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10/03
Helen
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Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog (Paperback) by John Grogan bookshelves: currently-reading |
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| October 03 | ||
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Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog (Paperback) by John Grogan bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Murder in Georgetown (Hardcover) by Margaret Truman |
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recommended to Helen by:
jameslhelena@bellsouth.net
read in October, 2008 
Helen said:
"Joe Potamos is a journalist for the Washington Post who gets more involved than he would like with the political intrigue attached to a murder he covers for the paper. He tries to discover who committed the murder only to find another murder, journa...more
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| September 13 | ||
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A Song for Harlem: Scraps of Time 3 (Scraps of Time) by Patricia C. McKissack bookshelves: children-s-books |
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recommended to Helen by:
jameslhelena@bellsouth.net
read in September, 2008
Helen said:
"Lilly Belle is in New York City staying with her aunt Odessa because she won a place in a young writer's workshop with her poems. It is 1928 and the change from rural Tennessee to busy New York City is hard to adjust to. This story follows Lilly Be...more
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| September 05 | ||
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Molly Moon, Micky Minus, & the Mind Machine (Molly Moon) by Georgia Byng bookshelves: children-s-books |
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jameslhelena@bellsouth.net
read in September, 2008
Helen said:
"Molly Moon is able to time travel and use hypnosis to control people. She has discovered that she was born a twin and that her brother was taken from the hospital where they were born and all evidence of his existence had been erased, except from th...more
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Al Capone Does My Shirts (Hardcover) by Gennifer Choldenko bookshelves: children-s-books |
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recommended to Helen by:
jameslhelena@bellsouth.net
read in September, 2008
Helen said:
"When Moose, whose real name is Michael, and his family go to live on Alcatraz, Moose thinks he will never have friends or play ball again. Then he meets Piper, Theresa, Annie, Jimmie, and Scout and discovers that all of the laundry on the island is ...more
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| September 02 | ||
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Diary of a Would-be Princess (Hardcover) by Jessica Green bookshelves: children-s-books |
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recommended to Helen by:
jameslhelena@bellsouth.net
read in September, 2008
Helen said:
"Jillian James is a student in Fifth year (fifth grade) in Australia and is having trouble fitting in. She loves reading and writing, but does poorly in maths (mathematics). The story is told in the form of her daily school journal in which Jillian ...more
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| August 24 | ||
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Gods Behaving Badly: A Novel (Hardcover) by Marie Phillips |
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recommended to Helen by:
jameslhelena@bellsouth.net
read in August, 2008
Helen said:
"I picked this book up at the public library because I had recently enjoyed reading about the Greek gods in the Percy Jackson series for kids, most recently The Battle of the Labyrinth. The story in this book was much more light-hearted than the adve...more
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| August 16 | ||
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Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time (Hardcover) by Valerie Bertinelli |
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recommended to Helen by:
jameslhelena@bellsouth.net
read in August, 2008
Helen said:
"I enjoyed this look into the life of a celebrity with the same problem many Americans have - excess weight. It is always interesting to get a look inside the life of those we see in movies and on television. I liked the conversational tone of the b...more
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| August 09 | ||
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The Last Lecture (Hardcover) by Randy Pausch |
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recommended to Helen by:
jameslhelena@bellsouth.net
read in August, 2008
Helen said:
"The book is more in depth that the lecture itself, with more insight into Randy's life as he faces death. I really enjoyed reading this narrative in Randy's own words. I felt like he gave the world a glimpse into his life and he definitely showed h...more
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| August 05 | ||
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Tales from Shakespeare: Children's Classics (Hardcover) by Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb bookshelves: children-s-books |
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recommended to Helen by:
jameslhelena@bellsouth.net
read in August, 2008
Helen said:
"I have never read any of Shakespeare's plays, and after reading Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire, I got this to learn more about his plays. Rafe Esquith said in his book that you really can't get a feeling for the plays from just reading the plays and...more
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Helen's favorite quotes
"It is our choices, Harry, that show us who we truly are, far more than our abilities.
- Prof. Albus Dumbledore"
— J.K. Rowling
- Prof. Albus Dumbledore"
— J.K. Rowling
"It take much bravery to stand up to our enemies but we need as much bravery to stand up to our firends."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1))
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1))
"I'll think of it tomorrow, at Tara. I can stand it then. Tomorrow, I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day."
— Margaret Mitchell (Gone with the Wind)
— Margaret Mitchell (Gone with the Wind)
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