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Sandra Lane is currently reading:

The Orphan Master's Son

by Adam Johnson

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Sandra Lane is currently reading: The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson	My rating:
15 hours, 19 min ago
Sandra Lane gave to: Heft by Liz Moore (Goodreads Author) read in May, 2012	My rating:
May 20, 2012 06:09pm
Sandra Lane gave to: The Rapture of Canaan by Sheri Reynolds recommended to Sandra Lane by: Donna M read in May, 2012	My rating:
I am really torn between 4 and 5 stars. I decided to give it four stars. While I enjoyed the conclusion I felt that it left too many things unsaid. I searched for a sequel, but sadly one doesn't exist. I have grown to care for the characters and want...more
May 19, 2012 08:22am · see review
Sandra Lane gave to: Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) by Suzanne Collins read in May, 2012	My rating:
This may not have been the ending I wanted (not that I'm even sure of the ending I wanted), but I thoroughly enjoyed it. This was an intelligent book with realistic, accessible characters. I truly didn't know how it was going to end, and I love that....more
May 16, 2012 06:52pm · see review
Sandra Lane gave to: A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess read in May, 2012	My rating:
I did not have high hopes for this book. After reading the first section, they dropped even lower. I do not like violence for violence sake, and that's pretty much what the beginning of this book is about. However, after finishing it, I guess I'd cal...more
May 11, 2012 03:54pm · see review
Sandra Lane gave to: Smut: Stories by Alan Bennett read in May, 2012	My rating:
The first story in this was really...weird, not that I don't like weird. I'm just not sure this is my brand of weird. Second story much better than the first.
May 03, 2012 11:41am · see review
Sandra Lane gave to: Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) by Suzanne Collins read in May, 2012	My rating:
May 02, 2012 06:00am
Sandra Lane is on page 205 of 391 of Catching Fire Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) by Suzanne Collins progress:	My rating:
Apr 30, 2012 11:14am · like · see status
Sandra Lane gave to: Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1) by Robin Hobb recommended to Sandra Lane by: Rebecca read in April, 2012	My rating:
Apr 21, 2012 01:38pm
Sandra Lane marked as to-read: The Translation of the Bones by Francesca Kay	My rating:
Apr 19, 2012 01:19pm

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Quotes Sandra Likes

“We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love.”
― David Mitchell, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

tags: hate , love , religion

23 people liked it

“Act out being alive, like a play. And after a while, a long while, it will be true.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

tags: inspirational-attitude , perseverance

2 people liked it

“Alone. Yes, that's the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn't hold a candle to it and hell is only a poor synonym.”
― Stephen King

tags: horror , vampire

659 people liked it

“I'll tell them that on bad mornings, it feels impossible to take pleasure in anything because I'm afraid it could be taken away.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

tags: fear

13 people liked it