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Weird U.S.: Your Tra... 01/06 Aprille is currently reading:
Weird U.S.: Your Travel Guide to America's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets (Weird)
by Mark Moran
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White Teeth 01/06 Aprille is currently reading:
White Teeth (Paperback)
by Zadie Smith
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Fragile Things: Shor... 01/06 Aprille is currently reading:
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders (Hardcover)
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author)
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January 07
Under the Banner of... Aprille gave 4 of 5 stars to:
Under the Banner of Heaven (Paperback)
by Jon Krakauer
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Aprille Aprille said: "Book #29 of 2008. Fascinating. Depth in areas of Mormon history I had not known - Krakauer even visited Palmyra for the Pageant! I found his style very straightforward. He admits when he is baffled by it all, but still lays it out as the various fund...more "
The Haunting of Hill... Aprille gave 3 of 5 stars to:
The Haunting of Hill House (Penguin Classics)
by Shirley Jackson
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Aprille Aprille said: "Book #28 of 2008. A horror classic and I can see that. But I want MORE. I wanted more details on the sordid history of the house - maybe somebody should have found a journal or something. I love big old houses - so I wanted more on the house. As it w...more "
Einstein's Dreams Aprille gave 3 of 5 stars to:
Einstein's Dreams (Paperback)
by Alan Lightman
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Aprille Aprille said: "Book #27 of 2008. Nice, light, and simple. A series of 30 vignettes, with interludes, that could totally have occupied Einstein's thoughts as he was honing the theory of relativity. Each vignette looks at one way of relating to time and envisions wha...more "
January 06
Weird U.S.: Your Tra... Aprille is currently reading:
Weird U.S.: Your Travel Guide to America's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets (Weird)
by Mark Moran
bookshelves: currently-reading
my rating:
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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White Teeth Aprille is currently reading:
White Teeth (Paperback)
by Zadie Smith
bookshelves: currently-reading
my rating:
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Fragile Things: Shor... Aprille is currently reading:
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders (Hardcover)
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author)
bookshelves: currently-reading
my rating:
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Made to Stick: Why S... Aprille gave 4 of 5 stars to:
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die (Hardcover)
by Chip Heath
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Aprille Aprille said: "Book #26 0f 2008. I was hooked on this book from the first time I read the prologue online. Dealing with ideas that are able to burrow into our subconscious and influence our behaviors, the brothers approach this from the standpoints of business and ...more "
Good Omens: The Nice... Aprille gave 4 of 5 stars to:
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (Mass Market Paperback)
by Terry Pratchett
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Aprille Aprille said: "Book #25 of 2008. My spirits lift thinking of this. It was refreshing - a blast of cool, fresh air on a hot and sticky day. And a lot of fun. Not laugh out loud funny, but smirks and sideways grins, definitely. The end of the world has come to pass, ...more "
A Sorcerer's Treason Aprille gave 2 of 5 stars to:
A Sorcerer's Treason (Isavalta, Book 1)
by Sarah Zettel
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Aprille Aprille said: "Book #24 of 2008. I found this a bit dull at first, but got swept into the stories a few chapters in. I found some elements stiff and predictable at times. The dialogue,intended to be late 19th century, seems forced at times. But the story is good. M...more "
Abyssinian Chronicle... Aprille gave 3 of 5 stars to:
Abyssinian Chronicles: A Novel (Paperback)
by Moses Isegawa
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read in January, 2009

Aprille Aprille said: "Book #23 of 2008. Traces the chaotic life of Mugezi, a guy growing up in Uganda, from the end of colonialism through the reign of Idi Amin and rebel government after rebel government, into the era of AIDS. I was struck by the ways in which the variou...more "
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