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May 12
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New comment on Monica's review of
Persuasion
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May 11
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Betty
marked as to-read:
Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon (Paperback)
by Thomas M. Myers, Michael P. Ghiglieri
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Betty said:
"Just returned from a trip to the Grand Canyon and thought this would be a good read AFTER I got home.....
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Betty
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Hanna's Daughters (Paperback)
by Marianne Fredriksson
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read in March, 2008
Betty said:
"This is a story of Hanna, Johanna, and Anna...Grandmother, Mother, and Daughter, their lives in their own time and their relationship with one another. The story reflects the values of each generation and what made each woman who she was.
I tho...more
This is a story of Hanna, Johanna, and Anna...Grandmother, Mother, and Daughter, their lives in their own time and their relationship with one another. The story reflects the values of each generation and what made each woman who she was.
I thoroughly enjoyed it and am reading it a second time....less
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April 10
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New comment on Monica's review of
It
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October 30
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New comment on Erica's review of
Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War
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May 11
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Betty
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High Lonesome: Stories 1966-2006 (Hardcover)
by Joyce Carol Oates
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read in May, 2008
Betty said:
"This is a collection of 'new and selected stories' (so says the cover) written by Joyce Carol Oates. I wouldn't say 'depressing' is quite the correct description of the stories I have read so far.... One person in our book club described her as hav...more
This is a collection of 'new and selected stories' (so says the cover) written by Joyce Carol Oates. I wouldn't say 'depressing' is quite the correct description of the stories I have read so far.... One person in our book club described her as have a 'quirky little dark side'. Most of the stories I've read are snippets from the lives of various characters; things that if they had happened to you, you would not want others to know.... Her writing is engaging....less
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October 28
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Betty
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A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by Khaled Hosseini
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read in October, 2007
Betty said:
"Just finished this book and am now in a deep funk. It was very, very good but also very, very depressing. War, the way women can be treated, the loss of loves, parents, grandparents, family and on and on.... But well written and informative about ...more
Just finished this book and am now in a deep funk. It was very, very good but also very, very depressing. War, the way women can be treated, the loss of loves, parents, grandparents, family and on and on.... But well written and informative about an area of the world that we should understand better....less
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October 26
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New comment on Erica's review of
One Hundred Years of Solitude
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October 25
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Betty
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The Glass Castle: A Memoir (Paperback)
by Jeannette Walls
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read in May, 2007
Betty said:
"I really enjoyed this book; I think what was interesting was how little some people can live with (by choice for the Mother and Father). I have the feeling that the author was pretty 'easy' on her parents in telling her story. I'm sure there was a ...more
I really enjoyed this book; I think what was interesting was how little some people can live with (by choice for the Mother and Father). I have the feeling that the author was pretty 'easy' on her parents in telling her story. I'm sure there was a lot more misery than she let on. But all in all it was a good, fast read. And it was fun to google the author...there are some interesting video interviews with her. Others in my book club thought the parents (the mother especially) were horrible, irresponsible people. I think they maybe were somewhat, but that mostly they just marched to a different drummer, and I don't think that took away from the story....less
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