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<![CDATA[Brian added 'Once a Runner: A Novel']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75613814
to: Once a Runner: A Novel (Hardcover)byJohn L. Parker
A very fun and inspirational read--but not sure if the appeal would translate with someone who isn't into the chromosomes of running and of training. Nothing groundbreaking for literary merit, for sure, but it was definitely enjoyable to read a chapter of this at a time.
I could see myself going back to read those last few chapters again and again. For the first time, I was engrossed. Only someone who truly loves and gets running could have pulled off the conclusion.
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<![CDATA[Brian added 'The Alchemist']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66253746
to: The Alchemist (Paperback)byPaulo Coelho
For no particular reason did I read this a day after finishing The Time Traveler's Wife, but after finishing The Alchemist, they seemed to fit together in a way that was to me interesting. The story itself was just exotic enough to counteract being too syrupy, but Coelho's contention that we need to get past our concept of time rotated the prism shining forth light from Niffenegger's book.
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<![CDATA[Brian added 'The Time Traveler's Wife']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66253784
to: The Time Traveler's Wife (Paperback)byAudrey Niffenegger
You know those books that you reach the end of and are sad there are no more pages to read, but deep down you're glad to not have to read any more raunchy sex scenes that polluted the air along the way? This was not at all one of those books for me.
I'm glad to have joined Henry and Clare on their "timeless" experience, and even felt that the fervent sexuality of the pair was indeed beautiful, given Henry's otherwise temporal limitations, but by the end of the book I felt as if the ride was over. A very cleverly written book, one that gripped my attention from beginning to end, but one that I felt had an appropriate and timely end. I didn't feel as if their characters were at all romanticized; it was easy to grow annoyed with each of them.
The book prodded many questions that have been cooking inside of me. Here's one. At least in my own mind, I'm a romantic, and one who has dreamed about the mystery of the life and person today who may one day become a special part of me. How involved, if at all, am I now in that other life?
And also, as a five-year Chicago resident, I really could visualize some of the areas Niffenegger wrote about--the Monroe Garage, Andersonville with the Swedish bakeries, the wild diversity of Rogers Park, Park West. It's fun to read about the lives of interesting people who walk the same streets where you have once walked and perhaps even seen your heart soar and crack.
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<![CDATA[Brian added 'East of Eden']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25219101
East of Eden (Centennial Edition)
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<![CDATA[Brian added 'Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56924304
to: Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books (Paperback)byAzar Nafisi
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<![CDATA[Brian added 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56924256
to: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (Paperback)byMark Haddon
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<![CDATA[Brian added 'My Life With the Saints']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48685144
My Life With the Saints (Hardcover)
byJames Martin bookshelves: currently-reading
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<![CDATA[Brian added 'The Slide: A Novel']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45568729
to: The Slide: A NovelbyKyle Beachy
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<![CDATA[Brian added 'Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company That Changed the World']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40885175
Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company That Changed the World (Paperback)
byChris Lowney bookshelves: currently-reading
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