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read in January, 2002
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Five stars for the first half (the prison parts are just gold), two stars for the second half. Messy and unwieldy. However, disclaimer: Where this book is concerned, I am one of those people who like the movie better than the book. So you can't reall
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"William Faulkner's unforgettable 1929 novel of a "rotting family in the rotting house." It's a somber tale of the tragically dysfunctional Compson family, but told with insight and remarkable talent, if not readily accessible. Mostly set in the ye..."
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"Wow, I love those little gems that you read "just 'cause" and turn out to be amazing.
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A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)
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"This isn't about demons at all, is it? It's about women. It's about power and it's about women and you just hate those two words in the same sentence, don't you?" Borrowed from a coworker, read in a single sitting at my desk! It's been literal yea..." Read more of this review » |
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| This re-read has been a success so far. Weird, but good weird. It was weird revisiting the first three books, which I originally didn't like enough to continue the series, on audio for the first time. I knew that James Marsters was a huge part of the ...more | |
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two (Harry Potter, #8)
by J.K. Rowling
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November 2016: I read this yesterday in one sitting, and I wish I hadn't, and also I'm glad I did. I have very complicated feelings. And I'm not happy about it. Full review later? July 2016: I just don't know about this. Maybe once things calm down I' ...more |
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― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
“People aren't either wicked or noble. They're like chef's salads, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion and conflict.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Grim Grotto
― Lemony Snicket, The Grim Grotto
“To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, Books and You
― W. Somerset Maugham, Books and You
“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”
― Oscar Wilde
― Oscar Wilde
“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
― Roald Dahl
― Roald Dahl
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