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  <title>The Ends of the Earth: Essays</title>
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    <body><![CDATA[I bought this a long time ago at Brookline Booksmith because 1) I liked the cover, 2) the first sentence was good, and 3) it seemed to be a book of essays about nature/travel, which I always love. Reading it, though, is similar to my recent experience with Annie Dillard - although I knew it was very well written and that this guy has won a ton of very prestigious awards, all the essays just seem way, way too drawn out and well, kind of boring. Overall, I just knew reading was supposed to be more <em>fun</em> than this, so I've taken period breaks from it to read other things, but I do hope to finish it eventually, out of stubbornness.]]></body>
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