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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling I read it. I enjoyed it. I'm currently listening to the audio book. I'll be happy to discuss with anyone who's interested, but don't really feel like writing up a review. So there.


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This is a pre-pub book, coming out in October, which one of my colleagues brought back from BEA.


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This book is probably of limited interest to my readership (assuming I know my readership.) But - just so you know what took so very much of my reading time the past several weeks, here you go:

Homeschooling: a Patchwork of Days by Nancy Lande This book contains essays from 30 different homeschooling families, detailing one day in their lives ( Read more... )

Today, this book is #60 on Amazon’s bestseller list. This may or may not mean anything. In some sense, it is decidedly ironic that a book devoted to old-fashioned tastes in literature should be doing so well among today’s thrillers. But I am getting ahead of myself.

The Thirteenth Taleby Diane Setterfield ”Do you believe in ghosts, Miss Lea?” ( Read more... )

The Birth House by Ami McKay World War I in tiny, remote Scots Bay, Nova Scotia. Dora Rare is the only girl in a large family of boys, the first girl in generations. At her mother’s urging, Dora becomes the apprentice to Miss Babineau, the local midwife and moves in with her, eventually taking over Miss B.’s practice and rivalry with the local “ ( Read more... )

Enthusiasm by Polly Shulman In which our heroine Julie, a somewhat retiring high school student, shares her passion for Jane Austen with her best friend, Ashleigh, who does not do anything by halves. She sets them off on a quest to find Mr. Darcys, beginning by crashing the ball at the local prep school. Unfortunately, they both seem to fall for ( Read more... )