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Saxton B. Little Staff liked Beverly's review of The Gospel According to Cane: " My rating = 3.5 My thoughts: • I read this book after reading The Light Between Oceans – which deals with a couple claiming a baby (a couple of months old) washes up on their isolated lighthouse island and does not notify anyone even when they know... " Read more of this review »
May 20, 2013 08:57am · see review
Saxton B. Little Staff liked Beverly's review of The Light Between Oceans: " When I started reading this book I struck by the language but wondered how the author was going to take what seemed like a straight-forward storyline and make it compelling as reviews indicated. I was pleasantly surprised as very early in the book... " Read more of this review »
May 20, 2013 08:56am · see review
Saxton B. Little Staff made a comment in the group Saxton B. Library Reads - Columbia, CT — Awards topic "The winners of 2013 Agatha Awards. Named for Agatha Christie they titles must fill specific guidelines to be considered: "The Agatha Awards honor the "...more "
May 17, 2013 12:13pm
Saxton B. Little Staff made a comment on their review of Beautiful Ruins "Yeah 3 stars from me. The characters seemed a little clichéd, and most of them were unlikable (in my opinion). But, it is interesting how all the char...more "
May 16, 2013 06:36am · see review
Saxton B. Little Staff rated a book 3 of 5 stars Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter 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
May 15, 2013 09:29am
Saxton B. Little Staff rated a book 4 of 5 stars The Books They Gave Me: True Stories of Life, Love, and Lit by Jen Adams 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
May 15, 2013 09:28am
Saxton B. Little Staff liked Zakariah Johnson's review of Complete Novels : Red Harvest / The Dain Curse / The Maltese Falcon / The Glass Key / The Thin Man (Library of America #110): " More like a 5-plus, this little volume contains three of the best novels ever written in any genre--Red Harvest (1929), The Maltese Falcon (1930), and The Glass Key (1931)--and two disjointed, rambling narratives--The Dain Curse and The Thin Man--... " Read more of this review »
May 14, 2013 03:49pm · see review
Saxton B. Little Staff made a comment on Lori's review of Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul: Stories of Canine Companionship, Comedy and Courage "Lori wrote: "i have quite a few of them. nice when you do not have a lot of time to read." Me too and I love that you can read just one and pick them u...more "
May 14, 2013 07:41am · see review
Saxton B. Little Staff liked Lori's review of Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul: Stories of Canine Companionship, Comedy and Courage: " a nice read if you love dogs like i do. this is a "Chicken Soup" series. and if you are familiar with the Chicken Soup books. they are a bunch of little stories written by various writers some known and others unknown. this one is a sweet devotio... " Read more of this review »
May 13, 2013 03:50pm · see review

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“I love this quote uttered by the character Widget in The Night Circus. He credits it to Herr Thiessen but knows it is a literary quote by the another author.

"Wine is bottled poetry”
― Robert Louis Stevenson

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“You could rub a dry turd with a whole can of linseed oil, after all, and all you'd end up with was mess of shiny shit.”
― Bruce Machart, The Wake of Forgiveness

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“Imagine a twelve-year-old-girl.
Imagine her being attacked, raped and murdered.
Take your time.
Then imagine God.

M. Barin, poet”
― Håkan Nesser, The Inspector and Silence

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“She had a knack for numbers and negotiation, and once, when Karel had asked when she planned to settle down, Elizka Novotny had pulled a wisp of curls from the corner of her wet mouth and said, "I am settled. I didn't grow daddy's business just to marry some dirt farmer who expects me to hand over the reins so he can make a wreck of it.”
― Bruce Machart, The Wake of Forgiveness

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