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Crazy Aunt Purl's Drunk, Divorced, and Covered in Cat Hair: The True-Life Misadventures of a 30-Something Who Learned to Knit After He Split by Laurie Perry

Crazy Aunt Purl's Drunk, Divorced, and Covered in Cat Hair: The True-Life Misadventures of a 30-Something Who Learned to Knit After He Split

Laurie Perry

268 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

5.0jjp723's review
nonfiction memoir funny lighthearted medium-paced
Writings from the New Yorker 1927-1976 by E.B. White

Writings from the New Yorker 1927-1976

E.B. White

288 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0jjp723's review
nonfiction classics essays reflective medium-paced
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

544 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0jjp723's review
nonfiction history science adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Heaven on Earth: A Handbook for Parents of Young Children by Sharifa Oppenheimer

Heaven on Earth: A Handbook for Parents of Young Children

Sharifa Oppenheimer

235 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

5.0jjp723's review
nonfiction education informative inspiring lighthearted slow-paced
Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink by Jane Goodall

Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink

Jane Goodall

416 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0jjp723's review
nonfiction nature science informative inspiring slow-paced
About a Boy by Nick Hornby

About a Boy

Nick Hornby

307 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0jjp723's review
fiction contemporary emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Best American Science Writing 2009 by Jesse Cohen, Natalie Angier

The Best American Science Writing 2009

Jesse Cohen, Natalie Angier

368 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0jjp723's review
nonfiction essays science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

The Golden Compass

His Dark Materials #1

Philip Pullman

399 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0jjp723's review
fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness by Lyanda Lynn Haupt

Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness

Lyanda Lynn Haupt

229 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0jjp723's review
nonfiction nature science informative reflective slow-paced
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

When You Reach Me

Rebecca Stead

199 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0jjp723's review
fiction middle grade science fiction mysterious fast-paced