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Sharon is 52% done with The Phantom Tollbooth
Oh, the puns! I’m listening to this audiobook, narrated by Rainn Wilson, but also reading some. The author mentioned the illustrations in his forward, so I picked up the book at the library and am admiring the drawings.
Dec 04, 2025 02:33PM Add a comment
The Phantom Tollbooth

Sharon
Sharon is 40% done with Lincoln’s Lady Spymaster: The Untold Story of the Abolitionist Southern Belle Who Helped Win the Civil War
I think I found a mistake. In ch 9, Louisa Lane Drew is listed as knowing John Wilkes Booth. She is the grandma of Lionel, Ethel, & John Barrymore & listed as the great grandma of Drew Barrymore. But Drew‘s father was also named John & was the son of the John listed above. So Louisa is Drew‘s great great grandmother.

Still, it’s an interesting connection between John Wilkes Booth & the Barrymore family.
Nov 21, 2025 11:15AM Add a comment
Lincoln’s Lady Spymaster: The Untold Story of the Abolitionist Southern Belle Who Helped Win the Civil War

Sharon
Sharon is 70% done with A Place at the Table
I don’t think this conversation would’ve happened in“real life”. Most people stick with your friends and opinion in junior high. Stephanie probably wouldn’t have come to talk to Elizabeth.

I don’t think they came to the right conclusion of how to talk to Maddie about her behavior. Personally, I think it would have been better if the author had both girls talk to Maddie together.
Jun 21, 2025 09:43AM Add a comment
A Place at the Table

Sharon
Sharon is 88% done with Ordinary Grace
I know who did it!!!
Mar 21, 2025 10:34AM Add a comment
Ordinary Grace

Sharon
Sharon is 62% done with Ordinary Grace
What a sermon!
Mar 21, 2025 10:34AM Add a comment
Ordinary Grace

Sharon
Sharon is 60% done with Ordinary Grace
I’m amazed how blasé and completely inappropriately Officer Doyle gives out confidential police info to, not only a minor, but the general public.
Mar 21, 2025 06:44AM Add a comment
Ordinary Grace

Sharon
Sharon is 43% done with Ordinary Grace
Frank does a lot of eavesdropping 😊
Mar 20, 2025 03:07PM Add a comment
Ordinary Grace

Sharon
Sharon is on page 385 of 444 of The Lost Bookshop
Ch. 52. Oh, the reveals!! Oh, the horror!!
Aug 29, 2024 03:07PM Add a comment
The Lost Bookshop

Sharon
Sharon is on page 300 of 444 of The Lost Bookshop
2 quotes:

p. 298 “ it was as though we meant nothing to each other now. I couldn’t help but think of a quote from Persuasion (by Jane Austen): ‘now they were strangers; Nay, worse than strangers, for they could never become acquainted. It was a perpetual estrangement.’ ”

p. 300 “ buying gifts was never exactly a forte of mine.… So I stuck two books as a rule. You couldn’t go wrong with the book.”
Aug 28, 2024 10:21AM Add a comment
The Lost Bookshop

Sharon
Sharon is 40% done with Thank You for Listening
Excellent narrator (of course)
Mar 23, 2024 07:19PM Add a comment
Thank You for Listening

Sharon
Sharon is on page 66 of 249 of Have a Little Faith: a True Story
As always, the author gives great insight and his nonfiction reads so well
Mar 19, 2024 07:59AM Add a comment
Have a Little Faith: a True Story

Sharon
Sharon is on page 403 of 715 of The Covenant of Water
end of Part six. Will start Ch 50 in the audio book. This book is supposed to be about joy. Well I just read the most tragic part. Sucks that I have to wait to hopefully see some joy again for this family.
Jan 26, 2024 10:29AM Add a comment
The Covenant of Water

Sharon
Sharon is on page 395 of 715 of The Covenant of Water
The title is finally used on this page “the covenant of water”
Jan 26, 2024 10:10AM Add a comment
The Covenant of Water

Sharon
Sharon is on page 325 of 715 of The Covenant of Water
Love the line “written” by Philipose
“ a woman with unconventional beauty raises the hope that the viewer might be the only one to see it, that in recognizing and appreciating it, he alone has created her beauty.”
Jan 25, 2024 06:03PM Add a comment
The Covenant of Water

Sharon
Sharon is on page 259 of 715 of The Covenant of Water
The skin graft treatment in Ch. 32 was incredible!
Jan 24, 2024 05:00PM Add a comment
The Covenant of Water

Sharon
Sharon is on page 225 of 715 of The Covenant of Water
Can’t wait to see how the 3 stories merge. Hope it’s soon.
Jan 23, 2024 09:14PM Add a comment
The Covenant of Water

Sharon
Sharon is on page 141 of 715 of The Covenant of Water
Classic response to the question “mighty we stay here a bit?” (page 141) “Of course! I have my book”.
Jan 23, 2024 05:06AM Add a comment
The Covenant of Water

Sharon
Sharon is on page 256 of 278 of The Wishing Game
There’s a discrepancy here. It has the points switched for Melanie and Andre from what they were listed on p. 178
Dec 03, 2023 06:23PM Add a comment
The Wishing Game

Sharon
Sharon is on page 77 of 278 of The Wishing Game
Love the quote from Ode by Arthur O’Shaughnessy. I thought it was from Willy Wonka but he must’ve been quoting the poem too. 😊
Nov 29, 2023 08:06AM Add a comment
The Wishing Game

Sharon
Sharon is on page 182 of 288 of The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Interesting to see how he was held in prison for so long without a lawyer or contact with his family. Isn’t that coercion? It’s in Switzerland so obviously their law there is different than in the US, I hope.
Nov 21, 2023 05:54PM Add a comment
The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession

Sharon
Sharon is on page 295 of 431 of The Echo of Old Books
I feel like the sister is somehow involved in the break up
Idon’t know how they haven’t figure out who Teddy was, they gave his first & middle name & said it was the same as his dad. They were high society. Should easy to find.
I don’t think the guy is Steve Schwab. They said he didn’t have any big literary credits to his name & Hemi says that he wrote some books about the war that were well received.
Nov 02, 2023 08:56PM Add a comment
The Echo of Old Books

Sharon
Sharon is on page 170 of 286 of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
I like the concept that the Sabbath is a resistance to the “Pharoah” way of life (more,more,gimme more) that turns slave owners into slaves themselves
Oct 11, 2023 08:32AM Add a comment
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World

Sharon
Sharon is on page 390 of 415 of The Keeper of Happy Endings
I wonder why Rory feels that she has to tell Soline everything. Why can’t she just tell her about the child and leave out the part about Anson? I guess maybe she’s worried that if it does come to light, and they hadn’t told her that Soline will be mad that they withheld that from her.
Sep 06, 2023 06:30AM Add a comment
The Keeper of Happy Endings

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