Title: Just Being Audrey Author: Margaret Cardillo Illustrator: Julia Denos Genre: children’s non-fiction (biography) ISBN: 9780061852831 Length: 28 pages Published: 2011 Source: public library Rating: 5/5 Challenges/Resolutions: none Summary: I think the best summary is a trailer for the book that I found on YouTube. My Thoughts: You may already know that I love Audrey Hepburn. I can’t really remember where [...]
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Just Being Audrey by Margaret Cardillo, Julia Denos
Posted by Kristie on February 18, 2012
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2012/02/18/just-being-audrey-by-margaret-cardillo-julia-denos/
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley {audiobook}
Title: Brave New World Author: Aldous Huxley Genre: fiction (dystopic) ISBN: 9780792752257 Length: 8.5 hours Published: 1932 Source: public library Rating: 5/5 Challenges/Resolutions: Years of Books Resolution (2012); Years of Books Goal (lifetime) Summary (from Goodreads): “Community, Identity, Stability” is the motto of Aldous Huxley’s utopian World State. Here everyone consumes daily grams of soma, to fight depression, babies [...]
Posted by Kristie on February 6, 2012
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/brave-new-world-by-aldous-huxley-audiobook/
The Count of Monte Cristo {Section 2}
~*~SPOILERS~*~ I chose for this second portion of the book to focus on Dantes’ prison stint. Therefore, it takes place from Chapter 8, The Chateau d’If to Chapter 20, The Cemetery of the Chateau d’If. Synopsis so far (continued from Section 1 post): Dantes has been sent to prison, even though Villefort had promised to [...]
Posted by Kristie on January 26, 2012
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/the-count-of-monte-cristo-section-2/
The Count of Monte Cristo {Section 1}
~*~SPOILERS~*~ I have split up the book into uneven sections so I can discuss my re-read in parts. This first section ends with the completion of M. de Villefort’s examination of Dantes (Chapter 7, The Examination), which I think is a very significant moment in the story. Synopsis so far: France, 1815. Nineteen-year-old Edmond Dantes is [...]
Posted by Kristie on January 9, 2012
http://livethroughbooks.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/the-count-of-monte-cristo-section-1/
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