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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)

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

The Marriage Game

The Marriage Game: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth
By Alison Weir
402p  978034551191

Didn't really like Elizabeth here, but still a good book.
8/10

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Monday, April 27, 2015

The Truth is Out There

The Truth is Out There: The Unofficial Guide to the X-Files Volume I
By Brian Lowry
0061053309  277p

8/10

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Sunday, April 26, 2015

Not Out of Africa

Not Out of Africa
By Mary Lefkowitz
046509838x  193p

8/10

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Saturday, April 25, 2015

Talk About Sex

Talk About Sex: the Battles over Sex Education in the United States
By Janice M. Irvine
0520235037  205p

Was expecting (and hoping for) a historical look on how sex education has changed over its history. Some studies perhaps on what works and what doesn't. Instead got a blatant attack on Christians, Republicans, and any person who has a different view from the author. Such a difference in language when talking about Republicans or Democrats (ie "seized power" vs "took back"). Too bad, could have been an interesting book.
6/10

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Friday, April 24, 2015

The Devil in the White City

The Devil in the White City
By Erik Larson
0375725601  396p

9/10

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Thursday, April 23, 2015

The Good Knight

The Good Knight
By Sarah Woodbury
361p

8/10

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Sunday, April 19, 2015

Roots

Roots
By Alex Haley
044080311x  729p

9/10

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Passive Aggressive Notes

Passive Aggressive Notes
By Kerry Miller
978061630590  161p

8/10

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Monday, April 13, 2015

Mister Pip

Mister Pip
By Lloyd Jones
9780385341066  256p

9/10

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Sunday, April 12, 2015

Roger Cara's Treasury of Great Cat Stories

Roger Cara's Treasury of Great Cat Stories
0883657635  495p

The Cat That Walked by Himself by Rudyard Kipling- 8/10
The Cat by the Fire by Leigh Hunt- 7/10
The White Cat by W.W. Jacobs- 8/10
The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe- 8/10
Cats by Philip Gilbert Hamerton- 8/10
The Cat by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman- 9/10
Calvin, The Cat by Charles Dudley Warner- 9/10
Ye Marvelous Legend of Tom Connor's Cat by Samuel Lover- 9/10
Dick Bakers Cat by Mark Twain- 8/10
The Concientious Cat by Agnes A. Sandham- 10/10
He Wrote the Rats by Julian Ralph- 8/10
The Philanthropist and the Happy Cat by Saki- 7/10
Tobermory by Saki- 8/10
Midshipman, The Cat by John Coleman Adams- 8/10
A Black Affair by W.W. Jacobs- 6/10
"When in Doubt- Wash!" by Paul Gallico- 8/10
Jennie's Lessons to Peter on How to Behave Like a Cat by Paul Gallico- 8/10
The Witch's Cat by Manly Wade Wellman- 8/10
A Feline Felony by Lael J. Littke- 8/10
The Cyprian Cat by Dorothy L. Sayers- 7/10
Novice by James H. Schmitz- 8/10
The Fat Cat by Q. Patrick- 8/10
My Father, The Cat by Henry Slesar- 8/10
The Sin of Madam Phloi by Lilian Jackson Braun- 9/10
The King of the Cats by Stephen Vincent Benet- 8/10
The Game of Rat and Dragon by Cordwainer Smith- 8/10
Podolo by L.P. Hartley- 7/10
Space-Time for Springers by Fritz Leiber- 8/10
Spooner by Eleanor Farjeon- 7/10
The Story of Webster by P.G. Wodehouse- 8/10
Out of Place by Pamela Sargent- 8/10
Cat Nipped by Jack Schaefer- 9/10
The Cat Who Lived in a Drainpipe by Joan Aiken- 10/10
Some are Born Cats by Terry and Carol Carr- 8/10
Autumn: The Garden of Stubborn Cats by Italo Calvino- 8/10
8/10

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Friday, April 3, 2015

Holy Cow

Holy Cow
By David Duchovny
9780374172077  207p

Very funny
8/10

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