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Long for This World:... 07/16 Sarah is currently reading:
Long for This World: A Novel (Paperback)
by Michael Byers
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The Persia Cafe 06/22 Sarah is currently reading:
The Persia Cafe (Paperback)
by Melany Neilson
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July 26
987336 Sarah took the never-ending book quiz.
questions answered: 88
correct: 80 (90.9%)
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best streak: 3
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The Book Lover's Coo... Sarah gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
The Book Lover's Cookbook: Recipes Inspired by Celebrated Works of Literature, and the Passages That Feature Them (Paperback)
by Shaunda Kennedy Wenger
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Sarah Sarah said: "I paid little attention to the recipes featured her.Instead, I leafed through the pages pleasantly surprised to see some of my favorite books and authors highlighted. Elizabeth Berg merited several entries, Fried Green Tomatoes, To Kill a Mockingbird...more "
51jc4ia%2bh8l New comment on James's review of William Shakespeare: The World As Stage (Eminent Lives)
987336 Sarah wrote: "Great review! I love Bryson's charm and wit. "

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1078957 Sarah read and liked James's review of William Shakespeare: The World As Stage (Eminent Lives):

"This is a delightful little romp through Elizabethan and Jacobean England. It’s witty, in typical Bryson style, and it’s filled with obscure facts about England during Shakespeare’s time. Sometimes you’ll just laugh out loud.

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Rapture Ready!: Adve... Sarah marked as to-read:
Rapture Ready!: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture (Hardcover)
by Daniel Radosh
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It Was Food vs. Me .... Sarah gave 2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars to:
It Was Food vs. Me ... and I Won (Hardcover)
by Nancy Goodman
bookshelves: diseases-recovery
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Sarah Sarah said: "To her credit, Goodman does not spend an inordinate amount of time dwelling on the progression of her disease. Her focus remains on her recovery process. However, none of the tools she employed are particularly groundbreaking or earth-shattering. She...more "
July 25
The Long Road Back, ... Sarah gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
The Long Road Back, A Survivors Guide to Anorexia (Hardcover)
by Judy Tam Sargent
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Sarah Sarah said: "Sargent's choppy writing style lacks the fluidity needed to sustain interest. Like many authors she spends a good deal of time describing how it was then skips rapidly to how it is now leaving me full of questions. What changed? What was the catalyst...more "
Nophoto-f-50x66 Sarah read and liked Toni's review of The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom:

"An amazing story of how much humans are able to endure. Yes, there are many doubters as to the veracity of both the author and the story. Even if it is only partially true, or a compilation of several people's experience, The Long Walk is truly a rem...more "
710529 Sarah read and liked Lynne's review of The Ghost Map: A Street, an Epidemic and the Two Men Who Battled to Save Victorian London:

"I enjoyed most of the book, but I hated the concluding chapter. I would have preferred it if he had stuck to his subject rather than stringing together a series of personal opinions. The discussion of the relative risks of a nuclear holocaust versu...more "
250817 Sarah read and liked Inder's review of Gift from the Sea:

"Okay, my favorite part of this book was the afterwards, wherein Ms. Lindbergh acknowledges just how dated the book's appraisal of feminism was (the book was written in 1955, so you can't blame her for what she didn't know was right around the corner ...more "




Sarah's favorite quotes

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"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read."
Groucho Marx

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""Sidda can't help herself. She just loves books. Loves the way they feel, the way they smell, loves the black letters marching across the white pages...""
Rebecca Wells (Little Altars Everywhere)




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from Cheryl
22 days ago, 09:36AM

1097525 I just checked on Amazon...There was an edition that came out April 30, 2008, but they don't carry it. A new edition that can be pre-ordered (with different cover) comes out July 8th...

from Sarah
23 days ago, 05:50AM

987336 I haven't seen it anywhere yet but I read about it in a monthly new book publication that's available at my local library.

from Cheryl
24 days ago, 07:28AM

1097525 Hi Sarah,

Thanks for adding me!

Looking for Anne sounds great...I'd never heard of it, but I've just added it to my to-read list.

Cheryl

















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