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- Aerin
- "In those days, we finally chose to walk like giants and hold the world in arms grown strong with love
And there may be many things we forget in the days to come,
But this will not be one of them." -Brian Andreas
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2010 Reads (* denotes re-read)
- 8. The Thief by Megan Whalen-Turner
- 7. The Red Necklace by Sally Gardner
- 6. The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
- 5. Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
- 4. Father's Arcane Daughter by e.l. konigsburg
- 3. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
- 2.* The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
- 1. The Morning Gift, Eva Ibbotson
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Canvas Print Contest! - Thanks to the wonderful people at UPrinting.com, I have a 16 x 20 Rolled Canvas to giveaway to one lucky winner. And the great thing is....you can custom...
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6 comments:
Many happy return of the day Pete!
@ Aerin:
You can find a pic in his posts during his vacation. :)
I love Mary Poppins!
I'll have to rush over and say Happy, Happy to him personally. Thanks for the notice.
What a lovely post! And nice Mary Poppins touch. She's practically perfect in every way, you know...
Dude! I just got here. This is SO WAY WICKED PRIMO COOL of you. Thank you!
Oh, and Aniket is correct...
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