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Kids Color Our World
This program is designed for kids aged 5 to 12 to encourage life-long reading habits. Once you've earned enough points, you'll receive a completion certificate you can print and share!
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This program is designed for teens age 13 to 17 to encourage life-long reading habits. Once you've earned enough points, you'll receive a completion certificate you can print and share!
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This program is designed for adults to encourage life-long reading habits. Once you've earned enough points, you'll receive a completion certificate you can print and share!
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Murder in Paradise
by Agatha Christie
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It is always interesting to journey along with Hercule Poirot and see things the way he does. This is a compilation of short mysteries, each of which is set in a different interesting setting. I did this as an audio book on CDs and while I did enjoy it, I think I would have enjoyed it more had I done it as an actual book and been able to do it at a slower pace.
Nantucket White Christmas
by Pamela M. Kelley
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This was an OK romance book; not too sappy and portrayed the female central character as strong and independent. But there were just too many characters and unnecessary short sub-plots. For example, one of the side characters is losing and then does loose his mother to brain cancer. How can you make this a sub plot? And because the side characters were not well developed it took me a while to remember who everyone was.
This Other Eden
by Paul Harding
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I did this book as an audio book, and I felt like someone was telling me a story nor reading an audio book to me. This is based on a true story and is sad, and wonderful, and hopeful, and amazing. It’s about a small group of people who live isolated, though harsh and beautiful, lives until someone comes and wants to help them. The display of humanity here will evoke feelings here and make you think about how society creates rules and how people are affected.
Widow's Walk
by Robert B. Parker
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For those of us who read a lot of mysteries, after a while, you can often see the ending coming. Not in this one! The central character’s alibi appears to be that she is just too dumb to organize and commit this crime. And it turns out what she did do really ends up confusing the police. A good whodunit.
Later
by Stephen King
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A wonderfully told story by a man who can see and talk to dead people as he looks back over the defining moments of his young life. A must read for all horror and King fans.
The Teller Of Small Fortunes
by Julie Leong
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A charming book. My best description is that it's a cozy adventure.
Wishin' And Hopin'
by Wally Lamb
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This was a fun story about a boy’s youth as told by his point of view. It is set in 1964, which for me is a time I can relate to. Unlike many stories about children growing up that focus on hardships, this one is set in a middle-class family and focuses more on fun and experiences than challenges. It’s a good read. My only problem is that based on the way the title was written, I was expecting something less polished, but I was pleasantly surprised
At The Reunion Buffet
by Alexander McCall Smith
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This is a wonderful tale that everyone can relate to; the anxiety and anticipation surrounding a high school reunion, and Smith tells a wonderful tale here. And as the old classmates gather, grudges come to the surface, and secrets behind them are revealed.
The Strawberry Patch Pancake House (dream Harbor, Book 4)
by Laurie Gilmore
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Always nice to visit Dream Harbor, but I felt like I couldn't relax while reading this book. I was constantly braced for a heartbreaking conversation with a child. Overall, it's handled sweetly, but not my cup of tea.
Miracle Polish
by Steven Millahuser
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Wow. What a story! AS you read this book, you may think you know what is going to happen next, but trust me you will not see these sharp turns coming! I sounds simple; a man is sold a liquid, by a traveling salesman, that when applied to mirrors makes the person reflected in the mirror, look better. Not perfect or amazing, just a little more full of life and with the rough edges smoothed out. No big thing, right? Wrong!