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An interesting look, from the Czech point of view, of WW2. More detail than I would like, though.

This book provides such powerful reminders of how to manage elementary school classroom. Fairness, firmness, and consistency are the keys.

I was expecting a memoir, I'm getting a history lesson.

The power of natural consequences!

Reading Home was, at times, like reading poetry. The structure was spare and the emotions of the characters minimal.

This is a novel of big questions: are we alone, even with others? Is redemption possible? Are we in control of our destiny? I'm so glad to be reading this with my book club; it will be a fantastic discussion!

Harold's walk is penance and, being penitential, it is hard to watch. So what's keeping me going? It's the same thing as Harold: I want to see Queenie again.

I'm enjoying this beautiful story about friendship and belief in oneself.

Thoroughly engrossing!

I'm actually listening to this book rather than reading, which has made me think (again) about how very critical a good reader is to an audiobook.

Great book...a little bit of everything: thriller, mystery, social commentary.

A mystery...a love story...set in San Francisco. What a treat!

This is an amazing story! Reminds me a lot of Grimwood's book "Replay". I'm a little nervous about what's going to happen next, though.

I love what Pickard has done with the setting rural Kansas in the The Scent of Rain and Lightning: it is realistic and adds to the story.

I love what Pickard has done with the setting rural Kansas in the The Scent of Rain and Lightning: it is realistic and adds to the story.

I love what Pickard has done with the setting rural Kansas in the The Scent of Rain and Lightning: it is realistic and adds to the story.

"The Boy Who Collects Spider-Man" is a rarely seen type of superhero story. Very enjoyable!

Quite repetitive, but I suppose that's the nature of this plot line.