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| Little women |
| Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. |
| Little Women - duh. Classic of all time. If you haven't read it, then you've lived in a hole all your life. |
| Children's Fiction ALCOTT |
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| Fever, 1793 |
| Anderson, Laurie Halse. |
| If you don't know what yellow fever is, then you probably haven't caught it and thus are probably still alive which is good, because I don't want any dead people reading my reviews. I won't stand for it. But, if you don't know what yellow fever is, then you probably haven't read this awesome book which means that you probably should read this awesome book that's true except it's not true, which makes it fiction. |
| Children's Fiction ANDERSO |
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| Persuasion |
| Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. |
| Adult Fiction AUSTEN |
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| Pride and prejudice |
| Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. |
| Forget the vampires (and zombies!) this is the best romance you're gonna get. Face it. |
| Adult Fiction AUSTEN |
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| Tuck everlasting |
| Babbitt, Natalie. |
| If you could, would you live forever? I mean, really. Forever. Always the same age. Have you ever wondered what forever is like? Forever, and ever, and ever, and ever, and ever, and ever, and ever, and ever, and ever, and ever, and ever, and ever and repeat a bazillion times x pi. Would you choose to live forever (and ever and ever and ever etc)? Or would you be smart? Or stupid, or whichever you want to call it. |
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| Forgotten fire |
| Bagdasarian, Adam. |
| A leetle rough. It's in the pit of despair *cough* I mean the teen section for a reason. But it's a good portrayal of WWI. Or WWII. I forget which. |
| Teen Fiction BAGDASA |
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| Father Brown : the essential tales |
| Chesterton, G. K. 1874-1936. |
| It's awesome, it's clever, and hey! it's a little fat man who solves mysteries. Can it get better? |
| Adult Fiction CHESTER |
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| Fifteen |
| Cleary, Beverly. |
| Children's Fiction CLEARY |
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| Thr3e |
| Dekker, Ted, 1962- |
| What if a terrorist phoned you and threatened to blow your car to kingdom come if you didn't solve a riddle for him. Oh yeah, and you're in the car. Oh, and you only have three minutes. Have fun! |
| Adult Fiction DEKKER |
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| A tale of two cities |
| Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. |
| It's by Dickens. Crawl out of the hole that you're living in and read it already. |
| Adult Fiction DICKENS |
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| Shadow spinner |
| Fletcher, Susan, 1951- |
| A different look at Arabian Nights. Fascinating. And that wasn't even sarcasm. |
| Teen Fiction FLETCHE |
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| Les miserables |
| Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885. |
| The title says it all. But it's a classic. And it's really interesting. And as a bonus, you get to look like the ultimate nerd as you lug a 2,000+ page book around. Just what you always wanted.
But it is really good. No kidding there. And the musical is even better. But I digress. |
| Adult Fiction HUGO |
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| When Hitler stole pink rabbit. |
| Kerr, Judith. |
| This is the story of how the big bad rabbit was stolen by the bigger badder man. And it's also somewhat about a little girl and WWII. And pink rabbits. And an aunt with a yipy little dog like the ones down the street that our neighbors own and then whenever the dogs yipe, the old lady comes out on the front step and screams, "SHUDDUP!" at them. |
| Children's Fiction KERR |
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| The rescue |
| Korman, Gordon. |
| Children's Fiction KORMAN |
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| The search |
| Korman, Gordon. |
| Children's Fiction KORMAN |
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| Mara, daughter of the Nile |
| McGraw, Eloise Jarvis. |
| So what if you were a slave and someone hires you to spy on a king. You would get fancy clothing, good treatment, and enough food for once. Your answer: heck yeah! Well, what if someone else hired you at the same time to spy on someone else. Great. Twice the money. Play double agent for a while and stick with the winning side. But what if you fell in love with one of your masters? Hopelessly, truly, and deeply in love? It creates a problem. Just a leetle tiny one. But you can handle this. It'll be simple. Right? |
| Teen Fiction MCGRAW |
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| The scarlet Pimpernel |
| Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness, 1865-1947. |
| If you like guillotines, screaming mobs, an unbearably handsome husband, and high society England, then this book is for you! Especially if you are attracted even slightly to balls, intrigue, a masked hero, and a villainous villain.
NOTE: Screaming mob may not be included. Pizza (TM) is not required to supply or procure a screaming mob to please angry readers. Pizza did not write this book. He/she only enjoyed it. |
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| House |
| Peretti, Frank E. |
| Haunted house. Don't read in the middle of the night. And especially not if there's a graveyard underneath your house. And do NOT - oh dang. This probably would have fit better in my 'Good Fantasy' booklist. Good grief, my life stinks. Now I'll have to revise everything. *mumble mumble* |
| Adult Fiction PERETTI |
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| Calico Captive; |
| Speare, Elizabeth George. |
| Ah. This was one of my favorite books. I haven't read it in a while, but that's only because I read it over and over and over when I first discovered it. It ought to be a classic. Except that I was always annoyed that she didn't marry that one dude, though it hardly matters because she gets enough proposals to stuff a pillow with. |
| Children's Fiction SPEARE |
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| The bronze bow. |
| Speare, Elizabeth George. |
| Did you know that there were cults back in 25A.D.? Well, this book is not about them. No, no, no, it's about a blacksmith and his donkey. Yes, and Karlisle. *sigh* Sweet, sweet, Karlisle.
No. Wait. That's a different book. Dang. Anyhow, this IS about cults in 25 AD, I guess. And a crazy sister (crazy as in nuts). And a cult. |
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| The witch of Blackbird Pond. |
| Speare, Elizabeth George. |
| I liked this book. Though every time I saw the name 'Nat' I thought of gnats and how bothersome they are to see and to spell and I wondered why they didn't just leave the 'G' off of the front in the first place because it's so very tiresome to continue to forget it and be forced to add it by irate teachers wearing rubber gloves and steel magnolias. |
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| Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896. |
| Topsy... *sobs* No, that was not a spoiler. Or maybe it was. Eveline *sobs* That wasn't a spoiler either. Uncle Tom........ *sobs harder* Ok, I guess I can't review this book. You're just going to have to read it for yourself, I guess. *sobs* |
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| The winged watchman |
| Van Stockum, Hilda, 1908-2006. |
| Welcome to Holland in the midst of WWII. No food, no clothing, no people.
Er, scratch that. There were people and they did wear clothing and there was food - just not a ton of it. Oh yeah, and there were also Nazis who were out to get all the people hidden in your house. And there was also an Allied solder who you were hiding. And there was also a dog. And believe me, the dog will rock your little world.
Andalsothere'sthisboynamedJoris. |
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| Angel on the square |
| Whelan, Gloria. |
| It is my personal theory that an angel squared equals a saint, and a saint squared equals two saints, and a devil squared equals a very large annoying grubworm with big teeth that just slightly resemble revolving table saws, but that's only my opinion and has little to do with this wonderful book. This wonderful book is about many things, but I think that Ms. Whelan made a mistake when she forgot to include special deluxe revolving table saws. And pancakes. |
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| Chu Ju's house |
| Whelan, Gloria. |
| I'll admit that I enjoyed this book. The one hold-back was that I had a very difficult time pronouncing the main character's name. 'Choo joo'? 'Choo you'? 'Chow joo'? 'Chow you'? 'Spandex'? Mind boggling, I tell you. Needless to say, I've never been very good at pronouncing words. Personally, I think that if everything was spelled like it sounded, the world would be a better place and no one would be homeless. Not even Chu Ju. ('Choo joo'? 'Choo you'? 'Chow joo'? 'Chow you'?) |
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| Homeless bird |
| Whelan, Gloria. |
| I find the title rather misleading. There weren't really any birds. Just girls. And, let me tell you, the girls wouldn't have been homeless had people just spelled words like they sounded instead of using the stinking 'ph's and 'wr's and 'ck's. |
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| The impossible journey |
| Whelan, Gloria. |
| Give me a half an hour and I'll come up with a more amusing comment, but as it is, my younger siblings are yelling for me to come and change my youngest brother's you-know-what and you probably didn't even want to know. |
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| The turning |
| Whelan, Gloria. |
| There is an absolutely beautiful song in Les Mis that is called 'The Turning' and it's right after *SPOILER* Javert dies *END OF SPOILER* and Marius gets hauled out of the sewer by Jean Valjean and all the women come out and sing it and they probably dance too, but I've never actually seen the play, just listened to the musical over and over and over. Anyway, this book has nothing to do with that song. This takes place in Russia, while Les Mis is in France. Though what's-her-name does travel to France. And she dances. And she's the great-niece/grand-granddaughter/distant relative removed a few times of the main character in "Angel in the Square". |
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This is very much like 'Good Fantasy' except that it's fiction. Not fantasy.
On May 27, 2010 at 9:52, Emily Lloyd wrote:
