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author: Steven Pressfield
name: Matt
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at: 08/07
date added: 08/20/07
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I watched 300 with a bunch of guys. Some of them took their shirts off during the movie. Yes, it was awkward, but appropriate for such a ridiculous and really fun movie. I had to know more about this battle. A friend recomended Gates of Fire and it was a really great read. Made me thankful for living in our current day and having to battle maraurding hordes. I think I'm hooked on historical fiction.


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The story is amazing, I felt like I was punched in the belly at certain turning points in the story. I am still a bit dazed with the ending.

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author: Ian McEwan
name: Matt
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2001
rating: 5
read at: 07/07
date added: 07/26/07
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I received this book from Craig months ago. I tried to read Atonement several times. I read 2 or 3 pages and just couldn't keep up with it. I tried again last week and I finally shifted into his writing. It reminded me of reading Gilead by Marilynne Robinson; I had to change my mode of thinking to fit the prose.

The story is amazing, I felt like I was punched in the belly at certain turning points in the story. I am still a bit dazed with the ending.


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author: Italo Calvino
name: Matt
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2001
rating: 4
read at: 07/07
date added: 07/14/07
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paul recommended this book. i haven't read anything by calvino but i trust paul's judgement. it was quite fun. reminded me of Gabriel Garcia Marquez a bit. thanks paul. how about reading a book i recommend for a change? i kid, really, you're great.
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author: P.D. James
name: Matt
average rating: 3.47
book published: 2006
rating: 4
read at: 06/07
date added: 07/14/07
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loved the movie soooo much and i loved the book b.c. it is so different from the movie. need to watch it again.
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author: Charles Frazier
name: Matt
average rating: 3.46
book published: 2006
rating: 4
read at: 07/07
date added: 07/14/07
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great story, long, sorrow filled romance AND native americans. i avoided cold mountain b.c. it was so popular (it is an annoying character flaw) and i really enjoyed it. 13 moons was also fun.
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author: Matthew Sharpe
name: Matt
average rating: 3.43
book published: 2007
rating: 1
read at: 06/07
date added: 07/04/07
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i thought this would be an interesting read. i was wrong. boring. too witty. stopped after 150 pages. perhaps i am too old for it's ribald humor. no, i am to sophistimacated. that's it.
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author: Ray Bradbury
name: Matt
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1985
rating: 3
read at: 06/07
date added: 07/04/07
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brac and i were going to read the bradbury follow-up to dandelion. i re-read it b.c. i haven't read it for 15 years! it is a great portrait of summer as a kid. really great and so boring in certain sections! really tedious at times, maybe i am too grown-up to appreciate it.
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author: Tedd Tripp
name: Matt
average rating: 4.12
book published: 1995
rating: 5
read at: 06/07
date added: 07/04/07
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we now have 3 kids and parenting is way more difficult! i grabbed this book in desperation and it is great. helped give me a worldview or theory to hold on to. caring about a kid's motivations for their behavior rather than just rote obedience.
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author: Darcey Steinke
name: Matt
average rating: 3.19
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 06/07
date added: 07/04/07
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read a couple of steinke's novels. disturbing, i have always thought they were good but i have wondered more about her. she clearly was interested in christianity, seemed like she had some bad experiences as a christian. she also edited a volume with rick moody called the new testment where authors talked about a book of the bible. she does have a mixed history with christianity. so great to hear her talking about her life, i liked her memoir quite a bit.
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author: Jonathan Lethem
name: Matt
average rating: 2.64
book published: 2007
rating: 2
read at: 01/07
date added: 07/04/07
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i really like lethem and i love the title. i end alot of my sentences with "yet." i read it in an afternoon holding my 3 year old who had a really high fever. poor thing. she is healed. i didn't put it down b.c. there were no other books near me. i didn't feel an affection towards any of the charecters. the new band theme was cool but it wasn't a great read, for me anyway. i still love that lethem, yet.
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author: Paul Auster
name: Matt
average rating: 3.80
book published: 1982
rating: 5
read at: 06/07
date added: 07/04/07
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beeler gave this book to me and i am so glad he did. auster writes it after his father dies. he also becomes a new father to a little boy right before his dad dies. it was good timing for me with my life stuff. i have really like his writing and reading it really made me appreciate his writing more. and to see how his own issues inform his writing and life. really good read if you like his work.
]]> 2710565 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 10:52:55 -0700 after reading the road in january, i realized i needed to read more from this guy. it is very violent. and very great. made me think about getting older and the generations that are coming behind me. ]]>
author: Cormac McCarthy
name: Matt
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at: 06/07
date added: 07/04/07
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i love the way this book looks. really gorgeous cover.
after reading the road in january, i realized i needed to read more from this guy. it is very violent. and very great. made me think about getting older and the generations that are coming behind me.
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