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07/23
Kaylee
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The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2) by Rick Riordan bookshelves: currently-reading |
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| July 23 | ||
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Kaylee
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The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2) by Rick Riordan bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Easter Island (Paperback) by Jennifer Vanderbes |
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| July 20 | ||
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Salem's Lot (Paperback) by Stephen King bookshelves: re-read |
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recommended for: today's vampire fans -- I dare the Twilight fans to read this
read in July, 2008 
Kaylee said:
"I read this first back when I was a teen, maybe younger. I remember it scared the heck out of me. With vampires back in style now -- and those stories mostly romantic and adventurous rather than plain old scary -- I thought I'd read it again. Yep,...more
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Snow: A Retelling of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (Once Upon a Time) by Tracy Lynn |
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recommended for: fans of fairy tales retold
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| July 19 | ||
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Felicity's Story Collection (American Girls Collection) by Valerie Tripp |
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recommended for: children interested in colonial history, anyone living in Williamsburg
read in July, 2008
Kaylee said:
"I had a blast reading this -- I don't know what took me so long (I admit I bought my Felicity doll some years ago). I went to school in Williamsburg, at the College of William & Mary, so much of this was a trip down memory lane.
I know these ...more " |
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Best Food Writing 2002 (Best Food Writing) by Holly Hughes |
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recommended for: anyone who loves to read about food
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| July 14 | ||
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Little Pear (Odyssey Classics (Odyssey Classics)) by Eleanor Frances Lattimore |
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recommended for: young children interested in stories about China
read in July, 2008
Kaylee said:
"Simple and sweet story of a little boy's antics growing up in a long ago China. Very, very young. I had never seen Lattimore's books before so this was a nice find to save for my little girl.
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| July 13 | ||
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Kaylee
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Mary's
review of Salem's Lot:
"I hate vampires. I hate them and I hate books about them. I hate the way they're romanticized and sexualized and just generally presented in modern fiction. That's why I loved this book. King doesn't shy away from the fact that vampires are creat...more " | |
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The Irrational Season (The Crosswicks Journal, Book 3) by Madeleine L'Engle bookshelves: re-read |
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Kaylee
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I Shall Not Want (hardcover) by Julia Spencer-Fleming |
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Kaylee's favorite quotes
"In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory. "
— J.R.R. Tolkien
— J.R.R. Tolkien
"And if there's a moral there, I don't know what it is, save maybe that we should take our goodbyes whenever we can."
— Neil Gaiman (The Sandman Vol. 5: A Game of You)
— Neil Gaiman (The Sandman Vol. 5: A Game of You)
"A waiting person is a patient person. The word patience means the willingness to stay where we are and live the situation out to the full in the belief that something hidden there will manifest itself to us."
— Henri J.M. Nouwen
— Henri J.M. Nouwen
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"Miracles occur,
If you dare to call those spasmodic
Tricks of radiance miracles. The wait's
begun again,
The long wait for the angel,
For that rare, random descent."
— Sylvia Plath
If you dare to call those spasmodic
Tricks of radiance miracles. The wait's
begun again,
The long wait for the angel,
For that rare, random descent."
— Sylvia Plath
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