false 26 82 74 true 6136156 read 0 true 5290256 currently-reading 8 true 5290255 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77374787 Vilo's review of The Amaranth Enchantment
by Julie Berry

Judith is in Thailand. She arranged herself a exchange student opportunity even tho she is a year too young. Her brother and sister-in-law teach at the school. She lives with a host family and is having a wonderful time. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78900203 Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together (Hardcover) by Ron Hall
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This is a detailed account of the diplomacy practiced by Six Nations among themselves and with Europeans from the 1600's through the American Revolution. Thinking about the vast cultural differences it was amazing how often the Six Nations and the Europeans did manage to understand each other. Unfortunately from the beginning the Iroquois became dependent on European goods, which put them at a disadvantage. Incidentally, the first Europeans settling in Ohio were illegal aliens. Britain and the Iroquois had agreed through treaty that was Indian land but "squatters" came anyway.. Seeing the French and Indian wars and the American Revolution through an Iroquois perspective was interesting. The Revolution was devastating to the tribes. They never recovered. And the Americans were much less concerned about diplomacy with natives. The author ends with a thought that perhaps we should have more descriptions of heroes who gave speeches and negotiated rather than those who used war to express themselves. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77378495 Time To Be In Earnest: A Fragment Of Autobiography (Paperback) by P.D. James
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Thoroughly satisfying novel. P.D. James' mysteries are always complex, compelling and rewarding. The first mystery if you like to read in order is Cover Her Face, published in 1962. Private Patient is 2009. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77375822 to: Songs of the Humpback Whale: A Novel in Five Voices (Paperback) by Jodi Picoult
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Very satisfying mystery set in the horse racing world of the western United States. Apparently all his mysteries (or the Janeway series anyway) have to with book collecting. I'll be reading more. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77374787 to: The Amaranth Enchantment (Hardcover) by Julie Berry
Just finished it! I read it to Judith over Skype. It kept me guessing all the way through. ]]>