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“One day she bit James in the arm and made it bleed, and so Miss Flora and Miss Jessie, who are very fond of me, were afraid to come into the stable.”
― Black Beauty
― Black Beauty
“against”
― The Fist of God
― The Fist of God
“Gone. We were out in the country and everything slowed down into rolling hills covered with snow. There were trees, but no leaves, and I could not remember seeing anything so white and clean. Winter in the city was gray and the snow was dirty, but out here it was so bright it hurt my eyes and I had to turn away.”
― Christmas Sonata
― Christmas Sonata
“No Human eye can isolate the unhappy coincidence of line and place which suggests evil in the face of a house, and yet somehow a maniac juxtaposition, a badly turned angle, some chance meeting of roof and sky, turned Hill House into a place of despair, more frightening because the face of Hill House seemed awake, with a watchfulness from the blank windows and a touch of glee in the eyebrow of a cornice.”
― The Haunting of Hill House
― The Haunting of Hill House
“bought one of the software programs, and worked the system. That particular software covered more than 300,000 available scholarships. She narrowed the database search until she had 1,000 scholarships to apply for. She spent the whole summer filling out applications and writing essays. She literally applied for 1,000 scholarships. Denise was turned down by 970, but she got 30, and those 30 scholarships paid her $38,000. She went to school for free while her next-door neighbor sat and whined that no money was available for school and eventually got a student loan.”
― The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness
― The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness
Shirley’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Shirley’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
107 books
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40 friends
2 books
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50 friends
153 books
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40 friends
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Shirley
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