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Eliza Baum rated a book 5 of 5 stars

The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Fire and Thorns, #1)

by Rae Carson (Goodreads Author)

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read in July, 2012

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Eliza Baum said: "7/22/12

I LOVED this book. It's first person, present tense, which usually sets my teeth on edge, but I forgot about that little detail very quickly. Elisa is a very real sort of heroine with real faults and insecurities, but a desire to be the best s...more "

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"I'm listening to the audio book every chance I get. At work, in the car...it's all I can do to keep myself from picking up the print version and zooming through it when I get home in the evenings." — 17 hours, 55 min ago

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Passage (The Sharing Knife, #3)

by Lois McMaster Bujold (Goodreads Author)

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Unraveling (Unraveling, #1)

by Elizabeth Norris (Goodreads Author)

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"This story is way different even than I realized. I didn't see the twist coming. I have some issues with it, but overall it's got me pulled in. I tried to put it down last night, and I ended up reading another couple of chapters before I managed." — Apr 29, 2013 06:53pm

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Eliza Baum is 38% done with The Girl of Fire and Thorns: I'm listening to the audio book every chance I get. At work, in the car...it's all I can do to keep myself from picking up the print version and zooming through it when I get home in the evenings. The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Fire and Thorns, #1) by Rae Carson (Goodreads Author) progress:	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
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Eliza Baum rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Fire and Thorns, #1) by Rae Carson (Goodreads Author) read in July, 2012	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
7/22/12 I LOVED this book. It's first person, present tense, which usually sets my teeth on edge, but I forgot about that little detail very quickly. Elisa is a very real sort of heroine with real faults and insecurities, but a desire to be the best s...more
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Eliza Baum rated a book 4 of 5 stars Dream Chaser by Angie Stanton (Goodreads Author) read in June, 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
I picked up this book again in a fit of insomnia, needing an easy read that I knew would be satisfying. It didn't disappoint on the second go-round, either. I like Willow's drive to succeed and her supportive (and yet weird) family. I like that, whil...more
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Eliza Baum wants to read Mr. Darcy Came to Dinner: A Pride & Prejudice Farce by Jack Caldwell (Goodreads Author)	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
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Eliza Baum rated a book 5 of 5 stars Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen read in June, 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
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Eliza Baum wants to read Loving Miss Darcy (Brides of Pemberley, #2) by Nancy Kelley (Goodreads Author)	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
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Eliza Baum wants to read Captain Wentworth Home from the Sea by Mary Lydon Simonsen (Goodreads Author)	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
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“I love you the way a drowning man loves air. And it would destroy me to have you just a little.”
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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr.

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“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There's no way around these two things that I'm aware of, no shortcut.”
― Stephen King, On Writing

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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

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