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January Reads

The Light Princess by George MacDonald 1/1/2015 Excellent - Children's - 110 pages (Print) A princess is cursed with a lack of gravity. I assigned this to Emily to read and decided to read it myself as well. I've always wanted to read MacDonald, but a difficult reading experience with one of his books when I was a teenager had prejudiced me against him. However, this wasn't at all hard to read! Very simple, but deep. Season of Storms  by Susanna Kearsley 1/11/2015 Good - Chick Lit - 501 pages (Print) Young actress Celia Sands is offered the lead in a play in Italy because she shares the name of the actress for whom the play was written. A couple friends rave about Kearsley and I've read two of her so far, both entertaining and light. Slim by Design: Mindless Eating Solutions for Everyday Life  by Brian Wansink 1/16/2015 Excellent - Non-fiction - 320 pages (Print) How to set up your living environments so that you naturally lose weight. Interesting ideas on