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Jill Furedy
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"Are you familiar with http://takebackhalloween.org/ ? I follow them on facebook, besides their site. All sorts of strong powerful women there: categor...more
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Jill Furedy
rated a book 3 of 5 stars
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| I remember really liking book two of this series, and thinking that it had definately seperated this series from the very similar Matched series. Well, it's a toss up again. The love triangle thing was so over-wrought, I found myself wishing that Ale...more | |
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rated a book 3 of 5 stars
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| I actually don't have many complaints about this book. It was predictible, probably sums it up. I just wanted to like it more than I did. Dorothy Parker in the book was quick with the sharp tongued comments and quick to misbehave at any given opportu...more | |
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Jill Furedy
rated a book 4 of 5 stars
The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
by Jared Diamond
read in April, 2013
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| This was the book I wanted "Beyond Civilization" to be. But I knew I wasn't getting that from Daniel Quinn. I'd not read Jared Diamond before, so wasn't sure what to expect. As interesting as nonfiction can be, I have such a hard time getting throug...more | |
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rated a book 4 of 5 stars
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| There's not a lot to discuss about this book...it's pretty straightfoward in it's concept: debunking old wives tales and other parental advice. He keeps it brief, most questions are answered within a page length. He gives some facts, but with a dose...more | |
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“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
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“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
“Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.”
― William Goldman, William Goldman: Four Screenplays
― William Goldman, William Goldman: Four Screenplays
“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
“Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.”
― Shel Silverstein
― Shel Silverstein
“To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, Books and You
― W. Somerset Maugham, Books and You
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