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author: Elizabeth Gilbert
name: kim
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2008
rating: 4
read at: 12/07
date added: 07/06/08
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]]> 15338005 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:09:56 -0700
author: Eckhart Tolle
name: kim
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2005
rating: 2
read at: 02/08
date added: 07/06/08
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]]> 19509841 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 06:16:20 -0700
author: Charles Dickens
name: kim
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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date added: 04/05/08
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]]> 19509830 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 06:15:54 -0700
author: Jessica Hagedorn
name: kim
average rating: 3.61
book published: 1991
rating: 3
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date added: 04/05/08
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]]> 9827579 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:18:39 -0800
author: David Sedaris
name: kim
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1997
rating: 4
read at: 12/07
date added: 01/17/08
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side story: when i lived in nyc, the first stranger i ever talked to on the subway was a nice lady who noticed i was reading "me talk pretty one day" -- she had read it and mentioned sedaris was one of her favorite writers. she recommended "holidays on ice" way back then and i happened to run into a copy this morning while waiting for friends at a bookstore. i'm really excited to get started on it. i wasn't too impressed with the last sedaris book i read (DYFICAD) so i need to love him again.
]]> 10868562 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:55:01 -0800
author: Jennifer Weiner
name: kim
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2002
rating: 2
read at: 07/05
date added: 12/22/07
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]]> 8677042 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:27:42 -0800
author: Rory Freedman
name: kim
average rating: 3.39
book published: 2005
rating: 2
read at: 11/07
date added: 12/07/07
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]]> 7223899 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:43:10 -0700
author: Deanna Kizis
name: kim
average rating: 3.19
book published: 2003
rating: 3
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date added: 10/03/07
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]]> 6895933 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:38:38 -0700 http://prettyinthecity.blogspo.... she is just a cool chick so i wanted to support her...plus, the story is intriguing. did i spell that right?

anyway. she even emailed me back when i was thinking about moving back to nyc and wanted to get the scoop on different brooklyn neighborhoods (she lives in bk heights). i guess i see this, also, as my last piece of "fluffy" summer reading.

-- I'm hoping it's just because it's a first edition, but there was a good number of typos in my copy which kind of grated on my nerves. Other than that, I found it interesting because I have my own versions of some of the 20 men the main character slept with. The story is fun and interesting, but it kind of dragged on for a bit. Honestly, if I didn't know the author then this probably would've ended up in the stack of books I couldn't finish.]]>
author: Karyn Bosnak
name: kim
average rating: 3.11
book published: 2006
rating: 2
read at: 10/07
date added: 10/03/07
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i love karyn's blog (http://prettyinthecity.blogspo.... she is just a cool chick so i wanted to support her...plus, the story is intriguing. did i spell that right?

anyway. she even emailed me back when i was thinking about moving back to nyc and wanted to get the scoop on different brooklyn neighborhoods (she lives in bk heights). i guess i see this, also, as my last piece of "fluffy" summer reading.

-- I'm hoping it's just because it's a first edition, but there was a good number of typos in my copy which kind of grated on my nerves. Other than that, I found it interesting because I have my own versions of some of the 20 men the main character slept with. The story is fun and interesting, but it kind of dragged on for a bit. Honestly, if I didn't know the author then this probably would've ended up in the stack of books I couldn't finish.
]]> 2193540 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:28:24 -0700
author: Oscar Wilde
name: kim
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1891
rating: 2
read at: 07/07
date added: 09/27/07
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this hurts my brain. i'll come back to it later when it's cold and i feel like being smart.
]]> 1223638 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:43:06 -0700
author: Vladimir Nabokov
name: kim
average rating: 4.23
book published: 1955
rating: 3
read at: 06/07
date added: 08/13/07
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pedophiles are scary.
]]> 1515631 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:42:34 -0700
author: Jessica Cutler
name: kim
average rating: 2.70
book published: 2006
rating: 1
read at: 04/07
date added: 08/13/07
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i didn't get past the first 20 pages. boring. in most books, the character with questionable morals is either an exaggerated version of him/herself so it's entertaining...or there is actually something deeper beneath the annoying/disturbing exterior so you almost sympathize with (or even relate to) them. in this case....it's pretty much a jessica cutler autobiography. i would not like her in real life, so i have no idea why i thought i'd like her in book form. it could've been a great story if she were a better writer, but she sucks (evident in her online blog, too). boo on this. the only good thing about it is that if you remove the jacket on the hardback, it's a pretty pink/mauve colored spine that will look pretty on a bookshelf.
]]> 3243586 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:34:07 -0700
it better be good cause i accidentally paid full price for it! damn hardcovers...

edit: okay...it was cute. i always associate different songs with different people or times of my life, so i thought it was really interesting. there will always be the song that reminds you of your first crush, kiss, boyfriend, heartbreak, the roadtrip you took with your friends, that one great summer, etc. it's not just a book about his life or about music, but he has some great commentary about life in general that anyone can relate to.

"If you're feeling happy vibes, they're from me," Stephanie told me after she mailed the tape. "I'm vibin' you real hard. I'm building a wall of love around you, three inches all around."]]>
author: Rob Sheffield
name: kim
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2007
rating: 3
read at: 07/07
date added: 08/13/07
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caught my attention at the store because of the cute cover/title/concept.

it better be good cause i accidentally paid full price for it! damn hardcovers...

edit: okay...it was cute. i always associate different songs with different people or times of my life, so i thought it was really interesting. there will always be the song that reminds you of your first crush, kiss, boyfriend, heartbreak, the roadtrip you took with your friends, that one great summer, etc. it's not just a book about his life or about music, but he has some great commentary about life in general that anyone can relate to.

"If you're feeling happy vibes, they're from me," Stephanie told me after she mailed the tape. "I'm vibin' you real hard. I'm building a wall of love around you, three inches all around."
]]> 3891115 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 02:31:16 -0700
author: Pablo Neruda
name: kim
average rating: 4.58
book published: 1924
rating: 5
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]]> 3891110 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 02:30:52 -0700
author: Pablo Neruda
name: kim
average rating: 4.48
book published: 1986
rating: 5
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date added: 08/01/07
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]]> 2696751 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:33:48 -0700 movie = bad]]>
author: Nicholas Sparks
name: kim
average rating: 3.54
book published: 2001
rating: 3
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date added: 07/03/07
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book = good
movie = bad
]]> 2696761 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:32:51 -0700
you gotta hand it to him, though....the man can write a wicked love story.]]>
author: Nicholas Sparks
name: kim
average rating: 3.85
book published: 1996
rating: 5
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somehow i feel the need to defend myself and say i was a big nicholas sparks fan back in high school (i.e. before any of the movies).

you gotta hand it to him, though....the man can write a wicked love story.
]]> 2696891 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:26:09 -0700
author: Nicholas Sparks
name: kim
average rating: 3.59
book published: 2005
rating: 3
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]]> 2696748 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:22:41 -0700
author: Nicholas Sparks
name: kim
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2001
rating: 3
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]]> 2696746 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:22:36 -0700
author: Nicholas Sparks
name: kim
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2001
rating: 3
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]]> 2696743 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:22:31 -0700
author: Nicholas Sparks
name: kim
average rating: 3.67
book published: 1999
rating: 3
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]]> 2696524 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:19:42 -0700 I celebrate myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good as belongs to you.
- Song of Myself ]]>
author: Walt Whitman
name: kim
average rating: 4.30
book published: 1855
rating: 3
read at: 01/04
date added: 07/03/07
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I celebrate myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good as belongs to you.
- Song of Myself
]]> 2696444 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:06:58 -0700
author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
name: kim
average rating: 3.82
book published: 1925
rating: 4
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]]> 2657618 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:14:51 -0700
author: Erica Jong
name: kim
average rating: 3.54
book published: 1973
rating: 4
read at: 11/06
date added: 07/03/07
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sometimes all we need once in a while is a zipless fuck.
]]> 1515895 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:05:53 -0700
author: Andy Warhol
name: kim
average rating: 4.10
book published: 1977
rating: 4
read at: 01/04
date added: 07/03/07
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inside the head of an eccentric and surprisingly witty artist. what's not to love?
]]> 2657134 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:01:06 -0700
the story is beautiful and sad at the same time. when i finally saw the movie, it was almost just as i had imagined it in my head while reading...]]>
author: Truman Capote
name: kim
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1958
rating: 4
read at: 01/06
date added: 07/03/07
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read the book when i lived in new york at the suggestion of a friend.

the story is beautiful and sad at the same time. when i finally saw the movie, it was almost just as i had imagined it in my head while reading...
]]> 2657161 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:41:54 -0700
at any rate, i hate to admit i kinda liked it. i would read it on the train but try my best to hide the cover behind my purse in my lap (nyc-ers tend to be smarty book snobs). it's no literary masterpiece by any means, but it was a nice fluffy summer read. ]]>
author: Pamela Anderson
name: kim
average rating: 2.64
book published: 2005
rating: 2
read at: 07/06
date added: 07/02/07
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received this book as a gift from a friend who saw it in the store and thought of me -- haha...i'm not sure how i should feel about that.

at any rate, i hate to admit i kinda liked it. i would read it on the train but try my best to hide the cover behind my purse in my lap (nyc-ers tend to be smarty book snobs). it's no literary masterpiece by any means, but it was a nice fluffy summer read.
]]> 2347211 Sun, 24 Jun 2007 22:56:13 -0700
great book. kinda gross at points...but all part of a good story. :)]]>
author: Chuck Palahniuk
name: kim
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2001
rating: 4
read at: 01/03
date added: 06/24/07
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"The unreal is more powerful than the real. Because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it. Because it's only intangibles, ideas, concepts, beliefs, fantasies that last. Stone crumbles. Wood rots. People, well, they die."

great book. kinda gross at points...but all part of a good story. :)
]]> 1223620 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:13:38 -0700
my very favorite book of all time. yes...OF ALL TIME.]]>
author: Paulo Coelho
name: kim
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2008
rating: 5
read at: 01/06
date added: 06/21/07
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"I love this man sitting before me now, because I do not possess him and he does not possess me. We are free in our mutual surrender; I need to repeat this dozens, hundreds, millions of time, until I finally believe my own words. "

my very favorite book of all time. yes...OF ALL TIME.
]]> 1223689 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:13:16 -0700
author: David Sedaris
name: kim
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2004
rating: 2
read at: 05/07
date added: 06/21/07
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]]> 1515836 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:12:03 -0700
author: David Sedaris
name: kim
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2000
rating: 5
read at: 01/05
date added: 06/21/07
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]]> 1515843 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:11:44 -0700
author: David Sedaris
name: kim
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2008
rating: 4
read at: 01/06
date added: 06/21/07
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]]> 1515872 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:11:22 -0700
author: Rhonda Byrne
name: kim
average rating: 3.43
book published: 2007
rating: 1
read at: 05/07
date added: 06/21/07
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]]> 1515884 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:11:05 -0700
author: Nick Hornby
name: kim
average rating: 3.29
book published: 2005
rating: 3
read at: 12/06
date added: 06/21/07
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]]> 1515900 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:09:59 -0700
author: Chuck Klosterman
name: kim
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2007
rating: 2
read at: 01/03
date added: 06/21/07
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]]> 1515937 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:09:34 -0700
author: Curtis Sittenfeld
name: kim
average rating: 3.08
book published: 2006
rating: 4
read at: 04/07
date added: 06/21/07
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]]> 1515978 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:08:50 -0700
(and because the movie is just as good -- i literally turned the last page and went straight to blockbuster):
"So...I can either hurt now...or hurt later....." "now, i guess."]]>
author: Steve Martin
name: kim
average rating: 3.35
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 06/07
date added: 06/21/07
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"Just three months later, it happens to Ray...a 45-year-old woman ...touches his heart and then breaks it flat. It is then Ray's turn to experience Mirabelle's despair, to see its walls and colors. Only then does he realize what he has done to Mirabelle, how wanting a square inch of her and not all of her has damaged them both."

(and because the movie is just as good -- i literally turned the last page and went straight to blockbuster):
"So...I can either hurt now...or hurt later....." "now, i guess."
]]> 1851258 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:08:09 -0700
author: Helmut Newton
name: kim
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2003
rating: 3
read at: 01/04
date added: 06/21/07
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]]> 1851524 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:07:41 -0700
author: J.D. Salinger
name: kim
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2001
rating: 2
read at: 01/04
date added: 06/21/07
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]]> 2193638 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:07:09 -0700
author: Mitch Albom
name: kim
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2003
rating: 5
read at: 02/05
date added: 06/21/07
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i read it in one sitting.
]]> 2210546 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:06:30 -0700
author: Jane Green
name: kim
average rating: 3.53
book published: 2006
rating: 3
read at: 05/07
date added: 06/21/07
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]]> 2210584 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:03:23 -0700
author: Harper Lee
name: kim
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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date added: 06/21/07
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]]> 2210579 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:03:17 -0700
author: Aldous Huxley
name: kim
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1932
rating: 3
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date added: 06/21/07
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]]> 2210518 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:02:30 -0700
author: Jane Austen
name: kim
average rating: 4.32
book published: 1813
rating: 4
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date added: 06/21/07
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]]> 1515905 Tue, 29 May 2007 10:58:34 -0700
author: J.D. Salinger
name: kim
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1951
rating: 4
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date added: 05/29/07
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