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The Lacuna

by Barbara Kingsolver
- Rated 4 stars
“Love this writer! Great story--I'm hunting for my copy to read again, lol. Recommend anything of Kingsover's...”

Becky24 wrote this review Wednesday, March 28, 2012. ( reply | permalink )
Tales from Earthsea

by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Rated 4 stars
“Thank the Goddess for Ursula K.Le Guin, damn!! Is all I can say. Thank you, Ursula. Named after a Bear, lol. Since high school, my friend, so thanks. Ok!”

Becky24 wrote this review Wednesday, February 24, 2010. ( reply | permalink )
Mistress Marsham's ReposeT. H. White
Mistress Marsham's Repose

by T. H. White
- Rated 5 stars
“Tho I also remember this spelling, Amazon & a number of other sites show this title as being spelled Masham, not Marsham, with corroborating cover art. Lent to me by a friend long ago, I recall it as a truly wonderful book. Now that I find it was written by T. H. White of Once and Future King fame, no wonder I loved it!”

Becky24 wrote this review Wednesday, May 27, 2009. ( reply | permalink )
Communion

by Whitley Strieber
- Rated 3 stars
“Scared the crap outta me, especially the note from his shrink saying that Whitley was dealing with his experiences as constructively as he could (I paraphrase, it's been years)--the implication being his shrink believed him. Two family members were unable to read it at all (after a few pages) because it hit too close to home! Even the remote possibility that any of this is true is genuinely disturbing at a gut level...& the author honestly seems to be caught up in something that is all too real to him.”

Becky24 wrote this review Tuesday, May 26, 2009. ( reply | permalink )
Beyond the Influence

by Katherine Ketcham
- Rated 0 stars
“Started it but got sidetracked, lol. Will work my way back.”

Becky24 wrote this review Friday, May 22, 2009. ( reply | permalink )
Goddesses in Older Women: Archetypes in Women Over Fifty

by Jean Shinoda Bolen
- Rated 0 stars
“Love Jean, just stalled out. Will try to pick up where I left off, lol.”

Becky24 wrote this review Friday, May 22, 2009. ( reply | permalink )
A New Earth

by Eckhart Tolle
- Rated 0 stars
“Started it but got sidetracked, lol. Will work my way back.”

Becky24 wrote this review Friday, May 22, 2009. ( reply | permalink )
Hemingway's Chair

by Michael Palin
- Rated 2 stars
“Disappointing I'm afraid. I love Michael Palin, who is funny, intelligent, thoughtful, silly--unfortunately not nearly enough of that comes through here. The ending was terrible and made little sense, character development was tepid, & of course I had no idea what the hell he was talking about re the British post office reorganization and the apparently fishy scheme of the 'bad guy(s)' --lots of detail, zero context. Just confusing (ok, maybe my bad on that last one). I kept turning the pages, only to get to an equally confusing ending--so what the hell happened to the title chair??--that while climatic enough was still not satisfying. If the writing was better it would have softened the blow, but frankly the best bit in the whole book, imho, was the American gal's letters home, of which the first is definitely the best--more what I was expecting/hoping for from Palin. Will I read any other fiction of his? Sure, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt--maybe this was just the runt of the litter.”

Becky24 wrote this review Friday, May 22, 2009. ( reply | permalink )
Money Is My Friend

by Phil Laut
- Rated 5 stars
“Loved it. Have had a C-note in my wallet ever since--many many years now.”

Becky24 wrote this review Tuesday, April 21, 2009. ( reply | permalink )
The Science of Getting Rich

by Wallace D. Wattles
- Rated 3 stars
“Great book, one of the inspirations for The Secret as noted. A bit dated in its examples, but dead on in its advice. I'm not rich yet, lol, but I'm on my way.”

Becky24 wrote this review Tuesday, April 21, 2009. ( reply | permalink )