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12 ratings | 4 reviews
avg rating: 4.08

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	05/17 Jay gave to: Ten North Frederick (Hardcover) by John O'Hara bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
	read in May, 2008 Jay said: "Since it came out in 1955, and recounts family history as much as 100 years before, looking at it from more than 50 years later is instructive. We see members of a wealthy family going through changes in society, often in but not really of their tim...more " add a comment

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May 17

Jay gave

to:
Ten North Frederick (Hardcover)
by John O'Hara
bookshelves: currently-reading

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read in May, 2008

Jay said: "Since it came out in 1955, and recounts family history as much as 100 years before, looking at it from more than 50 years later is instructive. We see members of a wealthy family going through changes in society, often in but not really of their tim...more "

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March 10

Jay gave

to:
Postern of Fate (Tommy & Tuppence Chronology)
by Agatha Christie
bookshelves: mystery

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read in March, 2008

Jay said: "While this isn't top-notch Christie, it is charming. I had to push through the beginning but then things got rolling, and the wit and cleverness of T & T unfolded. I loved scenes where Tuppence 'plays with toys' and 'operates' on a rocking hors "

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Jay gave

to:
Dead Midnight (Sharon McCone Mysteries)
by Marcia Muller
bookshelves: mystery

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read in March, 2008

Jay said: "Sharon McCone does it again. A mix of her staff, friends and clients become vivid in a short space of time (haven't we been living with some of them for years?). Problem may seem simple, problem becomes nigh impossible, problem is solved after life...more "

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Jay gave

to:
Understood Betsy (Paperback)
by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
bookshelves: kids-books

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read in February, 2008

Jay said: "My mother read this book as a girl, and I did too. Betsy was a role model for me, inspiring confidence and pragmatism. Now I am gathering copies of the book for my granddaughters. "

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Jay read and liked Theresa's review of Understood Betsy:

"This is a book about a young girl named Betsy who lives with her elderly aunts. When her parents died, they rushed to take care of her. They always are watching out for the least possible sign of any illness or distress of any kind, and quickly try...more "

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January 25