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37. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith I Capture the Castle wasn't what I expected: it was better. It's the British version of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn , set in a castle, featuring a significant dog character. Cassandra is an imperfect quirky protagonist coming of age in a world that hasn't been fair to her or her family. Her English bulldog Heloise is my favorite character. I've rarely noticed a dog that's written so well, and it turns out that Dodie Smith is also the author of 101 Dalmations , so no wonder. Recommended to weird, romantic readers. You know who you are. 38. Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter I already had plenty to say about Ship of Fools , and though I did finish it, my first impressions proved consistent. Ship of Fools has wry third person narration, sweeping views of an enormous cast of characters, and possibly the most stereotypes and racial epithets I've ever seen gathered in one place. 39. The 100: Day 21 by Kass Morga...

If you remember, I picked up a lovely hardback copy of Katherine Anne Porter's Ship of Fools at Gramp's Attic Books in Ellicott City . Recently, I got an e-mail from Open Road Integrated Media , which just put out an e-book version, and wanted to know if I'd spread the word. Consider word spread =) They have quite an appealing site, but I couldn't seem to find a search function, which was a bit of an issue. Most likely I am missing something obvious. (*edit* Search function is on the top right. Not sure how I missed it.) Anyhoo. This brought me to start actually reading Ship of Fools . I read a synopsis and flipped through before I bought it, and I definitely wanted to support a long-lost classic from a female author in the early twentieth century. However...I feel quite complicated about it, now at roughly 180 pages into this nearly 500 page tome. It's very early twentieth century American, and it possesses the qualities that I both love and hate about early-t...