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4.3 of 5 stars
Fourteen tiny tales recount the story of a community of island dwellers who catch their island’s strange and fleeting epidemics—epidemics like memo... read full description

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Sep 14, 2011
Kevin rated it: 3 of 5 stars
(This will seem like a weird thing to react to, but I found the drawings really distracting and incongruous. This is a book of stories about an island, and the people on that island. But the stories are told in very plain, unadorned language. So why the highly-stylized images of people with curlicues in their hair and long eyelashes and rosy cheeks and suits & ties? I didn't get any of that from the text, and the images didn't add anything back in a way that brought the text to life. Why not a d More...
Dec 06, 2011
Brian rated it: 3 of 5 stars
while i was reading these short stories i was inflicted with the epidemic of reading them.
Feb 22, 2012
Kathy marked it as to-read
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Dec 28, 2011
Sequoia rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Dec 28, 2011
Tim rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Dec 12, 2011
Matthew marked it as to-read
Dec 11, 2011
J.A. rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Dec 07, 2011
Julie marked it as to-read
Dec 06, 2011
Myfanwy is currently reading it
Dec 05, 2011
Matthew rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Oct 13, 2011
Robert rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Oct 03, 2011
Bobby rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Aug 04, 2011
Jamison rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Jul 24, 2011
Jac rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Dec 13, 2011
Casey rated it: 4 of 5 stars
May 23, 2011
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May 17, 2011
s.d. rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Apr 16, 2011
nthWORD Magazine marked it as to-read
Feb 28, 2011
Dillon rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Feb 27, 2011
John rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Jan 26, 2011
T.D. rated it: 5 of 5 stars
May 02, 2011
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Jan 24, 2011
Tyler rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Dec 02, 2011
Michael rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Oct 12, 2011
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PANK rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Dec 14, 2010
Elke marked it as to-read
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