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<![CDATA[Kali added 'Precious Bane']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80029059
Precious Bane (Paperback)
byMary Gladys Meredith Webb bookshelves: to-read
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<![CDATA[Kali added 'The Beekeeper's Apprentice']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79314156
The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell, #1)
byLaurie R. King bookshelves: currently-reading
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<![CDATA[Kali added 'The Akhenaten Adventure']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79151798
to: The Akhenaten Adventure (Children Of The Lamp, Book 1)byPhilip Kerr bookshelves: adventure,
children,
fairy-tales-and-legends,
fantasy,
series
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<![CDATA[Kali added 'The Ask and the Answer']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77671835
to: The Ask and the Answer (Chaos Walking, #2)byPatrick Ness bookshelves: dystopia,
sci-fi,
series,
teen
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<![CDATA[Kali Olson wrote a story]]>
http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/37311.A_Bookworm_s_Book_Lists?chapter=22
Kali Olson wrote A Bookworm's Book Lists: Harry Potter's BFFs.
"Oh, Harry Potter, the famous orphan who’s also a wizard, a regular kid who becomes part of a fanta"
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<![CDATA[Kali added 'Mash: A Novel About Three Army Doctors']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79326612
to: Mash: A Novel About Three Army Doctors (Paperback)byRichard Hooker bookshelves: favorites,
humor,
satire
Hawkeye, Duke, Trapper John, Hot Lips Houlihan, Frank Burns, Radar O’Reilly—we know them best from the long-running, much-loved M*A*S*H television show. But these characters first appeared in the pages of a novel by Richard Hooker in 1969. Pranks, jokes, minor rebellions, and martinis abound as the doctors of this Korean War Mobile Army Surgical Hospital cope with meatball surgeries on young soldiers who arrive via helicopter fresh from the front lines. The book features a few of the more risqué escapades that didn’t make it to film or TV, the least of which features Trapper John signing autographs as Jesus. Robert Altman’s 1970 film is a masterpiece of comic dialogue and situation comedy that paved the way for the M*A*S*H television series (the actor who played Radar in the movie reprised the same role for TV). Whether fixing football games, mixing martinis, or generally raising hell, the surgeons of the 4077th M*A*S*H are irreverent, disarming, and heartwarming on page and on screen.
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<![CDATA[Kali added 'The Making of The African Queen: or How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and almost lost my mind']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79326475
to: The Making of The African Queen: or How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and almost lost my mind (Hardcover)byKatharine Hepburn bookshelves: memoir,
nonfiction
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<![CDATA[Kali added 'The African Queen']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79326332
to: The African Queen (Paperback)byC.S. Forester bookshelves: about-history,
adventure,
classics,
romance
You might know The African Queen as an excellent old movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn. This is the book that film is based on, and it’s every bit as good--even without Bogie and Kate. They play the characters of Charlie Allnutt and Rose Sayer, a burned-out trader with a beat-up old steamboat and a stern, no-nonsense missionary’s sister. Rose is indignant with anger at the World War I German threat to the British way of life (even in the heart of the African jungle), and Mr. Allnutt is the hapless fellow who gets roped into her outrageous plan. But first, they have to get their boat, The African Queen, down the river past rapids, waterfalls, malaria-ridden swamps, and German outposts. They also have to get to know each other—alone, in the jungle, on a rickety old boat. C.S. Forester knows boats and adventure, and what’s more, he knows character, dialogue, and human nature. The 1951 film is best-known for the performances of Hepburn and Bogart (who won the Oscar for best actor) and they are excellent as Rose and Allnutt, whether wading through swamps or nursing each other’s wounds. The film was shot on location in Africa, and remains as good as an adventure and romance as the book it was based on. Another link between the page and the screen is Katherine Hepburn's funny little 1987 memoir, The Making of The African Queen, or How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and Almost Lost my Mind.
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<![CDATA[Kali added 'Northanger Abbey']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48950741
to: Northanger Abbey (Norton Critical Editions)byJane Austen bookshelves: classics,
favorites,
novel-of-manners,
satire
Northanger Abbey is probably Jane Austen’s least-known novel. It was published after Austen’s death in 1817, but it was written in 1799 and was in fact her first complete novel. The story of Catherine Morland’s introduction to society, her many blunders, and her overactive imagination is usually noted for its parody of the Gothic literature that Catherine obsessively reads. But Northanger Abbey is also a very sweet little romance. Jane Austen is at her most clever and wry in this slim novel and she writes one of her most charming and funny heroes in Henry Tilney, who teases and laughs where Mr. Darcy, Edward Ferrars, or Mr. Knightley would only glower, sulk, or lecture. Northanger Abbey is the only Austen novel that Hollywood has overlooked, but there have been film versions made for television. The most recent—and far and away the most pleasing—is the production that aired as a Masterpiece Theater presentation on Public Television in 2007. Masterpiece Theater is notoriously professional and accurate in their book adaptations so every nuance of Austen’s little masterpiece is distinguished. J.J. Field and Felicity Jones play the witty Tilney and the charmingly naïve Catherine to perfection, and the ending is exceptionally sweet. If you’re an Austen lover, don’t forget about Northanger Abbey in either of its engaging forms.
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<![CDATA[Kali added 'Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48951529
to: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (Paperback)byWinifred Watson bookshelves: classics,
humor,
novel-of-manners
When the film version of Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day was released in 2008 and a new edition of the book was printed, one critic wrote, “Why has it taken more than half a century for this wonderful flight of humor to be rediscovered?” That critic had a point—Winifred Watson’s captivating tale of how the middle-aged, out-of-touch, ex-governess Miss Pettigrew spends a glamour-filled day with the fetching but flighty nightclub singer Delysia La Fosse is a story most of us have never heard. Pre-World War II London is full of flash and glitter, Delysia’s many entanglements with men are dizzying, and we enjoy the surprises, triumphs, and revelations of the day right along with the wonder-filled Miss Pettigrew. The movie that put this little book back on the map is a fine adaptation starring Frances McDormand as Miss Pettigrew and Amy Adams as Delysia. Some of the action in the book is toned down for the film (references to drug use, such as they are, are deleted) and the romance is played up, but both the film and book are sure to brighten up any day.
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