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04/24
Ruth
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Four Queens: The Provencal Sisters Who Ruled Europe (Hardcover) by Nancy Goldstone bookshelves: currently-reading |
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read in April, 2008
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The Mercy Seller: A Novel (Paperback) by Brenda Rickman Vantrease bookshelves: to-read |
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A Foreign Affair (Paperback) by Caro Peacock bookshelves: to-read |
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Four Queens: The Provencal Sisters Who Ruled Europe (Hardcover) by Nancy Goldstone bookshelves: currently-reading |
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read in April, 2008
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Johnny One-Eye: A Tale of the American Revolution (Hardcover) by Jerome Charyn |
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recommended for: High School freshman & up
read in February, 2008, has a copy to sell/swap 
Ruth said:
"If you like the history of the Revolutionary War in the U.S. then this is the book for you. It is well researched. The hero, Johnny, bounces among War greats such as Benedict Arnold, George Washington, and Alexander Hamilton to name a few. Despite...more
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We Were the Mulvaneys (Oprah's Book Club) by Joyce Carol Oates |
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recommended to Ruth by:
neighbor
recommended for: College age and above read in February, 2008, has a copy to sell/swap
Ruth said:
"This is a story of a happy family that goes disfunctional due to the rape of their teenage daughter. It is an excellent character study. If you are easily upset reading about the consequences of rape then do not read this book. It really dives int...more
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The Russian Concubine (Paperback) by Kate Furnivall |
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The Glass Castle: A Memoir (Paperback) by Jeannette Walls |
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recommended to Ruth by:
Deb Needham
recommended for: Any adult reader or 16 and up who is in this situation read in August, 2007
Ruth said:
"It is amazing when a family reaches a point where it has no clothes, shelter, food and a broken down car, that they still manage to keep from being caught by child protective services. How can their parents put their children in the back of a u-haul...more
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The Observations (Paperback) by Jane Harris |
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recommended to Ruth by:
Saw on bookshelf. Thought it was interesting.
recommended for: An Adult Female-they seem to like them best. read in September, 2007
Ruth said:
" This is a very interesting, mysterious book. There is a ghost that makes an appearance in the story. It is a strange "who-done-it" set in victorian age Scottish countryside, a country manor to be exact. The characters are evolving from one...more
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The Observations (Hardcover) by Jane Harris |
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no one, it just looked interesting and it was.
recommended for: Any adult female read in January, 2007
Ruth said:
"This is a very interesting, mysterious book. There is a ghost that makes an appearance in the story. It is a strange "who-done-it" set in victorian age Scottish countryside, a country manor to be exact. The characters are evolving from o...more
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World Without End (Hardcover) by Ken Follett |
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recommended for: Anyone who reads "Pillars of the Earth".
read in February, 2008
Ruth said:
"This book is more or less a continuation of Follett's "Pillar's of the Earth". He spends more time developing his characters in this book than he did on his first one which I liked better. If you do not know anything about the plague in t...more
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