bates
Feb 09, 2012 10:22am
Laura marked as to-read: The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet by David Mitchell	My rating:
Jan 02, 2012 03:40pm
Laura joined the fiftyfiftyme group.
Jan 02, 2012 08:01am · see group
Laura gave to: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern read in December, 2011	My rating:
Dec 06, 2011 03:13pm
Laura gave to: Jamrach's Menagerie by Carol Birch read in November, 2011	My rating:
I've given up. Whilst this novel is beautifully written and the descriptions of places (such as London) are evocative, there wasn't enough plot or pace for me to keep reading. I found myself skipping pages and pages to try to get to the Next Thing Th...more
Dec 05, 2011 01:56pm · see review
Laura marked as to-read: Shadow Of The Serpent by David Ashton	My rating:
Dec 05, 2011 01:48pm
Laura gave to: Heartstone. C.J. Sansom by C.J. Sansom read in November, 2011	My rating:
One of my favourites of the series. Once again Matthew Shardelake is seeking justice for the wronged, finding the truth against all the odds. Brilliant historical mystery fiction, classily done.
Nov 22, 2011 10:45am · see review
Laura marked as to-read: Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Nov 14, 2011 02:42pm
Laura marked as to-read: The Black Tower by Louis Bayard	My rating:
Nov 14, 2011 02:41pm
Laura marked as to-read: The Unquiet Bones (Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon Chronicles #1) by Melvin R. Starr	My rating:
Nov 14, 2011 02:31pm

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Quotes Laura Likes

“An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.”
― Stephen Fry

tags: humor , libraries , originality

206 people liked it

“For in every adult there dwells the child that was, and in every child there lies the adult that will be.”
― John Connolly, The Book of Lost Things

tags: adulthood , childhood

165 people liked it

“No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.”
― Elizabeth Peters

tags: amelia-peabody , men , women

1,399 people liked it

“Often I wish this would all be over, Liesel, but then somehow you do something like walk down the basement steps with a snowman in your hands.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

tags: grief

209 people liked it