Alejandra's bookshelf: read http://www.goodreads.com/review/list_rss/1080194 en-US Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:29:27 -0700 60 Alejandra's bookshelf: read http://www.goodreads.com/ 200 41 http://www.goodreads.com/images/layout/gr_logo.gif 26547243 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:29:27 -0700 <![CDATA[The Wind in the Willows ]]> The Wind in the Willows
author: Kenneth Grahame
name: Alejandra
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2000
rating: 5
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this is a great book, very silly and cute.
]]> 22342198 Thu, 15 May 2008 20:20:47 -0700 <![CDATA[Holes]]> Holes
author: Louis Sachar
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2000
rating: 5
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I just reread this book and am amaized at how good it is.
]]> 21294641 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:08:27 -0700 <![CDATA[Eragon (Inheritance, Book 1)]]> Eragon (Inheritance, Book 1)
author: Christopher Paolini
name: Alejandra
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2004
rating: 5
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]]> 21294525 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:07:02 -0700 <![CDATA[Bridge to Terabithia]]> Bridge to Terabithia
author: Katherine Paterson
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1996
rating: 3
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]]> 21294143 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:02:47 -0700 <![CDATA[The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics)]]> The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics)
author: Jack London
name: Alejandra
average rating: 3.78
book published: 1998
rating: 3
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]]> 21293957 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:00:18 -0700 <![CDATA[The Divine Comedy: Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso (in one volume) (Everyman's Library)]]> The Divine Comedy: Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso (in one volume) (Everyman's Library)
author: Dante Alighieri
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1472
rating: 3
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]]> 21293954 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:00:14 -0700 <![CDATA[Inferno (Modern Library Classics)]]> Inferno (Modern Library Classics)
author: Dante Alighieri
name: Alejandra
average rating: 3.98
book published: 1308
rating: 3
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]]> 21293938 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Still I Rise]]> Still I Rise
author: Maya Angelou
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.39
book published: 2001
rating: 5
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]]> 21293936 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:59:58 -0700 <![CDATA[Maya Angelou: Poems]]> Maya Angelou: Poems
author: Maya Angelou
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.03
book published: 1986
rating: 4
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]]> 21293922 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:59:49 -0700 <![CDATA[Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women]]> Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women
author: Maya Angelou
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.46
book published: 1995
rating: 5
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]]> 21293884 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:59:18 -0700 <![CDATA[I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]]> I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
author: Maya Angelou
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.01
book published: 1983
rating: 4
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]]> 21293847 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:58:57 -0700 <![CDATA[Reality Sandwiches: 1953-60 ]]> Reality Sandwiches: 1953-60
author: Allen Ginsberg
name: Alejandra
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1963
rating: 4
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]]> 21293840 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:58:53 -0700 <![CDATA[Kaddish and Other Poems: 1958-1960 (City Lights Pocket Poets Series)]]> Kaddish and Other Poems: 1958-1960 (City Lights Pocket Poets Series)
author: Allen Ginsberg
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1960
rating: 5
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]]> 21293811 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:58:36 -0700 <![CDATA[Howl and Other Poems (City Lights Pocket Poets Series)]]> Howl and Other Poems (City Lights Pocket Poets Series)
author: Allen Ginsberg
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.20
book published: 1996
rating: 5
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]]> 21293770 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:58:18 -0700 <![CDATA[Desolation Angels]]> Desolation Angels
author: Jack Kerouac
name: Alejandra
average rating: 3.80
book published: 1995
rating: 4
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]]> 21293766 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:58:16 -0700 <![CDATA[The Subterraneans (Paperback)]]> The Subterraneans (Paperback)
author: Jack Kerouac
name: Alejandra
average rating: 3.64
book published: 1994
rating: 5
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]]> 21293763 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:58:14 -0700 <![CDATA[Big Sur]]> Big Sur
author: Jack Kerouac
name: Alejandra
average rating: 3.75
book published: 1992
rating: 4
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]]> 21293761 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:58:12 -0700 <![CDATA[The Dharma Bums]]> The Dharma Bums
author: Jack Kerouac
name: Alejandra
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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]]> 21293699 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:57:25 -0700 <![CDATA[On the Road]]> On the Road
author: Jack Kerouac
name: Alejandra
average rating: 3.71
book published: 1957
rating: 5
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]]> 21293404 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:57:16 -0700 <![CDATA[The Night Trilogy: Night, Dawn, The Accident]]> The Night Trilogy: Night, Dawn, The Accident
author: Elie Wiesel
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.48
book published: 1987
rating: 5
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I read the first book and was so moved that I read the other two. They are some of the hardest most emotionally draining reads I have ever undertaken. However that is what made them worth reading.
]]> 21293403 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:53:52 -0700 <![CDATA[The Accident]]> The Accident
author: Elie Wiesel
name: Alejandra
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1991
rating: 5
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]]> 21293399 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:53:49 -0700 <![CDATA[Dawn]]> Dawn
author: Elie Wiesel
name: Alejandra
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2006
rating: 5
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]]> 21293394 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:53:47 -0700 <![CDATA[Night]]> Night
author: Elie Wiesel
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.32
book published: 1958
rating: 5
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]]> 21293075 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:50:40 -0700 <![CDATA[The Poetry of Pablo Neruda]]> The Poetry of Pablo Neruda
author: Pablo Neruda
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2005
rating: 5
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]]> 21292941 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:49:30 -0700 <![CDATA[Life, the Universe and Everything]]> Life, the Universe and Everything
author: Douglas Adams
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1982
rating: 5
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]]> 21292925 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:49:14 -0700 <![CDATA[Mostly Harmless (Book 5)]]> Mostly Harmless (Book 5)
author: Douglas Adams
name: Alejandra
average rating: 3.79
book published: 1993
rating: 5
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]]> 21292923 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:49:12 -0700 <![CDATA[Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency]]> Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
author: Douglas Adams
name: Alejandra
average rating: 3.91
book published: 1987
rating: 5
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]]> 21292914 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:49:08 -0700 <![CDATA[The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul]]> The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
author: Douglas Adams
name: Alejandra
average rating: 3.89
book published: 1988
rating: 5
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]]> 21292912 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:49:06 -0700 <![CDATA[So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish]]> So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
author: Douglas Adams
name: Alejandra
average rating: 3.94
book published: 1984
rating: 5
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]]> 21292900 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:49:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Life, the Universe and Everything]]> Life, the Universe and Everything
author: Douglas Adams
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1982
rating: 5
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]]> 21292897 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:48:58 -0700 <![CDATA[The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]> The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
author: Douglas Adams
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.42
book published: 1987
rating: 5
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]]> 21292894 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:48:55 -0700 <![CDATA[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]> The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
author: Douglas Adams
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1979
rating: 5
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]]> 21292866 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:48:41 -0700 <![CDATA[The Complete Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy (BBC MP3 CD Audio)]]> The Complete Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy (BBC MP3 CD Audio)
author: Douglas Adams
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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]]> 21261489 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:14:46 -0700 <![CDATA[The Name of the Rose (Everyman's Library)]]> The Name of the Rose (Everyman's Library)
author: Umberto Eco
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1980
rating: 4
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]]> 21067525 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:58:49 -0700 <![CDATA[Beloved]]> Beloved
author: Toni Morrison
name: Alejandra
average rating: 3.83
book published: 1987
rating: 2
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I usually like chain of conscience novels, but this one was so convuluted and confusing that I could never get into it. Though maybe it was that I had to read it for a class and the assignments were not fun in the least. I may have to try again sometime soon and redo my review...
]]> 21067404 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:57:02 -0700 <![CDATA[Bless Me, Ultima]]> Bless Me, Ultima
author: Rudolfo Anaya
name: Alejandra
average rating: 3.78
book published: 1972
rating: 5
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This is a book that my sister read in high school. I picked it up on a trip home and started reading it and got hooked. It is a great book that is worth reading.
]]> 21066962 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:49:09 -0700 <![CDATA[Ester's Child]]> Ester's Child
author: Jean P. Sasson
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2001
rating: 4
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]]> 21066958 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:49:04 -0700 <![CDATA[The Princess Trilogy: Boxed Set]]> The Princess Trilogy: Boxed Set
author: Jean P. Sasson
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2002
rating: 5
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]]> 21066924 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:48:37 -0700 <![CDATA[The Princess Bride (Ballantine Reader's Circle)]]> The Princess Bride (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
author: William Goldman
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.34
book published: 1973
rating: 5
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]]> 21066671 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:43:53 -0700 <![CDATA[The Woman Who Laughed at God: The Untold History of the Jewish People]]> The Woman Who Laughed at God: The Untold History of the Jewish People
author: Jonathan Kirsch
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2002
rating: 5
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]]> 21066662 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:43:43 -0700 <![CDATA[Harlot by the Side of the Road]]> Harlot by the Side of the Road
author: Jonathan Kirsch
name: Alejandra
average rating: 3.84
book published: 1998
rating: 5
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]]> 21066647 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:43:34 -0700 <![CDATA[God Against the Gods: The History of the War Between Monotheism and Polytheism]]> God Against the Gods: The History of the War Between Monotheism and Polytheism
author: Jonathan Kirsch
name: Alejandra
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2005
rating: 5
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]]> 21066532 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:41:21 -0700 <![CDATA[Closing Time]]> Closing Time
author: Joseph Heller
name: Alejandra
average rating: 2.82
book published: 1995
rating: 4
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]]> 21066381 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:40:36 -0700 <![CDATA[Catch-22]]> Catch-22
author: Joseph Heller
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.10
book published: 1961
rating: 5
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this is one of those books that I reread when life starts getting frustrating. I love the mad confusion of it all
]]> 21066353 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:38:36 -0700 <![CDATA[The Deed of Paksenarrion (omnibus)]]> The Deed of Paksenarrion (omnibus)
author: Elizabeth Moon
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.27
book published: 1992
rating: 5
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]]> 20663740 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:35:44 -0700 <![CDATA[First Chronicle of Prydain: "Book of Three" , "Black Cauldron" and "Castle of Llyr"]]> First Chronicle of Prydain: "Book of Three" , "Black Cauldron" and "Castle of Llyr"
author: Lloyd Alexander
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1986
rating: 5
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]]> 20663565 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:34:02 -0700 <![CDATA[Lost: A Novel]]> Lost: A Novel
author: Gregory Maguire
name: Alejandra
average rating: 2.54
book published: 2002
rating: 4
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]]> 20663563 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:34:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Mirror Mirror: A Novel ]]> Mirror Mirror: A Novel
author: Gregory Maguire
name: Alejandra
average rating: 3.16
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> 20663218 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:30:24 -0700 <![CDATA[Odes to Common Things, Bilingual Edition]]> Odes to Common Things, Bilingual Edition
author: Pablo Neruda
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.36
book published: 1994
rating: 4
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]]> 20663210 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:30:18 -0700 <![CDATA[100 Love Sonnets: Cien sonetos de amor (Texas Pan American Series)]]> 100 Love Sonnets: Cien sonetos de amor (Texas Pan American Series)
author: Pablo Neruda
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.48
book published: 1986
rating: 5
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]]> 20662781 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:26:02 -0700 <![CDATA[The Turkish Lover]]> The Turkish Lover
author: Esmeralda Santiago
name: Alejandra
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2005
rating: 5
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]]> 20662778 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:26:01 -0700 <![CDATA[Almost a Woman]]> Almost a Woman
author: Esmeralda Santiago
name: Alejandra
average rating: 3.89
book published: 1999
rating: 5
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]]> 20662770 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:25:59 -0700 <![CDATA[When I Was Puerto Rican]]> When I Was Puerto Rican
author: Esmeralda Santiago
name: Alejandra
average rating: 3.89
book published: 1994
rating: 5
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]]> 20662683 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:25:14 -0700 <![CDATA[Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera: A Reader's Guide (Continuum Contemporaries)]]> Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera: A Reader's Guide (Continuum Contemporaries)
author: Thomas Fahy
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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]]> 20662456 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:22:40 -0700 <![CDATA[Where the Wild Things Are]]> Where the Wild Things Are
author: Maurice Sendak
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.56
book published: 1963
rating: 5
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]]> 20662388 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:22:24 -0700 <![CDATA[Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months]]> Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months
author: Maurice Sendak
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.34
book published: 1991
rating: 5
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this is my all time fave book as a child. I even have it on video with where the wild things are
]]> 20662322 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:20:52 -0700 <![CDATA[Kat Kong]]> Kat Kong
author: Dav Pilkey
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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]]> 20662178 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:20:18 -0700 <![CDATA[Dogzilla]]> Dogzilla
author: Dav Pilkey
name: Alejandra
average rating: 3.91
book published: 1993
rating: 5
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this is one of the cutest childrens books I have ever read (and I had to read it in spanish cause that is what my mom has it in)
]]> 20418639 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:46:09 -0700 <![CDATA[A Dog Called Kitty]]> A Dog Called Kitty
author: Bill Wallace
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.38
book published: 1992
rating: 5
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This was my fav book as a child. I cried everytime I read the ending, but always reread the book. I would highly recomend this book to anyone
]]> 20418643 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:44:06 -0700 <![CDATA[A Dog Called Kitty]]> A Dog Called Kitty
author: Bill Wallace
name: Alejandra
average rating: 4.21
book published: 1992
rating: 5
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]]> 20418609 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:43:43 -0700 <![CDATA[Hardboiled and Hard Luck]]> Hardboiled and Hard Luck
author: Banana Yoshimoto
name: Alejandra
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2006
rating: 0
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]]> 20418607 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:43:33 -0700 <![CDATA[Asleep]]> Asleep
author: Banana Yoshimoto
name: Alejandra
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2001
rating: 5
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]]> 20417508 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:28:58 -0700 <![CDATA[Kitchen (A Black cat book)]]> Kitchen (A Black cat book)
author: Banana Yoshimoto
name: Alejandra
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2006
rating: 5
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This has to be my all time fav book by this author. I first picked up on of her books because of her name and fell in love with the style and have read each book as it has come out.
]]> 20417528 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:27:51 -0700 <![CDATA[Goodbye Tsugumi]]> Goodbye Tsugumi
author: Banana Yoshimoto
name: Alejandra
average rating: 3.51
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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]]> 20417520 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:27:40 -0700 <!