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Liz's Reviews

Review 1: Oscar Wilde and A Death of No Importance by Gyles Brandreth (06/06)

Review 2: Broken Moon by Kim Antieau (06/12)

Review 3: The Host by Stephenie Meyer (06/12)

Review 4: Griffin and Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence by Nick Bantock (06/16)

Review 5: Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen (06/16)

Review 6: The Opposite of Invisible by Liz Gallagher (06/23)

Review 7: Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich (06/23)

Review 8: Pretty Face by Mary Hogan (06/23)

Review 9: Storm Front by Jim Butcher (06/25)

Review 10: Fix by Leslie Margolis (06/25)

Review 11: Slam by Nick Hornby (07/04)

Review 12: Blue Smoke and Murder by Elizabeth Lowell (07/04)

Review 13: Sweethearts by Sara Zarr (07/07)

Review 14: Girl at Sea by Maureen Johnson (07/07)

Review 15: Perfect You by Elizabeth Scott (07/08)

Review 16: Bloom by Elizabeth Scott (07/08)

Review 17: Invincible (Star Wars: Legacy of the Force, book 9) by Troy Denning (07/16)

Review 18: No Choice But Seduction by Johanna Lindsey (07/16)

Review 19: Simplify Your Life: 100 Ways to Slow Down and Enjoy the Things That Really Matter by Elaine St. James (07/16)

Review 20: Bewitching Season by Marissa Doyle (07/16)

Review 21: Persuasion by Jane Austen (07/19)

Review 22: The Long Way Home (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Volume 1) by Joss Whedon (07/21)

Review 23: No Future For You (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Volume 2) by Joss Whedon and Brian K. Vaughn (07/21)

Review 24: When It Happens by Susane Colasanti (07/23)

Review 25: The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star by Nikki Sixx and Ian Grittins (07/31)

Review 26: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow (07/31)

Review 27: Grim Tuesday by Garth Nix (07/31)

Review 28: The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall (07/31)

Review 29: Girl, Barely 15, Flirting for England by Sue Limb (08/02)

Review 30: Feeling Sorry for Celia by Jaclyn Moriarty (08/02)

Review 31: A Room With a View by E.M. Forster (08/05)

Review 32: Sabine's Notebook: In Which The Extraordinary Correspondense of Griffin & Sabine Continues by Nick Bantock (08/05)

Review 33: Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, book 4) by Stephenie Meyer (08/10)

Review 34: The Golden Mean: In Which The Extraordinary Correspondnce of Griffin & Sabine Concludes by Nick Bantock (08/10)

Review 35: Quakeland by Francesca Lia Block (08/10)

Review 36: Ink Exchange (Wicked Lovely Series, book 2) by Melissa Marr (08/13)

Review 37: The Gryphon: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine is Rediscovered by Nick Bantock (08/15)

Review 38: Alexandria: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Unfolds by Nick Bantock (08/15)

Review 39: The Morning Star: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine is Illuminated by Nick Bantock (08/15)

Review 40: Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber (08/15)

Review 41: Wake by Lisa McMann (08/18)

Review 42: Blood Roses by Francesca Lia Block (08/18)

Review 43: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia, book 1) by C.S. Lewis (08/18)

Review 44: The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson (08/21)

Review 45: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (08/22)

Review 46: The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart (08/24)

Review 47: When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris (08/26)

Review 48: Prince Caspian (The Chronicles of Narnia, book 2) by C.S. Lewis (08/26)

Review 49: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (The Chronicles of Narnia, book 3) by C.S. Lewis (08/28)

Review 50: The Silver Chair (The Chronicles of Narnia, book 4) by C.S. Lewis (08/28)

Review 51: The Horse and His Boy (The Chronicles of Narnia, book 5) by C.S. Lewis (08/29)

Review 52: The Magician's Nephew (The Chronicles of Narnia, book 6) by C.S. Lewis (08/30)

Review 53: The Last Battle (The Chronicles of Narnia, book 7) by C.S. Lewis (08/30)

Review 54: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen  (09/01)

 

Currently Reading:

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

To Marry an English Lord

Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams

The South Beach Diet

 

 

 

 

Kate's Reviews

Review 1: Lying about Hitler, Richard J. Evans (6/26)

Review 2: The Eight, Katherine Neville (6/27)

Review 3: The Eleventh Plague, John S. Marr & John Baldwin (7/4)

Review 4: Thermopylae, Paul Cartledge (7/4)

Review 5: Make Love, The Bruce Campbell Way, Bruce Campbell (7/14)

Review 6: The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden, Catherynne Valente (7/20)

Review 7: Empire of Ivory, Naomi Novik (7/27)

Review 8: The Aztec Heresy, Paul Christopher (7/31)

Review 9: Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery (8/12)

Review 10: Anne of Avonlea, L.M. Montgomery (8/16)

Review 11: The South Beach Diet, Agatson (8/22)

Review 12: Anne of the Island, L.M. Montgomery (8/22)

Review 13: Key of Light, Nora Roberts (8/23)

Review 14: Key of Knowledge, Nora Roberts (8/23)

Review 15: Key of Valor, Nora Roberts (8/24)

Currently Reading:

The Winds of War, Herman Wouk

Tao te Ching

Anne of Windy Poplars, L.M. Montgomery

Children of Men, P.D. James

 

 

 

Rita's Reviews

Review 1: 'Slaughterhouse Five' by Kurt Vonnegut

Review 2: The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith

Review 3: Notes from Nethers by Sandra Lee Eugster

Review 4: Bonewits' Essential Guide to Druidism by Isaac Bonewits

Review 5: Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian

Review 6: Snow White, Blood Red, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terry Windling

Review 7: Homecoming by Bernhard Schlink

Review 8: Armageddon in Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut

Review 9: A Dog Among Diplomats by J.F. Englert

Review 10: What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? by Sabine Reichel

Review 11: World Made by Hand by James Howard Kunstler

Review 12: Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith

 

Carrie's Reviews

Review 1: When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris

Review 2: Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet

Review 3: The Gathering by Anne Enright

Review 4: The Areas of My Expertise by John Hodgman

Review 5: Here Lies the Librarian by Richard Peck

Review 6: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Review 7: The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta

Review 8: Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos

Review 9: The History of Love by Nicole Krauss

Review 10: Sundays at Tiffany's by "James Patterson"

Review 11:  Love the One You're With by Emily Giffin

Review 12:  The Amerage American by Kevin O'Keefe

 

Erin's Reviews

Review 1: Animal, vegetable, miracle by Barbara Kingsolver

Review 2: Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen

 

Currently reading:

Dial M for mischief

 

Jaymi's Reviews

Review 1: A Weekend to Change Your Life by Joan Anderson

Review 2: Wraeththu: Trilogy Collection by Storm Constantine. First 3 books of Wraeththu series. Two more books to go!

Review 3: Scaling Down by Judi Culbertson and Marj Decker

Review 4: Breathing Life into your Characters by Rachel Ballon

Review 5: Lean Forward into Your Life by Mary Anne Radmacher

Review 6: Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud

Review 7: The Places that Scare You by Pema Chodron

Review 8: Interworld by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves

Review 9: I Was a Teenage Fairy by Francesca Lia Block

Review 10: Magical Tarot, Mystical Tao by Diane Morgan

Review 11: Writing Alone, Writing Together by Judy Reeves

Review 12: Spellbinder by Melanie Rawn

Review 13: The Wraiths of Will and Pleasure by Storm Constantine. Second of the five Wraeththu series books done! One more to go.

Review 14: The Shades of Time and Memory by Storm Constantine. Last of the Wraeththu books I own. Challenge goal achieved.

Review 15: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. Finished with goals.

Review 16: Storm Front by Jim Butcher

Review 17: Witchling by Yasmine Galenorn

Review 18: Changeling by Yasmine Galenorn

Review 19: Darkling by Yasmine Galenorn

 

 

Elissa Reviews

 

1. Love The One You're With by Emily Giffin

 

LizW's 2008 Reviews

Last updated Sunday 6/22/08

 

Cynthia's Reviews

 

Katie's Reviews (2008)

1. The Joys of Love by Madeleine L'Engle (6/17)

2. Just Listen by Sarah Dessen (6/24)

3. Bones to Ashes by Kathy Reichs (6/30)

4. The Sewing Machine Guide by John Giordano (7/1)

5. Death Du Jour by Kathy Reichs (7/4)

6. The Village Bride of Beverly Hills by Kavita Daswani (7/5)

7. The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie (7/20)

8. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (7/31)

9. Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos (8/7)

10. Died in the Wool by Mary Kruger (8/7)

11. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (8/9)

 

Currently reading:

Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brien

Deadly Decisions by Kathy Reichs

Cheating at Solitaire by Jane Haddam

Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

Sew Subversive by Melissa Rannels, Melissa Alvarado, and Hope Meng

The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

Persuasion by Jane Austen

 

Amy's Reviews

1. The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe (Lewis)

2. Prince Caspian: Return to Narnia (Lewis)

3. Secret Society Girl (Peterfreund)

4. Under the Rose (Peterfreund)

5. Rites of Spring - Break (Peterfreund)

6. Flight Explorer - Volume 1 (editor Kibuishi)

7. Flight - Volume 1 (editor Kibuishi)

8. Flight - Volume 2 (editor Kibuishi)

 

Micaela's Reviews 2008

1. Empress Orchid by Anchee Min

2. Ruby by Francesca Lia Block and Carmen Staton

3. The Glass Castle: a memoir by Jeannette Walls

4. Pug Hill by Alison Pace

5. Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella

6. Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston

7. The United States of Arugula by David Kamp

8. Under the Duvet by Marian Keyes

 

Currently Reading:

 

Holly's Reviews (2008)

1. Earthly Pleasures: Tales from a Biologist's Garden by Roger B. Swain

2. Coming Home by Rosamunde Pilcher

3. Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss

4. The Yokota Officers Club by Sarah Bird

5. Promised the Moon: the Untold Story of the First Women in the Space Race by Stephanie Nolen

6. Eat the grapes downward: An uninhibited romp through the surprising world of food by Vernon Pizer

7. Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver

8. Growing your own mushrooms: Cultivating, Cooking and Preserving by Jo Mueller

9. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

10. Maskerade by Terry Pratchett

11. Poplollies and Bellibones: A Celebration of Lost Words by Susan Kelz Sperling

12. If Wishing Made It So by Lucy Finn

13. Making Money by Terry Pratchett