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Jill J. (jillibean) - Reviews

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An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England
An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England
Author: Brock Clarke
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 8/26/2009


I thoroughly enjoyed the dry wit and engaging story. Pages flew by in a blur of mindlessly enjoyable silliness. Intelligently phrased irony made the tale a step above the average beach fare reading. You won't feel like a scholar for reading it, but you will smile and occasionally chuckle out loud.


A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash
Review Date: 11/15/2007


amazing snapshot of one man's attempt to fix the broken part of his powerful mind


The Horse and His Boy (rpkg) (Narnia)
The Horse and His Boy (rpkg) (Narnia)
Author: C. S. Lewis
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
 29
Review Date: 11/12/2007


This book doesn't have its cover anymore


The Ivy Tree
The Ivy Tree
Author: Mary Stewart
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
 18
Review Date: 5/6/2007


This is actually a hard bound copy, missing it's wrapper. Printed approximately 1962, the pages are clean, but paper has ages to a darker patena.


Wicked: Witch /  Curse (Wicked, Bks 1 & 2)
Wicked: Witch / Curse (Wicked, Bks 1 & 2)
Author: Nancy Holder, Debbie Viguie
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
 93
Review Date: 4/28/2007
Helpful Score: 3


Holly Cather's world shatters when her parents are killed in a terrible acciedent. Wrenched from hjer home in San Francisco, she is sent to Seattle to live with her relatives, Aunt Marie-Claire and her twin cousins, Amanda and Nicole.
In her new home, Holly's sorrow and grief soon give way to bewilderment at the strange incidents going on around her. Such as how any wish she whisers to her cat seems to come true. Or the way a friend is injured after a freak attack from a vicious flcon. And there's the undeniable, magnetic attraction to a boy Holly barely knows.
Holly, Amanda, and Nicole are about to be launched into a dark legacy of witches, secrets, and alliances, where ancient magics yield dangerous results. The girls will assume their roles in an intergenerational feud beyond theri wildest imaginations...and in doing so, will attemp to fulfill their shared destiny.

*Special edition includes the first two books in this captivating quartet*


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