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07/14
Joyce
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J.K. Rowling bookshelves: currently-reading |
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The Da Vinci Code (Hardcover) by Dan Brown |
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Joyce said:
"I enjoyed this book. Don't understand the bad hype. It's FICTION. It was a good entertaining romp I thought.
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Hardcover) by Mitch Albom |
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read in April, 2008
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"I was disappointed in this book compared to Tuesdays with Morrie. Wasn't what I had hoped. I would not recommend it.
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Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral (Paperback) by Kris Radish |
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Water for Elephants (Paperback) by Sara Gruen |
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"I liked this book very much. Good insight into circus life. At times a little tough, heartwrenching, but wonderful - just like life.
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Paperback) by Kim Edwards bookshelves: to-read |
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The Gathering (Paperback) by Anne Enright bookshelves: to-read |
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Deadline (Hardcover) by Chris Crutcher (Goodreads author!) bookshelves: to-read |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J.K. Rowling bookshelves: currently-reading |
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The Pillars of the Earth (Paperback) by Ken Follett |
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recommended to Joyce by:
Jeanine Raghunathan
read in July, 2008
Joyce said:
"This is one of the best books I have ever read. I just could hardly put it down. So many bad things happened just after something good. Gave insights into life in the 1100s. Life among monks and building of cathedrals, knights, kings, bishops, et...more
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If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name: News from Small-Town Alaska (Paperback) by Heather Lende |
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recommended to Joyce by:
Julie Lentz
recommended for: Jeanine Raghunathan read in June, 2008
Joyce said:
"I loved this book because it's about Alaska. I can see how it might be a little dull for anyone else. The author is a journalist and writes obits for her local paper. The way she talks about Haines makes life there seem idyllic. I enjoyed it very...more
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Joyce's favorite quotes
"For three things I thank God every day of my life: thanks that he has vouchsafed me knowledge of his works; deep thanks that he has set in my darkness the lamp of faith; deep, deepest thanks that I have another life to look forward to--a life joyous with light and flowers and heavenly song."
— Helen Keller
— Helen Keller
"But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine."
— Thomas Jefferson
— Thomas Jefferson
"We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true."
— Robert Wilensky
— Robert Wilensky
""God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere.""
— Willie Nelson
— Willie Nelson
"“In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.”"
— Albert Schweitzer
— Albert Schweitzer
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