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Windy City: A Novel... 07/04 Amy is currently reading:
Windy City: A Novel of Politics (Hardcover)
by Scott Simon
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recommended to Amy by: Katherine
Here Comes Everybody... 07/04 Amy is currently reading:
Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations (Hardcover)
by Clay Shirky
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July 04
Windy City: A Novel... Amy is currently reading:
Windy City: A Novel of Politics (Hardcover)
by Scott Simon
bookshelves: currently-reading
my rating:
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recommended to Amy by: Katherine
Here Comes Everybody... Amy is currently reading:
Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations (Hardcover)
by Clay Shirky
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June 07
Rising from the Rail... Amy gave 3 of 5 stars to:
Rising from the Rails: Pullman Porters and the Making of the Black Middle Class (Paperback)
by Larry Tye
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read in June, 2009
May 25
The Funniest One in... Amy marked as to-read:
The Funniest One in the Room: The Lives and Legends of Del Close (Hardcover)
by Kim Howard Johnson
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May 12
Impossible H. L. Men... Amy marked as to-read:
Impossible H. L. Mencken, The (Paperback)
by Marion Elizabeth Rodgers
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Fraud Amy gave 4 of 5 stars to:
Fraud (Paperback)
by David Rakoff
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Don't Get Too Comfor... Amy gave 4 of 5 stars to:
Don't Get Too Comfortable: The Indignities of Coach Class, The Torments of Low Thread Count, The Never-Ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil, and Other First World Problems (Paperback)
by David Rakoff
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recommended for: the cynical, the baffled, the wry
read in May, 2009

Amy Amy said: "Please read this. Just trust me. "
May 05
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Amy read and liked Jim's review of HO!:

"Ivan Brunetti has dropped more jaws than you've had hot meals. His one-panel cartoons cross so many borders of taste, decency, and sanity that it's worth having a copy of this book just to remind yourself that you *haven't* seen it all. Most highly r...more "
May 04
True Enough: Learnin... Amy gave 3 of 5 stars to:
True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society (Hardcover)
by Farhad Manjoo
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recommended to Amy by: Jim
read in May, 2009

Amy Amy said: "Manjoo has written a well researched little guide on how our perspectives and biases shape the way we understand news and, increasingly, the news we seek out. But I finished the book only mildly satisfied by his theories. "
April 25
Brief Interviews wit... Amy marked as to-read:
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (Paperback)
by David Foster Wallace
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