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Judy rated a book 3 of 5 stars
Vet In The Vestry by Alexander Cameron
Vet In The Vestry
by Alexander Cameron
read in May, 2013
I found this book while cleaning out my father's apartment after his death and picked it up this week while on vacation. Vet in the Vestry is the story of a Scottish vet who left a successful practice to become a minister in the Church of Scotland. A...more
Judy rated a book 3 of 5 stars
Who killed Bianca? by Emma Darcy
Who killed Bianca?
by Emma Darcy
read in May, 2013
This book, the winner of the 2002 Ned Kelly Award for best new novel, is an entertaining, if disturbing, read. There is nothing like a murder that takes on a train--especially when a truly horrible woman is killed and then thrown off the train, and t...more
Judy rated a book 4 of 5 stars
Creatures of Habit by Jill McCorkle
Creatures of Habit
by Jill McCorkle
read in May, 2013
Jill McCorkle's third short collection follows the span of human lives and introduces readers to a host of quirky characters living in a small town in North Carolina in 1970. The themes explored in the dozen stories include the ups and downs of marri...more
Judy rated a book 4 of 5 stars
Proof of Guilt by Charles Todd
Proof of Guilt (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #15)
by Charles Todd (Goodreads Author)
read in April, 2013
It's the summer of 1920 and Inspector Ian Rutledge is sent to investigate the apparent hit-and-run of an unidentified body in Chelsea. And yet, the body doesn't appear to have been dragged and all identifying evidence has been removed from the body e...more
Judy rated a book 3 of 5 stars
The River King by Alice Hoffman
The River King
by Alice Hoffman
read in April, 2013
A blend of realism and the supernatural permeates this story of a student who was found dead in the river behind the prestigious Hadden School, a private school in Massachusetts where "the rich kids" are sent. Was it suicide or does the school harbor...more
Judy rated a book 4 of 5 stars
Rumpole and the Angel of Death by John Mortimer
Oh, Horace Rumpole, you are without a doubt my favorite English barrister. You and your cheroots and "Chateau Thames Embankment" and your strong belief in the right of an individual to be presumed innocent, which you call the "Golden Thread of Britis...more
Judy rated a book 3 of 5 stars
The Pull of The Moon by Elizabeth Berg
The Pull of The Moon
by Elizabeth Berg
read in April, 2013
Nan is a 50 year old woman who runs away from home to "come into myself". She leaves a note for her husband, Martin, telling him that she loves him and she has no idea where she is going or when she will be back. In a book written entirely in letters...more
Judy rated a book 4 of 5 stars
All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
All Over But the Shoutin'
by Rick Bragg
read in April, 2013
An edgy memoir about growing up dirt poor in northeastern Alabama, the son of a man with an infamous temper who found it easier to run out on the people who needed him than to stay and take care of them. But the heart of the book is Bragg's tribute t...more
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G.K. Chesterton
“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”
G.K. Chesterton

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