Anjanette's bookshelf: all en-US Thu, 08 May 2025 20:40:38 -0700 60 Anjanette's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg The Apple and the Arrow 1077704
The year is 1291, and Walter is the eleven-year-old son of William Tell, the greatest bowman in the land of Uri. Walter lives happily in the remote heights of the Alpine Mountains, caring for his family’s goat herd and practicing his marksmanship in the hopes of making his father proud. But as the end of the year approaches, Walter’s peaceful life is shaken as his country enters a revolution, and Walter must carry a secret that could threaten the life of the father he loves so dearly.

More than seven hundred years have passed since the day Walter stood in the marketplace balancing an apple on his head while the Austrian tyrant Gessler commanded Walter’s father, William Tell, to take aim at the apple with his great crossbow. The dramatic tale of William’s arrest and escape and the daring revolt of the Swiss against the Austrians has become a legend around the world.]]> 80 Mary Buff 0618128093 Anjanette 3 3.91 1951 The Apple and the Arrow
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]]> Madonna Inn: My point of view 1257987 325 Phyllis Madonna 097110350X Anjanette 0 to-read 3.60 Madonna Inn: My point of view
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]]> <![CDATA[Unoffendable: How Just One Change Can Make All of Life Better]]> 22574570 214 Brant Hansen 0529123851 Anjanette 0 to-read 4.43 2015 Unoffendable: How Just One Change Can Make All of Life Better
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]]> <![CDATA[Blessed Are the Misfits: Great News for Believers who are Introverts, Spiritual Strugglers, or Just Feel Like They're Missing Something]]> 34460639 Warning: If modern church culture makes perfect sense to you, and you always fit in seamlessly, don’t read this. As for the rest of us�

While American church culture (and American culture at large) seems largely designed for the extroverted, it’s estimated that half of the American population is introverted, and they’re often left wondering how, even if, they fit in the kingdom of God. As one of them, popular radio host Brant Hansen brings news. It’s wonderful, refreshing, and never-been-said-this-way-before good news.

In his unique style, Hansen looks to answer questions that millions of people carry with them each day:


If I don’t relate to God as emotionally as others do, is something wrong with me?
How does one approach God, and approach faith, when devoid of the “good feelings� that seem to drive so much of evangelical church culture?
How does God interact with those who seem spiritually numb?
Is the absence of faith-based emotion a sign of that God has moved on or was never there?
What if we aren’t good at talking to people about our faith, or good at talking to people at all?
What if I’m told I’m too analytical, that I “think too much�?
Where does a person who suffers from depression fit in the kingdom? Is depression a sure sign of a lack of faith?
This book is good news for people who are desperately looking for it. (And for their loved ones!)

It’s also for those who want to believe in Jesus, but inwardly fear that they don’t belong, worry that don’t have the requisite emotion-based relationship with God, and are starving for good news.

Blessed Are the Misfits is going to generate discussion, and lots of it. It’s simultaneously highly provocative and humbly personal. It’s also leavened with a distinct, dry, self-effacing humor that is a hallmark of Hansen’s on-air, writing, and public speaking style.]]> 256 Brant Hansen 0718096312 Anjanette 3 4.55 Blessed Are the Misfits: Great News for Believers who are Introverts, Spiritual Strugglers, or Just Feel Like They're Missing Something
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some sweet reminders of important things. shareable, accessible content for all.
]]> <![CDATA[Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder]]> 58045504 An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here.

The most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh's novels, Brideshead Revisited looks back to the golden age before the Second World War. It tells the story of Charles Ryder's infatuation with the Marchmains and the rapidly-disappearing world of privilege they inhabit. Enchanted first by Sebastian at Oxford, then by his doomed Catholic family, in particular his remote sister, Julia, Charles comes finally to recognize only his spiritual and social distance from them.]]> 480 Evelyn Waugh 0141182482 Anjanette 3 4.03 1945 Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
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average rating: 4.03
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]]> <![CDATA[A Mathematician's Lament: How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form]]> 6232657 140 Paul Lockhart 1934137170 Anjanette 0 to-read 4.18 2009 A Mathematician's Lament: How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form
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]]> <![CDATA[Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity]]> 18289396 304 Nabeel Qureshi 0310515025 Anjanette 0 currently-reading 4.57 2014 Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity
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]]> Madensky Square 54906728 288 Eva Ibbotson 1529023041 Anjanette 0 currently-reading 4.13 1988 Madensky Square
author: Eva Ibbotson
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]]> The Circus In Winter 34249
In her astonishing debut, Cathy Day follows the circus people into their everyday lives, bringing the greatest show on earth to the page.]]> 288 Cathy Day 0156032023 Anjanette 0 currently-reading 3.64 2004 The Circus In Winter
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]]> It Can't Happen Here 11371 Main Street, Babbitt, and Arrowsmith, It Can't Happen Here is a cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America. Written during the Great Depression when America was largely oblivious to Hitler's aggression, it juxtaposes sharp political satire with the chillingly realistic rise of a President who becomes a dictator to "save the nation." Now finally back in print, It Can't Happen Here remains uniquely important, a shockingly prescient novel that's as fresh and contemporary as today's news.]]> 400 Sinclair Lewis 045121658X Anjanette 0 currently-reading 3.77 1935 It Can't Happen Here
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]]> The Shape of a Year 7652703 243 Jean Hersey Anjanette 0 currently-reading 4.11 1967 The Shape of a Year
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]]> Blue Highways 63832 Hailed as a masterpiece of American travel writing, Blue Highways is an unforgettable journey along our nation's backroads.
William Least Heat-Moon set out with little more than the need to put home behind him and a sense of curiosity about "those little towns that get on the map-if they get on at all-only because some cartographer has a blank space to fill: Remote, Oregon; Simplicity, Virginia; New Freedom, Pennsylvania; New Hope, Tennessee; Why, Arizona; Whynot, Mississippi."
His adventures, his discoveries, and his recollections of the extraordinary people he encountered along the way amount to a revelation of the true American experience.]]> 428 William Least Heat-Moon Anjanette 0 currently-reading 4.03 1982 Blue Highways
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]]> Turn Homeward, Hannalee 843808 208 Patricia Beatty 0688166768 Anjanette 4 3.87 1984 Turn Homeward, Hannalee
author: Patricia Beatty
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average rating: 3.87
book published: 1984
rating: 4
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]]> Great Expectations 2623
Pip must discover his true self, and his own set of values and priorities. Whether such values allow one to prosper in the complex world of early Victorian England is the major question posed by Great Expectations, one of Dickens's most fascinating, and disturbing, novels.

This edition includes the original, discarded ending, Dickens's brief working notes, and the serial instalments and chapter divisions in different editions. It also uses the definitive Clarendon text.]]> 544 Charles Dickens 0192833596 Anjanette 0 currently-reading 3.78 1861 Great Expectations
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]]> <![CDATA[The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 5]]> 59041700 “What a lovely bible,� Mrs. Tribly said.
“Isn’t it just?� I replied, hoping she would not ask me to read a favorite verse aloud.
I do not believe the psalmist wrote,
Fifteen men on a dead man’s chest,
Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum.

The Year is 1883 and Emma M. Lion has returned to her London neighbourhood of St. Crispian’s. But Emma’s plans for a charmed and studious life are sabotaged by her eccentric Cousin Archibald, her formidable Aunt Eugenia, and the slightly odd denizens of St. Crispian’s.

Emma M. Lion offers up her Unselected Journals, however self-incriminating they may be, which comprise a series of novella-length volumes. Armed with wit and a sideways amusement, Emma documents the curious realities of her life at Lapis Lazuli House.]]> 247 Beth Brower 0998063657 Anjanette 0 currently-reading 4.76 The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Man Who Knew Too Much (Dover Literature: Crime/Mystery/Thriller Short Stories)]]> 174852 156 G.K. Chesterton 0486431789 Anjanette 0 currently-reading 3.57 1922 The Man Who Knew Too Much (Dover Literature: Crime/Mystery/Thriller Short Stories)
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]]> O, the Brave Music 52640531
A female narrator looks back on her childhood in a coming-of-age novel set before the First World War. Ruan is an intelligent and imaginative child, who gradually comes to understand the nuances of the adult world around her, as she moves from the Manse, under the strict rule of her father, a non-conformist minister, to Cobbetts, her mother's ancestral home, under the tutelage of her Uncle Alaric, and back to the guardianship of Rosie Day at Bolton House high up on the moor above the town where she was born. Her young life is shaped by a series of tragedies, but also the warmth of enduring friendships, particularly with David, her dearest friend who shares her love of the wild expanse and colours of the moor.]]> 296 Dorothy Evelyn Smith 0712353380 Anjanette 5 cozy-reader-book-club-2025 4.53 1943 O, the Brave Music
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average rating: 4.53
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]]> Lady Audley's Secret 588747 Lady Audley's Secret quickly established Mary Elizabeth Braddon as the leading light of Victorian 'sensation' fiction, sharing the honour only with Wilkie Collins. Addictive, cunningly plotted and certainly sensational, Lady Audley's Secret draws on contemporary theories of insanity to probe mid-Victorian anxieties about the rapid rise of consumer culture. What is the mystery surrounding the charming heroine? Lady Audley's secret is investigated by Robert Audley, aristocrat turned detective, in a novel that has lost none of its power to disturb and entertain.]]> 455 Mary Elizabeth Braddon 0192835203 Anjanette 4 3.78 1862 Lady Audley's Secret
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average rating: 3.78
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]]> The Light That Failed 419285 Rudyard Kipling foi um dos escritores mais populares da Inglaterra. Laureado com o Prêmio Nobel de Literatura de 1907, tornou-se o primeiro autor de língua inglesa a receber esse prêmio sendo, até hoje, o mais jovem escritor a recebê-lo.A obra A luz que se apagou, foi publicado pela primeira vez em 1891 e narra a vida de Dick Heldar, um artista e pintor que fica cego, e seu amor não correspondido por sua colega de infância, Maisie. É o primeiro romance de Kipling, escrito quando ele tinha 26 anos, sendo baseado em seu próprio amor não correspondido por Florence Garrard. A Luz que se Apagou teve excelente recepção do público no lançamento  e tem sido republicado com sucesso há mais de um século. Ganhou também adaptações para o teatro e cinema.]]> 192 Rudyard Kipling 1406954357 Anjanette 0 to-read 3.59 1891 The Light That Failed
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]]> Stalky & Co 45057 212 Rudyard Kipling 1406503258 Anjanette 0 to-read 3.81 1897 Stalky & Co
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]]> Puck of Pook's Hill 571197 288 Rudyard Kipling 048645147X Anjanette 0 to-read 3.86 1906 Puck of Pook's Hill
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]]> Kim 210834
Two men - a boy who grows into early manhood and an old ascetic priest, the lama - are at the center of the novel. A quest faces them both. Born in India, Kim is nevertheless white, a sahib. While he wants to play the Great Game of Imperialism, he is also spiritually bound to the lama. His aim, as he moves chameleon-like through the two cultures, is to reconcile these opposing strands, while the lama searches for redemption from the Wheel of Life.

A celebration of their friendship in a beautiful but often hostile environment, 'Kim' captures the opulence of India's exotic landscape, overlaid by the uneasy presence of the British Raj.]]> 366 Rudyard Kipling 0140183523 Anjanette 0 to-read 3.71 1901 Kim
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]]> Just So Stories 34053 here.

Twelve stories about animals, insects, and other subjects include How the Camel Got His Hump. The Butterfly That Stamped, and How the Alphabet Was Made..]]> 210 Rudyard Kipling 0517266555 Anjanette 4 4.08 1902 Just So Stories
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]]> <![CDATA[A Fine Romance: Falling in Love with the English Countryside]]> 17977817
Join Susan as she recounts her lighthearted ramble of discovery through the historical homes and gardens of art and literary heroes, along ancient footpaths, through wildflower meadows and fields of lambs, into tea rooms, pubs and antique stores. This lovely hard-cover book includes hundreds of photographs and a red ribbon sewn-in book mark. A Fine Romance is a work of art, part love story, part travel guide and all dream come true.]]> 260 Susan Branch 0984913661 Anjanette 3
There is always a tension for me when reading Susan Branch. Her voice is bland, so I’m bored. On the other hand, I’m always feeling inspired toward DOING LIFE while reading her books: Go cook something, Anjie! Garden! Craft, go to market, create space, preserve traditions, play with family, walk, smell the flowers, learn, travel, meet the locals, dine and document!]]> 4.50 2013 A Fine Romance: Falling in Love with the English Countryside
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Cute illustrations. Cozy content. Quaint quotations.

There is always a tension for me when reading Susan Branch. Her voice is bland, so I’m bored. On the other hand, I’m always feeling inspired toward DOING LIFE while reading her books: Go cook something, Anjie! Garden! Craft, go to market, create space, preserve traditions, play with family, walk, smell the flowers, learn, travel, meet the locals, dine and document!
]]> <![CDATA[The Great Omission: Reclaiming Jesus's Essential Teachings on Discipleship]]> 97798
"The word disciple occurs 269 times in the New Testament," writes Willard. "Christian is found three times and was first introduced to refer precisely to disciples of Jesus. . . . The New Testament is a book about disciples, by disciples, and for disciples of Jesus Christ. But the point is not merely verbal. What is more important is that the kind of life we see in the earliest church is that of a special type of person. All of the assurances and benefits offered to humankind in the gospel evidently presuppose such a life and do not make realistic sense apart from it. The disciple of Jesus is not the deluxe or heavy-duty model of the Christian -- especially padded, textured, streamlined, and empowered for the fast lane on the straight and narrow way. He or she stands on the pages of the New Testament as the first level of basic transportation in the Kingdom of God."

Willard boldly challenges the thought that we can be Christians without being disciples, or call ourselves Christians without applying this understanding of life in the Kingdom of God to every aspect of life on earth. He calls on believers to restore what should be the heart of Christianity -- being active disciples of Jesus Christ. Willard shows us that in the school of life, we are apprentices of the Teacher whose brilliance encourages us to rise above traditional church understanding and embrace the true meaning of discipleship -- an active, concrete, 24/7 life with Jesus.]]> 256 Dallas Willard 0060882433 Anjanette 2 4.21 2006 The Great Omission: Reclaiming Jesus's Essential Teachings on Discipleship
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average rating: 4.21
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Actual unique material in this book could have been covered in an article. Too many chapters had a weak connection to the main theme. It led to good discussions in our book study, due to the interesting original premise/despite the general drag of the book’s meandering composition. Where is a capable editor when you need one?
]]> The Winged Watchman 56079
Holland, 1940's
RL4.9
Of read-aloud interest ages 9-up]]> 191 Hilda van Stockum 1883937078 Anjanette 3 4.26 1962 The Winged Watchman
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]]> Tramp for the Lord 906560
This remarkable woman of eighty-one years served time in a German concentration camp during World War II for the "crime" of hiding persecuted Jews and survived to tell the story in her best selling book, The Hiding Place. Her brush with death lent a new meaning to her life. In her own words: "My life had been given back as a gift...for a purpose."

After her release from the concentration camp, Corrie ten Boom set out to become what she calls a "tramp for the Lord," traveling around the world at the direction of God, proclaiming His message everywhere. And through her lifelong experiences, she has learned a few lessons in God's great classroom which she shares with the readers of Tramp For the Lord.

So deeply has she touched the hearts of men and women during her years of ministry that she is known as the venerable "Double-old Grandmother" and "Tante" Corrie to them. And she , in turn, has been touched and taught by them.

Let her introduce you to...

-her former prison guard who asks her for forgiveness...a forgiveness that come hard and with much pain...

-the war-crippled lawyer with a soul that was as twisted and deformed as his limbs...

-an African who truly followed Christ's exhortation to forgive your neighbor seventy times seven (Matt. 18:22)...

-the travel agent who learned that her ultimate destination could not be found on any map...

-a missionary mother whose unwanted babe ended up saving her life...

All these touchingly human vignettes from her life and travels are intertwined with the unique teaching trouch that has sustained Corrie throughout her days.]]> 192 Corrie ten Boom 0515089931 Anjanette 0 to-read 4.49 1971 Tramp for the Lord
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]]> Miss Plum and Miss Penny 6388970 253 Dorothy Evelyn Smith Anjanette 0 to-read 3.69 1959 Miss Plum and Miss Penny
author: Dorothy Evelyn Smith
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average rating: 3.69
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]]> <![CDATA[Encyclopedia Of Easter, Carnival & Lent]]> 1159227 729 Tanya Gulevich 0780804325 Anjanette 4 3.33 2001 Encyclopedia Of Easter, Carnival & Lent
author: Tanya Gulevich
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average rating: 3.33
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]]> <![CDATA[The Chosen (Reuven Malther, #1)]]> 187181 304 Chaim Potok 0449213447 Anjanette 0 to-read 4.06 1966 The Chosen (Reuven Malther, #1)
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]]> It Came From Memphis 463110 336 Robert Gordon 0743410459 Anjanette 0 to-read 4.17 1995 It Came From Memphis
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]]> <![CDATA[Seeking Him: Experiencing the Joy of Personal Revival]]> 44092406 288 Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth 0802414567 Anjanette 5 4.62 2004 Seeking Him: Experiencing the Joy of Personal Revival
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Absolutely loved going through this study�-this will always stay in my collection.
]]> <![CDATA[The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 4]]> 56553921
The Year is 1883 and Emma M. Lion has returned to her London neighborhood of St. Crispian’s. But Emma’s plans for a charmed and studious life are sabotaged by her eccentric Cousin Archibald, her formidable Aunt Eugenia, and the slightly odd denizens of St. Crispian’s.

Emma M. Lion offers up her Unselected Journals, however self-incriminating they may be, which comprise a series of novella-length volumes. Armed with wit and a sideways amusement, Emma documents the curious realities of her life at Lapis Lazuli House.]]> 208 Beth Brower Anjanette 4 4.75 The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 4
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]]> The Brothers Karamazov 56269008 The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the "wicked and sentimental" Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his three sons--the impulsive and sensual Dmitri; the coldly rational Ivan; and the healthy, red-cheeked young novice Alyosha. Through the gripping events of their story, Dostoevsky portrays the whole of Russian life, its social and spiritual striving, in what was both the golden age and a tragic turning point in Russian culture.

This award-winning translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky remains true to the verbal
inventiveness of Dostoevsky's prose, preserving the multiple voices, the humor, and the surprising modernity of the original. For this bicentennial edition, Pevear and Volokhonsky have revised and refined their translation and continued their ongoing project of translating the great author's work. It is an achievement worthy of Dostoevsky's last and greatest novel.]]> 845 Fyodor Dostoevsky 1250788455 Anjanette 0 to-read 4.53 1880 The Brothers Karamazov
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]]> <![CDATA[Caring for One Another: 8 Ways to Cultivate Meaningful Relationships]]> 38395476 80 Edward T. Welch 1433561093 Anjanette 0 to-read 4.13 2018 Caring for One Another: 8 Ways to Cultivate Meaningful Relationships
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]]> <![CDATA[A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety]]> 25330592
At ninety, Jimmy Carter reflects on his public and private life with a frankness that is disarming. He adds detail and emotion about his youth in rural Georgia that he described in his magnificent An Hour Before Daylight. He writes about racism and the isolation of the Carters. He describes the brutality of the hazing regimen at Annapolis, and how he nearly lost his life twice serving on submarines and his amazing interview with Admiral Rickover. He describes the profound influence his mother had on him, and how he admired his father even though he didn't emulate him. He admits that he decided to quit the Navy and later enter politics without consulting his wife, Rosalynn, and how appalled he is in retrospect.

In A Full Life, Carter tells what he is proud of and what he might do differently. He discusses his regret at losing his re-election, but how he and Rosalynn pushed on and made a new life and second and third rewarding careers. He is frank about the presidents who have succeeded him, world leaders, and his passions for the causes he cares most about, particularly the condition of women and the deprived people of the developing world.

This is a wise and moving look back from this remarkable man. Jimmy Carter has lived one of our great American lives -- from rural obscurity to world fame, universal respect, and contentment. A Full Life is an extraordinary read.]]> 257 Jimmy Carter 1501115634 Anjanette 0 3.83 2015 A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety
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]]> <![CDATA[Holy Living and Dying: With Prayers Containing the Whole Duty of a Christian]]> 1876843 These books are owner's manuals for the soul, describing for readers how to attain virtue, avoid vice, and live a proper Christian life. The book is divided into sections based on which virtue and which vice the reader needs help with.

*On Dying* speaks to those who, before they are old and ill, have given some thought to dying and wish to ensure that they pass properly to Heaven. Devout Christians will find this book inspirational and instructional.

]]> 548 Jeremy Taylor 1602065500 Anjanette 0 to-read 4.31 1651 Holy Living and Dying: With Prayers Containing the Whole Duty of a Christian
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]]> Anna and Her Daughters 26136832
When their mother Anna discovers that they have been left penniless, she decides to move them out of London and back her hometown in Scotland.

Helen, the demanding and selfish eldest sister, decamps almost immediately to Edinburgh in search of the excitement and refinement Ryddelton cannot offer but the others remain and begin to make very happy lives for themselves.

Rosalie, having always lived in her more beautiful eldest sister’s shadow, begins to come into her own.

Anna, freed of the formalities of her London life, is happier and more relaxed than her daughters have ever known her.

And Jane, our narrator, finds an education she could never have gotten at Oxford in her work as a secretary for Mrs Millard, an eccentric biographer currently residing in the village.

Her daughters seem to be settling down to their new life too, until Jane meets Ronnie. Ronnie appears to find ail the Harcourts attractive � but he can only marry one...]]> 201 D.E. Stevenson Anjanette 3 cozy-reader-book-club-2025 4.30 1958 Anna and Her Daughters
author: D.E. Stevenson
name: Anjanette
average rating: 4.30
book published: 1958
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Word in the Wilderness: A Poem a Day for Lent and Easter]]> 200623751 208 Malcolm Guite 1786225476 Anjanette 3 dnf 4.67 Word in the Wilderness: A Poem a Day for Lent and Easter
author: Malcolm Guite
name: Anjanette
average rating: 4.67
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date added: 2025/04/07
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DNF It’s like this…I have too much of a crush on George Herbert right now to have eyes for any other poetry. Wrong time for this book.
]]> Farmer Takes a Wife 18141087 Farmer Takes a Wife 153 John Gould Anjanette 3 dnf 3.98 1942 Farmer Takes a Wife
author: John Gould
name: Anjanette
average rating: 3.98
book published: 1942
rating: 3
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DNF I read until page 88, not really enjoying any of it. The stories were a wholesome slice of Americana, usually my thing, but it just never grabbed me.
]]> <![CDATA[The Art of Lent: A Painting A Day From Ash Wednesday To Easter]]> 37810670
Illustrated in full colour with over forty famous and lesser-known masterpieces of Western art, this beautiful book will lead you into a deeply prayerful response to all that these paintings convey to the discerning eye.

â€For those who want to appreciate the spirituality behind some of the world’s greatest works of art, this book will be hugely inspiring â€� not only during Lent but at any time of the year.â€�
Dr Janina Ramirez, art historian and broadcaster]]> 112 Wendy Beckett 0281078556 Anjanette 3 4.19 The Art of Lent: A Painting A Day From Ash Wednesday To Easter
author: Wendy Beckett
name: Anjanette
average rating: 4.19
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]]> Maud Martha 225754 192 Gwendolyn Brooks 0883780615 Anjanette 5 4.13 1953 Maud Martha
author: Gwendolyn Brooks
name: Anjanette
average rating: 4.13
book published: 1953
rating: 5
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This was beautifully composed, from beginning to end. Devoured in two sittings, but I should have stopped more to savor.
]]> I, Juan de Pareja 847581 192 Elizabeth Borton de Treviño 0374435251 Anjanette 4 3.76 1965 I, Juan de Pareja
author: Elizabeth Borton de Treviño
name: Anjanette
average rating: 3.76
book published: 1965
rating: 4
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]]> The Water Seeker 7446978 320 Kimberly Willis Holt 0805080201 Anjanette 4 3.74 2010 The Water Seeker
author: Kimberly Willis Holt
name: Anjanette
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2010
rating: 4
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]]> The Trackers 61609871 From the New York Times bestselling author of Cold Mountain and Varina, a stunning new novel that paints a vivid portrait of life in the Great Depression

Hurtling past the downtrodden communities of Depression-era America, painter Val Welch travels westward to the rural town of Dawes, Wyoming. Through a stroke of luck, he's landed a New Deal assignment to create a mural representing the region for their new Post Office.

A wealthy art lover named John Long and his wife Eve have agreed to host Val at their sprawling ranch. Rumors and intrigue surround the couple: Eve left behind an itinerant life riding the rails and singing in a western swing band. Long holds shady political aspirations, but was once a WWI sniper--and his right hand is a mysterious elder cowboy, a vestige of the violent old west. Val quickly finds himself entranced by their lives.

One day, Eve flees home with a valuable painting in tow, and Long recruits Val to hit the road with a mission of tracking her down. Journeying from ramshackle Hoovervilles to San Francisco nightclubs to the swamps of Florida, Val's search for Eve narrows, and he soon turns up secrets that could spark formidable changes for all of them.

In The Trackers, singular American writer Charles Frazier conjures up the lives of everyday people during an extraordinary period of history that bears uncanny resemblance to our own. With the keen perceptions of humanity and transcendent storytelling that have made him beloved for decades, Frazier has created a powerful and timeless new classic.]]> 320 Charles Frazier 0062948083 Anjanette 0 to-read 3.57 2023 The Trackers
author: Charles Frazier
name: Anjanette
average rating: 3.57
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]]> The Crofton Boys 2726792 168 Harriet Martineau 1406587737 Anjanette 3 3.50 The Crofton Boys
author: Harriet Martineau
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average rating: 3.50
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I’m glad that I recently read HM’s “Life in the Sick Room� before this one. I was able to spot many applications in this story. This was a sweet account of a boy facing temptation and adversity.
]]> <![CDATA[The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness]]> 56898132
Over the past thirty years, Gregory Boyle has transformed thousands of lives through his work as the founder of Homeboy Industries, the largest and most successful gang-intervention program in the world. Boyle’s new book, The Whole Language , follows the acclaimed bestsellers Tattoos on the Heart , hailed as an “astounding literary and spiritual feat� ( Publishers Weekly) that is “destined to become a classic of both urban reportage and contemporary spirituality� ( Los Angeles Times ), and Barking to the Choir , deemed “a beautiful and important and soul-transporting book� by Elizabeth Gilbert, and declared by Ann Patchett to be “a book that shows what the platitudes of faith look like when they’re put into action.�

In a community struggling to overcome systemic poverty and violence, The Whole Language shows how those at Homeboy Industries fight despair and remain generous, hopeful, and tender. When Saul was thirteen years old, he killed his abusive stepfather in self-defense; after spending twenty-three years in juvenile and adult jail, he enters the Homeboy Industries training and healing programs and embraces their mission. Declaring, “I’ve decided to grow up to be somebody I always needed as a child,� Saul shows tenderness toward the young men in his former shoes, treating them all like his sons and helping them to find their way. Before coming to Homeboy Industries, a young man named Abel was shot thirty-three times, landing him in a coma for six months followed by a year and a half recuperating in the hospital. He now travels on speaking tours with Boyle and gives guided tours around the Homeboy offices. One day a new trainee joins Abel as a shadow, and Abel recognizes him as the young man who had put him in a coma. “You give good tours,� the trainee tells Abel. They both have embarked on a path to wholeness.

Boyle’s moving stories challenge our ideas about God and about people, providing a window into a world filled with fellowship, compassion, and fewer barriers. Bursting with encouragement, humor, and hope, The Whole Language invites us to treat others—and ourselves—with acceptance and tenderness.]]> 256 Gregory Boyle 1982128321 Anjanette 0 to-read 4.51 The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness
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]]> Nightwoods 10962765 Cold Mountain and Thirteen Moons returns with a dazzling new novel of suspense and love set in small-town North Carolina in the early 1960s.

Charles Frazier puts his remarkable gifts in the service of a lean, taut narrative while losing none of the transcendent prose, virtuosic storytelling, and insight into human nature that have made him one of the most beloved and celebrated authors in the world. Now, with his brilliant portrait of Luce, a young woman who inherits her murdered sister's troubled twins, Frazier has created his most memorable heroine.

Before the children, Luce was content with the reimbursements of the rich Appalachian landscape, choosing to live apart from the small community around her. But the coming of the children changes everything, cracking open her solitary life in difficult, hopeful, dangerous ways.

Charles Frazier is known for his historical literary odysseys, and for making figures in the past come vividly to life. Set in the twentieth century, Nightwoods resonates with the timelessness of a great work of art.]]> 272 Charles Frazier 140006709X Anjanette 0 to-read 3.61 2011 Nightwoods
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name: Anjanette
average rating: 3.61
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]]> <![CDATA[The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration]]> 8171378
Wilkerson tells this interwoven story through the lives of three unforgettable protagonists: Ida Mae Gladney, a sharecropper’s wife, who in 1937 fled Mississippi for Chicago; sharp and quick-tempered George Starling, who in 1945 fled Florida for Harlem, and Robert Foster, a surgeon who left Louisiana in 1953 in hopes of making it in California.

Wilkerson brilliantly captures their first treacherous cross-country journeys by car and train and their new lives in colonies in the New World. The Warmth of Other Suns is a bold, remarkable, and riveting work, a superb account of an “unrecognized immigration� within our own land. Through the breadth of its narrative, the beauty of the writing, the depth of its research, and the fullness of the people and lives portrayed herein, this book is a modern classic.]]> 622 Isabel Wilkerson 0679444327 Anjanette 0 to-read 4.45 2010 The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
author: Isabel Wilkerson
name: Anjanette
average rating: 4.45
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]]> Little Dorrit 31250 860 Charles Dickens Anjanette 5 4.00 1857 Little Dorrit
author: Charles Dickens
name: Anjanette
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1857
rating: 5
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]]> Dodsworth 415419 384 Sinclair Lewis 0451525981 Anjanette 0 to-read 3.97 1929 Dodsworth
author: Sinclair Lewis
name: Anjanette
average rating: 3.97
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]]> <![CDATA[A Favourite of the Gods (Virago Modern Classics)]]> 1174204 322 Sybille Bedford 0860683877 Anjanette 0 to-read 3.73 1963 A Favourite of the Gods (Virago Modern Classics)
author: Sybille Bedford
name: Anjanette
average rating: 3.73
book published: 1963
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 3]]> 55138117 "It has been a day ordained by the fates, for how else could one explain the wholly cursed chain of events?" The Year is 1883 and Emma M. Lion has returned to her London Neighbourhood of St. Crispian's. But Emma's plan for a charmed and studious life are sabotaged by her eccentric Cousin Archibald, her formidable Aunt Eugenia, and the slightly odd denizens of St. Crispian's. Emma M. Lion offers up her Unselected Journals, however self-incriminating they may be, which comprise a series of volumes. Armed with wit and a sideways amusement, Emma documents the curious realities of her life at Lapis Lazuli House. Readers have compared The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion to Jane Austen, P.G. Wodehouse, L. M. Montgomery, and Jean Webster.]]> 229 Beth Brower Anjanette 4 4.65 The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 3
author: Beth Brower
name: Anjanette
average rating: 4.65
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]]> <![CDATA[The Many Mothers of Ivy Puddingstone]]> 214202089
“Meyers� novel is a sensitive exploration of the idealism and dark realities of a turbulent era. The chapters alternate between Annabel and her daughter Ivy’s point of view, from the 1960s to 2020. Hearing both women’s sides of the story gives the reader a richer appreciation for their complex relationship and an understanding of the ripple effect of good intentions. The author takes her time creating fully believable, multifaceted characters, and the 56-year span of the book feels authentic, with each character gradually growing and changing as time passes. A must-read for those interested in intentional living communities and women’s stories.�
—Historical Novel Review

“Compelling…a timely reminder of the 1960s . . . Back we go to the years when young women read Ms. Magazine and protest marches were well attended, when switching sex partners was a topic that a group of adult friends might discuss as a valid option, and citizens could succeed at opposing highway expansion in a major American city. . . The premise is engaging, and the polished prose keeps us eagerly turning pages. —Washington Independent Review of Books

The Many Moth­ers of Ivy Pud­ding­stone sug­gests that hav­ing par­ents who want to save the world can be lone­ly. Some­times, a child must com­pete with that world for any­thing more than glanc­ing atten­tion. With a com­pas­sion­ate hand, Mey­ers explores the many man­i­fes­ta­tions of love in a flawed but eter­nal­ly hope­ful universe.
—Jewish Book Council

“Rarely has a novel touched me so deeply. . . . Meyers moves the story with urgency and grace between Freedom Summer and 9/11 and beyond, reminding the reader of the complicated political stew of race, class, and gender that has simmered in the past half-century.�
—MER Review, Ellen Meeropol



Seven Children. Five Mothers. One idyllic commune. What could go wrong?

Annabel Cooper wants to save the world. Her story begins in 1964 with her journey to Freedom Summer in Mississippi, where the disappearance of her first love ignites a lifelong fight for justice. Years later, she, her husband, and four other couples form a Boston political collective where they live together with their children in a rambling Boston house. As the era's social upheaval intensifies, they move their children to a Vermont Eden, where they can remain safe from the world's threats; their parents continue their political work, taking turns traveling to Vermont to care for the children.

But not all danger comes from the outside.

Annabel's daughter, Ivy, yearns for normalcy, not the patchouli-soaked, natural-food-laden confines of Vermont. But mostly, she longs for Annabel's attention-until a cataclysmic event alters the course of all their lives and she learns the limits of her many mothers and fathers.

The Many Mothers of Ivy Puddingstone delves into the intricate and nuanced dance of familial love and communal ties through the lens of sociopolitical upheaval from the 1960s to the present day, examining which sacrifices are worth the price.]]> 366 Randy Susan Meyers Anjanette 0 to-read 4.12 2024 The Many Mothers of Ivy Puddingstone
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name: Anjanette
average rating: 4.12
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]]> A Prayer for Owen Meany 4473 637 John Irving 0552135399 Anjanette 0 to-read 4.24 1989 A Prayer for Owen Meany
author: John Irving
name: Anjanette
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1989
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]]> The Scarlet Pimpernel 136116 182 Emmuska Orczy 1576469239 Anjanette 0 to-read 4.07 1905 The Scarlet Pimpernel
author: Emmuska Orczy
name: Anjanette
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1905
rating: 0
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]]> Respectable Sins 930225 192 Jerry Bridges 1600061400 Anjanette 0 to-read 4.29 2007 Respectable Sins
author: Jerry Bridges
name: Anjanette
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2007
rating: 0
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]]> Cranberry Thanksgiving 585174
She wasn't happy upon learning that Maggie had invited the unsavory Mr. Whiskers to dinner. Would her secret cranberry bread recipe be safe with him in the house?

After a long absence this delightful 1971 classic is back and so is the secret recipe for Grandmother's Famous Cranberry Bread!]]> 32 Wende Devlin 0819304980 Anjanette 5 4.27 1971 Cranberry Thanksgiving
author: Wende Devlin
name: Anjanette
average rating: 4.27
book published: 1971
rating: 5
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Mr. Whiskers just tickles me. And Maggie is such a sweet girl! Hospitality and food, for the win!
]]> Cranberry Birthday 585177 32 Wende Devlin 0689716974 Anjanette 0 to-read 4.31 1988 Cranberry Birthday
author: Wende Devlin
name: Anjanette
average rating: 4.31
book published: 1988
rating: 0
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]]> Cranberry Autumn 585171 32 Wende Devlin 0027299368 Anjanette 0 to-read 3.90 1993 Cranberry Autumn
author: Wende Devlin
name: Anjanette
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1993
rating: 0
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]]> Cranberry Summer 1265424 32 Wende Devlin 0027291812 Anjanette 0 to-read 3.85 1992 Cranberry Summer
author: Wende Devlin
name: Anjanette
average rating: 3.85
book published: 1992
rating: 0
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]]> Cranberry Easter 585175
Mr. Whiskers realizes something must be done, but what? Just when things look their worst, his young friend Maggie come up with a plan that may save the egg hunt, and convince Seth that Cranberryport is the place for him afterall!]]> 32 Wende Devlin 0785701036 Anjanette 0 to-read 3.90 1990 Cranberry Easter
author: Wende Devlin
name: Anjanette
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1990
rating: 0
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]]> Cranberry Halloween 2422649
"I don't believe in ghosts, " Mr. Whiskers said.]]> 32 Wende Devlin 0689714289 Anjanette 0 to-read 4.02 1982 Cranberry Halloween
author: Wende Devlin
name: Anjanette
average rating: 4.02
book published: 1982
rating: 0
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]]> Cranberry Christmas 516369 Old Cyrus Grape doesn't like children. And he insists that the skating pond is his. Mr. Whiskers knows this isn't true, but since he can't prove it, there'll be no skating...not even on Christmas Day!

That is...unless cleaning Mr. Whiskers' house uncovers some important information.

]]> 32 Wende Devlin 0689715102 Anjanette 0 to-read 4.20 1976 Cranberry Christmas
author: Wende Devlin
name: Anjanette
average rating: 4.20
book published: 1976
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]]> The Library 858586 Meet an unforgettable bibliophile.

Elizabeth Brown doesn't like to play with dolls and she doesn't like to skate. What she does like to do is read books. And now that she's grown up, her collection has gotten so big all the shelves are collapsing. Her front door has disappeared entirely. What in the world will she do? The reclusive Elizabeth Brown surprises everyone wit her splendid solution.

In charming verse and elegant watercolors Sarah Stewart and David Small celebrate one of America's grandest institutions.

The Library is a 1995 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year and Outstanding Book of the Year.]]> 34 Sarah Stewart 0374343888 Anjanette 5 #me 4.32 1995 The Library
author: Sarah Stewart
name: Anjanette
average rating: 4.32
book published: 1995
rating: 5
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#me
]]> Cranberry Valentine 523561
How will Mr. Whiskers respond to this valentine gesture?]]> 36 Wende Devlin 0689715099 Anjanette 5
I read it three times before returning it, and hugged it as I put it into the dropbox. The story was sweet; the illustrations could not be more adorable; the characters were wholesome and taught a little something about being human. I’ll be reading more Cranberryport books! ]]> 3.88 1986 Cranberry Valentine
author: Wende Devlin
name: Anjanette
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1986
rating: 5
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I love a good picture book. Love! Them! Somehow I’d missed this one!

I read it three times before returning it, and hugged it as I put it into the dropbox. The story was sweet; the illustrations could not be more adorable; the characters were wholesome and taught a little something about being human. I’ll be reading more Cranberryport books!
]]> A New Home, Who'll Follow? 1823430
A New Home is a vivid contribution to a new kind of narrative developed during the antebellum period, ethnographic fiction. Kirkland highlights the importance and the drama of local practices and everyday life in Montacute. She traces the way two groups of settlers slowly adjust to each other - the old hands and the newcomers from the East;. Dramatizing differences of class and culture, she also shows how the groups finally form a genuine community and a new, diverse culture. Kirkland also gives ethnographic fiction an original she satirizes the provincialism and the rigidity of both groups of settlers.

After writing A New Home , Kirkland became a professional literary woman, working as an editor as well as a writer. In her introduction, Sandra Zagarell explores the implications of Kirkland's writing and professional career for our understanding of women, writing, and the world of literature in antebellum America.]]> 218 Caroline Kirkland 0813515424 Anjanette 0 to-read 3.00 1839 A New Home, Who'll Follow?
author: Caroline Kirkland
name: Anjanette
average rating: 3.00
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]]> Breaking Stalin's Nose 10693803 Horn Book's Best Fiction Books of 2011

Sasha Zaichik has known the laws of the Soviet Young Pioneers since the age of six:
The Young Pioneer is devoted to Comrade Stalin, the Communist Party, and Communism.
A Young Pioneer is a reliable comrade and always acts according to conscience.
A Young Pioneer has a right to criticize shortcomings.
But now that it is finally time to join the Young Pioneers, the day Sasha has awaited for so long, everything seems to go awry. He breaks a classmate's glasses with a snowball. He accidentally damages a bust of Stalin in the school hallway. And worst of all, his father, the best Communist he knows, was arrested just last night.

This moving story of a ten-year-old boy's world shattering is masterful in its simplicity, powerful in its message, and heartbreaking in its plausibility.]]> 160 Eugene Yelchin 0805092161 Anjanette 3 3.83 2011 Breaking Stalin's Nose
author: Eugene Yelchin
name: Anjanette
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2011
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Haunted Bookshop (Parnassus, #2)]]> 609284
A charming ode to the art of bookselling wrapped inside a thrilling suspense story, The Haunted Bookshop is a must-read for bibliophiles and mystery lovers alike.]]> 253 Christopher Morley 0760756287 Anjanette 0 to-read 3.65 1919 The Haunted Bookshop (Parnassus, #2)
author: Christopher Morley
name: Anjanette
average rating: 3.65
book published: 1919
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]]> Parnassus on Wheels 60787849
With his traveling book wagon named Parnassus, he moves through the New England countryside of 1915 on an itinerant mission of enlightenment.

Mifflin's delight in books and authors is infectious--with his singular philosophy and bright eyes, he comes to represent the heart and soul of the book world.

But a certain spirited spinster, disgruntled with her life, may have a hand in changing all that.

This roaring good adventure yarn is spiced with fiery roadside brawls, heroic escapes from death, the most groaning boards in the history of Yankee cookery, and a rare love story--not to mention a glimpse at a feminist perspective from the early 1900s.]]> 128 Christopher Morley Anjanette 4 4.18 1917 Parnassus on Wheels
author: Christopher Morley
name: Anjanette
average rating: 4.18
book published: 1917
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Fodor's San Francisco: with the best of Napa & Sonoma (Full-color Travel Guide)]]> 56365599 400 1640973982 Anjanette 4 4.00 Fodor's San Francisco: with the best of Napa & Sonoma (Full-color Travel Guide)
author: Fodor's Travel Publications Inc.
name: Anjanette
average rating: 4.00
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]]> The Trees of Pride 1011952 152 G.K. Chesterton 0809598019 Anjanette 3 3.78 1922 The Trees of Pride
author: G.K. Chesterton
name: Anjanette
average rating: 3.78
book published: 1922
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Down and Out in Paris and London]]> 393199 213 George Orwell 015626224X Anjanette 0 to-read 4.10 1933 Down and Out in Paris and London
author: George Orwell
name: Anjanette
average rating: 4.10
book published: 1933
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Citizen of the World, Or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher, Residing in London, to His Friends in the Country, by Dr. Goldsmith (Vol. 1 of 2)]]> 8555185 238 Oliver Goldsmith 1140821016 Anjanette 0 to-read 3.64 1760 The Citizen of the World, Or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher, Residing in London, to His Friends in the Country, by Dr. Goldsmith (Vol. 1 of 2)
author: Oliver Goldsmith
name: Anjanette
average rating: 3.64
book published: 1760
rating: 0
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]]> The People of the Abyss 113250 208 Jack London 1598189735 Anjanette 0 to-read 4.06 1903 The People of the Abyss
author: Jack London
name: Anjanette
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1903
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]]> <![CDATA[The Mystery of the Hobo’s Message]]> 664672 64 Elspeth Campbell Murphy 1556614098 Anjanette 0 to-read 3.61 1995 The Mystery of the Hobo’s Message
author: Elspeth Campbell Murphy
name: Anjanette
average rating: 3.61
book published: 1995
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Life and Times of Hobo Joe]]> 198338238
Act NOW and buy this book before it inevitably becomes a multibillion dollar film franchise and you get sick of hearing about it.

Act NOW and buy this book so that after it's hugely popular, you can impress your friends and establish your hipster credentials!

Act NOW and buy this book so that its author can afford ordering a pizza tonight instead of finishing whatever's in his fridge.

Act NOW and buy the book that Stephen King called "the most exciting work of fiction produced so far this decade!" (No, not that Stephen King. The guy who bags my groceries, who just happens to be named Stephen King. But that impressed you for a second, right? Actually, I'm obligated to inform you that my grocer's name is Steven King, with a V. But he didn't tell me that when I got the blurb from him. Oh well.)]]> 249 Caleb Coyne Anjanette 0 to-read 0.0 The Life and Times of Hobo Joe
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]]> <![CDATA[By Merle Haggard My House of Memories: An Autobiography (Reprint)]]> 150412878 0 Merle Haggard Anjanette 0 to-read 4.25 By Merle Haggard My House of Memories: An Autobiography (Reprint)
author: Merle Haggard
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]]> As We Go 21123815 OUR PRESIDENT. THE NEWSPAPER-MADE MAN. INTERESTING GIRLS, GIVE THE MEN A CHANCE, THE ADVENT OF CANDOR, THE AMERICAN MAN, THE ELECTRIC WAY, CAN A HUSBAND OPEN HIS WIFE'S LETTERS?, A LEISURE CLASS, WEATHER AND CHARACTER, BORN WITH AN "EGO", JUVENTUS MUNDI, A BEAUTIFUL OLD AGE, THE ATTRACTION OF THE REPULSIVE, GIVING AS A LUXURY, CLIMATE AND HAPPINESS, THE NEW FEMININE RESERVE, REPOSE IN ACTIVITY, WOMEN—IDEAL AND REAL, THE ART OF IDLENESS, IS THERE ANY CONVERSATION, THE TALL GIRL, THE DEADLY DIARY, THE WHISTLING GIRL, BORN OLD AND RICH, THE "OLD SOLDIER" & THE ISLAND OF BIMINI JUNE


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]]> Being a Boy 7812866 128 Charles Dudley Warner 1421803143 Anjanette 0 to-read 3.31 1877 Being a Boy
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]]> My Summer in a Garden 95109
In monthly dispatches, Warner chronicles his travails in the garden, where he and his cat, Calvin, seek to ward off a stream of interlopers, from the neighbors� huge-hoofed cows and thieving children, to the reviled, though “propagatious,� pusley weed. To read Warner is to join him on his rounds of his beloved vegetable patch, to feel the sun on his sore back, the hoe in his blistered hands, and yet, like him, never to lose sight of “the philosophical implications of contact with the earth, and companionship with gently growing things.�

This Modern Library edition is published with an extensive new Introduction by Allan Gurganus, author of Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All and The Practical Heart .]]> 144 Charles Dudley Warner 0375759468 Anjanette 0 to-read 3.63 1870 My Summer in a Garden
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]]> <![CDATA[The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare]]> 184419
As Jonathan Lethem remarks in his Introduction, The real characters are the ideas. Chesterton's nutty agenda is really quite simple: to expose moral relativism and parlor nihilism for the devils he believes them to be. This wouldn't be interesting at all, though, if he didn't also show such passion for giving the devil his due. He animates the forces of chaos and anarchy with every ounce of imaginative verve and rhetorical force in his body.]]> 182 G.K. Chesterton 0375757910 Anjanette 4
Shut UP. Do NOT talk to me about that ending.]]> 3.85 1908 The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
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Anyone who knows me well, knows that I passionately disdain two things: the songs of Sean Lennon and the ending of this book. The Man Who Was Thursday was brilliant until those stupid, stupid last few chapters.

Shut UP. Do NOT talk to me about that ending.
]]> <![CDATA[The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 2]]> 48677941
The Year is 1883 and Emma M. Lion has returned to her London neighbourhood of St. Crispian’s. But Emma’s plans for a charmed and studious life are sabotaged by her eccentric Cousin Archibald, her formidable Aunt Eugenia, and the slightly odd denizens of St. Crispian’s.

Emma M. Lion offers up her Unselected Journals, however self-incriminating they may be, which comprise a series of novella-length volumes. Armed with wit and a sideways amusement, Emma documents the curious realities of her life at Lapis Lazuli House.
]]> 162 Beth Brower Anjanette 3
Here we have a Duke, a former-nemesis-turned-hunk, an artistic tenant, a dead boyfriend, a vicar, a scallywag male escort�

It’s somehow all okay, though, because Emma isn’t a Silly Girl. She’s a thoughtful, self-assured, spunky Bookworm. The subplots are interesting and the side characters are developing. Fine, I’m up for #3. Let’s do it.]]> 4.59 The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 2
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Okay, so, reading this book series sometimes feels like playing the old board game “Heartthrob,� in which you get to choose the dreamiest guy based on sweeping stereotypes: The Jock, The Brainiac, The Metal Head�

Here we have a Duke, a former-nemesis-turned-hunk, an artistic tenant, a dead boyfriend, a vicar, a scallywag male escort�

It’s somehow all okay, though, because Emma isn’t a Silly Girl. She’s a thoughtful, self-assured, spunky Bookworm. The subplots are interesting and the side characters are developing. Fine, I’m up for #3. Let’s do it.
]]> What's Wrong with the World 184565 Culled from the thousands of essays he contributed to newspapers and periodicals over his lifetime, the critical works collected for this edition pulse with the author's unique brand of clever commentary. As readable and rewarding today as when they were written over a century ago, these pieces offer Chesterton's unparalleled analysis of contemporary ideals, his incisive critique of modern efficiency, and his humorous but heartfelt defense of the common man against trendsetting social assaults.]]> 224 G.K. Chesterton 0486454274 Anjanette 4 4.06 1910 What's Wrong with the World
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Of course this book is still relevant, as are all things good and true. I know, because half-a-dozen times this month my husband heard “GK Chesterton was just saying that in the book I’m reading!�
]]> We're Going on a Bear Hunt 201126 40 Michael Rosen 0689853491 Anjanette 5 4.28 1989 We're Going on a Bear Hunt
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]]> The Children of Noisy Village 19311 128 Astrid Lindgren 014032609X Anjanette 4 4.26 1946 The Children of Noisy Village
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]]> <![CDATA[Swallows and Amazons (Swallows and Amazons, #1)]]> 125190 Swallows and Amazons introduces the lovable Walker family, the camp on Wild Cat island, the able-bodied catboat Swallow, and the two intrepid Amazons, Nancy and Peggy Blackett.]]> 315 Arthur Ransome 087923573X Anjanette 3 cozy-reader-book-club-2025 4.01 1930 Swallows and Amazons (Swallows and Amazons, #1)
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Mrs Grundy: Studies in English Prudery]]> 13480876 Peter Fryer Anjanette 0 to-read 3.50 1963 Mrs Grundy: Studies in English Prudery
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]]> <![CDATA[Erewhon: The 1872 Classic Science Fiction Novel]]> 216360181 173 Samuel Butler Anjanette 0 to-read 4.00 Erewhon: The 1872 Classic Science Fiction Novel
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]]> Understood Betsy 2433138 211 Dorothy Canfield Fisher 0440491797 Anjanette 4 4.19 1916 Understood Betsy
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]]> <![CDATA[Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables]]> 30754045
Joshua McFadden, chef and owner of renowned trattoria Ava Gene’s in Portland, Oregon, is a vegetable whisperer. After years racking up culinary cred at New York City restaurants like Lupa, Momofuku, and Blue Hill, he managed the trailblazing Four Season Farm in coastal Maine, where he developed an appreciation for every part of the plant and learned to coax the best from vegetables at each stage of their lives.

In Six Seasons, McFadden channels both farmer and chef, highlighting the evolving attributes of vegetables throughout their growing seasons—an arc from spring to early summer to midsummer to the bursting harvest of late summer, then ebbing into autumn and, finally, the earthy, mellow sweetness of winter. Each chapter begins with recipes featuring raw vegetables at the start of their season. As weeks progress, McFadden turns up the heat—grilling and steaming, then moving on to sautés, pan roasts, braises, and stews. His ingenuity is on display in 225 revelatory recipes that celebrate flavor at its peak.]]> 384 Joshua McFadden 1579656315 Anjanette 3 4.39 2017 Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables
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]]> <![CDATA[Arm in Arm: A Collection of Connections, Endless Tales, Reiterations, and Other Echolalia]]> 49073 48 Remy Charlip 1883672503 Anjanette 5 4.49 1969 Arm in Arm: A Collection of Connections, Endless Tales, Reiterations, and Other Echolalia
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]]> <![CDATA[Mother, Mother, I Feel Sick; Send for the Doctor, Quick, Quick, Quick]]> 518861 46 Remy Charlip 1582460434 Anjanette 5 4.10 1966 Mother, Mother, I Feel Sick; Send for the Doctor, Quick, Quick, Quick
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]]> Dombey and Son 50827 880 Charles Dickens 0812967437 Anjanette 0 to-read 3.94 1848 Dombey and Son
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]]> The Pickwick Papers 229432 The Pickwick Papers�-a comic masterpiece that catapulted its 24-year-old author to immediate fame. Readers were captivated by the adventures of the poet Snodgrass, the lover Tupman, the sportsman Winkle &, above all, by that quintessentially English Quixote, Mr Pickwick, & his cockney Sancho Panza, Sam Weller. From the hallowed turf of Dingley Dell Cricket Club to the unholy fracas of the Eatanswill election, via the Fleet debtor’s prison, characters & incidents sprang to life from Dickens’s pen, to form an enduringly popular work of ebullient humour & literary invention.]]> 801 Charles Dickens Anjanette 0 to-read 3.83 1837 The Pickwick Papers
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]]> Nicholas Nickleby 325085 817 Charles Dickens 0140435123 Anjanette 0 to-read 3.92 1839 Nicholas Nickleby
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]]> Bleak House 31242
“Jarndyce and Jarndyce� is an infamous lawsuit that has been in process for generations. Nobody can remember exactly how the case started but many different individuals have found their fortunes caught up in it. Esther Summerson watches as her friends and neighbours are consumed by their hopes and disappointments with the proceedings. But while the intricate puzzles of the lawsuit are being debated by lawyers, other more dramatic mysteries are unfolding that involve heartbreak, lost children, blackmail and murder.

The fog and cold that permeate Bleak House mirror a Victorian England mired in spiritual insolvency. Dickens brought all his passion, brilliance, and narrative verve to this huge novel of lives entangled in a multi-generational lawsuit—and through it, he achieved, at age 41, a stature almost Shakespearean.]]> 1017 Charles Dickens 0143037617 Anjanette 0 to-read 4.01 1853 Bleak House
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]]> David Copperfield 58696 882 Charles Dickens Anjanette 0 to-read 4.02 1850 David Copperfield
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]]> Oliver Twist 18254
The story of Oliver Twist - orphaned, and set upon by evil and adversity from his first breath - shocked readers when it was published. After running away from the workhouse and pompous beadle Mr Bumble, Oliver finds himself lured into a den of thieves peopled by vivid and memorable characters - the Artful Dodger, vicious burglar Bill Sikes, his dog Bull's Eye, and prostitute Nancy, all watched over by cunning master-thief Fagin. Combining elements of Gothic Romance, the Newgate Novel and popular melodrama, Dickens created an entirely new kind of fiction, scathing in its indictment of a cruel society, and pervaded by an unforgettable sense of threat and mystery.

This Penguin Classics edition of Oliver Twist is the first critical edition to faithfully reproduce the text as its earliest readers would have encountered it from its serialisation in Bentley's Miscellany, and includes an introduction by Philip Horne, a glossary of Victorian thieves' slang, a chronology of Dickens's life, a map of contemporary London and all of George Cruikshank's original illustrations.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.]]> 608 Charles Dickens Anjanette 0 to-read 3.88 1838 Oliver Twist
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]]> The Old Curiosity Shop 429024 The Old Curiosity Shop is edited with notes and an introduction by Norman Page in Penguin Classics.

Little Nell Trent lives in the quiet gloom of the old curiosity shop with her ailing grandfather, for whom she cares with selfless devotion. But when they are unable to pay their debts to the stunted, lecherous and demonic money-lender Daniel Quilp, the shop is seized and they are forced to flee, thrown into a shadowy world in which there seems to be no safe haven. Dickens's portrayal of the innocent, tragic Nell made The Old Curiosity Shop an instant bestseller that captured the hearts of the nation, even as it was criticised for its sentimentality by figures such as Oscar Wilde. Yet alongside the story's pathos are some of Dickens's greatest comic and grotesque creations: the ne'er-do-well Dick Swiveller, the mannish lawyer Sally Brass, the half-starved 'Marchioness' and the lustful, loathsome Quilp himself.

This edition, based on the original text of 1841, contains an introduction by Norman Page discussing the various contrasting themes of the novel and its roots in Dickens's own personal tragedy, with prefaces to the 1841 and 1848 editions, a chronology, notes and original illustrations produced for the serial version.

Charles Dickens is one of the best-loved novelists in the English language, whose 200th anniversary was celebrated in 2012. His most famous books, including Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield and The Pickwick Papers, have been adapted for stage and screen and read by millions.

If you enjoyed The Old Curiosity Shop, you might like Dickens's Hard Times, also available in Penguin Classics.]]> 576 Charles Dickens 0140437428 Anjanette 0 to-read 3.77 1840 The Old Curiosity Shop
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