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The Backyard Parables: Lessons on Gardening, and Life by Margaret Roach

The Backyard Parables: Lessons on Gardening, and Life

Margaret Roach

258 pages • hardcover • 2013

5.0jjp723's review
nonfiction memoir nature funny informative lighthearted slow-paced
S. by J.J. Abrams, Doug Dorst

S.

J.J. Abrams, Doug Dorst

456 pages • hardcover • 2013

5.0jjp723's review
fiction fantasy mystery adventurous mysterious slow-paced
A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny

A Fatal Grace

Chief Inspector Gamache #2

Louise Penny

313 pages • hardcover • 2006

5.0jjp723's review
fiction crime mystery mysterious medium-paced
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

Elizabeth Kolbert

319 pages • hardcover • 2014

5.0jjp723's review
nonfiction history science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny

Bury Your Dead

Chief Inspector Gamache #6

Louise Penny

371 pages • hardcover • 2010

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fiction mystery dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Universe Within: Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets, and People by Neil Shubin

The Universe Within: Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets, and People

Neil Shubin

6 hours, 36 minutes • audio • 2013

5.0jjp723's review
nonfiction science adventurous informative slow-paced
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me about Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything by Chris Hadfield

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me about Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything

Chris Hadfield

304 pages • hardcover • 2013

5.0jjp723's review
nonfiction memoir science adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced
The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet by Reif Larsen

The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet

Reif Larsen

374 pages • hardcover • 2009

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fiction literary adventurous reflective medium-paced
Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair by Anne Lamott

Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair

Anne Lamott

96 pages • hardcover • 2013

5.0jjp723's review
nonfiction memoir religion emotional reflective slow-paced
The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud

The Screaming Staircase

Lockwood & Co. #1

Jonathan Stroud

440 pages • hardcover • 2013

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fiction fantasy mystery young adult adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced