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Andrea gave to: What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson read in January, 2012	My rating:
What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson is about the death and afterlife of Chris Nielson, a writer, husband, and father. Chris is killed in an automobile accident and whisked away to what many would refer to as "heaven." What I DID like about the b...more
Jan 29, 2012 02:21pm · see review
Andrea liked Todd's review of What Dreams May Come: " Richard Matheson's What Dreams May Come sets itself up as a memoir of sorts(SNARK ALERT: unfortunately some memoirs deserve that tag, too),as a piece of nonfiction dictated from the afterlife. Obviously, it's a novel, the story of Chris Nielsen, who ... " Read more of this review »
Jan 29, 2012 02:19pm · see review
Andrea liked bookczuk's review of What Dreams May Come: " I really liked Somewhere in Time (originally published under another title) by Matheson, so despite disliking the video of this movie, I was looking forward to reading it. I was disappointed. The cover of the book proclaims "After li... " Read more of this review »
Jan 29, 2012 02:18pm · see review
Andrea gave to: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky read in January, 2012	My rating:
Set in the mid-90's, I thoroughly enjoyed this novel and felt it tapped into many experiences through the voice of one character and his circle of friends and family. There is something in this novel that everyone can relate to and at the very least,...more
Jan 29, 2012 02:16pm · see review
Andrea marked as to-read: Elizabeth The Queen: The Life Of A Modern Monarch by Sally Bedell Smith (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Jan 19, 2012 07:47pm
Andrea marked as to-read: The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster	My rating:
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Andrea gave to: Room by Emma Donoghue (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Jan 10, 2012 12:44pm
Andrea marked as to-read: Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery	My rating:
Jan 04, 2012 03:14pm
Andrea gave to: Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi	My rating:
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Andrea gave to: Coraline by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Jan 04, 2012 03:02pm

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“I can live alone, if self-respect, and circumstances require me so to do. I need not sell my soul to buy bliss. I have an inward treasure born with me, which can keep me alive if all extraneous delights should be withheld, or offered only at a price I cannot afford to give.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

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“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
― George Eliot

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“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”
― Charles Dickens

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“Folks, I'm telling you,
birthing is hard
and dying is mean-
so get yourself
a little loving
in between.”
― Langston Hughes

93 people liked it

“A friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that gentle hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.”
― George Eliot

tags: confidences , friends

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