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07/30
Beth
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Malachy McCourt's History of Ireland (Paperback) by Malachy McCourt bookshelves: currently-reading |
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07/10
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Mansfield Park (Paperback) by Jane Austen bookshelves: currently-reading |
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06/19
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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel (Hardcover) by David Wroblewski bookshelves: currently-reading |
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recommended to Beth by:
Janet Maslin-New York Times
read in June, 2008 
Beth said:
"I began reading The Story of Edgar Sawtelle last night and before I'd finished the three-page Prologue I knew, at over 500 pages, this would be My Summer Book - the book for which I Will Forsake All Others. Off to the Temporarily Shelved sect...more
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Malachy McCourt's History of Ireland (Paperback) by Malachy McCourt bookshelves: currently-reading |
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| July 24 | ||
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The Perfect Summer Perfect Summer: England 1911, Just Before the Storm England 1911, Just Before the Storm (Paperback) by Juliet Nicolson bookshelves: to-read |
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The Red Leather Diary: Reclaiming a Life Through the Pages of a Lost Journal (Hardcover) by Lily Koppel (Goodreads author!) |
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The Road (Hardcover) by Cormac McCarthy |
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| June 24 | ||
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Easter Island (Paperback) by Jennifer Vanderbes |
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recommended to Beth by:
The City of Pasadena
recommended for: People who like: history; anthropology; travel read in March, 2008
Beth said:
"I read this book as part of Pasadena's "One City, One Book" program and was lucky enough to meet the author at a luncheon at our fabulous bookstore, Vroman's. I really enjoyed this book for many reasons, many of which come down to the auth...more
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Translations: A Play (Faber Paperbacks) by Brian Friel |
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recommended for: Linguists; people interested in Irish history; theatre people
read in May, 2008
Beth said:
"This is a short play; a subtle, beautifully written work about a turning point in modern Irish history that led to devastating consequences. This work prompted me to learn more about the Irish Renaissance of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Priya's
review of Translations: A Play (Faber Paperbacks):
"The last time I read this, I was a young 'un in my teens so I thought my views of the play were coloured by that but it remains as good a read as I recalled. Considering I'm using another Friel work as(The Key to the City) a source for my thes...more " | |
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Netherland (Hardcover) by Joseph O'Neill |
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recommended to Beth by:
New York Times Book Review
recommended for: Everyone
Beth said:
"Netherland received much pre-release praise and deservedly. If Netherland is not a masterpiece, and I certainly am not saying it is not, then Joseph O'Neill is at the very least a masterful writer. Reading this book is like being taken on a treasu...more
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| June 19 | ||
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The Young Douglas Hyde (Hardcover) by Dominic Daly bookshelves: temporarily-shelved, to-read |
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A literary history of Ireland from earliest times to the present day (Unknown Binding) by Douglas Hyde bookshelves: temporarily-shelved, to-read |
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