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As you can tell, I love to read! Total books read for the past few years: 2009- 138 2010- 152 2011- 138 2012- 129 Goal for 2013- 150 (already surpassed as of August 2013)

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Mr. and Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy

Mr. and Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy: Two Shall Become One
By Sharon Lathan
9781402215230 295p

Cute fanfiction. Yes, fanfiction. Sometimes jarring with words that I don't think Miss Austen ever knew or used.
8/10

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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Pygmalion

Pygmalion By Bernard Shaw 128p 8/10

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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

What the Dog Saw

What the Dog Saw
By Malcolm Gladwell
9781600249150 13 hrs (book on CD)

9/10
1/24/12 7:00 pm

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Friday, January 20, 2012

Pemberley

Pemberley
By Emma Tennant
0312107935 184p

Started well, probably 3/4 of the book was really good. Then it just took a dive, and the end was somewhat bizarre.
8/10

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Sunday, January 15, 2012

A Darcy Christmas

A Darcy Christmas
By Amanda Grange, Sharon Latham and Carolyn Eberhart
9781402243394 290p

3 stories:
Mr. Darcy's Christmas Carol: 8/10
Christmas Present: 9/10
A Darcy Christmas: 8/10

8/10

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Anything for Billy

Anything for Billy
By Larry McMurtry
0671670913 404p

Wow! Have to get this book for my dad, it's that kind of book! One you want to share with someone who will appreciate a good Western. And a good book.
9/10

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The Nun

The Nun
By Denis Diderot
0140443002 189p

Would like to have known the ending.
9/10

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Saturday, January 14, 2012

Who Really Cares

Who Really Cares: America's Charity Divide Who Gives, Who Doesn't, and Why It Matters
By Arthur C. Brooks
9780465008216

Interesting. Too long, I think it could have been condensed or simplified or something. Seemed like he repeated things sometimes.
8/10

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Rules of Civility

Rules of Civility
By Amor Towles
978014242973 12 hrs (book on CD)

Beautiful and sad. Even though I knew, I was rooting for certain things to happen. Great story, really evoked the era.
9/10
1/10/12 8:14am

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Thursday, January 5, 2012

The Blooding

The Blooding
By Joseph Wambaugh
0553282816 390p

Very interesting, first case to use DNA to catch a murderer... although that wasn't what ultimately caught him, it's still very interesting how the police ran their investigation.
9/10

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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

The Devil Wears Prada

The Devil Wears Prada
By Lauren Weisberger
0767925955 360p

I know someone with a job like this! Insane, so insane. I agreed with her decision at the end, obviously. But I didn't agree with her friend and boyfriend constantly giving her crap. It was only a year, after all. One year = the job she wants? And they couldn't be supportive of that? Sad.
9/10

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