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author: James DeVita
name: Molly
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/24/08
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This took me a while to get into but since it's from local actor Devita I just wanted to love it. Well, it sucked me in and I can say I truly enjoyed it. Part history lesson, part 1984 it just was an easy read with a great feeling.
]]> 27857723 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:48:27 -0700
author: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
name: Molly
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1998
rating: 3
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date added: 07/21/08
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]]> 26117104 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:18:45 -0700
author: Lauren Groff
name: Molly
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2008
rating: 3
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/14/08
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]]> 25528758 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:17:05 -0700
author: Marjane Satrapi
name: Molly
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2005
rating: 5
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date added: 06/26/08
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]]> 25270183 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:15:59 -0700
author: Marjane Satrapi
name: Molly
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2003
rating: 5
read at: 06/08
date added: 06/26/08
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]]> 25113999 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:57:31 -0700
author: Sherman Alexie
name: Molly
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1997
rating: 0
read at: 06/08
date added: 06/23/08
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]]> 24694541 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:05:11 -0700
author: Alan Alda
name: Molly
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2006
rating: 0
read at: 06/08
date added: 06/22/08
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]]> 24051268 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:14:03 -0700
author: Diane Setterfield
name: Molly
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2006
rating: 0
read at: 06/08
date added: 06/17/08
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]]> 23366812 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 06:57:52 -0700
author: Tom Perrotta
name: Molly
average rating: 3.33
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 06/08
date added: 06/09/08
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I found myself really liking this book even though it was different from what I expected. You beomce involved in the lives of a teacher who is forced to teach abstinence against her will and a Christian fundamentalist who is struggling with his belief. I never really felt for the Christian fund. I just am too closed minded to want to like the character but the book was interesting in that it never really made you choose. The author definitely didn't side with the fundamentalists at all and I was a-ok with that but he also didn't make you hate that character. Very interesting to me!
]]> 8381503 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:12:15 -0700
author: Sarah Waters
name: Molly
average rating: 3.47
book published: 2003
rating: 3
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date added: 06/01/08
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]]> 22888777 Sat, 31 May 2008 06:19:08 -0700
author: Pamela Aidan
name: Molly
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2006
rating: 0
read at: 05/08
date added: 05/31/08
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]]> 22442031 Sat, 24 May 2008 16:19:04 -0700
author: J.M. Coetzee
name: Molly
average rating: 3.35
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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date added: 05/24/08
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This has a twist to it I wasn't expecting and I enjoyed it. The premace reminded e of "Stranger than Fiction" and yet so totally different!
]]> 21631896 Fri, 16 May 2008 04:40:08 -0700
author: Tony Hawks
name: Molly
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2001
rating: 4
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I enjoyed this...a very funny idea (a guy traveling around Irleand with a small fridge, just because) with a good look at Irish culture. Just fun.
]]> 21050773 Mon, 05 May 2008 08:24:30 -0700
author: Jane Green
name: Molly
average rating: 3.45
book published: 2007
rating: 3
read at: 05/08
date added: 05/05/08
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An easy read and I'm glad I read it but it's no great work of literature. Just a good easy read about a group of friends who haven't seen each other in a while. A novel form of "The Big Chill."
]]> 20631406 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:13:09 -0700
author: Joan Didion
name: Molly
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2005
rating: 3
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/21/08
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I find Didion to be quite poetic...and I don't like poetry. I want to like her so much and there are moments I love but it's not enough for me. This was autobiographical and quite moving at times. To write about her own grief took so much courage.
]]> 19360307 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:07:09 -0700
author: T.C. Boyle
name: Molly
average rating: 3.58
book published: 1994
rating: 3
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/03/08
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I had a really hard time finishing this book! I loved the plot, loved the characters and still found it difficult to get through. I sometimes find that with absurdist novels so I shouldn't be too surprised. Not too keen on attempting another Boyle book though.
]]> 19291233 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:26:34 -0700
author: Michael Thomas
name: Molly
average rating: 3.29
book published: 2006
rating: 0
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date added: 04/02/08
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]]> 18923633 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:36:59 -0700
author: Ian McEwan
name: Molly
average rating: 3.47
book published: 2007
rating: 3
read at: 03/08
date added: 03/29/08
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Second book I've read by McIwan and I keep having the same thought. Good plot, boring read. Felt the same about "Atonement." This one was very short and a very fast read and somewhat heartbreaking but I just didn't "feel" it.
]]> 18020098 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:51:06 -0700
author: Richard Russo
name: Molly
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2007
rating: 5
read at: 03/08
date added: 03/18/08
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I do like Russo! I can see why many find him long winded but I just fine his characters real and things change during the course of the book to always keep me turning.
]]> 16507519 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:23:13 -0800
author: Joshua Ferris
name: Molly
average rating: 3.49
book published: 2007
rating: 3
read at: 03/08
date added: 02/27/08
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]]> 15977688 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:31:24 -0800
author: Anne Enright
name: Molly
average rating: 3.10
book published: 2007
rating: 3
read at: 02/08
date added: 02/21/08
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I feel like I'm missing something by not loving this book. It's very lyrical, very poetic but also very blah. It's about grieving, about family and love, about memories. But it just never grabbed me. The only thing I loved about this book was her descriptions of past memories, how they morph and we recreate the past by our new memories.
]]> 15699920 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:27:31 -0800
author: Cormac McCarthy
name: Molly
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2006
rating: 5
read at: 02/08
date added: 02/18/08
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This book didn't sound interesting when I read about it but it didn't take long for me to be totally engrossed. I love the fact that you never really know what happened but you are totally involved in the lives of these 2 people and the love they have for each other. McCarthy's prose are beautiful and thought provoking.
]]> 14522979 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:48:29 -0800
author: Dave Eggers
name: Molly
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2006
rating: 4
read at: 02/08
date added: 02/04/08
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Probably one of the most thought provoking books I've read in a long time. I feel uneducated, lucky, simple, you name it after reading what those go through in Africa. What is humanity?
]]> 13920444 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 06:44:09 -0800
author: Lisa Unger
name: Molly
average rating: 3.59
book published: 2007
rating: 3
read at: 02/08
date added: 01/29/08
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I enjoyed this book though I hadn't read the 1st in the series. I'm not much for thrillers but this kept my interest.
]]> 13660772 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:05:03 -0800
author: Tom Franklin
name: Molly
average rating: 2.25
book published: 2007
rating: 3
read at: 01/08
date added: 01/26/08
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Very amusing style but just not my cup of brew.
]]> 12859219 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:20:20 -0800
author: Elizabeth Gilbert
name: Molly
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2006
rating: 3
read at: 01/08
date added: 01/18/08
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Okay, this book confused me. At 1st I hated it and wondered why anyone would recommend it. I thought the author was silly, trying to be amusing and falling very short. But then the more I read the more I got into it. I still can't say I would recommend it to anyone but it had little gems thrown in and so I'm glad that I, at least read it. But a best seller? People just confuse me.
]]> 12049239 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 06:15:19 -0800
author: Philip Pullman
name: Molly
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1997
rating: 3
read at: 01/08
date added: 01/09/08
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]]> 11522635 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:28:44 -0800
author: Joshua Henkin
name: Molly
average rating: 3.05
book published: 2007
rating: 3
read at: 01/08
date added: 01/03/08
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The author (JOshua Henkin) has moments of brilliance when he is describing certain events or emotions but its bogged down by a lot of unimportant detail. This book kept my interest but I don't think I'd recommend it.
]]> 11315239 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:06:47 -0800
author: Aharon Appelfeld
name: Molly
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2006
rating: 3
read at: 12/07
date added: 12/30/07
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]]> 10690209 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:58:38 -0800
author: Charles Baxter
name: Molly
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2000
rating: 3
read at: 12/07
date added: 12/19/07
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]]> 10272582 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:14:55 -0800
author: Matt Ruff
name: Molly
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2007
rating: 3
read at: 11/07
date added: 12/11/07
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I loved the concept of this...woman gets arrested and throughout her interrogation she tells a wild story of spies, National espionage groups, etc. You don't know if it's fantasy, crazy talk or real. But then it just got too much for me. Fast read though.
]]> 9977417 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 08:23:14 -0800
author: Kazuo Ishiguro
name: Molly
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at: 11/07
date added: 12/05/07
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The writing in this book is very careful, very slow but it took me over. I thought it was a good character study but then the science fiction aspect of it all crept up on me. I really enjoyed it.
]]> 9615796 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:49:42 -0800
author: Christopher Moore
name: Molly
average rating: 3.82
book published: 1995
rating: 4
read at: 11/07
date added: 11/27/07
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This was my first Christopher Moore book and I really liked it. I don't usually like the absurd but he has a wonderful writing style and I thought it was very funny and fun.
]]> 9110329 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:24:56 -0800
author: Frank McCourt
name: Molly
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2005
rating: 3
read at: 01/07
date added: 11/14/07
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]]> 9110301 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:24:27 -0800
author: Frank McCourt
name: Molly
average rating: 3.43
book published: 1999
rating: 3
read at: 01/04
date added: 11/14/07
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]]> 9110174 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:21:54 -0800
author: Karen Joy Fowler
name: Molly
average rating: 2.63
book published: 2007
rating: 2
read at: 12/07
date added: 11/14/07
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]]> 8971186 Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:28:47 -0800
author: Rob Sheffield
name: Molly
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2007
rating: 3
read at: 12/07
date added: 11/11/07
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]]> 8381482 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:07:14 -0700
author: James Robertson
name: Molly
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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date added: 10/29/07
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]]> 8381465 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:06:49 -0700
author: Andrew O'Hagan
name: Molly
average rating: 3.22
book published: 2007
rating: 2
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]]> 8379794 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:06:45 -0700
author: Naeem Murr
name: Molly
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2007
rating: 3
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]]> 8379786 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:06:23 -0700
author: Carlos Ruiz Zafón
name: Molly
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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]]> 8379771 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:05:57 -0700
author: Nicole Krauss
name: Molly
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2006
rating: 3
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]]> 8379763 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:05:41 -0700
author: Susan Isaacs
name: Molly
average rating: 3.02
book published: 2007
rating: 2
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]]> 8379737 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:04:38 -0700
author: Julie Powell
name: Molly
average rating: 3.51
book published: 2005
rating: 2
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]]> 8379730 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:04:25 -0700
author: Erik Larson
name: Molly
average rating: 3.43
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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]]> 8379712 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:03:30 -0700
author: Claire Messud
name: Molly
average rating: 2.91
book published: 2006
rating: 2
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]]> 8379702 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:03:06 -0700
author: Anne Tyler
name: Molly
average rating: 3.43
book published: 2006
rating: 2
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]]> 8379699 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:02:55 -0700
author: Augusten Burroughs
name: Molly
average rating: 3.51
book published: 2007
rating: 1
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]]> 8379680 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:02:12 -0700
author: Carl Hiaasen
name: Molly
average rating: 3.39
book published: 2006
rating: 3
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]]> 8379590 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:00:12 -0700
author: John le Carré
name: Molly
average rating: 3.16
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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]]> 8379570 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:59:30 -0700
author: Lisa See
name: Molly
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2005
rating: 3
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]]> 8379562 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:59:13 -0700
author: Elie Wiesel
name: Molly
average rating: 4.32
book published: 1958
rating: 4
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]]> 8379554 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:59:08 -0700
author: Mark Haddon
name: Molly
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2003
rating: 2
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]]> 8379549 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:58:54 -0700
author: Rebecca Pawel
name: Molly
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> 8379508 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:57:10 -0700
author: Anna Quindlen
name: Molly
average rating: 3.20
book published: 2006
rating: 2
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]]> 8379502 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:56:56 -0700
author: Jeannette Walls
name: Molly
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2005
rating: 3
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]]> 8379477 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:55:57 -0700
author: Frank McCourt
name: Molly
average rating: 4.01
book published: 1999
rating: 4
read at: 01/93
date added: 10/29/07
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]]> 8379475 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:55:53 -0700
author: Arthur Golden
name: Molly
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1997
rating: 4
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]]> 8379471 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:55:42 -0700
author: Kris Holloway
name: Molly
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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]]> 8379430 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:53:56 -0700
author: Alexandra Fuller
name: Molly
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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]]> 8379307 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:48:24 -0700
author: Jincy Willett
name: Molly
average rating: 3.35
book published: 2004
rating: 2
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