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My BookLists

• To-Read (6)
  • Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
    by Wiggin, Kate Douglas
  • Daisy Miller
    by James, Henry
  • The Aeneid
    by Virgil
  • The Mystery of Edwin Drood
    by Dickens, Charles
  • Mary Barton
    by Gaskell, Elizabeth
  • The Little Minister
    by Barrie, J. M.
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  • Secret Adversary
    by Christie, Agatha

Browse BookLists

• Berlitz Essential French Phrases finished
• Paradise Lost finished
• Behind a Mask finished
• The Time Machine finished
• Leaves of Grass finished
• On the Decay of the Art of Lying finished
• Around the World in 80 Days finished
• Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom finished
• The Gold-Bug finished
• Dracula finished

  Difficult! to put up with the explication of women's roles in the 18th century! I posted this on 05 February 2010
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• Madame de Staël finished

  Biography Lite I was addicted to biographies when I was in junior high and I kept thinking of those as I read Madame de Stael.... This isn't an "academic" biography; it's clearly written for a popular audience and, as such, was quite enjoyable. In my opinion, it is an overview of the more exciting and titillating aspects of her life. Nevertheless, I wanted to slap her frequently and some of her men even more frequently! I had never heard of her and am pleased I now know who she was and I learned a LOT about the French Revolution!
  
  One of the things I really like about reading books through Daily Lit is that I already am on my computer and it is so easy to Google topics and people and images of the people. It provided much needed context and added strikingly to my enjoyment. I posted this on 09 December 2009
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• Secret Adversary finished

  A delightful, quick read A delightful surprise—it’s funny! Gently so.
  
  E.g.,
  "But if you are sure that you have enjoyed to the full the reaction of joy after despair with which I have kindly provided you free of charge, let us get down to our mail, as the saying goes." I posted this on 06 December 2009
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• A Princess of Mars (Barsoom Series Volume 1) finished

  Lovely Just fun. The next cat I have will be named Woola. :-) I posted this on 04 December 2009
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Dracula - Difficult!

to put up with the explication of women's roles in the 18th century!

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Madame de Staël - Biography Lite

I was addicted to biographies when I was in junior high and I kept thinking of those as I read Madame de Stael.... This isn't an "academic" biography; it's clearly written for a popular audience and, as such, was quite enjoyable. In my opinion, it is an overview of the more exciting and titillating aspects of her life. Nevertheless, I wanted to slap her frequently and some of her men even more frequently! I had never heard of her and am pleased I now know who she was and I learned a LOT about the French Revolution!

One of the things I really like about reading books through Daily Lit is that I already am on my computer and it is so easy to Google topics and people and images of the people. It provided much needed context and added strikingly to my enjoyment.

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Secret Adversary - A delightful, quick read

A delightful surprise—it’s funny! Gently so.

E.g.,
"But if you are sure that you have enjoyed to the full the reaction of joy after despair with which I have kindly provided you free of charge, let us get down to our mail, as the saying goes."

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A Princess of Mars (Barsoom Series Volume 1) - Lovely

Just fun. The next cat I have will be named Woola. :-)

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Etc. - Question of the Week #12: Unfinished Books

Me, me! I finished The Sound and The Fury, (But then it was required for a class for my master's degree. :-)

I could NOT finish Catch-22.

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Reader Challenges - Classics in 6 Words

The Host: Humans fall in love with alien

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