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01/06
Diane
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The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover) by Thomas L. Friedman bookshelves: currently-reading |
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12/28
Diane
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Away: A Novel (Hardcover) by Amy Bloom bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Bento Box in the Heartland: My Japanese Girlhood in Whitebread America (Paperback) by Linda Furiya |
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recommended for: People who like to read about different cultures read in July, 2008, has a copy to sell/swap 
Diane said:
"I had high hopes for this book about the only Asian family living in a small Indiana town, told from in 1st person by the oldest daughter. While the book's promise was never totally fulfilled for me, I enjoyed how various Japanese foods and search fo...more
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| June 28 | ||||
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New comment on Holly's review of
The Red Tent
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New comment on Rebecca's review of
The Third Angel: A Novel
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| June 15 | ||||
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Coal Black Horse (Paperback) by Robert Olmstead |
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recommended for: Coming of age afficionados read in June, 2008, has a copy to sell/swap
Diane said:
""Coal Black Horse" is a short book, told from the point of view of a 14-year old boy - Robey - during the Civil War. Robey's mother has a premonition that her husband will die if Robey doesn't find him and bring him home before July. The ...more
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Puss 'n Cahoots (Mrs. Murphy Mysteries) by Rita Mae Brown bookshelves: guilty-pleasures |
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recommended for: People who don't mind anthropomorphism read in June, 2008
Diane said:
"My guilty pleasures include light mysteries written by authors who can really write. In this case, Rita Mae Brown, and her cat Sneaky Pie. Combine that with cats, dogs and the horsey world, and you get great fun, quick reads and an hour or so of pu...more
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The Book Thief (Hardcover) by Markus Zusak |
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recommended for: People who like a good story read in May, 2008
Diane said:
"I felt both satisfied and sad when I finished this book about a young German girl - Liesel - and the family who takes her in after her mother gives her to the equiv of Family Services. Despite the grim setting, I found a sweetness to this story: fro...more
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Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance: A Mystery (Hardcover) by Gyles Brandreth bookshelves: to-read |
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| May 25 | ||||
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The Road (Hardcover) by Cormac McCarthy |
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Book Club member
recommended for: Readers who don't always look for happy endings read in May, 2008
Diane said:
"What should be a grim, depressing tale of a father and his young son trying to survive in the aftermath of a nameless something that has left America - and perhaps the world - a land of smoking ash, was surprisingly hopeful. Starving, freezing, some...more
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Suite Française (Paperback) by Irene Nemirovsky |
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recommended for: Fans of war stories read in May, 2008
Diane said:
"I was intrigued by this collection of vignettes of France during the German occupation of WWII: the evacuation of Paris, refugees in the countryside, French soldiers hiding from the enemy, a German troop in a small country town. I kept reading, thi...more
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Jackdaws (Paperback) by Ken Follett bookshelves: to-read |
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Diane's favorite quotes
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."
— Dr. Seuss
— Dr. Seuss
"Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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