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Captive Surrender
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by Linda Mooney (Goodreads Author)
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The God Delusion
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Shannon gave 3 of 5 stars to:
You Deserve Nothing by Alexander Maksik
You Deserve Nothing
by Alexander Maksik (Goodreads Author)
read in January, 2012
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I don't think I can give my usual summary of this novel. I tried, and it just sounds so trite and dull. (In fact, this review was really hard to write, I've been trying for over a week and it's a mess, I apologise.) I will offer what I can and go fro...more
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Tea with Mr. Rochester by Frances Towers
Tea with Mr. Rochester
by Frances Towers
read in February, 2012
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Lydia by Angela Darcy
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The Bee-Loud Glade by Steve Himmer
The Bee-Loud Glade
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Raising Boys in a New Kind of World by Michael Reist
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Cinderella Ate My Daughter by Peggy Orenstein
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Shannon gave 2 of 5 stars to:
Love Story by Jennifer Echols
Love Story
by Jennifer Echols (Goodreads Author)
read in January, 2012
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After the tragic accident that killed her mother, Erin Blackwell has lived on her grandmother's multi-million dollar racehorse farm in Kentucky. While her grandmother has always insisted Erin do a business degree in order to take over the family busi...more
Shannon gave 4 of 5 stars to:
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Shatter Me (Shatter Me #1)
by Tahereh Mafi (Goodreads Author)
read in January, 2012
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Juliette Ferrars is 17. She's been locked up in isolation in a mental asylum for 264 days. She hasn't spoken to anyone, let along seen anyone, for 264 days. She doesn't know what's going on outside, though she can see the strange colours of the sky f...more
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
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More of Shannon's books…
Gini Koch
“It's a snake, then.'

'Rattler?'

'Most likely.'

I was taking this extremely well. 'We have to kill it. By we, of course, I mean you. I'll stand here and scream.”
Gini Koch, Touched by an Alien

Stendhal
“A good book is an event in my life.”
Stendhal, The Red and the Black

C.S. Lewis
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one.”
C.S. Lewis

G.K. Chesterton
“A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.”
G.K. Chesterton

Gini Koch
“We think a person should do right because it's right, not because their soul will be in eternal jeopardy if they don't toe the line.”
Gini Koch, Touched by an Alien

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For all those who appreciate thinking, discussing and debating using reason, logic and wit.

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