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my take: This is right up my alley … informative, practical, full of anecdotal stories, (some of very famous people), …

my take: The class was billed as “a famous Victorian novel you may never have heard of.” True enough. The …

my take: I love Haven Kimmel. She’s a sensible mid-west girl who can make characters come alive… mostly, I think, …

my take: Oh, this slim book packs a lot of sadness. “George Washington Crosby began to hallucinate eight days before …

my take: Anne Lamott and I must be twins separated at birth … her non-fiction works have shown me how …

my take: We had a lively and long discussion at book chicks … and enjoyed a particularly wonderful lemon cake. …

my take: I heard several reviews on NPR … none of them positive. Hubby included this in the 12 days …

my take: I loved this! A minor character from The Wednesday Wars tells his story…so for me, a familiar yet …

my take: Pastor Heidi read a wonderful passage from this in her sermon recently, so I was prompted to finally …

my take: I see they are making a movie (starring Sandra Bullock) of this … so get it read before …

my take: I read this a year and a half ago, and, as it was pick for Book Chicks this …

my take: Whilst making our list in December, several chicks had already read The Help … it was suggested that …

my take: I accidentally started reading this just after finishing our lady of the lost and found and was profoundly annoyed …

my take: this is a coming of age story in the line of the miracle life of edgar mint and …

my take: After getting through Will in the World, I thought I deserved a complete fluff beach read … and …

my take: this year for Book Chicks we wanted something slightly more exciting and engaging in the biography/autobiography category. And …

my take: This is a brilliant book. Written in simple prose, with the cadence of the King James Bible, it’s …

my take: I like “light mysteries” … a mild who-done-it with a bit of humor. I enjoyed the young female …

my take: Don’t tell my cousin Joe that I really liked this book. A while back another cousin posted an …

my take: This is Shauna’s second book. I related a bit better to Cold Tangerines, which was more about enjoying …