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Long Division
Kiese Laymon
Ender's Game (Movie Tie-In)
Orson Scott Card
The Creature Department
Robert Paul Weston
Perfect Peace: A Novel
Daniel Black
Twelve Years a Slave
Solomon Northup, Richard Allen
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November
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Kiese Laymon
Orson Scott Card
Robert Paul Weston
Daniel Black
Solomon Northup, Richard Allen
October 2013
16
BookLikes Reading Challenge: LondaLocs wants to read 100 books in 2013.
LondaLocs has read 73 book(s) out of 100 books in
2013 Reading Challenge
October 2013
03
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The illustrations in this book are superb! Loved the colors and the warmth on every page. The text was sparse but effective. ...
Many Nations - Pbk - Joseph Bruchac
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October 2013
01
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Stolen gods?! What an interesting concept for a book! Taking something so important as village's ancient idol is, in itself,...
Foreign Gods, Inc. - Okey Ndibe
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September 2013
27
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This novel started out with so much promise, but ultimately left too many unanswered questions. For a book that tells you rig...
The Secret History - Donna Tartt
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September 2013
25
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For me, this is one of those books, that I will enjoy discussing much more than I enjoyed the actual reading. There were just...
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel García Márquez
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September 2013
24
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STANDING OVATION!! I have this slightly odd habit. I only do it when I encounter a truly fantastic book, and well it happened...
Counting by 7s - Holly Goldberg Sloan
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September 2013
19
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Inspiring, comforting, beautiful.I sometimes try and include a favorite quote when I review a book, but that would be almost ...
The Prophet - Kahlil Gibran
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September 2013
18
reviewed: Good Night, Sleep Tight
Things we loved: *The repeating rhyme... “‘We love it! We love it!’ said Bonnie and Ben. ‘How does it go? Will you say it aga...
Good Night, Sleep Tight - Mem Fox,  Judy Horacek
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Things I liked: *The artwork was beautiful. I love the game Little night and her Momma were playing, and how she was getting ...
Little Night - Yuyi Morales
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Things I liked: *The creative tale about riding lions into the cosmos. The prose was sweet and the pictures were lovely. Just...
Enchanted Lions - David T. Greenberg, Kristina Swarner
September 2013
17
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September 2013
16
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September 2013
10
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September 2013
09
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W A S HUnfortunately, that is what this book ended up being for me. It's a total wash. Started with a unique premise, but did...
Wash - Margaret Wrinkle
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September 2013
01
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...son, you won't need to talk to my headstone in order to talk to me. I won't be there. I'll be in the air and the Earth. I'...
Makeda - Randall Robinson
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August 2013
31
reviewed: The Other
In honor of the wonderful year of my birth, I have decided to read at least one book each year that was originally published ...
The Other - Thomas Tryon
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August 2013
28
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Things we loved: *The cover. It was the first book the 8 yr old picked because the cover interested him *The illustrations ar...
Bear Snores On - Karma Wilson
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Things we loved: *The bright colors but not too bright for a bedtime story. *The end papers. Well this was something I liked....
The World Champion of Staying Awake - Sean  Taylor, Jimmy Liao