Ms. Margie

Dull, uninspired writing about things no one cares about. Stephanie Meyer could write better crap. Fortunately, I don't have cats, so I'll never write about them.

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Like Lightreads, I'm having trouble reviewing this because my reaction to it so visceral that I almost can't talk about it. ...
Code Name Verity - Elizabeth Wein
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September 2013
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I'm almost tempted to call this a quick read, but that would be misleading. It is indeed a short book, readable almost in on...
Below Stairs: The Classic Kitchen Maid's Memoir That Inspired "Upstairs, Downstairs" and "Downton Abbey" - Leigh Crutchley, Margaret Powell
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September 2013
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Whatever she calls herself, Rowling is a brilliant author. This mystery is an insightful character study, and an interesting...
The Cuckoo's Calling - Robert Galbraith
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September 2013
08
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At first I thought this was my least favorite of the Harry Hole series. Then I realized just how brilliant Nesbo's character...
The Redeemer - Jo Nesbo
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September 2013
04
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These are marvelous. Best loo reading ever.If you have an appreciation for British humor, these lonely hearts adverts will h...
Sexually, I'm More of a Switzerland: More Personal Ads from the London Review of Books - David  Rose
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August 2013
23
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When I lived in Nebraska, we always heard about the brave young teacher who saved her students by tying them together as they...
The Children's Blizzard - David Laskin
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August 2013
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Living in Nebraska from the late 70s through the early 90s, I heard about Charles Starkweather periodically, but never learne...
Waste Land: The Savage Odyssey of Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate - Mike Newton
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July 2013
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Rob Bell is enthusiastic, funny, forward-thinking, and generally a right on kinda guy. He has a lot of interesting, hope-fil...
What We Talk about When We Talk about God - Rob Bell
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July 2013
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This book makes me want to add a shelf for "beautiful, luminous, loved it." Oliver writes so plainly, drawing us in and comm...
A Thousand Mornings - Mary Oliver
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July 2013
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Did you know that in parts of Nebraska, you can still see the Oregon Trail? Not the highway that goes along the route of the...
My Antonia - Willa Cather
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July 2013
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What a great find! A very useful book.If you've never followed a pattern or tried to figure one out using techniques not des...
From the Neck Up: An Illustrated Guide to Hatmaking - Denise Dreher, Randall W. Scholes, Randall Scholes, Beth Sanders, Gerry Zeck
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July 2013
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Won it in a giveaway, but never received it.Amazon listing says it won't be released until November 5, 2013.
The 21-Day Yoga Body: A Metabolic Makeover and Life-Styling Manual to Get You Fit, Fierce, and Fabulous in Just 3 Weeks - Sadie Nardini

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