Life in a Suitcase

Own only what you can carry with you; know language, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag. - Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Tuesday, May 05, 2015

Review: Dear Committee Members

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Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher My rating: 4 of 5 stars That was hilarious. It says I started this...

Review: Let's Eat Ramen and Other Doujinshi Short Stories

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Let's Eat Ramen and Other Doujinshi Short Stories by Nagumo My rating: 2 of 5 stars I'm a newbie to g...

Review: H2O

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H2O by Irving Belateche My rating: 3 of 5 stars That was ok. The writing was a bit simplistic and the plot an...
Sunday, May 03, 2015

Review: Explaining the Explicit

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Explaining the Explicit by Julian Barnes My rating: 4 of 5 stars I've read this before: about two years a...

Review: Body and Soul: Short Story

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Body and Soul: Short Story by Barbara Gowdy My rating: 3 of 5 stars That was an interesting exploration of an...
Saturday, May 02, 2015

Review: Lilliput

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Lilliput by Sam Gayton My rating: 4 of 5 stars That was cute. I look forward to reading it with Kait one day....
Friday, May 01, 2015

Review: Snowdrops

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Snowdrops by A.D. Miller My rating: 0 of 5 stars That was engrossing. I stayed up reading it until 3 am in sp...
Friday, April 24, 2015

Review: Stand Tall!: A book about integrity

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Stand Tall!: A book about integrity by Cheri J. Meiners My rating: 4 of 5 stars I really liked this introduct...

Review: Stand Tall!: A book about integrity

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Stand Tall!: A book about integrity by Cheri J. Meiners My rating: 4 of 5 stars I really liked this introduct...

Review: Forgive and Let Go!: A book about forgiveness

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Forgive and Let Go!: A book about forgiveness by Cheri J. Meiners My rating: 3 of 5 stars A useful book to he...

Review: Stay!

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Stay! by Alex Latimer My rating: 5 of 5 stars I loved this! We need to buy a paper copy for Kait because Bus...

Review: Voices Are Not for Yelling

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Voices Are Not for Yelling by Elizabeth Verdick My rating: 4 of 5 stars I think this would be a great resourc...

Review: Nanny and Me

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Nanny and Me by Florence Ann Romano My rating: 3 of 5 stars The illustrations are beautiful and it fills a ne...

Review: The Mysterious Affair at Styles

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The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie My rating: 3 of 5 stars I read a ton of Poirot novels in m...
Sunday, April 19, 2015

Review: A Land Without Jasmine

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A Land Without Jasmine by Wajdi Al-Ahdal My rating: 3 of 5 stars That was really interesting. The end was a b...

Review: Gnome on the Range

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Gnome on the Range by Jennifer Zane My rating: 3 of 5 stars That was bizarre but enjoyable. A romance based a...
Saturday, March 21, 2015

Review: The Olive Tree

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The Olive Tree by Elsa Marston My rating: 3 of 5 stars The story was a bit meh, but I loved the setting and t...

Review: The Other Side of the Wall

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The Other Side of the Wall by Simon Schwartz My rating: 4 of 5 stars That was interesting. I hadn't reali...

Review: Fishfishfish

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Fishfishfish by Lee Nordling My rating: 3 of 5 stars That was interesting. I'd like to see the various st...

Review: A Dog's Breakfast

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A Dog's Breakfast by Annie Graves My rating: 5 of 5 stars I loved this! It's the kind of book you ca...

Review: Sing Freedom!

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Sing Freedom! by Vanita Oelschlager My rating: 5 of 5 stars I learned things about Estonia reading this and i...

Review: Me, Too!

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Me, Too! by Annika Dunklee My rating: 2 of 5 stars If I had a child who felt left out by a friend or had a ne...

Review: Look Where We Live!: A First Book of Community Building

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Look Where We Live!: A First Book of Community Building by Scot Ritchie My rating: 3 of 5 stars A nice little...

Review: My Family Tree and Me

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My Family Tree and Me by Dušan Petričić My rating: 4 of 5 stars The story is simple but the illustrations are...

Review: Eat, Leo! Eat!

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Eat, Leo! Eat! by Caroline Adderson My rating: 5 of 5 stars So sweet. Perfect to read to a picky eater, while...

Review: Eat, Leo! Eat!

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Eat, Leo! Eat! by Caroline Adderson My rating: 5 of 5 stars So sweet. Perfect to read to a picky kid, right b...

Review: Pop Goes the Circus!

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Pop Goes the Circus! by Kate Klise My rating: 3 of 5 stars That was cute. I'd totally read the previous b...

Review: Gronk Volume 2

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Gronk Volume 2 by Katie Cook My rating: 3 of 5 stars Gronk took two volumes to grow on me because at first I ...

Review: Gronk Volume 1

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Gronk Volume 1 by Katie Cook My rating: 3 of 5 stars Gronk took two volumes to grow on me because at first I ...

Review: A Day in Canada

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A Day in Canada by Per-Henrik Gurth My rating: 4 of 5 stars Super cute! I'd like all of these books for ...

Review: Cailyn and Chloe Learn About Conjunctions

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Cailyn and Chloe Learn About Conjunctions by Megan Atwood My rating: 4 of 5 stars If I were still in Korea te...
Monday, February 16, 2015

Review: Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops

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Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops by Jen Campbell My rating: 3 of 5 stars That was quick and cute. I la...

Review: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel My rating: 4 of 5 stars Reread Feb 2014 - I thought I'd r...

Review: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel My rating: 4 of 5 stars Reread Feb 2014 - I thought id reread...
Sunday, February 15, 2015

Review: The Dovekeepers

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The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman My rating: 4 of 5 stars That it took me so long to finish this is not becaus...
Sunday, February 01, 2015

Review: The Royal Cup

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The Royal Cup by Bastien Vivès My rating: 2 of 5 stars 2.5 stars. Admittedly, I haven't read the first bo...

Review: Suffrajitsu: Mrs Pankhurst's Amazons

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Suffrajitsu: Mrs Pankhurst's Amazons by Tony Wolf My rating: 4 of 5 stars That was a lot of fun. Great i...

Review: Surf War!: A Folktale from the Marshall Islands

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Surf War!: A Folktale from the Marshall Islands by Margaret Read MacDonald My rating: 3 of 5 stars This would...
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