ItwasbarelyfiveinthemorningandIhadbeenupforatleasttwohours.WhatitmeantwasthatIpausedmysleepingatthree,anhourthatcouldbesoeerilyearlyandblissfullyquiet,completelyofmyown.Eachreadingofthelastpagesofthebookthrobbedwithsadness,awareness,adashofhope,orperhapsasenseofmaturingexpectations.Hardlyanewbookbutnewtome,nevertheless.ThatwasHeavenLakebyJohnDalton(2004),anotherbeautifulbooktreadingthroughourinevi...[
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ByPhilipPullman,2010.
Ahighlycontraversialbookasyoucouldtellfromthetitle.
IstruggledfortwoweeksbeforeplacingtheorderonAmazon.Iwasafraidthatthereadingwouldshatterthepartofmyfaiththatisnotyetrooteddeepenough.Thepartthatiscommonlyknownasknowledge.
Yes,knowledgeandfaithdotakeonseparatepathssometimes.
ThebookcameandIreaditthrough.
Myfaithstandsjustasfirmafterwards.
Anotherclever...[
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MindHouse-Barcelona,Spain
Thecrookedhouse-Sopot,Poland
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KansasCityLibrary:Missouri,USA
Lowimpactwoodlandhouse:Wales,UK
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熬更趕夜看完了“王貴與安娜".看到結尾的時候自己哭得泣不成聲。先生在旁邊看我一眼，覺得我很莫名其妙的那種眼神，不說一句話，倒頭又睡過去了。
很佩服六六，對人，事，婚姻，親情，家庭，社會的觀察了解是那麽的細致入微真實貼切！[
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“你的媽媽是最好的媽媽!”我剛坐到午餐桌前朋友就對我說。
“所有的媽媽都是最好的.你們的也是.“我這樣回答，明明知道這個”所有”用得太籠統了。
媽媽就坐在我旁邊。我轉過去，她笑笑，並沒有說話。
我媽媽的確是最好的媽媽。她關心人，無私，充滿愛心，樂觀向上，熟讀聖經，熱心事奉。不光我們家受益於這樣的好媽媽，就連鄰居朋友，相識的不相識的[
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Curiousaboutmom'sreadings,BearsydecidedtoreadsomeofthebooksIjustfinished.IrecommendedCountryDrivingandRiverTownforhimtostartwithasthesetwoarealsoappropriateinitslanguageuseandcontent.HewasquicklyabsorbedandwouldevenspendhispreciousweekendDStimeonthebooks.BynowhehasfinishedCountryDrivingandisalmosthalfwaythroughRiverTown.HedubbedthebedtimereadingastheBookClubandwouldoccassionallyinvitedmeandhissist...[
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SurprisedthatIdidnotreadthisbookwhenitwasfirstreleasedin2002.
Afewpublishedreviewswouldgiveaglimpseofwhatagoodbookthisis:
"...workofextraordinarymoralandaestheticlucidity..""...withDickensiandeftness...","aworkofenormousintelligence","piercing,critical"andprosaic.
Thefirst-personnarrator,Jian,agraduateteacheratafictionaluniversityinChina,wasprofo...[
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ByKirstyNeedham(2006)Thisbookwasahaphazardfindinginourlocalpubliclibrary.Ifinishedreadingthisbookacoupleofweeksbackbutdidnotgetthechancetologithere.NeedhamwasanAustralianjournalistonaone-yearcontractwithChinaDaily.Itwasasimpletravelbookdottedwithherpersonalaccounts,okforbathroomreadbutnotaveryfinebookintermsofitsdiction,style,orsignificance.
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(Anoldreflectiondatedon1/20/11)Thedanceinstructordismissedusearlierthanusual.Inormallywouldsweatprofuselyduringthedancelessonsbutnottonight.Asenseofdisappointmentandunfulfilmentsweptthroughtheclass.Iwasnotalone,Itoldmyself.Theteacherwasvisiblytired.Shehaslongpassedherprimeandhasanotherclasstoteachbeforeours.Maybewecouldhaveherrescheduleoursessiontoadifferentdatewhensheislessbusy,someonesuggested.N...[
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AnothergreatbookbyPeterHesseleronthevariousaspectsofChinesesocietyduringthepastdecade:thetalesfollowedhisdrivingroutesfromtheGreatWallruinstothevillages,fromthefactorybossestothefactoryworkers;fromthepartymemberstothemigrants,fromthecommercialartiststotheschoolchildren,fromhistorytopresent,fromcorruptiontoethics,fromhisactiveparticipationtohisremovedreflection--itiswellwrittenandplannedwithth...[
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