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#67 - What Difference do it Make by Ron Hall and Denver Moore

2009-11-05T04:52:01Z

Read because: Thomas Nelson (the publisher) sent it to me to review. Received from: Thomas Nelson. Rating: 7 out of 10 (might have been higher had I read the first book -- this is the second) Synopsis: The more than four hundred thousand reade...

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#66 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling

2009-11-05T04:21:08Z

Read because: I liked it the first time. Borrowed from: the Sacramento library Rating: 8 out of 10 Synopsis: This sequel brings back the young wizard-in-training to face suspicious adults, hostile classmates, fretful ghosts, rambunctious spell...

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Whatever-day-it-is Hodgepodge

2009-11-05T04:02:36Z

I was opening a can of cream of celery soup on Sunday and sliced the absolute hell out of my pinkie. Went-to-the-hospital sort of slice. Almost fainted sort of slice. Bloooood sort of slice. Barf. Would have thought it would have been a knife th...

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#65 - Daughters of Hope by Kay Marshall Strom and Michele Rickett

2009-10-31T02:07:28Z

Recommended by: my friend Hannah Borrowed from: that same Hannah Rating: 9 out of 10 Synopsis: Throughout the world today Christians continue to face intense persecution, and Christian women are often the most vulnerable. In Pakistan, Christia...

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Grumble-freaking-cakes.

2009-10-15T04:48:04Z

I was all excited to be packing for my trip to New Zealand when I heard a noise outside. I looked out the sliding glass doors and saw two *insert bad name here* guys stealing plants and flowers from the planter that is outside my condo. So I yelle...

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#64 - Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

2009-10-09T23:37:13Z

Read because: It's the second in the Hunger Games series. My review of Hunger Games. Purchased from: Costco, along with Hunger Games. I couldn't help it. The covers are hot. Rating: 8 out of 10 Synopsis: Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won...

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A Tuesday Hodgepodge

2009-10-07T03:33:56Z

I really do miss blogging. I consistently write posts in my head that are not book reviews but I never seem to find the time to write them down. I have been ridiculously busy lately. I go to New Zealand in ten days. My roommate got married this...

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#63 - Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver

2009-10-07T02:55:32Z

Recommended by: a colleague sometime last year Borrowed from: the Sacramento Library Rating: 8 out of 10 Synopsis (from Publishers Weekly): Novelist Kingsolver recounts a year spent eating home-grown food and, if not that, local. Accomplished ...

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#62 - The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

2009-10-07T02:26:31Z

Recommended by: some blog that Brittney reads Borrowed from: the Sacramento library Rating: 6 out of 10 Synopsis (from School Library Journal): After Reynie Muldoon responds to an advertisement recruiting "gifted children looking for special o...

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#61 - The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan

2009-09-22T03:47:37Z

Read because: I read In Defense of Food and liked a lot of the principles. Plus, I'm on a slow descent into Hippie-land. Oh, and I saw Michael Pollan speak a few months back -- interesting guy. Borrowed from: my friend Carolyn Rating: 7 out of ...

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