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It felt a little unfair for me to review this book. BUY THIS BOOK! MY UNCA WROTE IT! (I was afraid anything I might say would sound like that, no matter how I phrased it.) Plus, all I could really think about while reading the book is hard it was for our family while he [...]
A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin My rating: 4 of 5 stars Again, a re-read… or should I say a “re-listen” since I have it on audio in the car. Perhaps it’s having seen the HBO show, but I like Tyrion a lot more this time around. Last time I read the series [...]
At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson My rating: 3 of 5 stars The overwhelming though I had while reading this book is that I am surprised, as a species, that we have not all died out. The way he wrote about the flu, and cholera, and just the lack of [...]
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson My rating: 4 of 5 stars I was buying another Bill Bryson book, having had him recently recommended to me, and my friend ringing me up (what, you’re not friends with the people who own your locally owned book store? You [...]
Little Men by Louisa May Alcott My rating: 3 of 5 stars Have you ever re-read a book that you loved as a child, a book that made each character seem real and alive and someone you’d want to spend time with? And then seen it in a completely different light, a worse light, a [...]
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott My rating: 5 of 5 stars I recently re-read this, needing something light and wanting to revisit a book I used to love, and I was pleased to note that it held up very well. I will always want to be Jo, and I will always get frustrated with [...]
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson My rating: 4 of 5 stars Unlike the second book, which you could pick up without having read the first, I would not read this one unless you’ve read at least the second book. This is the culmination of the story; mysteries are revealed, threads [...]
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The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson My rating: 4 of 5 stars Like the first one, this one started off just a tad slowly, and I did wonder where he was going with it. It picked up considerable speed, though, and I absolutely devoured it. One thing I found myself thinking, though, [...]
Coming Thursday to Wild Iris Books (but available now on the Wild Iris Marketplace – will ship Thursday), is my long-awaited guest-sized set of the Watership Down inspired soap set. When I started making soap to sell, I wished I could do something with my soap that also celebrated my love of literature – and [...]
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’m sure hundreds of people have reviewed this already, so…I picked this up because I wanted to read them before the American movie came out (I have not yet seen the Swedish movies). It took about 100 pages or so [...]
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