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Flashback Friday: Little Women

May 14, 2010 – 6:46 am

Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott
I struggled with whether or not this should be included as a “flashback,” mostly because I make it a habit to read this one just about every time I fall into a book rut.  I do count this, though, as one of the books that really made me fall in [...]

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Review: Matchless

December 8, 2009 – 9:43 am

The Book: Matchless: An Illumination of Hans Christian Anderson’s Classic “The Little Match Girl”, by Gregory Maguire
The Story: The first part of this story introduces a young boy who is very poor.  He is struggling to help keep his stove lit at the house that he and his mother share.  It is important that it [...]

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