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I still have the book from which I learned to read at the age of four. It is Now We are Six by A. A. Milne. I am a voracious reader, and now I write and read every day.

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	The Hounding 3.32 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1999 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Till Darkness Comes 3.59 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poetry for the People it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Eat My Words it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Migraines and Their Remedies (Poetry for the New Millennium Book 6) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Desire Returns for a Visit it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Illustrious Client by Sandra de Helen (Goodreads Author), Beverly Standish (Photographs) 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lesbian Humor is Not an Oxymoron: Light Verse 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Girl Heroes: 1956 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The World's a Stage: Life in Five Acts it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Shirley Combs and Dr. Mary Watson series (2 books)
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The Lion Women of Tehran

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The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister – Vol.2: The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, the Inspiration for Gentleman Jack

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Alice's Adventures in Trumpsterland and Alice in the House of Glass

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Sandra de Helen rated a book really liked it HAMMER!: Making Movies Out of Sex and Life by Barbara Hammer	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A memoir with many photos from the films she made, plus more of herself and friends. I particularly enjoyed the chapter on the 1970s, and the end where she talks about what she has done, and was still doing at the time she published the book. (She di ...more
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Sandra de Helen rated a book it was amazing Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
One of my favorite books I read this year. It covers Anne Lister's life in boarding school where she met her first love, Eliza Raine. Exciting and beautiful with a sad ending of their affair (their friendship continued for many years after), I've bee ...more
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Sandra de Helen rated a book it was amazing The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3) by Hilary Mantel	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The third and last book of the Thomas Cromwell trilogy. These works are historical fiction, yet Mantel's research is meticulous and she writes as much (or more) truth as fiction. I knew this was the last book, and I knew what happens in the end, but ...more
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This is the second book in the Highway 59 series about a Texas Ranger. In this one, a white boy is missing. His parents live in a ramshackle "village" of people living in cars, mobile homes, RVs. He is known for getting into trouble, including having ...more
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Sandra de Helen rated a book really liked it Down the Garden Path (Allways trilogy, #1) by Beverley Nichols	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Third time: One of my all-time favorite gardening books, though it isn't technically a gardening book. It's a memoir about his own garden, which he built in the 1930s (with hired help). When I built my own garden in 2003, I used this book as my guide ...more
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Sandra de Helen rated a book it was amazing Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7) by Val McDermid	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Another Karen Pirie mystery by the Queen of Crime Novels. I loved it. This one takes place during Covid lockdown in Scotland. Two mystery writers strike up a friendship, then bond over serious chess playing. One is married, the other falls in love wi ...more
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Sandra de Helen entered a giveaway Python's Kiss: Stories by Louise Erdrich	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Sandra de Helen rated a book it was amazing Gold for the Dead (Cantor Gold Crime Series, 7) by Ann Aptaker	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Book Seven in the Cantor Gold series. I love this series about a dapper lesbian art thief and smuggler living in NYC in the 1950s. I wish it were a television series! Why isn't it? ...more
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