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Dragon Keeper by Carole Wilkinson. I'm a sucker for dragon books, and when I was walking the Juvenile fiction isle with my daughter I saw the title and stuck it in my bag. It was pretty good - about a slave girl who helps a dragon and discovers that she is a dragon keeper.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Lyddie
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Lyddie by Katherine Patterson. A juvenile fiction book about a young girl who ends up working in a Mill to support her far-away family. A great look into life in 1843.
Lyddie by Katherine Patterson. A juvenile fiction book about a young girl who ends up working in a Mill to support her far-away family. A great look into life in 1843.
Moonglass
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Moonglass by Jessi Kirby. A young girl and her father move back to the place where the mother and father met - before the mother walked into the ocean. How she works to put all the pieces of herself and her relationship with her father back together.
Moonglass by Jessi Kirby. A young girl and her father move back to the place where the mother and father met - before the mother walked into the ocean. How she works to put all the pieces of herself and her relationship with her father back together.
The Well and the Mine
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The Well and the Mine by Gin Phillips. The story of a family in rural Alabama in the 1930's. I liked this book a lot.
The Well and the Mine by Gin Phillips. The story of a family in rural Alabama in the 1930's. I liked this book a lot.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Walk Two Moons
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Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech. A sweet, touching juvenile fiction book. From the summary: "After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen year old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left." I liked it.
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech. A sweet, touching juvenile fiction book. From the summary: "After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen year old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left." I liked it.
Bonnie
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Bonnie by Iris Johansen. FINALLY, the wrap-up to what happened to Bonnie, and how Eve and Quinn find her. This was better than the last few that I read in this series, it was better written and faster-moving. I guess I will wait and see if Ms. Johansen continues on with Eve and Quinn - without the mystery of Bonnie keeping them going.
Bonnie by Iris Johansen. FINALLY, the wrap-up to what happened to Bonnie, and how Eve and Quinn find her. This was better than the last few that I read in this series, it was better written and faster-moving. I guess I will wait and see if Ms. Johansen continues on with Eve and Quinn - without the mystery of Bonnie keeping them going.
Clockwork Prince
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Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare. This is the 2nd book in the Infernal Devices series, after Clockwork Angel. I did really like this book, but I didn't REALLY get into it until about halfway through. It made me cry at the end, and I can't wait for the last book to come out, because I need to see how all these wounded-heart people are going to heal. I do wish that I had re-read Clockwork Angel before jumping into this one - I didn't remember enough for some of the story to make sense.
Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare. This is the 2nd book in the Infernal Devices series, after Clockwork Angel. I did really like this book, but I didn't REALLY get into it until about halfway through. It made me cry at the end, and I can't wait for the last book to come out, because I need to see how all these wounded-heart people are going to heal. I do wish that I had re-read Clockwork Angel before jumping into this one - I didn't remember enough for some of the story to make sense.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Ever After
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Ever After by Karen Kingsbury. This is the sequel to Even Now. I admit - this book made me cry. Over and over and over. I think I read most of it through blurry eyes. A beautiful story about love, patriotism, and sacrifice.
Ever After by Karen Kingsbury. This is the sequel to Even Now. I admit - this book made me cry. Over and over and over. I think I read most of it through blurry eyes. A beautiful story about love, patriotism, and sacrifice.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Even Now
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Even Now by Karen Kingsbury. Yes, I have been reading a lot of her books lately - but she is very easy to read, usually I really like the stories, and I know that they will be clean. This one is about a teenage couple who find themselves expecting a baby, and their parents do everything to keep them apart. Fast forward 18 years, to a girl who was raised by loving grandparents, and is looking everywhere for her parents. I liked it.
Even Now by Karen Kingsbury. Yes, I have been reading a lot of her books lately - but she is very easy to read, usually I really like the stories, and I know that they will be clean. This one is about a teenage couple who find themselves expecting a baby, and their parents do everything to keep them apart. Fast forward 18 years, to a girl who was raised by loving grandparents, and is looking everywhere for her parents. I liked it.
Silver Girl
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Silver Girl by Elin Hilderbrand. This book is about a woman who finds out that her husband created the biggest ponzi scheme ever, and she didn't know anything about it. He heads off to jail, and she and her son are investigated by the Feds. She goes into hiding with her former best friend in Nantucket. Pretty good!
Silver Girl by Elin Hilderbrand. This book is about a woman who finds out that her husband created the biggest ponzi scheme ever, and she didn't know anything about it. He heads off to jail, and she and her son are investigated by the Feds. She goes into hiding with her former best friend in Nantucket. Pretty good!
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Crossed
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Crossed by Ally Condie. This is a sequel to Matched, which I really liked, but this book did nothing for me. It took me close to a week to finish it - a VERY long time for me. I just couldn't get into it. In it, Cassia finds her way to Ty, but love isn't all it is cut out to be. Sigh. Maybe the last book will make it better.
Crossed by Ally Condie. This is a sequel to Matched, which I really liked, but this book did nothing for me. It took me close to a week to finish it - a VERY long time for me. I just couldn't get into it. In it, Cassia finds her way to Ty, but love isn't all it is cut out to be. Sigh. Maybe the last book will make it better.
Nothing Daunted
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Nothing Daunted by Dorothy Wickenden. This is a true story about the author's grandmother, and the grandmother's best friend, who were society girls in New York state, and who after college (around 1916) decided to become teachers in Colorado, which was the Wild West at that time. It is a great peek into the west and how things were.
Nothing Daunted by Dorothy Wickenden. This is a true story about the author's grandmother, and the grandmother's best friend, who were society girls in New York state, and who after college (around 1916) decided to become teachers in Colorado, which was the Wild West at that time. It is a great peek into the west and how things were.
Sacred
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Sacred by Dennis Lehane. I love, love, love these books, although this was my least favorite of the Kenzie and Gennaro books. But I still liked it. They are hired to track down a dying man's daughter, and the more they dig the more things aren't what they seem.
Sacred by Dennis Lehane. I love, love, love these books, although this was my least favorite of the Kenzie and Gennaro books. But I still liked it. They are hired to track down a dying man's daughter, and the more they dig the more things aren't what they seem.
Longing
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Longing by Karen Kingsbury. This is the 3rd book in the Bailey Flanigan series, and I can't say I loved it. The characters are frustrating me - and not going the direction I thought they should. There is one more book, coming out in March - maybe it will end in a way that I like. Since it's all about me.
Longing by Karen Kingsbury. This is the 3rd book in the Bailey Flanigan series, and I can't say I loved it. The characters are frustrating me - and not going the direction I thought they should. There is one more book, coming out in March - maybe it will end in a way that I like. Since it's all about me.
Inheritance
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Inheritance by Christopher Paolini. The last book in the series. I really liked it, and I felt like he wrapped things up pretty well. There were some good surprises, and I was satisfied.
Inheritance by Christopher Paolini. The last book in the series. I really liked it, and I felt like he wrapped things up pretty well. There were some good surprises, and I was satisfied.
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