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Beatrice Gormley
Goodreads Author
Born
in Glendale, CA, The United States
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Alison Lurie; C.S. Lewis, Robert A. Heinlein, E. Nesbit
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Member Since
September 2009
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/bgormley
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Laura Ingalls Wilder: Young Pioneer
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Mail-Order Wings
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Adara
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2002
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Amelia Earhart: Young Aviator
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2000
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C. S. Lewis: Christian and Storyteller
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Louisa May Alcott: Young Novelist
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Salome
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Back to the Titanic (Travelers Through Time, #1)
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1994
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Poisoned Honey: A Story of Mary Magdalene
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2001
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Barack Obama: Our 44th President
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Pineapple Street:
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I feel somewhat conflicted about this book... On one hand, this was a very slow-moving, character driven story about a dysfunctional wealthy family...and I am always down for all of those things. I always LOVE a good familial shit show. I also " Read more of this review » |
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| I was entertained by this widely-hyped novel about a privileged family in Brooklyn Heights, especially by the first half. Jackson is observant and very amusing, making fun of the customs and attitudes of people who have nothing better to do than plan ...more | |
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| This brief but rich book is like having a spiritual director on your night table. Or in your pocket during everyday life: the simple pleasures, the petty quarrels, the routines of sleeping and eating and brushing teeth. An excellent antidote to the i ...more | |
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kathleen wrote: "Thanks for the review, Bea - this one is on my stack of to-be-read."
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| I really wanted to like this novel, especially since I was planning to give it to my daughter for Christmas. So glad I didn't! It promised to have all the right elements: art-world setting, especially the delicious Cloisters museum; poor but talented ...more | |
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"My god did this draaaaaaaaaaag. I wanted to like this SO bad. It had the dark academia vibes I crave but the story was so boring. Cool idea, poor execution"
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"I tried my very hardest to like this. I thought The Poppy War was excellent when I read it a few years ago, and Babel seemed like a combination of subjects I find fascinating and spent my own uni days immersed in-- history, language/linguistics, colo"
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Petrik's review
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Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution:
"ARC was provided by the publisher—Harper Voyager—in exchange for an honest review.
Babel was absolutely impressive, ambitious, and intelligently crafted. As unbelievable as it sounds, R.F. Kuang has triumphed over The Poppy War Trilogy—which I loved s" Read more of this review » |
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| Book Nook Cafe: What I read in May 2011 | 67 | 85 | Jun 17, 2011 07:51AM | |
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“If you show someone something you've written, you give them a sharpened stake, lie down in your coffin, and say, ‘When you’re ready’.”
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