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Madeleine is Currently Reading

Madeleine gave

to:

The Last Lion 1.2

by William Raymond Manchester

bookshelves: awesomeness, non-fictions-ok, currently-reading

My rating:

Madeleine said: "TCL Call #: BIO CHURCHILL W MANCHESTER

Whew. What a book about such an exceptional life. When I read something like this I tend to wonder WTF I have been doing all these years. They definitely raised their kids to do more and be more in...more"

Mar 19, 2010 03:26pm · see review

Madeleine is currently reading:

Yoga: The Path To Holistic Health

by B.K.S. Iyengar

bookshelves: currently-reading

My rating:

Mar 19, 2010 03:22pm

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Madeleine gave to: Jamie's Food Revolution: Rediscover How to Cook Simple, Delicious, Affordable Meals by Jamie Oliver	My rating:
Wow! A great cookbook for all skill levels. Jamie takes the terror out of cooking for hte newbie - explaining things like how to poach an egg. But he has gems for seasoned cooks including how to mix your own curry spices for his lovely extensive I...more
Jan 18, 2011 09:58am · see review
Madeleine gave to: The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood by Sy Montgomery	My rating:
This book blends Montgomery's experience raising her pet pig Christopher Hogwood with her personal experiences with her parents and her travels while writing her varied books on the world's animals. There's literally something for everyone. Animal ...more
Jan 18, 2011 09:54am · see review
Madeleine gave to: Kraken by China Miéville (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
We're still in the Meiville milieu that he's so well known for - the steampunk semi-familiar but off land of the modern city. For me, he does a better job with it here though he does once again try to offset the reader with quasi-made-up words breed...more
Jan 18, 2011 09:47am · see review
Madeleine gave to: Ship of Destiny (Liveship Traders, #3) by Robin Hobb	My rating:
TCL Call #: SF HOBB Throughly satisfying finale to the series.
Apr 29, 2010 03:16pm · see review
Madeleine gave to: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (A Flavia de Luce Mystery, #1) by Alan Bradley (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
TCL Call #: Mystery Bradley A OR often on the Staff Pick shelf This was a sweet little mystery staring one Flavia de Luce, the youngest daughter of an eccentric motherless family. The family was well off but seems to have fallen on hard times so s...more
Apr 29, 2010 11:00am · see review
Madeleine gave to: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky	My rating:
TCL Call #: YA CHBOSKY S
Apr 27, 2010 08:33am · see review
Madeleine gave to: Godmother: The Secret Cinderella Story by Carolyn Turgeon (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
TCL Call #: not in collection The alternate story of Cinderella's Fairy Godmother. What happens when she gets cast out of the Fairy Kingdom for what she did to Cinderella? Should be good but the writing style is pretty lame. Quite skip-able.
Apr 27, 2010 08:32am · see review
Madeleine made a comment on her review of The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag (A Flavia de Luce Mystery #2) "I don't want to be a teen so much. The first in this series was in our Staff Picks which usually indicates a cracking read and it was featured in the...more"
Apr 20, 2010 02:22pm · see review
Madeleine gave to: The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag (A Flavia de Luce Mystery #2) by Alan Bradley (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
TCL Call #: Mystery Bradley A (is on New Releases 04/2010) Bradley has pushed it too far. What was rather endearing about Flavia and her family in the first book of this series has now morphed into the obnoxious. Flavia herself is no longer simpl...more
Apr 19, 2010 08:59am · see review
Madeleine gave to: The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) by Patrick Rothfuss (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
TCL Call #: Science Fiction Rothfuss Call me sexist but I think this book falls under a lot of fantasy books that divide the men from the ladies. It reminded me a lot of all those other "epics" that seem to pull all their storlines from some other ...more
Apr 18, 2010 08:45am · see review