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author: Frank Chacon
name: Candis
average rating: 4.71
book published: 1993
rating: 5
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A must read for anyone who anticipates being challenged in their faith. It's short, easy to understand, and looks like a workbook.
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author: Malcolm Gladwell
name: Candis
average rating: 3.59
book published: 2008
rating: 0
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date added: 06/19/08
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I read most of this book and then got interested in something else - I will get back to it someday.
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author: John Beevers
name: Candis
average rating: 4.53
book published: 1987
rating: 5
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date added: 06/19/08
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OK, so reading this book was kind of surreal. It's actually written by a Saint which blows my mind - what a gift. The experience was so personal, at times I almost felt like I was intruding of the great Saint's secrets. I also learned a lot about patience, and what it means do perform little acts of penance.
]]> 24903651 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:37:56 -0700
author: Peter M. J. Stravinskas
name: Candis
average rating: 4.50
book published: 1996
rating: 5
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My favorite part of this book was the second to the last chapter where each word in the mass, each phrase, each prayer, was supported by Biblical reference. I knew we Catholics made more use of the Bible in our worship than other denominations, but I had no idea just to what extent - practically the entire mass is straight from the Bible.
]]> 1998636 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:02:08 -0700
author: Jen Lancaster
name: Candis
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2006
rating: 4
read at: 07/07
date added: 07/27/07
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I loved the author and rooted for her the whole time I read the book. I LOVE that she's a bitch and says things often without considering how it's going to make others feel (especially since I am guilty of the same thing). I especially love the part where she tells off her terrible boss. I sympathized with her when she realizes that maybe a hair appointment is a luxury and not a necessity after all (been there, done that). The book had a casual and personal tone to it which made it easy to read and HILARIOUS. My only problem with it was the fact that there were several editorial mistakes - Like the word "were" would be in a sentence where it should say "would" - which tells me that the whole book was spell checked but not read thoroughly enough before publication...sloppy. Which makes me wonder if the author is really the hard-core, detail-oriented person she claims to be when it comes to business dealings. I would have done a MUCH better job editing.
]]> 3516834 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:40:15 -0700
author: Linda Babcock
name: Candis
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2007
rating: 5
read at: 07/07
date added: 07/25/07
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Much like reading Gloria Steinem's "My Life as a Playboy Bunny," at times, this book totally irritated me - but I am so, so, so glad I read it. I can look back on decisions I have made in both my personal life and career that I would totally do differently if given the chance - I realize that in the past, I NEVER negotiated. In the past, I have just taken what I was given. For example, I once fell in love with a BEAUTIFUL, 18th-century French dressing table that cost an exorbitant amount of money. I looked at the price tag, sighed with regret that I didn't have that kind of money, and left the store. DUH! I could have AT LEAST asked if the owner would be willing to set up a payment plan!!!!! God only klnows how long that expensive piece of furniture had been sitting in his store (a store he opens by-appointment-only.) By now, that dressing table would have been mine! All Mine! Now I know. Now I am AWARE. negotiate!
]]> 1999411 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:15:31 -0700
author: David Sedaris
name: Candis
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2004
rating: 4
read at: 05/07
date added: 07/11/07
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He's almost too funny. That woulld be my only hesitation in reading him again. Like, my cheeks hurt for days from laughing at "Six to Eight Black Men."
]]> 2919834 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:52:17 -0700
author: Rhonda Byrne
name: Candis
average rating: 3.41
book published: 2007
rating: 5
read at: 07/07
date added: 07/10/07
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I won the lottery, bought a gorgeous beach house, hired a personal trainer and chef, am planning to spend a year traveling the world, am self-employed with extremely flexible hours making $60 million a year, and have a fabulous social and love life. If you want to know how I achieved such a fantastic lifestyle, read "The Secret."
]]> 2919490 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:43:18 -0700
author: Celia Rivenbark
name: Candis
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2006
rating: 3
read at: 07/07
date added: 07/10/07
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The book was sometimes incredibly funny, and somtimes incredibly cliche, and sometimes (as a Southern-born-and-bread woman) incredibly off-the-mark with my personal experiences...but overall, I enjoyed it and will probably read her other books. The reading experience was very much like reading a collection of witty newspaper columns. If you are a woman and have a short attention span when it comes to reading, you will enjoy this book because the chapters are short - you will not have time to get bored. By the way, I DO actually have friends (not goodreads friends but real-life friends) who get "bored" reading - I say, Only boring people get bored! ha!
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author: Edith Wharton
name: Candis
average rating: 5.00
book published: 2002
rating: 5
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date added: 07/10/07
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Intriguing. I especially loved "The Eyes" and "Afterward."
]]> 1999200 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:30:47 -0700
author: Khaled Hosseini
name: Candis
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2003
rating: 5
read at: 01/07
date added: 06/15/07
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One of the best modern novels I have ever read. It was sad, suspenseful, joyous, terrifying. At the end, I was sobbing - not crying, SOBBING.
]]> 1999259 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:24:45 -0700
author: John Grogan
name: Candis
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2007
rating: 5
read at: 10/06
date added: 06/15/07
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I loved this book because it reminded me of dogs I've had, dogs I've known, and made me love my Golden Retriever "Pounder" even more (If that's actually possible.) It's laugh-out-loud funny and through this Dog "Tail" I learned a little more about life.
]]> 1998964 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:20:16 -0700
author: Azar Nafisi
name: Candis
average rating: 3.41
book published: 2007
rating: 5
read at: 03/07
date added: 06/15/07
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Have you read the Great Gatsby? Did you think it was scandalous? Neither did I. In a little country called IRAN, students called for the novel to be banned because it was too promiscuous - particularly that slut Daisy...made me extremely glad to be an American woman, and it made me want to read all the great books that a group of Iranian women had to read in secret.
]]> 1999113 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:19:40 -0700
author: Edith Wharton
name: Candis
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1905
rating: 5
read at: 02/07
date added: 06/15/07
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This was the third time I read this one - one of my all-time favorites. Poor Lily Bart.
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author: Jimmy Buffett
name: Candis
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2006
rating: 3
read at: 05/07
date added: 06/15/07
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The main character gets drunk and screws, finds that one particular harbor, and eats a cheeseburger in paradise. Plus, he smokes a couple of fatties. Don't have the money for a tropical vacation this year? Read this book and it will do in a pinch.
]]> 1967673 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:18:05 -0700
author: Jane Austen
name: Candis
average rating: 3.41
book published: 1818
rating: 3
read at: 04/07
date added: 06/14/07
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Cute. Very cute. The main character is so naive, I wanted to reach through the pages of the book and shake her silly head. I thoroughly enjoyed the story and all its characters.
]]> 1967213 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:13:22 -0700
author: Jane Austen
name: Candis
average rating: 4.39
book published: 1813
rating: 5
read at: 04/07
date added: 06/14/07
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I had seen the movie several times - the six-hour, made-for-TV movie...not that newfangled version. The book was even better - of course. The characters have much more depth than they do in the movie. Plus, there is dialogue and a few scenes that were omitted from the six-hour movie...the newfangled Hollywood production doesn't even come close to capturing the REAL, multilayered story.
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