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<![CDATA[Kellie added 'I Capture the Castle']]>
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I Capture the Castle (Hardcover)
byDodie Smith bookshelves: currently-reading
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<![CDATA[Kellie added 'When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77500024
When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present (Hardcover)
byGail Collins bookshelves: to-read
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Kellie's review of
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society byMary Ann Shaffer
It is about people on an island off of England, Guernsey, just after WWII. One of them begins a correspondence with a woman on the continent, as they refer to England,because he happens to read a book she once owned and had written her information in. She is a writer and is writing an article on literary societies and ends up corresponding with everyone in his group. It is a very interesting story of how their literary society began since most of them had only read the Bible or farming literature and how they got through the German occupation of their small island..
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Kristy's review of
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society byMary Ann Shaffer
I started reading it a couple days ago and I love it so far!
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<![CDATA[Kellie added 'The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society']]>
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Hardcover)
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<![CDATA[Kellie added 'Making Children Mind without Losing Yours']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77051789
Making Children Mind without Losing Yours (Paperback)
byKevin Leman bookshelves: currently-reading
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<![CDATA[Kellie added 'The Maze Runner']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54225333
to: The Maze Runner (Maze Runner, #1)byJames Dashner bookshelves: young-adult
I first heard of this book about three years ago. This was way before it had been published and still had a lot of editing needed. I met James and he told me a little of the idea behind the book (a little less than what's on the back of the book) and I was intrigued. The last time I saw him he told me it was being published and would come out Fall of 2009. I didn't think I could wait and wanted to ask for an advanced reader copy.
I bought it almost as soon as it came out, but had to wait to read it because I was reading a book for book club and wanted to give my full attention to my friend's book. As soon as I was finished with the book club book I started on Maze Runner.
I think James did a great job. The idea behind the book, which is the first in a trilogy, is interesting, the way he developed is amazing. The characters remind me of characters in The Outsiders, a group of teenage boys who have their own language, slang. The boys have created a lot of their own slang that gets used frequently. Having their own words seems to help bring them solidarity.
The story itself is terrifying and the ending, of course, left me wanting more. It is, after all, the first in a trilogy. I found myself ignoring my kids all day and almost fed my family hot dogs without the buns because I had such a hard time putting the book down. In the end I had to stay up until almost 1AM finishing it.
My only complaints would be 1) the characters do sound very similar to one another. Occasionally I couldn't tell who was speaking because their language was so similar. The main character stuck out from the others, but among the rest of the boys I did have a hard time. However, I understood that all the boys were in exactly the same situation, with exactly the same background, not remembering anything before showing up in the maze and some of them being there for over two years, and so they would sound very similar because of that.
2) I have to wait for the next book!
All in all I really loved this book. It was scary, emotional, and fun. Great job, Dashner!
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<![CDATA[Kellie added 'Frankenstein']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31396087
to: Frankenstein (Paperback)byMary Shelley
I know I should like this book more, but I just don't. I've read it twice and just don't care for it.
I'm now reading this book again for book club and on the third time around I do find it more interesting. I bothered reading the intro this time, so I have more information on Shelley and have a better understanding of her and why she wrote the book.
The story is interesting, Frankenstein himself is only an interesting character to me because I hate him. The "monster" is more interesting to me simply because he was made a monster by being treated as one. I have a lot to say on the book and how it relates to us in the days of genetic engineering and even without the genetic aspect. Book club should be fun.
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<![CDATA[Kellie added 'The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing: The Experience and Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73645504
to: The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing: The Experience and Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (Paperback)byJudith L. Rapoport
Wow. This really helps people understand the difference between obsessive actions, compulsions, and every day quirks. Sad stories. Again,I was psych major for 3 years and so this stuff appeals to me, but I still think most people would find the book interesting.
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