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Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
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The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Emily rated a book 4 of 5 stars
In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway
In Our Time
by Ernest Hemingway
read in June, 2013
I fell in love with Hemingway's writing style. He once said that his writing is like an iceberg, 7/8ths of it are under the surface; that is true in this collection of vignettes and short stories and I loved that. I actually preferred the shorter sto...more
Emily rated a book 3 of 5 stars
The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett
It took a while to get into this book. There is next to no plot, and if I didn't enjoy character-driven books I would not have liked this as much as I did. It's a lovely description of New England in the 1800s and of a few of the people who may have...more
Emily rated a book 2 of 5 stars
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
Emily rated a book 4 of 5 stars
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Such a wonderful book. the narrative was really refreshing, and the complex racial issues brought up are fascinating to study.
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Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels
Emily rated a book 4 of 5 stars
Illusions by Richard Bach
Really amazing messages in here. Would have preferred it to be told in a different format, personally, but I love the philosophy.
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Coco Chanel
“Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door. ”
Coco Chanel

Coco Chanel
“Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.”
Coco Chanel

Louisa May Alcott
“Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.”
Louisa May Alcott

Coco Chanel
“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.”
Coco Chanel

Coco Chanel
“In order to be irreplaceacle, one must always be different.”
Coco Chanel



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2013 Reading Challenge
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Emily has read 11 books toward her goal of 50 books.
 
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