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Swamplandia!
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Coop by Michael  Perry
Heather rated a book 2 of 5 stars
The Barn at the End of the World by Mary Rose O'Reilley
I give up. It has interesting moments, mostly the juxtaposition of the author's intellectual background and environment (she's a college professor) with the nuts and bolts of her "spiritual practice" of some seriously nasty necessities of animal husb...more
Heather rated a book 4 of 5 stars
Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices, #3)
by Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author)
read in April, 2013
Heather rated a book 4 of 5 stars
Bridge of Scarlet Leaves by Kristina McMorris
Bridge of Scarlet Leaves
by Kristina McMorris (Goodreads Author)
read in March, 2013
A beautiful WWII story, following the life of a young girl and her Japanese neighbor and true love. Lots of twists and turns in the plot keep this very long book from getting boring. Sort of reminded me of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, but...more
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Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
Swamplandia!
by Karen Russell (Goodreads Author)
Heather rated a book 5 of 5 stars
Bloom by Kelle Hampton
Having read Nella's birth story on Kelle's blog a half dozen times already, I thought I could at least make it through that first chapter without bawling. But no. Kelle's writing is just so honest and her story so beautiful, I had several more of tho...more
Heather rated a book 2 of 5 stars
Believing it All  by Marc Parent
A quiet little series of reflections from a stay at home dad living with his two little sons on a rural area, trying to make sense of life and find wisdom in their childhood. Quick read.
Heather rated a book 2 of 5 stars
Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress by Susan Jane Gilman
Not as funny as promised. Not bad writing, but not that interesting for me personally.
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J.D. Salinger
“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

Kathryn Stockett
“Wasn't that the point of the book? For women to realize, We are just two people. Not that much separates us. Not nearly as much as I'd thought.”
Kathryn Stockett, The Help

Anne Lamott
“It's funny: I always imagined when I was a kid that adults had some kind of inner toolbox full of shiny tools: the saw of discernment, the hammer of wisdom, the sandpaper of patience. But then when I grew up I found that life handed you these rusty bent old tools - friendships, prayer, conscience, honesty - and said 'do the best you can with these, they will have to do'. And mostly, against all odds, they do.”
Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

Oscar Wilde
“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”
Oscar Wilde

Anne Lamott
“I think joy and sweetness and affection are a spiritual path. We're here to know God, to love and serve God, and to be blown away by the beauty and miracle of nature. You just have to get rid of so much baggage to be light enough to dance, to sing, to play. You don't have time to carry grudges; you don't have time to cling to the need to be right.”
Anne Lamott

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