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Stern Men, Elizabeth Gilbert
Ruth Thomas lives on Fort Niles, an island off the coast of Maine, where the main occupation is lobster-hunting. Raised mainly on Fort Niles by her father and her neighbor Mrs. Pommeroy, Ruth’s… more →
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Stern Men, Elizabeth Gilbert
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Jenny wrote 2 weeks ago: Ruth Thomas lives on Fort Niles, an island off the coast of Maine, where the main occupation is lobs … more →
Dogsbody, Diana Wynne Jones
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Jenny wrote 1 month ago: There are only a very few books by Diana Wynne Jones that I don’t own, and here they are and t … more →
Gaudy Night, Dorothy Sayers
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Jenny wrote 2 months ago: A few days ago, my friend tim mentioned Gaudy Night, and I realized that I wanted nothing in the wor … more →
The Lady's Not for Burning, Christopher Fry
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Jenny wrote 4 months ago: I have wanted to read this play ever since I saw the title. This review brought to you by Pamela De … more →
Juniper, Gentian, and Rosemary, Pamela Dean
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Jenny wrote 7 months ago: I do not appreciate casual slaps at the South for being racist. I do not mind delineations of parti … more →
Autobiography of a Face, Lucy Grealy
Jenny wrote 8 months ago: (Finally getting around to reading some of the books I got at the book fair in early March. Stupid … more →
Surprised by Joy, C.S. Lewis
Jenny wrote 9 months ago: Surprised by Joy is the book C.S. Lewis wrote about his religious development. Searching for joy. … more →
Just In Case, Meg Rosoff
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Jenny wrote 10 months ago: Meg Rosoff’s second book is about a boy called David Case who becomes obsessed with the idea t … more →
The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro
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Jenny wrote 10 months ago: This is more like it. I read Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go when I was in England. I don’t remember why … more →
Season of Mists, Neil Gaiman
Jenny wrote 11 months ago: Aw, Season of Mists is great. I like it so much. It makes me nostalgic for Past Jenny, who was you … more →
Year of the Griffin, Diana Wynne Jones
Jenny wrote 11 months ago: I didn’t exactly mean to read this. I am still intending to read all of Shakespeare’s plays, … more →
The Dark Lord of Derkholm, Diana Wynne Jones
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Jenny wrote 11 months ago: I love the hell out of this book. I read it to my sister when we were younger. It’s all abou … more →
Dream Country, Neil Gaiman
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Jenny wrote 11 months ago: Evidently the stress of writing a nice coherent plot in The Doll’s House proved temporarily too much … more →
The Shadow in the North, Philip Pullman
Jenny wrote 11 months ago: I just finished the second book in my “Take Against Matt Smith Unreasonably Before David Tenna … more →
The Ruby in the Smoke, Philip Pullman
Jenny wrote 11 months ago: The Eleventh Doctor isn’t Paterson Joseph. I really, really wanted it to be, but no, it isn … more →
Keeping Faith, Jodi Picoult
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Jenny wrote 11 months ago: Yeah, pretty much, Jodi Picoult. Her books tend to be largely the same. Keeping Faith has all the … more →
Suzy, Led Zeppelin, and Me, Martin Millar
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Jenny wrote 12 months ago: Yes, yes, I finally caved and read this. I have been delaying gratification for quite a while, but … more →
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling
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Jenny wrote 1 year ago: I’m very emotional. I – I – I have so many, so very many, feelings. This was the only one of the bo … more →
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling
Jenny wrote 1 year ago: I saw this graph one time on something connected with the Lemony Snicket books, and it showed how as … more →
