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Babbit

by Sinclair Lewis

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read in May, 2010

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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity

by Julia Cameron

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Vanessa is 25% done with Babbit Babbit by Sinclair Lewis progress:	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Vanessa rated a book 3 of 5 stars Gone to Earth by Mary Webb read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I have mixed feels about this book. It made me really uncomfortable to read. It's a little rape-y and I think that was the point? I'm not sure. I'm going to have to think about it some more. I'm kinda glad that it's done. I don't think I'll be reread...more
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Vanessa rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Brontës by Juliet Barker read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Started this in December and finally finished it. It's exhaustive but I feel like I really got to know them, personally. This was worth the five months it took to read the whole thing.
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Vanessa liked a quote “[...]we are all as full of echoes as a rocky wood--echoes of the past, reflex echoes of the future, and echoes of the soil (these last reverberating through our filmiest dreams, like the sound of thunder in a blossoming orchard).” — Mary Webb like
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“In a world where death is the hunter, my friend, there is no time for regrets or doubts. There is only time for decisions.”
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“[...]we are all as full of echoes as a rocky wood--echoes of the past, reflex echoes of the future, and echoes of the soil (these last reverberating through our filmiest dreams, like the sound of thunder in a blossoming orchard).”
― Mary Webb, Gone to Earth

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