tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86898892024-03-19T06:33:09.472-04:00Musings of a Middle Aged WomanRandom musings of my life and things that interest me.Cindy Schillinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00188558934178367639noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689889.post-10361362418319681232016-01-01T17:24:00.000-05:002016-01-01T17:24:04.954-05:00My 2015 Reading List<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another year has past, and it's time to share the books I read in 2015. This year I participated in the Good Reads Reading Challenge. At the beginning of the year I decided that I would try to read 60 books. I knew at the time that it was probably a conservative estimate, and that I would try to surpass that, which I did, big time. I have a list of 92 books, with a few of those being books I re-read for my monthly book discussion group at the library. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I enjoyed most of the books, but there were a few stinkers. A few books I found exceptional I would highly recommend <u>Being Mortal</u> by Atul Gawande as being an essential book for anyone who's planning on getting old and dying someday. Or for anyone who's going to at some point face the issue of aging and dying parents. Other non-fiction standouts include <u>The Boys in the Boat</u> by Daniel Green, and <u>The Prize: Who's in Charge of America's Schools</u> by Dale Russakoff. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There were also several fiction titles that I really enjoyed. I'd not read Kate Morton before, but read her latest, <u>The Lake House</u>, which reminded me a bit of <u>The Thirteenth Tale</u>. I also finally got around to reading Jojo Moyes, <u>One Plus One</u>, and will definitely read more of her works. One of my favorites was <u>The Girl on the Train</u> by Paula Hawkins. A fast-paced, gripping thriller, I thought it lived up to the hype. I also discovered a local mystery writer - Laura DiSilverio is a retired Air Force Intelligence officer who lives in nearby Colorado Springs. Her mysteries feature spunky detectives with interesting lives. I've read three of her series, and her one stand-alone, and enjoyed them all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I could go on, but time and space preclude me from going into too much detail. If you'd like to know more about a particular book, just let me know. I love discussing books as much as I enjoy reading them. Happy New Year, and have a great year full of love and books.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's the list: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Smith, Alexander McCall <i>The
Handsome Man's DeLuxe Café </i> </span><br />
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">2.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Penny, Louise <i>The
Long Way Home </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">3.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Strout, Elizabeth <i>The
Burgess Boys </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">4.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Strout, Elizabeth <i>Amy
and Isabelle </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">5.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Hawkins, Paula <i>The
Girl on the Train </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">6.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Larson, Erik <i>In
the Garden of Beasts </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">7.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Gaffigan, Jim <i>Food:
A Love Story </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">8.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Gawande, Atul <i>Being
Mortal </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">9.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Anderson, Neal <i>The
Bondage Breaker </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">10.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">MacDonald, Paul <i>Smile
Now, Cry Later </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">11.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Notaro, Laurie <i>The
Potty Mouth at the Table </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">12.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Semple, Maria <i>Where'd
You Go, Bernadette </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">13.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Stengel, Richard <i>Mandela's
Way </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">14.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Pickard, Nancy <i>The
Scent of Rain and Lightning </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">15.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Bradley, Alan <i>As
Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">16.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Pym, Barbara <i>No
Fond Return of Love </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">17.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Adiga, Aravind <i>Last
Man in Tower </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">18.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">O'Nan, Stuart <i>West
of Sunset </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">19.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Martin, Jim <i>The
Just Church </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">20.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Manning, Molly Guptill <i>When
Books Went to War </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">21.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Hornby, Nick <i>Funny
Girl </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">22.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Weaver, Ashley <i>Murder
at the Brightwell </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">23.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Soli, Tatyana <i>The
Last Good Paradise </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">24.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Shattuck, Susan <i>Invisible
Ellen </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">25.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Hannah, Sophie <i>The
Monogram Murders </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">26.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Walter, Hal <i>Full
Tilt Boogie </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">27.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Beaton, M.C. <i>Death
of a Liar </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">28.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Joyce, Rachel <i>The
Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessey </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">29.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Brannan, Sandra <i>In
the Belly of Jonah </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">30.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Yates, Richard <i>Revolutionary
Road </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">31.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">McConnon, Aili and Andres</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <i>Road to Valor </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">32.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Alcott, Kate <i>A
Touch of Stardust </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">33.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Rotert, Rebecca <i>Last
Night at the Blue Angel </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">34.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">DiSilverio, Laura <i>The
Readaholics and the Falcon Fiasco </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">35.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Tyler, Anne <i>A
Spool of Blue Thread </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">36.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Blackman, Fredrik <i>A
Man Called Ove </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">37.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">DiSilverio, Laura <i>Swift
Justice </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">38.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">DiSilverio, Laura <i>Swift
Edge </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">39.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">DiSilverio, Laura <i>Swift
Run </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">40.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Bunjevac, Nina <i>Fatherland </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">41.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Berg, Elizabeth <i>The
Dream Lover </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">42.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">DiSilverio, Laura <i>Die
Buying </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">43.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Coben, Harlan <i>The
Stranger </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">44.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Lutz, Lisa <i>How
to Start a Fire </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">45.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Brown, Daniel James <i>The
Boys in the Boat </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">46.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Haruf, Kent <i>Our
Souls at Night </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">47.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Packer, Ann <i>The
Children's Crusade </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">48.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Tey, Josephine <i>To
Love and Be Wise </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 22.65pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">49.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Booth, Michael <i>The
Almost Perfect People </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Gibbs, Chad <i>Jesus
Without Borders </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">McCreight, Kimberly <i>Where
They Found Her </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">McGuire, Richard <i>Here </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Todd, Charles <i>A
Fine Summer's Day </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></i><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Corrigan, Maureen <i>So
We Read On: How the Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Matters<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">McLain, Paula <i>Circling
the Sun </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">McLarty, Ron <i>Memory
of Running </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Grisham, John <i>Gray
Mountain </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Ephron, Hallie <i>Night,
Night, Sleep Tight </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Lee, Harper <i>Go
Set a Watchman </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Van Wagenen, Maya <i>Popular </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Benson, E.F. <i>Mapp
and Lucia </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Marsh, Ngaio <i>The
Nursing Home Murder </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Moyes, Jojo <i>One
Plue One </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Diament, Anita <i>The
Boston Girl </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Hannah, Sophie <i>Woman
with a Secret </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Backman, Fredrik <i>My
Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Barrows, Annie <i>The
Truth According to Us </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Hatmaker, Jen <i>For
the Love </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Bryson, Bill <i>A
Short History of Nearly Everything </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Stegner, Wallace <i>Crossing
to Safety </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Strout, Elizabeth <i>Olive
Kitteridge </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Rusakoff, Dale <i>The
Prize: Who's in Charge of America's Schools? </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Lowry, Lois <i>The
Giver </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Karon, Jan <i>Come
Rain or Come Shine </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Trigiani, Adriana <i>All
the Stars in the Heavens </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Benjamin, Ali <i>The
Thing about Jellyfish </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Chance, Maia <i>Come
Hell or Highball </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Carlino, Renee <i>Before
We Were Strangers </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Morton, Kate <i>The
Lake House </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Vowell, Sarah <i>Lafayette
in the Somewhat United States </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Steinbeck, John <i>The
Grapes of Wrath </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Smith, Alexander McCall <i>The
Woman Who Walked in Sunshine </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">DiSilverio, Laura <i>The
Readaholics and the Poirot Puzzle </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Chandler, Raymond <i>The
Big Sleep </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Stradal, J. Ryan <i>Kitchens
of the Great Midwest </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Keller, Timothy <i>Jesus
the King </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">DiSilverio, Laura <i>The
Reckoning Stones </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Dallas, Sandra <i>Tallgrass </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Seitz, Matt Zoller <i>Mad
Men Carousel </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Kellerman, Harry <i>Wednesday
the Rabbi Got Wet </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Boyle, T.C. <i>The
Women </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Christie, Agatha <i>Dead
Man's Mirror </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Cindy Schillinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00188558934178367639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689889.post-72995567964378603922015-12-09T10:39:00.001-05:002015-12-09T10:39:23.499-05:00Advent and Experiencing GodOur church is presenting a weekly small group series on Advent. Last night was the first session, and the text was Luke 1:1-25, which is the account of the priest Zechariah, and the news from the Angel Gabriel that he and his wife Elizabeth will soon have a son. This son will become John the Baptist, who was to prepare the people of Israel for the arrival of the Lord Jesus Christ. Zechariah and Elizabeth are childless, and are also quite advanced in age, so when Zechariah hears this news he questions Gabriel. As a result, Zechariah is struck mute until the child is born. <div><br></div><div>Having grown up in the church, I've heard this story hundreds of times, but God always has a way of teaching me something new about His Word. One thing that I learned from this passage is that God is faithful. Zechariah and Elizabeth had probably been praying for many years for a child, yet remained childless. Finally, when they had most likely given up all hope, they are blessed with a child. As Gabriel tells Zechariah, "Your prayer has been heard." God heard the prayers of Zechariah and Elizabeth, and answered them in His perfect timing. How many times I've prayed, and when my prayers weren't immediately answered given up, assuming that God didn't care or was too busy with more important things. This passage shows me that God does hear our prayers and answers them in His own time. It reminds me that I have such a small view of God's Kingdom; yet God, who is omniscient, knows what I need, and when I need it. </div><div><br></div><div>One of the biggest lessons I learned last night is that I often miss the presence of God. Zechariah was alone in the temple offering incense to the Lord when the Angel Gabriel appeared. What a privilege to be in the presence of the Angel of the Lord! Now that we have the Holy Spirit, we are able to be in God's presence at all times. But how often do I take this for granted? How often am I too busy to spend time In prayer and reading His Word, and when I do, how many times am I too distracted to focus on Him? And even more so, how often am I too busy <b><i>talking</i></b> to him rather than <b><i>listening</i></b> to what He may be telling me? How many blessings have I missed by not being present to God?</div><div><br></div><div>The last lesson I realized last night is the importance of studying God's word with others. While my own individual Bible study is valuable and instructive, it is also beneficial to meet with others to study His Word. Here is where I learn new things, and gain new insight into the scriptures. This is one reason why it's impossible to be a Christian without the church, and one reason why the Lord created the church- to teach one another and to build up one another so that we may be ready for Christ's return. </div>Cindy Schillinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00188558934178367639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689889.post-3445915069372576492015-08-28T20:00:00.000-04:002015-08-28T20:00:30.303-04:00Twenty-Five Years Ago<div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Twenty-five years ago tonight, I walked into the Deerfield Public Library to begin a new job. I'd just spent 4 1/2 years as a preschooler teacher in Evanston, and now that my son was starting Kindergarten I needed a part-time job that would allow me to be home with him after school and during the day at vacation time. I saw ad for a library page, and the hours were perfect- 5-9 Tuesday evenings, and 1-5 every other weekend. After about a month I added Monday evenings to my schedule. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For me, this was as close to the perfect job as I could get. I was surrounded by books, and was able to satisfy my sense for order. I quickly remembered the Dewey Decimal System I learned while</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">working in the Hastings College Library, and became an efficient shelver. I also spent a great deal of time in the Periodical room, fetching magazines and newspapers for students and other researchers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After five years working as a page, I was ready to move onto something new. An opening came up for a full time Circulation Assistant, and as my son was now entering fifth grade, I felt it was something we could handle. I enjoyed my time at the Circ Desk, and learned so much about how libraries work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After six months at the Circ Desk an opening came up for a Youth Services Library Assistant. I was hired, and moved down there in February of 1996. I knew I was finally where I belonged. It was challenging at first; I had no computer skills, and my knowledge of children's literature was extremely limited. But through perseverance, and by taking stacks of books home every day, I eventually developed the skills needed to succeed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 2000, I finally took the plunge and started working on my Masters in Library Science at Dominican University. Jack Hicks, the Director of the Deerfield Public Library, was especially encouraging in this endeavor, and the library was able to provide some financial assistance, for which I am eternally grateful. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Going to school while working full time was a challenge, but I loved it, and learned so much. After graduation in 2003 I became a Youth Services Librarian, a job I held until we moved to Maine in 2006. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Twenty five years ago I had no idea that my part-time job would lead to a lifetime career, and that I would eventually become the Director of a Public Library. I am so thankful that I was able to find a job that not only met our financial needs, but would allow me to use my gifts and talents. There have been rough patches along the way, but for the most part I have loved working in a Public Library. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm retired now, and whenever <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I visit my local library I'm reminded of how much libraries mean to me, and am grateful for the opportunity to spend so much of my life in them. </span></span></div>
Cindy Schillinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00188558934178367639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689889.post-44320996269793950102015-04-24T22:47:00.001-04:002015-04-24T22:47:54.819-04:00Random Thoughts on a Spring Day<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll admit that over the past few weeks I've been down in the dumps. It's been cold, I'm missing my friends, and the back pain that my Dr. had diagnosed as "disc slippage" continues to plague me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Adding to my dark mood is the fact that our backyard still looks like the surface of the moon. Granted, it looks better than it did last summer when it was overrun with weeds, but I'm so used to my garden in Maine where crocuses and daffodils would be poking through right about now. There's a lot of work to do, and it gets a bit overwhelming at times, but I try to remember the words of a friend, "It's a marathon, not a sprint."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This morning Steve and I dug out the dead arbor vitae bushes, then I went to the library and for a walk. Near the library is a small pond </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with a walking path around it. Next to it is a <a href="http://coloradowaterwise.org/XeriscapeColorado" target="_blank">xeriscape</a> garden that is tended by volunteers. The volunteers were there today weeding and cleaning up. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">After a couple of loops around the pond I decided to try the paved bike path that runs along McCulloch Boulevard I walked for about 15 minutes then headed back to my car. This was the view at my turnaround point.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">On the way back to the car I started thinking of the past weeks and my dark mood. I realized that while things aren't always sunshine and skittles here, I do have many things to be thankful for. I've been richly blessed, and there is much for which to be thankful. As I walked, I compiled this list:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">1. <i>Family</i>. The reason we moved here was to be closer to our son, daughter-in-law, and grandson. And every day that I get to spend with them is a blessing. My husband is happily retired, and enjoying our new life.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">2. <i>Health</i>. Even though I'm still dealing with slipped discs, I'm in otherwise good health. And my family is healthy as well.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">3. <i>Home</i>. We had the good fortune to find a lovely home in a quiet, rural area. There's space for a garden (eventually), and there's plenty of room for guests. It's warm in the winter, cool in the summer, and comfortable year-round.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">4. <i>Food</i>. There's plenty of food in the cupboards, and if I run out I can easily get to the store and get more. There are places in this world where people can't say that.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">5. <i>Faith</i>. I have the ability to worship God freely. Again, there are places in this world where this is not possible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">There are so many other things I could list. Friends, extended family,a long bike ride, ice-cold watermelon on a hot summer day...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">This morning during my quiet time I read this from Psalm 121: </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I lift my eyes to the mountains, where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. Psalm 121: 1,2 (NIV)</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I walked on the path today I lifted my eyes to the mountains and remembered where my help came from. And I was filled with joy.</span></div>
Cindy Schillinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00188558934178367639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689889.post-83805362800215980572015-01-01T14:52:00.002-05:002015-01-01T14:52:51.579-05:00Reading List 2014<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A new year is beginning, and like everyone else, I'm taking a look back at the year now behind us. For me it was a year of big changes, mostly good. After recovering from the cross-country move, I was able to get down to some serious reading. When all was said and done, I managed to complete 61 books in 2014. There were some excellent books, some not-so-excellent, and a couple of hard-to-get-through. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> There are a few that I'd read years ago, and read again this year, either for book discussions, or just for fun. </span><div>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I read my first James Patterson novel,</span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">NYPD Blue</i><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and found it not terrible. I picked it up because the co-author was Marshall Karp, and I've enjoyed his Biggs and Lomax mystery series. I don't know if I'll continue reading the series he writes with Patterson, but I do now see the appeal that Patterson has for millions of readers. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I discovered a new author. A co-worker had told me about Liane Moriarty's <i>The Husband's Secret</i>, but I'd not had a chance to read it earlier. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and eagerly picked up her latest, <i>Big Little Lies,</i> which I liked even better. I also learned that Moriarty's sister, Jaclyn, is the author of some of my favorite YA novels. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I discovered a not-so-new author. A couple of years ago when it was discovered that J.K. Rowling had written a mystery novel under the name Robert Galbraith, <i>The Cuckoo's Calling.</i> I started it, but time did not allow me to finish it. I picked it up again and really liked it. I then read the next book, <i>The Silkworm </i>and am looking forward to more in this series.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had been wanting to read Ken Follett's <i>The Century</i> trilogy, and I was finally able to read the first two volumes. The third volume was released in September, and I'm hoping to get to it this year.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's the complete list of books I read in 2014. Let me know if you want any more information about any of them. Also, please feel free to let me know what books you read this year that you loved. I'm always looking for suggestions.</span></div>
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Neal</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Victory Over the Darkness</i></li>
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Barbara</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Animal, Vegetable, Miracle</i></li>
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David</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Not For Sale</i></li>
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Chris</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Little Bee</i></li>
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Brennan</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Life Interrupted: Trafficking into Forced
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Nguyen, Bich
Minh</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Pioneer Girl</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Cook, Kevin</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Kitty Genovese: The Murder, the Bystanders,
the Crime that Changed America</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Ackerman,
Diane</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The Zookeeper's Wife</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Zevin,
Gabrielle</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Caletti, Deb</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">He's Gone</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Patterson,
James</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">NYPD Red</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Lively,
Penelope</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">How It All Began</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">George, Alex</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">A Good American</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Gladwell,
Malcolm</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Bryson, Bill</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">One Summer: America, 1927</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Yancey,
Preston</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Tables in the Wilderness</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Paton-Walsh,
Jill</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The Attenbury Emeralds</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Heyer,
Georgette</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Why Shoot a Butler</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Heyer,
Georgette</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Death in the Stocks</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Heyer,
Georgette</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">They Found Him Dead</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Benjamin,
Melanie</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The Aviator's Wife</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -1.5in;">Smokler, Kevin</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -1.5in;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -1.5in;">Practical
Classics: 50 Reasons to Reread 50 Books You Haven't Touched Since High School</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Hustad,
Megan</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">More Than Conquerors: A Memoir of Lost
Arguments</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Weiner,
Jennifer</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">All Fall Down</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Galbraith,
Robert</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The Cuckoo's Calling</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Moriarty,
Liane</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The Husband's Secret</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Hosseini,
Khalid</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">And the Mountains
Echoed</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Galbraith,
Robert</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The Silkworm</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Chast, Roz</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Follett, Ken</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Fall of Giants</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Follett, Ken</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Winter of the World</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Kemelman,
Harry</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Rowell,
Rainbow</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Landline</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">French, Dawn</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Oh Dear Silvia</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Lockhart, E</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">We Were Liars</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Von Bremzen,
Anya</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Todd,
Charles</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">A Matter of Justice</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Wood, Naomi</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Mrs. Hemingway</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Todd,
Charles</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">An Unmarked Grave</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Crombie,
Deborah</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">To Dwell in Darkness</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Moriarty,
Liane</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Big Little Lies</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Kinsella,
Sophie</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Shopaholic to the
Stars</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Winspear,
Jacqueline</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The Care and Management of Lies</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Baldacci,
David</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The Innocent</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Chesney,
Marion</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Snobbery with Violence</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">L'Amour,
Louis</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Lonesome Gods</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Trollope,
Joanna</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Sense and Sensibility (The Austen Project)</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Campbell,
Jen</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Trollope,
Joanna</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Brother and Sister</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Pym, Barbara</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Some Tame Gazelle</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Bryson, Bill</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Mother Tongue</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Hillenbrand,
Laura</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Unbroken</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Valentine,
Genevieve</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The Girls at the Kingfisher Club</i></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Brett, Simon </span><i style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Cinderella Killer</span></i></li>
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Cindy Schillinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00188558934178367639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689889.post-35583875920655925662014-11-29T16:14:00.001-05:002014-11-29T16:14:38.603-05:00Thoughts While Watching TCM<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After moving into our new house we signed up with a satellite providers for subscription TV. One of the channels we receive now is Turner Classic Movies (TCM). In the last few months that has become our default channel, and we've enjoyed several old favorites and discovered many movies we'd never seen. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yesterday was Hitchcock day on TCM, and one of the films was<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036342/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" target="_blank"> "Shadow of a Doubt," </a>starring Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotton. We came in about halfway, but a quick check of the plot on IMDB got me up to speed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My favorite scene was where the Teresa Wright character wants to get to the library so that she can check the newspaper to see if her uncle, Joseph Cotton is a murderer. The library closes at 9 p.m., and it's five minutes before 9. As she walks up to the library, the lights go out, and the door is locked. She pounds on the door, and finally the librarian (a stern looking older woman) tells her that the library is closed. Teresa begs to be let in, and the librarian relents and tells her she has three minutes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is where Hitchcock's genius is apparent. How did he know that my recurring work dream is where it's closing time, and people keep coming into the library and won't leave? I just had that dream the other night, and it's been almost six months since I've worked in a library. It's like he knew everyone's worst nightmare. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This morning we watched <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036640/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" target="_blank">"Between Two Women,"</a> one of the Dr. Gillespie series starring Van Johnson and Lionel Barrymore. I find those entertaining as it gives me an insight as to how the medical profession, or at least the Hollywood version of the medical profession has changed in 70 years. Case in point: in today's movie, Van Johnson is treating a woman who refuses to eat by using psychoanalysis. To try to learn what trauma is causing her condition he goes to the nightclub where she works and gathers all the employees together to see if they had any insight into her condition. So much for doctor/patient confidentiality. Thanks to HIPPA, we'll never see that scene again. Unless Dr. House makes a return. </span></div>
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Cindy Schillinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00188558934178367639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689889.post-3159483635837426982014-06-18T16:35:00.000-04:002014-06-18T16:35:08.469-04:00Saying Goodbye<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was an emotionally draining day as I walked through the rooms of our house one last time. After 7 years, we are leaving Maine and heading west to be near our son and his family in Colorado. And while I know that I'm going to love being close to our adorable two-year old grandson and his parents, it's still hard to say goodbye. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we moved to Maine in 2007 it was a difficult adjustment. The job I took here turned out to be much more stressful than I could have imagined, and the stress of being far from family and friends was almost more than I could bear. But through all the difficulties, this house was my sanctuary. While sitting on the deck or in my backyard or in the den, I was able to put aside the drama of work, and feel a deep peace. I've always felt that it was a gift from God, a place for rest and sanctuary. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once we decided to sell it, we embarked on a flurry of activity that allowed me to not think about the consequences of the process. Even after we accepted an offer back in April, it still didn't feel real. Over the past two weeks I've been saying goodbye- to co-workers, friends, and our wonderful church family. And as hard as that's been, I know that I'll see many of these people again, and will be able to stay in touch. But leaving the house, that was tough, because it's like leaving a part of me behind. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today at the closing, we met the new owners. They are delightful, and totally in love with this house. The moment they walked in, they knew they loved it. The wife is of Swedish heritage, and when she saw my Swedish-style kitchen with the Swedish cookbooks and trivet, she knew it was right. Then as they walked through the house, and saw the color scheme we had done, they were sold. As I sat through the closing, I was assured that my house is in good hands, with people who will love it as much as I do. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now I know that a house is really just a shell, and it's the people who live there who create a home, and I know that God will provide a home that will be just what we need in our lives right now. But I will always be grateful for this gift for the last seven years, and how it helped nourish and replenish my soul. </span></div>
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Cindy Schillinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00188558934178367639noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689889.post-52039582082155064852014-05-13T17:46:00.001-04:002014-05-13T17:48:58.197-04:00Life Interrupted: Trafficking Into Forced Labor in the United States by
Denise Brennan<div><br></div><div>For the past year I've been interested in the efforts of those who are fighting to end human trafficking around the world. It's a serious problem, and there are no easy solutions. Earlier this year I read <i>Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade- and How We Can Fight It </i>by David Batstone, the founder of Not for Sale. In it, he described the ordeals of specific individuals who had been enslaved. It is an eye-opening work, and I suggest that everyone should read it. </div><div><br></div><div>Thus it was with great interest that I discovered <i>Life Interrupted: Trafficking Into Forced Labor in the United States </i>by Denise Brennan in the Net Galley list. Brennan is an anthropology professor at Georgetown University whose research focuses on human trafficking and immigration reform. In Life Interrupted Brennan outline the experiences of several women and a few men who were enslaved here in the United States. The experiences of these people were different; some were forced into the sex trade, some were farm workers, and some were domestic workers. However, despite these differences, the one thing they all had in common was the lack of freedom. Eventually all the people Brennan describes were able to achieve freedom, but for many that was not the end of their difficulties. </div><div><br></div><div>Once they were freed from servitude, they then faced the bureaucratic and legal issues experienced by many immigrants who do not enter this country legally. Many are able to receive a special visa for trafficked individuals, but many remain in limbo. Once those hurdles are overcome, they then have to adjust to life in a totally alien country with no means of support. For many, the circumstances of their past make it difficult to reach out to others from their home countries, and many lack training and skills that would enable them to find jobs. </div><div><br></div><div>Brennan outlines these problems and describes many of the organizations and individuals who are reaching out to those who were trafficked. At the end of the book is a lengthy appendix with sources of information on how we can get involved in the fight to end human trafficking and how to help those who have been freed. </div><div><br></div><div>While I found Brennan's accounts of the trafficked individuals compelling, I felt that this book is a bit too academic to appeal to those who are just becoming aware of the issue. There was extensive footnoting, and in many places the narrative became bogged down and a tad repetitive. I do think, however, that anyone who is passionate about ending trafficking and has a good grasp of the issues should read this book, especially for the appendix. For those just learning about the cause, I would suggest David Batstone's <i>Not for Sale</i>.</div><div> </div>Cindy Schillinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00188558934178367639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689889.post-64264975444321006172014-01-01T13:14:00.001-05:002014-01-01T13:14:22.225-05:00My 2013 Reading LIst<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Something happened to me this past year that I thought would never happen. I hit a reading wall. The year started out with such promise, reading-wise. I read 10 books in January, and I thought for sure that I'd surpass the number of books I'd <a href="http://retrieverworld.blogspot.com/2013_01_01_archive.html" target="_blank">read in 2012</a>. But then last summer I got to the point where I just couldn't read another book. This is something that's never happened to me, and I found it quite discouraging. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, I took a bit of a reading vacation. I decided that I would only read the books that I wanted to read, and would not worry about how much I read, or about reading the books everyone's talking about. I started this at the end of June when I was going to be spending a lot of time in airports and on planes. I'd been wanting to read Hilary Mantel's <u>Wolf Hall</u> for some time, so I decided that would be a perfect book to bring along. I got about halfway through when I returned from all my traveling, and managed to finish it over the next month. For the rest of the year I've continued to read, but have slowed down the pace. Now I'm focusing on the books I need to read (or re-read) for book discussion, and the books I really want to read. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As much as I love being a librarian, I think that one of the problems inherent with the job is the danger of losing the joy of reading. Keeping up with the reading interests of our patrons is an important part of the job, and can become a chore, rather than something done for pleasure. So my goal for 2014 is to not worry about how much I read, but to slow down and savor each book. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With that introduction, I'm presenting the list of books I did read in 2013. Feel free to ask me about any of them; despite my sluggish attitude this year, I do still love talking about books. Happy New Year, and Happy Reading.</span><br />
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</span></span></i><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Martel, Yann - <i>The Life of
Pi</i> (Book Discussion)<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<i>Saving CeeCee Honeycutt</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Held - <i>A Year of Biblical Womanhood</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></i><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Manzano, Sonia - <i>The
Revolution of Evelyn Serrano</i> (Juvenile Fiction)<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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</span></span></i><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dallas, Sandra - <i>The Persian
Pickle Club </i> (Re-read for Book
Discussion)<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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</span></span></i><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bradley, Alan - <i>Speaking
from Among the Bones<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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of My Invention<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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Blessings </i>(Re-read)<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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Book<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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Kathleen - <i>The Kitchen House</i></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> (Book Discussion)</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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- <i>Right Ho, Jeeves </i>(Re-read)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of Broken Glass<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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</span></span></i><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Jennings, Ken - <i>Because I
Said So<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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Lover's Guide to the World<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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</span></span></i><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Clayton, Meg Waite - <i>The
Four Ms Bradwells </i>(Book Discussion – skype with author!)<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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Kelsey - <i>The Supremes at Earl's
All-You-Can-Eat</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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One<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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</span></span></i><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Fforde, Jasper - <i>The Eyre
Affair </i>(Book Discussion)<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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</span></span></i><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lipman, Elinor - <i>The View
from Penthouse B<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<i>This One Is Mine</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ann - <i>Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Emily - <i>The Broken Teaglass</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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- <i>Code Name Verity </i>(Young Adult –
audiobook)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></i><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Barnes, Julian - <i>The Sense
of an Ending </i>( Book Discussion)<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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</span></span></i><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hainey, Michael - <i>After
Visiting Friends: A Son's Story<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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</span></span></i><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sedaris, David - <i>Let's
Explore Diabetes with Owls</i> (audiobook)<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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</span></span></i><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cullen, Lisa Takeuchi - <i>Pastor's
Wives<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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</span></span></i><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ryan, Tom - <i>Following
Atticus </i>(Book Discussion)<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<i>Dad Is Fat</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i>The Soloist </i>(re-read for Book
Discussion)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">41.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Grabenstein,
Chris - <i>Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's
Library </i>(Juvenile Fiction)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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- <i>Wolf Hall</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></i><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lethal, Mac - <i>Texts from
Bennett<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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- <i>The Wives of Henry Oades</i> (Re-read for Book Discussion)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></i><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Goolrick, Robert <i>- A
Reliable Wife</i> (Re-read for Book Discussion)<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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</span></span></i><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Steinbeck, John - <i>Travels
with Charley: In Search of America </i>(Re-read for Book Discussion)<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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</span></span></i><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Thompson, Jean - <i>The Year We
Left Home<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<i>The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></i><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Skloot, Rebecca - <i>The
Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks </i>(Book Discussion)<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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</span></span></i><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mantel, Hilary - <i>Bring Up the
Bodies<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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- <i>Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Catherine - <i>Mr. Lynch's Holiday</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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- <i>The Light Between Oceans </i>(Book
Discussion)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></i><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Faulks, Sebastian - <i>Jeeves
and the Wedding Bells<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">57.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Zierman, Addie
- <i>When We Were on Fire</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Alexander McCall - <i>The Minor Adjustment
Beauty Salon</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></i><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Setterfield, Diane - <i>The
Thirteenth Tale </i>(Re-read for Book Discussion)<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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</span></span></i><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Semple, Maria - <i>Where'd You
Go, Bernadette </i>(Re-read for Book Discussion)<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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Jamie - <i>The Middlesteins </i>(Re-read for
Book Discussion)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Cindy Schillinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00188558934178367639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689889.post-37815843766016014102013-12-27T15:25:00.001-05:002013-12-27T15:34:35.412-05:00The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm a huge fan of the Flavia deLuce mystery series by Canadian author Alan Bradley. At the </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">end of the fifth book in the series, <u>Speaking from Among the Bones</u>, there was a major cliffhanger, and I could not wait until the next book appeared. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Several months ago while browsing NetGalley, I saw that I could request the advanced ebook of <u>The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches</u>. I did so, and quickly downloaded it. When I downloaded it there was a note that reviews could not be published until closer to the release date, so I'm just now writing the review, but actually read the book several months ago. I was afraid that I might forget key elements, but I have to say that this is a book that's sticking with me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Often in a long-running mystery series the author starts to run out of steam. At the end of the 5th book I was a bit concerned that this might be the case, but I was pleased to find that this is not so. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't want to give too much away for those who read the previous book and are eagerly anticipating the resolution of the cliffhanger, so I'll try to be careful. The story starts with the entire deLuce family at the train station waiting for the return of Harriet, Flavia's mother who disappeared when Flavia was a baby.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the station a stranger gives Flavia a cryptic message, then is immediately killed by an oncoming train. Long-lost relatives with secrets also make an appearance. Flavia discovers a home movie that may provide clues to these events, as well as answer some questions about Harriet and her family. Flavia's Aunt Felicity is also on hand to fill in some parts of the family story.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By the end of the novel, Flavia is ready to face a brand-new adventure, and I look forward to joining her. Bradley has taken a series that was starting to become a bit stale and reinvigorated it by resolving many questions and taking it in a different direction. I wish that more mystery series writers would take this approach.</span><br />
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Cindy Schillinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00188558934178367639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689889.post-24729428639221885402013-12-13T21:00:00.000-05:002013-12-13T21:00:05.343-05:00How to Make an Apple Pie<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. On a nice sunny day in October, visit a local apple orchard and purchase a bag of Cortland apples with the intention of making pies in the next few days. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. When you get home put the apples in the crisper drawer of the refrigerator. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Whenever you open the refrigerator tell yourself that you really do need to get those pies made. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Repeat number 3 several times over the next month. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 Around Thanksgiving, bring your fancy apple peeler/slicer up from the basement and tell yourself that you will definitely make apple pies for Thanksgiving. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. Decide to bake a Mrs. Smith's Pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. Whenever you open the refrigerator check the apple to make sure they're still good. Notice that they're starting to get a bit soft, and tell yourself that you really need to get those pies baked. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. Twelve days before Christmas, when you have 17 other projects to finish in the next two days, take time to make 3 pies. Bonus points if you do this immediately after scrubbing the kitchen floor. </span><br />
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<img src="webkit-fake-url://2A9FD13F-E6A8-4DC0-835E-3E0E7F269D34/imagejpeg" />Cindy Schillinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00188558934178367639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689889.post-3873797495082412672013-08-05T20:06:00.002-04:002013-12-27T15:34:16.882-05:00Texts from Bennett<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As the mother of a 28 year-old son, I've heard my share of rap music. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Mostly when he was in </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">high school and I was driving him back and forth to his various activities. I'm not a huge fan, and I especially have issues with the misogynistic aspects of the medium.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now that I'm <strike>stalking</strike> following him on Facebook, I'm still aware of where his musical tastes lie, and from time to time he made mention of a rapper named Mac Lethal,a white rapper from the Kansas City area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One day while browsing the new ebooks for review on NetGalley, I saw that Mac had a new book coming out, and I decided that I had to read it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Texts from Bennett</u> is the story of Mac, and how he opened his home to his opiate-addicted aunt Lillian, her conspiracy theorist boyfriend Tim, and her 17 year-old gangsta son, Bennett, who claims to be 13% black (he's not).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The story unfolds through Mac's narration, interspersed with texts between Mac and Bennett. As might be expected, the arrival of his family causes no small amount of disruption in Mac's life, especially in his relationship with new girlfriend Harper. But Mac begins to see another side of his family, and when he learns more about his Aunt Lillian's (and his own mother's) dysfunctional family he begins to appreciate them more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There's a lot of really offensive language in <u>Texts from Bennett</u>, as well as a lot of drug use. But if you can get past that, it's really a good story. Mac learns to see another side of Bennett, and both Mac and Bennett grow from the experience of spending time together. So while I don't think any friends my age would enjoy reading <u>Texts from Bennett</u>, I think young adults who share my son's enthusiasm for hip-hop culture would like this book.</span>Cindy Schillinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00188558934178367639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689889.post-5796101006077017142013-02-18T16:26:00.002-05:002013-02-18T16:30:41.867-05:00A Glass of Blessings<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqk7BO773lXyaj1LQUgEIaOFbJ38ryyNQtRdyIl3MKZdU4cUKa73-7vOFrVdkWVFOXycDJJlh9wFpco78GONXk_37yWmwo3zcEi3CoJ1ll9GwuicK8FrGQJ75ucrOPFvGHfQ8AEg/s1600/glassofblessings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqk7BO773lXyaj1LQUgEIaOFbJ38ryyNQtRdyIl3MKZdU4cUKa73-7vOFrVdkWVFOXycDJJlh9wFpco78GONXk_37yWmwo3zcEi3CoJ1ll9GwuicK8FrGQJ75ucrOPFvGHfQ8AEg/s200/glassofblessings.jpg" width="131" /></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I don't remember exactly when I read my first Barbara Pym novel, but I think I was in my 20's. I eventually read all 12 of her novels <a href="http://www.barbara-pym.org/Books.html" target="_blank">(here's a complete list of her published novels)</a>, but it was a long time ago. In the past few years I've suggested her novels to friends and fellow Anglophiles, but no one to whom I had suggested them fell in love with them as I did.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'd been thinking that I'd like to read them again when I learned that <u>A Glass of Blessings</u> was about to be reissued in an ebook format. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I vaguely remembered that this was my favorite of Pym's novels. Along with the Pym's characteristic bittersweet tone I also picked up on a strain of humor that I enjoyed. I </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">received an advance galley through NetGalley, and started reading it on my nook. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <u>A Glass of Blessings</u> is the story of a young English woman, Wilmet Forsythe, who lives with her husband Rodney and his mother Sybil in London. With nothing to occupy her time, Wilmet becomes involved with the parishioners of the neighborhood church she has started to attend. This colorful cast of characters includes elderly Father Thames, a collector of fine art, mild and dumpy Father Bode, and the newest assistant, Father Ransome, who cuts a rather dashing figure. Rounding out this group are Mary Beamish, a young woman devoted to good works, and Wilf Bason, the new cook for the Clergy House. In addition, Wilmet also feels drawn to Piers Longridge, the ne'er-do-well brother of her dear friend Rowena. When Piers seems to take an interest in her she is flattered, but Piers' secretive life complicates the relationship.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like all of Pym's works, <u>A Glass of Blessings</u> is a quiet slice-of-life story about a specific class of people in post-war England. Nothing too serious ever happens, and the characters are interesting, if not particularly deep. What I appreciate about these stories is that they take me to another time and place where I can spend an enjoyable few hours. I'm looking forward to re-reading more of Pym's novels, and hope that more will be reissued in digital format. </span>Cindy Schillinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00188558934178367639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689889.post-37029185681498745452013-02-18T07:42:00.001-05:002013-02-18T07:47:40.929-05:00Speaking from Among the Bones<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'd like to start out by saying that I know I'll never deliver a Ted Talk. For those of you unfamiliar with Ted Talks, I'll direct you<a href="http://www.ted.com/talks"> here</a>. Ted stands for "technology, entertainment, and design," and the Ted Talks are from two annual conferences that " bring together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes or less)." The talks are available online for viewing, and cover a wide variety of topics.<br /><br />While I'd like to think that I have words worth imparting to the world, I'm enough of a realist that I know this isn't the case. One day a colleague and I had just been discussing Ted Talks and the unlikelihood of our ever being asked to present one. Later that day I was browsing through the NetGalley list and found <u>How To Deliver a Ted Talk: Secrets of the World's Most Inspiring Presentations</u> by Jeremey Donovan. I jokingly told my colleague that I should read it so that I would know how to deliver my talk when asked. We laughed, but then I decided I wanted to see what the author had to say, so I downloaded the book. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At 111 pages (in ebook galley form), it's a quick read. Chapters cover how to select a topic, how to build your speech, how to master your delivery, and how to overcome your fear. Donovan is also a realist, and knows that most of his readers will never deliver an actual Ted talk, but encourages anyone who may ever need to address a group to use the book as a guide to more effective public speaking.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a former member of my college forensic team I've long enjoyed public speaking, and I appreciated Donovan's book for succinctly laying out the design for how to prepare a speech. <u>How To Deliver a Ted Talk </u>by Jeremey Donovan would be a useful addition to any public library collection.</span>Cindy Schillinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00188558934178367639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689889.post-26730556202058406952013-01-01T16:27:00.002-05:002013-01-01T20:46:51.544-05:00Reading List 2012<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Continuing a New Year's tradition, I'm publishing the list of all the books I read in 2012. Before the list, here are a few observations about this year's books:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many of the best books I read this year were non-fiction, including </span><u style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Burying the Typewriter</u><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><u style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Won't Stop Talking</u><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, and </span><u style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion</u><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (re-read for Book Discussion)<br />20. Lutz, Lisa - <i>Trail of the Spellmans *</i><br />21. Garfield, Simon - <i>Just My Type: A Book about Fonts </i><br />22. Tyler, Anne - <i>The Beginner's Goodbye *</i><br />23. Hely, Steve - <i> How I Became a Famous Novelist *</i><br />24. Hassman, Tupelo - <i>Girlchild </i><br />25. Kimmel, Haven - <i>A Girl Named Zippy </i>(re-read for Book Discussion)*<br />26. Christie, Agatha - <i>Murder in the Vicarage </i>(re-read)<br />27. Fellowes, - Julian <i>Snobs *</i><br />28. Smolinski, Jill - <i>Objects of My Affection *</i><br />29. Talley, Marcia - <i>The Last Refuge </i><br />30. Ray, Jeanne - <i>Calling Invisible Women *</i><br />31. Christie, Agatha - <i>The Mysterious Affair at Styles</i> <i>(re-read)</i><br />32. See, Lisa - <i>Snow Flower and the Secret Fan </i><br />33. King, Carole - <i>A Natural Woman </i>(audio)<br />34. Smith, Alexander McCall - <i>The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection *</i><br />35. Cline, Elizabeth - <i>Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion *</i><br />36. Ford, Richard - <i>Canada </i><br />37. Gideon, Melanie - <i>Wife 22 </i><br />38. Walter, Jess - <i>Beautiful Ruins* </i><br />39. Mandel, Emily - <i>The Lola Quartet </i><br />40. MacLachlan, Patricia - <i>The Boxcar Children Beginning </i><br />41. Stein, Grant - <i>The Art of Racing in the Rain </i><br />42. Shipstead, M.<i>- Seating Arrangements </i><br />43. Bugan, Carmen - <i>Burying the Typewriter *</i><br />44. Wright, N.T. - <i>Revelation for Everyone </i><br />45. Fitzgerald, F.Scott - <i>The Great Gatsby </i>(re-read for Book Discussion)<br />46. Heyer, Georgette - <i>Footsteps in the Dark </i><br />47. Heyer, Georgette - <i>No Wind of Blame </i><br />48. Flynn, Gillian -<i>Gone Girl *</i><br />49. Kogan, Deborah - <i>The Red Book </i><br />50. Stuart, Julia -<i>The Pigeon Pie Mystery *</i><br />51. McKnight, Scot - <i>Fasting </i><br />52. Berry, Wendell - <i>Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community </i><br />53. Fuller, Alexadra - <i>Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight </i><br />54. Klaussmann, L. - <i>Tigers in Red Weather</i> <br />55. Pylvainen, H. - <i>We Sinners </i><br />56. Joyce, Rachel - <i>The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry* </i><br />57. Burbery, Muriel -<i>The Elegance of the Hedgehog </i><br />58. Bohjalian, Chris -<i>The Sandcastle Girls </i><br />59. Straub, Emma - <i>Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures </i><br />60. Semple, Maria - <i>Where'd You Go, Bernadette? *</i><br />61. Momaday, N. Scott - <i>The Names: A Memoir </i><br />62. De Rosnay, Tatiana - <i>Sarah's Key </i><br />63. Maas, Jane - <i>Mad Women </i>(audio)<br />64. Hoffman, Eva -<i>Lost in Translation: A Life in a New Language </i><br />65. Attenberg, Jami - <i>The Middlesteins *</i><br />66. Smith, Dodie - <i> I Capture the Castle *</i><br />67. Dallas, Sandra - <i>Prayers for Sale </i>(audio)*<br />68. Wouk, Herman - <i>The Lawgiver </i><br />69. Liu, Eric - <i>The Accidental Asian </i><br />70. Dilloway, Margaret - <i>How to Be an American Housewife </i><br />71. Platt, David - <i>Radical </i><br />72. Kirwin, Mary - Lou <i>Killer Librarian </i><br />73. McEwan, Ian - <i>Sweet Tooth *</i><br />74. Goodland, L., et.al (eds.) -<i>Mad Men, Mad World </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The full title of this book is <u>Mad Men, Mad World: Sex, Politics, Style, and the 1960s</u>. It is edited by Lauren M.E. Goodlad, Lilya Kaganovsky, and Robert A. Rushing, and will be published by Duke University Press in March of 2013.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1GvF1bxIvNwZb6qoXk5ZlH-mqRKl0tFqp8uRaZc9xpMsPGmAEhhbaophcOCzAEPcnotZnrxl7vYqCaIrRcqNnYes61CVwSh1aZhGbtuqTp8kgdCrsPBc_g_DCVrXH55Pz-9LVLw/s1600/Things+I+Made+October+8,+2012+010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1GvF1bxIvNwZb6qoXk5ZlH-mqRKl0tFqp8uRaZc9xpMsPGmAEhhbaophcOCzAEPcnotZnrxl7vYqCaIrRcqNnYes61CVwSh1aZhGbtuqTp8kgdCrsPBc_g_DCVrXH55Pz-9LVLw/s320/Things+I+Made+October+8,+2012+010.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is Columbus Day weekend. Or if you're Canadian, it's Thanksgiving Day. Either way, I got a three-day weekend out of it. So, on Saturday, I focused on cleaning the house and doing laundry - the typical weekend things. I also made it to the annual Craft Sale sponsored by the Friends of the Library. They're a great group of people, and so supportive of what we do at the library, so I wanted to support them. And I picked up a couple of things while I was at it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Sunday, Steve and I planned a trip to Vermont. The original plan was that we would leave Sunday morning, then come back on Monday. Well, while we had a great time there, we decided that we'd rather come back on Sunday, so we'd have all day Monday to relax and get ready for the week ahead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This meant a trip to the fabric store. While there I also picked up a <a href="http://www.joann.com/blackboard-fabric-table-runner/prod1270100/" target="_blank">project sheet</a> for a table runner made out of blackboard fabric. I thought that would be perfect for potlucks, so bought the necessary supplies for that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For my third project I was making a journal cover for a class we're doing at the library this week on telling your family stories through writing and art. I got the idea for my cover from <a href="http://southernbellesoulmountainbrideheart.blogspot.com/2012/06/quotes-of-amazing-father-diy-quotes-on.html" target="_blank">this site</a>, which I found on Pinterest. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All three projects turned out okay; not perfect, but certainly usable. Steve helped me with the pattern for the football blanket, and he did a great job. Sewing the binding on the blackboard fabric went pretty well, but the corners were a bit tricky. And the moleskin journal got a bit warped with the ModPodge and paint. As a result, the "G" didn't stick down too well, and the paint kind of seeped in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But, it was a great feeling of accomplishment. Now it's back to work - I only hope I can be as productive there as I was at home this weekend.</span><br />
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<br />Cindy Schillinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00188558934178367639noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689889.post-58676320814226741402012-07-28T21:49:00.001-04:002012-10-08T18:20:42.728-04:00Two Book Reviews<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><br />Thanks to <a href="http://netgalley.com/">NetGalley</a> I recently read two books on my nook that have given me a lot to think about. <br /><br /><br /> The first, What's the Least I Can Believe and Still Be a Christian? is by Martin Thielen, a Methodist pastor from Tennessee. Thielen sets out to answer the question posed to him from an atheist friend. In part 1 he lists 10 things that Christians do not have to believe, in other words, they are things that many Christians do believe, but one can still be a Christian if he does not accept these ideas. In Part 2 he then lists 10 things that are absolutely necessary for the Christian faith. These are the bottom-line things that matter most - Jesus, his life, death and resurrection. <br /><br /><br /> Thielen discusses each of these ideas clearly, thoughtfully, and succinctly. He refers to Scripture to make his points, and acknowledges that there are good, thoughtful Christians who may not agree with all of his arguments, but what really matters is that they accept the bottom-line beliefs expressed in part 2.<br /><br /><br /> What's the Least I Can Believe and Still Be a Christian would be a good book for church groups to study in order to help focus their conversations with non-believers, and would be a good book to give to a non-believing friend who wants to better understand Christianity.<br /><br /><br /> After finishing Thielen's book I immediately began Revelation for Everyone by N.T. Wright. Wow! Revelation is probably one of the most difficult and often controversial books of the Bible. I've read it before and just kind of shrugged my shoulders, finding it often incomprehensible. Which is why when I come across someone who claims to understand it I'm often skeptical. <br /><br /><br /> What I appreciate about Wright's interpretation is that he is open about not having the final say on Revelation. At one point he says, "This is a book designed to make you ponder and pray, not one designed to answer everything to your satisfaction." And ponder and pray, I did. I found myself writing down several quotes from this book to think about later.<br /><br /><br /> Wright goes through each chapter of Revelation and gives his interpretation based on previous scripture and the context of when and where it was written. At one point he says "We are not dealing in Revelation with a single sequence of events...What we are dealing with is several different angles of vision on the one single reality."<br /><br /><br /> To me, the main idea I took away from this book is that I don't really need to worry about what will happen in the future. As Wright says, "When God's mystery is complete, it will be the fulfillment of creation, not its abolition." In other words, the return of Christ will happen, and how it happens is a mystery to us now. What's important for me is to live my life in a spirit of worship and repentance, with a sense of expectation. <br /><br /><br /> Wright presents his ideas clearly, but because there is so much to the book of Revelation, I feel that this is a book that requires more than just a single reading; it's something to re-read and really study. <br /><br /><br /> Both of these books are published by Westminster John Knox Press.</span>Cindy Schillinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00188558934178367639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689889.post-7645635547684743362012-06-25T21:00:00.001-04:002012-06-25T21:00:46.168-04:00The Boxcar Children: Beginning<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"One warm night four children stood in front of a bakery. No one knew them. No one knew where they had come from." So begins <u>The Boxcar Children</u> by Gertrude Chandler Warner. I first heard this story in second grade when my teacher, Mrs. Harris read it to our class. I was enthralled by the story of the orphaned Alden children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny and the home they made in an abandoned boxcar, furnished with items found in the dump.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Though their parents are dead, the children are not entirely without family. Grandfather Alden, their father's father, is still alive, but due to a falling out with their father years ago, they have never met the man. Well, the story ends (spoiler alert) with the Grandfather turning out to be a kindly, wealthy man who takes them in and raises them, moving their boxcar into his large backyard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chandler wrote this and 18 more stories about the Boxcar children. At her death, the publisher, Albert Whitman continued the series with several different authors. First published in 1942, they are still popular today. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now well-known children's author Patricia MacLachlan (<u>Sarah, Plain and Tall</u>) has written a prequel to the series. <u>The Boxcar Children: Beginning</u> establishes the Alden children on a farm with their loving parents Kate and Ben. It's the Depression and times are tough, but the Aldens are a loving and generous family, sharing what they have with any strangers who wander by. When a family on its way to move in with relatives has car trouble right in front of the Alden's farm, they wind up staying for several weeks, becoming close friends with the Aldens. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The estrangement from Grandfather Alden is explained by the fact that Ben decided to live on Kate's family farm rather than going into business with his father. When Ben and Kate are killed in a car accident the children are faced with the choice of going to an orphanage, going to live with their mean grandfather, or heading out on their own. The story leaves with them setting out for parts unknown, eventually arriving in front of the bakery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Basically, MacLachlan does a good job of telling the story. Written with a vocabulary and style suitable to the early chapter-book readers who have read the original story, she establishes the background of the Alden children in a style similar to Warner's, albeit a tad more saccharine in spots. My major issue is that the death of the parents seems almost anti-climactic, and the children's reaction is almost too stoic. I understand that the story is for younger readers, and there might be concern about traumatizing them, but I think a little stronger reaction to their death might have been okay. Overall, I felt this was a good story about a loving family, and a good way to explain how the Boxcar Children their start. I would suggest that children still read the original stories first.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I read this as an Advance Reader copy on my ereader from Net Galley, so by the time the final edition comes out in September there may be changes in content and style.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Cindy Schillinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00188558934178367639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689889.post-17415911290280405382012-06-18T13:39:00.001-04:002012-06-18T13:39:06.613-04:00Overdressed: Elizabeth Cline's blog<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For those interested in learning more about Elizabeth Cline's research into the fashion industry and suggestions of how to avoid fast fashion, I've just discovered her blog: <a href="http://thegoodcloset.tumblr.com/">http://thegoodcloset.tumblr.com/</a></span>.Cindy Schillinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00188558934178367639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689889.post-84336500060187709542012-06-17T20:22:00.000-04:002012-06-17T20:22:01.931-04:00Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You wouldn't know this by looking at me, but I love fashion. From Barbie dolls in my childhood to <u>Seventeen</u> magazine as a teen, and more recently, my Project Runway" obsession, I've always loved looking at clothing and imaging having a fantastic wardrobe. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fortunately, I had a grandmother who was an expert seamstress, so many of my clothes came from her, then as I got older, I was able to make many of my own clothes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over the past few years, however, I haven't had as much time for sewing, so most of my clothes have been purchased ready-made. Being budget-conscious, I always try to buy my clothes on sale. There have been many times when I've been excited about the "steals" on got on my shopping trips.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elizabeth Cline was also a budget shopper. In <u>Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Clothing</u> she describes spotting canvas shoes at K-Mart. Marked down from $15 to $7, she couldn't resist, and wound up buying 7 pairs. Of course, within a few weeks, they had basically disintegrated, and two pairs wound up never being worn because she got tired of them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This led her to look a bit more carefully at the clothes we buy. The cost of clothing has dropped tremendously in the past few years, and there is more of it. Companies such as Old Navy, H & M, and Forever 21 constantly change their inventories, enticing the consumer to shop more frequently to see "what's new." And because it's so cheap, we don't feel bad about carrying home armloads of new clothes, only to wind up not wearing very much of it. As a result, each year tons of clothing are discarded, much of it going to landfills. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The drain on limited resources is astounding. Most clothing now is made from polyester, an oil-based chemical. Then, the clothing is made in factories, almost all of which are outside the United States, under working conditions that are less than ideal, to say the least.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cline thoroughly examines each of these different facets of fashion by spending time with fashion bloggers who post videos of their clothing "hauls," talking to fashion industry executives in the Garment District of New York, and visiting factories in China and Bangladesh. She also takes a look at what happens to our clothes when we get tired of them by touring a Goodwill facility and a clothes recycling business.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cline calls this trend of cheap fashion "fast fashion," and compares it to the past, when we made our clothes last as long as possible. She looks at some alternatives to fast fashion, and visits some clothing companies that are placing an emphasis on environmentally-friendly, high-quality clothes. She also spent time with a young woman who has made the decision to make all of her own clothes. Cline went so far as to learn to sew herself, an activity she eventually found to be quite satisfactory.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have to say that I found this book to be informative, thought-provoking, and inspiring. I'm looking at my clothes differently, and it's encouraged me to start sewing more of my clothes again. I know that I'll definitely be more thoughtful in my clothing purchases, looking at the fabrics used, and the conditions under which they were created. I'm also going to try to be satisfied with fewer clothes of higher quality.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Reviewers have compared it to Michael Pollan, the writer largely responsible for changing the ways we look at food, and I would have to agree. I'm strongly suggesting that all my fashion-loving (and bargain-loving) friends read it. </span>Cindy Schillinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00188558934178367639noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689889.post-56029013249629637112012-05-30T19:52:00.002-04:002012-05-30T19:58:48.389-04:00Pioneer Beans<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Back in the 70s when we were hosting a family dinner at our house my mom served a new side dish that she called "Pioneer Beans." I imagine the recipe came from one of the magazines to which she subscribed. Anyway, everyone loved them, and the dish has been a staple at almost every family gathering for nearly 40 years now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't make them too often because it's just the two of us, and my husband doesn't like them., but two weekends ago I was in Iowa for my niece's high school graduation, and my sister had a big batch of them for the party. Delicious - especially with the pulled pork my brother-in-law had prepared for the event.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, this past weekend when our church was having a potluck cookout I decided to bring them. I had several requests for the recipe, so here's my mom Etta's recipe for Pioneer Beans:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A couple of notes - instead of cooking the bacon with the hamburger and onion, I baked the bacon in the oven at 425 on top of a baking rack in a foil lined cookie sheet for about 15 minutes. (This method was given to me by my sister Lori, who learned it from watching The Barefoot Contessa. It's the only way I make bacon now.) After it cooled I chopped it up and added it to the rest of the ingredients.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So that's it. Super easy, filling, and a good side dish for large gatherings and summer barbeques - especially if you use the crockpot. One word of warning - when my husband and I got married my mom was having the families over to our house afterwards. She put the beans in the crockpot, then went to the church. When they got back home, the beans had overflowed and were all over. So just make sure you don't overfill the crockpot.</span></div>Cindy Schillinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00188558934178367639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689889.post-61714334797129396882012-03-21T07:53:00.001-04:002012-03-21T07:54:56.473-04:00Juggling<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lately it seems that I've been doing a lot of juggling. For 5 months I juggled being a Children's Librarian and Library Director. Now, I'm down to just one job (thank heavens), but there's still a lot of juggling going on. In addition to my job, church, and household duties, there are also sewing projects, books I want/need to read, and now that it's spring, gardening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So while feeling a bit stressed, I really thought I had it all together. Until last night. I had to work late because I needed to attend a selectmen's meeting. I'm driving home at about 8:00 and am about 2 miles from home when I start thinking about the program the library's doing tomorrow night to celebrate the opening of the movie "The Hunger Games." Then it hits me - I was going to make 2 backpacks for our "reaping." And the fabric was still up in my sewing room, not only unsewn, but uncut. As a matter of fact, it was still in the bag. I had planned to whip them up last weekend, but as the beautiful Sunday afternoon beckoned me outside, all sewing plans when out of my head, as well as any thoughts of the backpacks. I had plenty of time to do it on Monday evening, but they were no longer in any part of my brain at that point.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, I rushed in the house and tore upstairs to make two backpacks. My long-suffering husband truly deserves sainthood as he watched me once more in full panic mode.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had only intended to make simple drawstring bags with grommets so they could go on your back, so I got them done in about an hour, but realized that I didn't purchase enough of the cording for the second backpack. So, it's off to Walmart to find a suitable replacement (why, oh why did they take the fabric departments out of Walmart?).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was my first time using a grommet pliers, and a couple of the grommets aren't too perfect, but I hope they'll do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And my lesson learned is that I really need to start keeping thorough to-do lists. On paper, and not just in my head.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are the backpacks:</span></div>Cindy Schillinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00188558934178367639noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689889.post-68337628044535801812012-01-02T10:42:00.000-05:002012-01-02T10:42:47.668-05:00Reading List, 2011<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here it is, the list of books I read in 2011. It wasn't a great year in terms of quantity, but there are some really good books on this list. Looking it over, I realized that my favorite books this year were non-fiction - <u>A Jane Austen Education</u> by William Deresiewicz, <u>The Wilder Life</u> by Wendy McClure, and <u>At Home</u> by Bill Bryson. It was also a year of audiobooks; I'm not really an auditory person, but the 1/2 hour drive to work is a good opportunity to get more books read. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another addition to my reading formats was my nook., which I received for Christmas last year. It wasn't so much that I really wanted it, but knew that in my job it was going to be an important element and wanted to make sure I was on top of things. I was surprised by how much I enjoy reading on it; I don't event really notice much of a difference. The only issue is in books with several full color illustrations; in that case print (or a color nook) would be better.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another thing is that for the first year, the number of adult books and juvenile/young adult books is about equal. After 20 years as a children's librarian, I'm now moving on as a library director. What this means for my job is that most of my reading will be for our adult book discussion group, which I will still be co-leading. I'll still try to keep up with juvenile/young adult literature because I enjoy it, but it won't be the main focus of my reading. Unless I manage to establish that Young Adult/Adult Book Discussion Group.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, here's the list. If you've read any of these, let me know your opinions; if you see something you think you might like to read, feel free to ask my opinion. </span><br />
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Books Read 2011<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Adult Books:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Olive Kitteridge</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> – Elizabeth Strout<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Catherine of Aragon</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> – Giles Tremlett<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I Remember Nothing </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– Nora Ephron (audiobook)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In Fifty Years We’ll All Be Chicks</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> – Adam Carolla (nook)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Breakfast at Tiffany’s</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> – Truman Capote<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Girls in Trucks </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– Katie Crouch (nook)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Uptight and in Your Face</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> – Nina Brown<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A Red Herring without Mustard</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> – Alan Bradley<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Wilder Life</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> – Wendy McClure (nook)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">10.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Death of a Chimney Sweep </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> - M.C. Beaton<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">11.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Friendship Bread</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> – Darien Gee<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">12.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Street of a Thousand Blossoms </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– Gail Tsukiyama (audiobook)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">13.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A Visit from the Goon Squad</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> – Jennifer Egan (audiobook)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">14.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This Life Is in Your Hands </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– Melissa Coleman<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">15.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One that Isn’t –</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Robert Sutton<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">16.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Bossypants –</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Tina Fey (audiobook)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">17.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A Town Like Alice –</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Nevil Shute<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">18.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Every Last One –</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Anna Quindlen (audiobook)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">19.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A Tiny Bit Marvellous –</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Dawn French<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">20.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This Is Where I Leave You –</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Jonathan Troper<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">21.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Wheat Belly –</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> William Davis (nook – advance reading copy)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">22.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Mistress of Nothing –</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Kate Pullinger<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">23.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace –</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Gary Chapman (nook – advance reading copy)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">24.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A Jane Austen Education –</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> William Deresiewicz<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">25.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Greatest Generation –</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Tom Brokaw<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">26.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Wives of Henry Oades –</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Johanna Moran<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">27.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Paris Wife –</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Paula McLain (audiobook)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">28.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close –</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Jonathan Safron Foer<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">29.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Magicians –</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Lev Grossman<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">30.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Quiet, Please: Dispatches from a Public Librarian</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> – Scott Douglass<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">31.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Hunchback of Neiman Marcus</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> – Sonya Sones<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">32.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> – Alexander McCall Smith<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">33.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Sun Also Rises</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> – Ernest Hemingway<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">34.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Rules of Civility </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– Amor Towles<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">35.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">At Home </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– Bill Bryson (nook)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">36.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Life Itself </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">–Roger Ebert (audiobook)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">37.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> – Helen Simonson<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">38.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I Am Half Sick of Shadows </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– Alan Bradley<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">39.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Then Came You </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– Jennifer Weiner (audiobook)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">40.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Sun Stand Still </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– Steven Furtick<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Adults Books re-read for Adult Book Discussion Group:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Hobbit –</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> J.R.R. Tolkien<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Help</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> – Katherine Stockett<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Juvenile and Young Adult Books:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Around the World in 100 Days </span></u>– <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Gary Blackwood<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Finn –</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Matthew Olshan (nook)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Cardturner –</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Louis Sachar (nook)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">My Fair Godmother –</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Janette Rallison (nook)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Spaceheadz –</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Jon Scieszka<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Talent Show –</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Dan Gutman<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Magic Below Stairs –</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Caroline Stevermear<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Finally –</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Wendy Mass<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Small Adventures of Popeye and Elvis –</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Barbara O’Connor<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">10.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Masters of Disaster </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> - Gary Paulsen<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">11.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Eggs over Evie </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– Allison Jackson<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">12.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Saving the Baghdad Zoo </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– Kelly Halls, Major William Summer<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">13.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">–p Natalie Standiford<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">14.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">? Louise Rennison<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">15.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A Long Walk to Water </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– Linda Sue Park<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">16.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A Tale Dark and Grimm </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– Adam Gidwitz<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">17.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Moon over Manifest </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– Clare Vanderpool (nook)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">18.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Hero </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– Mike Lupica (nook)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">19.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Brixton Brothers: The Ghostwriter Secret</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> – Mac Barnett<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">20.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Talented Clementine </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– Sara Pannypacker<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">21.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Penny Dreadful </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– Laurel Snyder<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">22.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Clementine and the Family Meeting </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– Sara Pennypacker (nook Advance Reader Copy)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">23.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Romeo and Juliet Code </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– Phoebe Stone<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">24.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Mr. Popper’s Penguins</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> – Richard and Florence Atwater<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">25.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– Rachel Cohn and David Levithan<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">26.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart –</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Candace Fleming<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">27.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Beauty Queens –</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Libba Bray<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">28.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Cloaked –</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Alex Flinn (nook)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">29.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Then I Met My Sister </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– Christine Hurley Deriso<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">30.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Yours Truly, Lucy B. Parker: Sealed with a Kiss</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> – Robin Palmer<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">31.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School: Fear Itself</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> – Andrew Clements<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">32.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Hidden </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– Helen Frost<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">33.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Strange Case of Origami Yoda </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– Tom Angleberger<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">34.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Matched </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">- Ally Condie<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">35.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Girl who Was on Fire </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– Leah Wilson, ed.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">36.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Troublemaker </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– Andrew Clements (audiobook<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">37.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Junonia </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– Kevin Henkes (audiobook)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">38.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Touch Blue </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– Cynthia Lord (audiobook)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">39.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Wonderstruck </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– Brian Selznick<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">40.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Lexie </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">–Audrey Couloumb is<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">41.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Trapped </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– Marc Aronson<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">42.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">From Willa with Love </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– Coleen Murtaugh Paratore<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">43.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A Plague Year </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">–Edward Bloor<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">44.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Nerd Camp </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– Elissa Brent Weissman<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">45.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Tangled </span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">– Carolyn Mackler<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Juvenile Books re-read for Child-Adult Book Discussion Group:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Shiloh</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> – Phyllis Reynolds Naylor<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Because of Winn-Dixie</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> – Kate diCamillo<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">No More Dead Dogs</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> – Gordon Korman<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Love That Dog</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> – Sharon Creech<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Trolls</span></u><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> – Polly Horvath </span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">6.</span><u style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">The Book Thief</u><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> - Markus Zusak (read for Adult Book Discussion Group)</span></div>Cindy Schillinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00188558934178367639noreply@blogger.com4