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10/15
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Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light (Hardcover) by Mother Teresa bookshelves: currently-reading |
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recommended to Heather by:
NPR-On Point
recommended for: Those looking for inspiration read in January, 2008 
Heather said:
"I've been working for a long time to get through this book. Generally, I'm very inspired by Mother Theresa and was excited to dive into her private letters (against her wishes, which in itself poses the question should we really be reading this?). ...more
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09/02
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The Kite Runner (Paperback) by Khaled Hosseini bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light (Hardcover) by Mother Teresa bookshelves: currently-reading |
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recommended to Heather by:
NPR-On Point
recommended for: Those looking for inspiration read in January, 2008
Heather said:
"I've been working for a long time to get through this book. Generally, I'm very inspired by Mother Theresa and was excited to dive into her private letters (against her wishes, which in itself poses the question should we really be reading this?). ...more
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New comment on Jill's review of
Lust in Translation: The Rules of Infidelity from Tokyo to Tennessee
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The Abstinence Teacher (Hardcover) by Tom Perrotta |
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recommended for: people slightly disenfranchised with Christianity
read in October, 2008
Heather said:
"I glanced at this book at B&N, sat down in a big comfy chair with a coffee and less than 24 hours later finished it.
This is definitely a quick read that sucked me right. Having grown up in a conservative Christian home and with the current s...more " |
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Heather
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My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey (Paperback) by Jill Bolte Taylor |
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recommended to Heather by:
Fresh Air on NPR
recommended for: Stoke survivors & their caretakers, and anyone interested in brains read in September, 2008
Heather said:
"First, I must say, if you gave me a nickel for everytime Taylor says, "My stroke of insight," then I could take us out for an elaborate steak dinner with left overs. This story is written by a neuroanantomist not a writer and it shows. I ...more
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Heather
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cat's
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"whoa. i probably should have paid more attention to the little tagline under her name that proudly proclaims "the singin' scientist" and put it down immediately. but that wasn't how it worked. see, the author is a brain scientist who had...more " | |||||||||||
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Heather
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Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think (Hardcover) by Brian Wansink |
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recommended to Heather by:
Jill
recommended for: those trying to shed a pound or two read in October, 2008
Heather said:
"I was pleasantly surprised at how easy a read this was. Like most non-scientific folk, I think that I was a bit intimidated. But rather, this was a fun, quick and helpful read on how to change our eating habits to either shed a few or gain a few...
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Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year (Paperback) by Anne Lamott |
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Animal Dreams (School & Library Binding) by Barbara Kingsolver |
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Heather said:
"Lovely story of a woman coming to terms with herself, her family and where she's from. It looses a star for its predictability, but the characters are absolutely wonderful.
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Heather
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Prozac Nation (Paperback) by Elizabeth Wurtzel bookshelves: social-work |
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recommended to Heather by:
Jessica
read in September, 2008
Heather said:
"Elizabeth shares her long and painful 10 years in depression in a witty and candid way. Her story is moving and at times funny and even convicting. I'm eager to read more of her work. The movie (which I saw first) does absolutely no justice to Ms....more
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