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post #41 of 60
8/19/10 at 10:17am
#133 Being Wrong by Kathryn Schulz

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post #42 of 60
8/20/10 at 2:59pm
#134 Faithful Place by Tana French
post #43 of 60
8/23/10 at 10:13am
Where is everybody?

#135 Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris by R. L. LaFevers
post #44 of 60
8/23/10 at 11:51am
Slow, Fat Triathlete

Written in an informal, chatty style, this book provides encouragement for the average person to participate in endurance sports.

The #1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Sweet story about a woman who becomes the first female detective in Botswana

The Last Child in the Woods
post #45 of 60
8/23/10 at 2:06pm
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Here I am . . . busy weekend. My family and I got to attend a red carpet premeire for the movie Flipped based on the book by Wendelin Van Draanen. She is a local author and set up this special showing. My daughter got tickets through the newspaper by writing a winning book review.

Our Tragic Universe by Scarlett Thomas

Eh

A Child Called It by Dave Peltzer

Awful, awful story but a good book. Has anyone read the sequels????
post #46 of 60
8/23/10 at 4:06pm
25. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
- a fiction story taken from the life of Laura Bush. well written, a good read and interesting.

26. 1st book in the Babysitters Club series
- read it with dd, hoping she doesn’t want to read more in the series until she can on her own ☺
post #47 of 60
8/23/10 at 4:52pm
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26. 1st book in the Babysitters Club series
- read it with dd, hoping she doesn’t want to read more in the series until she can on her own ☺
post #48 of 60
8/23/10 at 7:15pm
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26. 1st book in the Babysitters Club series
- read it with dd, hoping she doesn’t want to read more in the series until she can on her own ☺
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They really don't weather the test of time, do they?
post #49 of 60
8/23/10 at 7:36pm
#136 The Roar by Emma Clayton
post #50 of 60
8/24/10 at 12:10pm
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Here I am . . . busy weekend. My family and I got to attend a red carpet premeire for the movie Flipped based on the book by Wendelin Van Draanen. She is a local author and set up this special showing. My daughter got tickets through the newspaper by writing a winning book review.
what a fun treat!

my reviews of two books from last month are posted at Feminist Review:
if you liked Persepolis, or have any interest in modern China, i definitely recommend Belle Yang's graphic memoir Forget Sorrow. if you have a moment, please check out my full review. i'd love your comments.

i have just read Touch by Palestinian author Adania Shibli, a very short book, less narrative than poetic vignettes. some beautiful moments.

with dd i have read Ozma of Oz. i was a realistic fiction girl. Princess Langwidere with her 30 removable heads was a bit....much for me. i'm pushing for Redwall, because if i'm going to read a series i think that will suit me better—not realistic, obviously, but i could pretend it's The Name of the Rose....or something....
post #51 of 60
8/24/10 at 1:31pm
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Where is everybody?

#135 Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris by R. L. LaFevers
Busy busy over here for me! The end of summer and all that

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25. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
- a fiction story taken from the life of Laura Bush. well written, a good read and interesting.

26. 1st book in the Babysitters Club series
- read it with dd, hoping she doesn’t want to read more in the series until she can on her own ☺
Those and the Gem Fairies and Weather Fairies and all those books. Ai yi yi.

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Here I am . . . busy weekend. My family and I got to attend a red carpet premeire for the movie Flipped based on the book by Wendelin Van Draanen. She is a local author and set up this special showing. My daughter got tickets through the newspaper by writing a winning book review.
Oooooh, how cool!!!!!

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what a fun treat!

my reviews of two books from last month are posted at Feminist Review:
if you liked Persepolis, or have any interest in modern China, i definitely recommend Belle Yang's graphic memoir Forget Sorrow. if you have a moment, please check out my full review. i'd love your comments.

i have just read Touch by Palestinian author Adania Shibli, a very short book, less narrative than poetic vignettes. some beautiful moments.

with dd i have read Ozma of Oz. i was a realistic fiction girl. Princess Langwidere with her 30 removable heads was a bit....much for me. i'm pushing for Redwall, because if i'm going to read a series i think that will suit me better—not realistic, obviously, but i could pretend it's The Name of the Rose....or something....
Those books sound cool!

And I love those Wizard of Oz books. My daugther and I read a few chapters at a time together. I think the old original illustrations are so pretty.
post #52 of 60
8/24/10 at 10:02pm
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My daughter's favorite is Dorothy of Oz. She's read it about 6 times.
post #53 of 60
8/25/10 at 10:18pm
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Where is everybody?
It's too hot.

64. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

65. The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

I went to New Mexico and found a tree stump in the woods in the mountains with cicadas buzzing all around. It was the perfect place to read these. It's like the script for the movies was lifted straight out of the books - "PO-TA-TOES!" I will have to get back to the third one another time because I was in the mood for something else.
post #54 of 60
8/26/10 at 9:14am
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Scumble by Ingrid Law

This is the sequel to the great middle-grade book Savvy. I didn't like this nearly as much.
post #55 of 60
8/29/10 at 12:27am
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Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris

At six years old, Christian runs away from home and moves in with a troll. As he grows up, he finds himself obsessed by the odd princess across the river and at 17, he is determined to befriend her. This was a sweet and funny novel--good for 6th - 8th graders.
post #56 of 60
8/29/10 at 5:25pm
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The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson

17-year old Lennie Walker is devastated when her older sister Bailey suddenly dies. Bailey had practically been Lennie's life and she had been content in her sister's shadow. Now in addition to the overwhelming grief she feels, Lennie's life becomes more complicated. She must find out who she really is and what and WHO she really likes.

I LOVED this book. It reminded me of Sara Zarr's Story of a Girl and Jay Asher's 13 Reasons Why. Like them, this author gets the confusion around relationships and sex that many teens have trouble navigating. I highly recommend this book to older teens and adults.
post #57 of 60
9/2/10 at 12:01am
66. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender

67. The One That I Want by Allison Winn Scotch
post #58 of 60
9/2/10 at 12:40am
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Shopaholic Takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella

Pretty much the same story as the first in the series--but more annoying this time.
post #59 of 60
9/2/10 at 2:13am
Here's September's Thread: http://www.mothering.com/discussions...php?p=15798625
post #60 of 60
9/2/10 at 10:28am
#137 Miss or Mrs?, The Haunted Hotel, & The Guilty River by Wilkie Collins

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