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July 26
	Jeanette gave to: My Antonia (Paperback) by Willa Cather	my rating:
	read in July, 2008 Jeanette said: "I've really enjoyed re-reading My Antonia. I like Cather's clever use of a male narrator who's voice is close to her own. For the effort I'm rewarded with a feel for the land at it's most elemental...Nebraska where one must bend to nature's fickle ...more " add a comment
July 25
	Jeanette gave to: A Christmas Memory (Hardcover) by Truman Capote	my rating:
	read in January, 1985 Jeanette said: "Who would think Truman Capote could write such a sweet remembrance of his poor childhood and his deep friendship with his shy, loving aunt? " add a comment
	Jeanette gave to: Complete Stories (Paperback) by Dorothy Parker	my rating:
	Jeanette said: "If you love short stories with American wit and an observant jibe, you'll love these quality sketches first published in The New Yorker Magazine. Each one's a tiny 8-page gem! " add a comment
	Jeanette gave to: Rebecca (Paperback) by Daphne duMaurier	my rating:
	Jeanette said: "This wonderful page-turner has all the popular elements: mystery, murder, romance, English country mannor...what else do you need, but an innocent girl (who's name you never learn) overwhelmed by her older husband's dead wife. It's terrific! " add a comment
	Jeanette gave to: Life of Pi (Mass Market Paperback) by Yann Martel	my rating:
	Jeanette said: "I know my brother thought it the best book he ever read. HMMM...Am I so very shallow? The tedium really got to me, (but maybe that's the point of survival). In the end when he's telling his story, Pi is much more interested in cookies, made me th...more " add a comment
	Jeanette gave to: Pig Did It (Hardcover) by Joseph Caldwell	my rating:
	read in July, 2008 Jeanette said: "An over-dramatic, self-absorbed writer goes to Ireland to mourn his dashed romantic hopes. A smarty-pants pig figures in once in a while to bump the plot along. Even though the decsriptions were evokotive of my own summers on a rocky shore, I felt...more " add a comment
	Jeanette gave to: Water for Elephants (Paperback) by Sara Gruen	my rating:
	Jeanette said: "When a young vet hops a train during the Depression, he enters a circus world of odd characters. " add a comment
	Jeanette gave to: The Age of Innocence (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Edith Wharton	my rating:
	read in January, 1999 Jeanette said: "This Edwardian novel describes the clamity of scandal as Newton must decide between hi conventional, demure fiance and the mysterious, slightly tainted divorced Countess Olenska. Even for one who loves these period novels, this was nearly too te...more " add a comment
	Jeanette gave to: The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (P.S.) by Simon Winchester	my rating:
	Jeanette said: "I had never given much thought to how a dictionary is put together. Hats off to these word smiths that toil their lives away for their love of precise language. The shocking story of Dr. Minor shows his torment and his incredible accomplishment even...more " add a comment
	Jeanette gave to: The Kitchen God's Wife (Paperback) by Amy Tan	my rating:
	Jeanette said: "This was my second Amy Tan book, and I didn't like it quite as well as the first, but still OK. Should terrible secrets be shared before one dies? Actually, I think I agree. There is power in telling the story and power to understand and forgive...more " add a comment