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Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time (Audio CD) by Valerie Bertinelli bookshelves: just-for-fun |
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Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
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Amy's
review of Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise:
"My favorite of Ruth Reichl's food memoirs. In this one she takes the job as restaurant critic for the New York Times. To avoid being recognized she creates disguises to use when she dines out. It is interesting to hear how people react to her as an o...more " | |||
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Lust in Translation: The Rules of Infidelity from Tokyo to Tennessee (Hardcover) by Pamela Druckerman bookshelves: just-for-fun |
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| July 22 | ||||
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Bird Lake Moon (Hardcover) by Kevin Henkes bookshelves: 10-12, family, friendship, real-life |
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Capitol Choices
read in July, 2008 
Jamie said:
"The writing is lovely but ultimately I felt it was much more of a "mood" piece than a real child-focused story. I wondered about audience - it's a boy book but it's also quiet and introspective. If anyone has had any child readers I'd reall...more
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| July 20 | ||||
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Willow Run (Paperback) by Patricia Reilly Giff bookshelves: 10-12, war |
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The Totally Made-up Civil War Diary of Amanda MacLeish (Hardcover) by Claudia Mills bookshelves: 12-14, family, real-life, school, war |
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recommended to Jamie by:
Capitol Choices
read in July, 2008
Jamie said:
"Claudia Mills does such an amazing job with dialog! The opening scene of the Monopoly game is so strong in setting the tone. I also like that the divorce/marriage problems were respectfully done, as were race relations issues in the school project. T...more
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| July 17 | ||||
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Black Stars in a White Night Sky (Hardcover) by JonArno Lawson bookshelves: 12-14, great-use-of-language, poetry |
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read in July, 2008
Jamie said:
"Some really sophisticated wordplay with poems that are still (mostly) child centered and child friendly. The illustrations should not be overlooked - somewhat comicky/reminiscent of The Little Prince.
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| July 16 | ||||
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Jamie
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McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Underworld (Hardcover) by Misha Glenny (Goodreads author!) bookshelves: adult, just-for-fun |
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New comment on Lee Anne's review of
Bigfoot: I Not Dead
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Jamie's favorite quotes
"if you want to convince children of the power of books, don’t tell them stories are good. Tell them a good story."
— Roger Sutton
— Roger Sutton
Jamie's groups (recent posts)
Maryland TIG
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— last activity 06/17/2008 01:02PM
Library staffers from Maryland interested in providing great library services to teens.
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Jamie's friends (16)
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Lee Anne 41 books 19 friends |
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Pamela 21 books 7 friends |
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Lori 27 books 6 friends |
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Amy 47 books 14 friends |
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Seth 45 books 4 friends |
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Kelly 60 books, 6 friends Friend details |
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Rory 202 books 5 friends |
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Julieta 2 books 2 friends |
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Kona 924 books 18 friends |
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Megan 63 books 10 friends |
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Courtney 14 books 9 friends |
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Tk 6 books 3 friends |
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elissa 1062 books, 81 friends Friend details |
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Julie 375 books 27 friends |
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Melissa 70 books 11 friends |
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