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A London Family, 1870-1900: A Trilogy - Molly Hughes
A London Family, 1870-1900: A Trilogy
Molly Hughes
The Cellist of Sarajevo - Steven Galloway
The Cellist of Sarajevo
Steven Galloway
Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher - Lewis Thomas
Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher
Lewis Thomas
All the Names - José Saramago, Margaret Jull Costa
All the Names
José Saramago, Margaret Jull Costa
A History of the World in 100 Objects - Neil MacGregor
A History of the World in 100 Objects
Neil MacGregor
Down the Garden Path - Beverley Nichols
Down the Garden Path
Beverley Nichols
Virtue Betray'd, Or, Anna Bullen - John Banks
Virtue Betray'd, Or, Anna Bullen
John Banks
Year of Wonders - Geraldine Brooks
Year of Wonders
Geraldine Brooks
Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
Swallows and Amazons
Arthur Ransome
Illusion in java - Gene Fowler
Illusion in java
Gene Fowler

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Bertie Plays the Blues: A 44 Scotland Street Novel - Alexander McCall Smith
Cocaine Blues - Kerry Greenwood
Love And The Platypus - Nicholas Drayson
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May 2014
05
text: importing doesn't import everything
I'm still very confused about importing books from Goodreads. I keep trying. I've re-exported from GR and re-imported to Book...
May 2014
04
reviewed: Paris - Germany: Europäische Reportagen 1931-1950
Janet Flanner was an American correspondent in Paris for the New Yorker magazine from 1925 to 1975. She was an expatriate par...
An American in Paris; profile of an interlude between two wars - Janet Flanner
finished reading:
An American in Paris; profile of an interlude between two wars - Janet Flanner
An American in Paris; profile of an interlude between two wars Janet Flanner
May 2014
03
reviewed: Bertie Plays the Blues: A 44 Scotland Street Novel (7)
I skipped a couple of books in the series to read this one, which a friend loaned me. It didn't really matter; the characters...
Bertie Plays the Blues: A 44 Scotland Street Novel - Alexander McCall Smith
finished reading:
Bertie Plays the Blues: A 44 Scotland Street Novel - Alexander McCall Smith
Bertie Plays the Blues: A 44 Scotland Street Novel Alexander McCall Smith
April 2014
27
reviewed: Mister Pip
I started out liking this book, but was blindsided by the horrific ending. I try to avoid that kind of thing, but it seems th...
Mister Pip - Lloyd Jones
April 2014
13
reviewed: The Mountain Lion (New York Review Books Classics)
I'm not sure what to think about this 1940s coming-of-age novel. I found it difficult to like or care about any of the charac...
The Mountain Lion (New York Review Books Classic) - Jean Stafford
finished reading:
The Mountain Lion (New York Review Books Classic) - Jean Stafford
The Mountain Lion (New York Review Books Classic) Jean Stafford
April 2014
06
reviewed: London Was Yesterday, 1934-1939 (A Studio Book)
Janet Flanner, an American ex-pat, wrote the bi-weekly "Letter from Paris" column for the New Yorker for 50 years; 1925 to 19...
London Was Yesterday, 1934-1939 (A Studio Book) - Janet Flanner
finished reading:
London Was Yesterday, 1934-1939 (A Studio Book) - Janet Flanner
London Was Yesterday, 1934-1939 (A Studio Book) Janet Flanner
March 2014
30
reviewed: The Summer Book (New York Review Books Classics)
The short of it is that this is the best book I've read in at least a year, maybe longer. The story of a young girl, Sophia, ...
The Summer Book - Tove Jansson, Thomas Teal, Kathryn Davis
finished reading:
The Summer Book - Tove Jansson, Thomas Teal, Kathryn Davis
The Summer Book Tove Jansson, Thomas Teal, Kathryn Davis
March 2014
29
reviewed: 101 Animal Stories
This was one of my favorite books as a kid. The stories all seemed a little odd, in a fascinating way that drew me to re-read...
101 Animal Stories - Anne-Marie Dalmais, Benvenuti, Glynis E. Holland, Brenda Uttley
reviewed: Catland
I loved Wain's art for many years before I knew much about him. Poor guy. He declined into mental illness. I wish this book h...
Catland - Louis Wain, Rodney Dale
March 2014
28
reviewed: Mother West Wind 'When' Stories
The 1941 copy I have was my mother's when she was a child.
Mother West Wind 'When' Stories - Thornton W. Burgess, Harrison Cady
reviewed: Eyewitness to History
I like books of historical source documents. These are eyewitness accounts of historical events.
Eyewitness to History - John Carey
reviewed: Medieval World: 300-1300 (Ideas & Institutions in W.Civilization)
A collection of documents written between 300-1300, each with a contextual intro. Not a page-turner, but great resource for t...
Medieval World, 300-1300 - Norman F. Cantor
reviewed: The Annotated Alice: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass
I have read through this version many times and I love all the great extra information Gardner gives that enhances the unders...
Annotated Alice: Complete Text and Original Illustrations in Only Fully Annotated Edition - Lewis Carroll, Martin Gardner, John Tenniel
reviewed: The Voice of the Wood
Haunting and beautiful. I love how the cello maker manages to capture in his instrument the spirit of the tree and the birds ...
The Voice of the Wood - Claude Clément, Frédéric Clément
reviewed: Mrs. Peter Rabbit
Can't find my copy at the moment, but it's a vintage hardcover, maybe 1940s.
Mrs. Peter Rabbit - Thornton W. Burgess
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