Mary Bentley Houk's Favorite Books

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by Atul Gawande

Amazon readers say:

"An intriguing work by a top-notch medical writer."
"Probing plea for more objective medical performance standards."
"A captivating peek into medicine."
"Highly accessible essays on medical care today."

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by Olive Ann Burns

Amazon readers say:

"Laugh a lot, cry a little and be thoroughly engrossed."
"The only book I've ever read NINE times."
"A wonderfully written novel that should not be over-looked."
"A breath of fresh air in our smog-filled lives."

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by J. R. R. Tolkien

Amazon readers say:

"The definitive work of epic fantasy."
"Storytelling to perfection."
"If I were stuck on a desert island..."
"Timeless treasures."

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by Barbara Kingsolver

Amazon readers say:

"Beautiful, serene and powerful."
"I felt like I lost a friend when i finished this book!"
"Take your time and savor this novel."
"A beautifully written tale about small town life."

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by Cormac McCarthy

Amazon readers say:

"A mandatory journey for the serious reader."
"When the whole world is lost, only love remains."
"Dark beyond darkness."
"Spare and beautiful."

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by Ferrol Sams

Amazon says:
A boy's account of growing up through the rituals of life on an ancestral farm in middle Georgia between the big wars. It is a rueful, humorous story of the people in one rural county, but the telling cuts so deep it breaks through to the universal. Reminiscent of "To Kill a Mockingbird," "Tom Sawyer," and "The Catcher in the Rye," "Run With the Horsemen" is the powerfully moving and delightfully endearing story of Porter Osborne Jr.'s journey to adulthood.

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