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Pamela’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Pamela’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Pamela S. Turner’s Followers (48)
Pamela S. Turner
Goodreads Author
Born
in The United States
Website
Twitter
Genre
Influences
C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, George Schaller, David Quammen
Member Since
January 2009
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/pamelasturner
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Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
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2016
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Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog
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2004
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18 editions
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Crow Smarts: Inside the Brain of the World's Brightest Bird
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2016
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3 editions
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The Frog Scientist (Scientists in the Field Series)
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2009
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6 editions
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How to Build a Human: In Seven Evolutionary Steps
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The Dolphins of Shark Bay
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2013
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7 editions
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Comet Chaser: The True Cinderella Story of Caroline Herschel, the First Professional Woman Astronomer
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Project Seahorse
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2010
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12 editions
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Gorilla Doctors: Saving Endangered Great Apes
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2005
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15 editions
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A Life in the Wild: George Schaller's Struggle to Save the Last Great Beasts
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2008
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4 editions
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Pamela’s Recent Updates
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| A charming, heartfelt story that wraps you in a family's love. I will be singing this one to my grandchildren in bad Spanish! The illustrations are equally lovely. A wonderful book to own and to give as a gift. ...more | |
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| Link is an excellent sentence-level writer. But as a novelist...this fell way, way short. I think there was a decent fantasy novel in there, but it needed to drop about 250 pages. The plot goes nowhere for way too long, and gets so unmoored from real ...more | |
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“A twelfth-century samurai’s main weapon was his bow, but his sword offered a last line of defense if he ran out of arrows or was knocked off his horse. Yet even as a backup weapon the sword carried a symbolic weight that the bow did not. Weapons like bows and spears were also used for hunting. The sword had a singular purpose: to end human life.”
― Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
― Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
Polls
We have read a lot of wonderful books this year, but have we missed your favorite?
What book should we read in December?
Please write in your choice. As always, you may write in titles, provided the book is a 2023 Newbery contender and already published.
What book should we read in December?
Please write in your choice. As always, you may write in titles, provided the book is a 2023 Newbery contender and already published.
Alias Anna by Susan Hood
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Falling Short
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Odder
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My Life Begins by Patricia MacLachlan
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passport project
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Parron thief
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The Passport Project: Two Sisters Ditch Middle School for a Life-Changing Journey Around the World by Kellie McIntyre
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87 total votes
Topics Mentioning This Author
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| What's the Name o...: SOLVED. Owner dies and dog waits until death (or something like that) [s] | 13 | 53 | Apr 05, 2010 08:40AM | |
| One Million Pages...: lindy-lanes-16x16 | 18 | 22 | Jan 07, 2016 06:35AM | |
| Book Riot's Read ...: Task #1: Read a YA nonfiction book | 100 | 2110 | Oct 29, 2020 12:37PM | |
| The Lost Challenges: Top Secret Swimming Holes | 94 | 86 | Apr 03, 2021 08:36AM | |
| Children's Books: June 2021: Scientists in the Field | 76 | 23 | Jul 30, 2021 08:33AM | |
| The Lost Challenges: TV/Movie Challenge: Mum's the Word | 84 | 95 | Oct 25, 2022 07:15AM | |
| The Lost Challenges: The Best Snack Food From Every State | 172 | 122 | Nov 02, 2022 11:26AM |
“When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty, I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”
― On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature
― On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature
