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	03/08 iam is currently reading: Homicide: a Year on the Killing Streets (Mass Market Paperback) by David Simon bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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	03/08 iam is currently reading: The Broken Shore: A Novel (Hardcover) by Peter Temple bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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	03/22 iam gave to: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (Paperback) by Sherman Alexie bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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March 13

iam made a comment on iam's review of House of Sand and Fog

iam wrote: "Sandi wrote: "I haven't read the book, but the movie was utterly depressing.

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March 08

iam is currently reading:
Homicide: a Year on the Killing Streets (Mass Market Paperback)
by David Simon
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iam marked as to-read:
Inspector Ghote Plays a Joker (Paperback)
by H.R.F. Keating
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millenium, #1)
by Stieg Larsson
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The Ruins (Hardcover)
by Scott Smith

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recommended to iam by: Tommy
read in January, 2009

iam said: "Weirdly scary. Very weirdly scary. I loved it. The pacing was perfect. I actually told my boyfriend "I'm only halfway through it, I know it's nowhere near the climax of the story, yet I don't understand how the hell it can get any scarier th...more "

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Grotesque (Hardcover)
by Natsuo Kirino

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read in December, 2008

iam said: "The story of two sisters - plus a few other characters who have their own ties that bind. Maybe it lost something in translation, but I didn't really like this one very much. I found nothing about any of the characters which drew me in and made me ...more "

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House of Sand and Fog (Paperback)
by Andre Dubus III
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read in January, 2008

iam said: "I read it up to page 94. Started getting a little worried that this would turn out to be one of those books I might not want to actually read. There aren't many of those. I can handle suspense, gore, & even on very very very rare occasions I can e...more "

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Firmin (Paperback)
by Sam Savage
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"You heard me. You ain't blind."
— Zora Neale Hurston

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"I have known the joy and pain of friendship. I have served and been served. I have made some good enemies for which I am not a bit sorry. I have loved unselfishly, and I have fondled hatred with the red-hot tongs of Hell. That's living."
— Zora Neale Hurston

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elegantly melancholy (Poetry)

14 chapters — updated 03/22/2008 11:22AM

description: There is nothing special about these poems. I am simply adding them as I find them hidden among the stacks of books I had used to build my secret tower.

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