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The Book Thief (Readers Circle)
Markus Zusak
Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2007
Magical
+ Haunting and Captivating
+ Heartbreaking and life-affirming
+ Excellent read
+ wonderful book for adults of all ages
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Sold
Patricia Mccormick
Hyperion Book CH, 2008
A sensitive topic, but worth the read
+ Courtesy of Mother Daughter Book Club.com
+ loved it !!!!!!!!!!!
+ Not Easy to Look At
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Lord Vishnu's Love Handles: A Spy Novel (Sort Of)
Will Clarke
Simon & Schuster, 2005
David Green said it best...
+ it was the best book i ever read but...
+ Psychic mayhem
+ Very funny
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The Tao of Pooh
Ernest H.] [Milne, A.A.] Hoff, Benjamin [Shepard
Dutton, 1982
A particular way of living
This book is based around the idea that A. A. Milne's stories of Winnie-The-Pooh can be used to illustrate the basic notions of Taoism. Hoff is not by any means arguing that Milne was a Taoist. He is merely saying that Milne's inner attitude to life, as revealed by the stories, intuitively ...
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Uglies
Scott Westerfeld
Scholastic Trade, 2005
not just for teens...
+ Logan's Run meets The Real Life
I am an 8th grade teacher and several of my students begged me to read this book to them during homeroom so I agreed. It did not take long for me to get just as hooked on this story as my students were as it is an incredible story. The writing is incredible and Westerfeld masterfully paints vivid ...
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (P.S.)
Betty Smith
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006
My favorite book
+ My favorite book of all time
+ A True Classic
+ Don't wait as long as I did
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon
Vintage, 2004
Fantastic
+ More than just autism: a great book
+ A Masterpiece of Writing
+ Curious but also convincing
+ Haddon is a genius
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Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
Christopher Moore
Harper Paperbacks, 2003
Awesome Book
+ Irreverent, bold, and hytsterical- You know, it's like bacon
+ So fun and funny
It has been a while since I read this book but it is really really good. It is not meant to be taken literally for those of you out there that can't tell that. Christopher Moore is a hilarious writer but this book seems to let the humor seep in slowly and less obviously than many of his other ...
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon
Vintage, 2004
Fantastic
+ More than just autism: a great book
+ A Masterpiece of Writing
+ Curious but also convincing
+ Haddon is a genius
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Lord Vishnu's Love Handles: A Spy Novel (Sort Of)
Will Clarke
Simon & Schuster, 2005
David Green said it best...
+ it was the best book i ever read but...
+ Psychic mayhem
+ Very funny
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The Tao of Pooh
Ernest H.] [Milne, A.A.] Hoff, Benjamin [Shepard
Dutton, 1982
A particular way of living
This book is based around the idea that A. A. Milne's stories of Winnie-The-Pooh can be used to illustrate the basic notions of Taoism. Hoff is not by any means arguing that Milne was a Taoist. He is merely saying that Milne's inner attitude to life, as revealed by the stories, intuitively ...
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Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
Christopher Moore
Harper Paperbacks, 2003
Awesome Book
+ Irreverent, bold, and hytsterical- You know, it's like bacon
+ So fun and funny
It has been a while since I read this book but it is really really good. It is not meant to be taken literally for those of you out there that can't tell that. Christopher Moore is a hilarious writer but this book seems to let the humor seep in slowly and less obviously than many of his other ...
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Uglies
Scott Westerfeld
Scholastic Trade, 2005
not just for teens...
+ Logan's Run meets The Real Life
I am an 8th grade teacher and several of my students begged me to read this book to them during homeroom so I agreed. It did not take long for me to get just as hooked on this story as my students were as it is an incredible story. The writing is incredible and Westerfeld masterfully paints vivid ...
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The Book Thief (Readers Circle)
Markus Zusak
Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2007
Magical
+ Haunting and Captivating
+ Heartbreaking and life-affirming
+ Excellent read
+ wonderful book for adults of all ages
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (P.S.)
Betty Smith
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006
My favorite book
+ My favorite book of all time
+ A True Classic
+ Don't wait as long as I did
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