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	06/25 Adam gave to: Sit Down and Shut Up: Punk Rock Commentaries on Buddha, God, Truth, Sex, Death, and Dogen's Treasury of the Right Dharma Eye (Paperback) by Brad Warner bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
	read in May, 2008 Adam said: "It's a book about Zen Buddhism from a guy who was in a Akron, Ohio area punk band back in the early eighties. Its his second book; his first being "Hardcore Zen". He has since become, obviously, an author and an ordained Buddhist monk. S...more " add a comment
	06/06 Adam gave to: A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Paperback) by Eckhart Tolle bookshelves: currently-reading, religious, self-help-spiritual	my rating:
	Adam said: "Ummmm....I am currently in awe of this one. I don't want to sound dogmatic or too new-agey or anything like that but I swear this book is changing my life and as far as I know, coughOprahcough I'm not the only one. It seems, perhaps coinciden...more " add a comment
	05/19 Adam gave to: A Life at Work: The Joy of Discovering What You Were Born to Do (Hardcover) by Thomas Moore bookshelves: currently-reading, self-help-spiritual	my rating:
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July 24
	Adam joined the A Novel Idea: a NYC Bookclub and New Yorkers groups.
	Adam gave to: God Has a Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Time (Paperback) by Desmond Tutu bookshelves: memoirs-biography, religious, self-help-spiritual	my rating:
	Adam said: "This is a simple and beatiful book from a great spirtual leader. Its stories or anecdotes are heartfelt and the lessons intuitive. I read it in about a day and a half. I don't consider myself 'religious' and this is written by a someone (a cardina...more " add a comment
July 16
	Adam gave to: No Country for Old Men (Paperback) by Cormac McCarthy bookshelves: suspense-thriller	my rating:
	recommended for: McCarthy fans/ anyone who loves a good read with phenomenal prose read in March, 2007 Adam said: "I loved this book. It was my third McCarthy book and i read it before i even knew a movie was being made about it which turned out to be a phenomenol one. Its no surprise that Chigurh (Javier Bardem) won an Oscar for his portral of Anton Chigurh......more " add a comment
	Adam gave to: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept: A Novel of Forgiveness (P.S.) by Paulo Coelho (Goodreads author!) bookshelves: fiction, self-help-spiritual	my rating:
	read in June, 2008 Adam said: "Okay first off I really enjoy what I have read of Paulo Coelho and this book doesn't change that. It is, supposedly, the first book in a trilogy that consists of 1)The River Piedra 2) Veronika Decides to Die and 3) The Devil and Miss Prymm. I read ...more " add a comment
July 09
	Adam marked as to-read: The Fuck-Up (Paperback) by Arthur Nersesian bookshelves: fiction, nyc-contemporary, to-read, urban-city-history	my rating:
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	Adam marked as to-read: Neverwhere: A Novel (Paperback) by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author!) bookshelves: fiction, sci-fi, to-finish-reading, to-read	my rating:
	recommended for: Neil Gaiman/sci-fi/fantasy fans read in October, 1998 Adam said: "Well, as usual i STARTED reading this and got about 1/3 to half way thru. Not because it wasnt good because it is but just because i got 'readers-block'. You like that, huh? It's kinda like writers-block 'cept you just lose your need/want/desire/abi...more " add a comment
	Adam marked as to-read: The World in a City: Traveling the Globe Through the Neighborhoods of the New New York (Hardcover) by Joseph Berger bookshelves: to-read, urban-city-history	my rating:
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	Adam marked as to-read: Forever (Paperback) by Pete Hamill bookshelves: fiction, new-york-historical, to-finish-reading, to-read	my rating:
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	Adam marked as to-read: Become a Better You (Hardcover) by Joel Osteen bookshelves: self-help-spiritual, to-read	my rating:
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Adam's favorite quotes

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."
— Dr. Seuss

tags: confidence, individuality

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"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
— Dr. Seuss

tags: crying, experience, happiness, joy, life, optimism, sadness, smiling

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"Be the Change that you wish to see in the world."
— Mahatma Gandhi

tags: change, inspirational, philosophy, the, world

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"A room without books is like a body without a soul."
— Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: books, soul

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"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything."
— Mark Twain

tags: lies, lying, memory, truth

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Adam's groups (recent posts)

Writerpedia — 316 members — last activity 43 minutes ago
This is a place to share knowledge. If you are writing and need to know something maybe someone here can give you an answer.

New Yorkers — 33 members — last activity 15 hours, 51 min ago
A group for New York City dwellers to compare/contrast what they're reading with other New Yorkers. Anyone from the 5 boroughs, or even the tri-state ...more

Q&A with Paulo Coelho — 805 members — last activity 8 days ago, 05:18AM
Goodreads Author Paulo Coelho will be available February 15 - 29, 2008 to answer questions.
MESSAGE FROM THE AUTHOR:
Dear readers,
it's a pleasu...more

A Novel Idea: a NYC Bookclub — 105 members — last activity 06/16/2008 08:07PM
This is the goodreads' version of the already existing book club appropriately and wittingly named "A Novel Idea." The group is based in Ne...more

A New Earth — 203 members — last activity 04/28/2008 11:28AM
This group is for Oprah Book Club picks and her newest pick, Eckhart Tolle's, A New Earth. Join us for some fun conversation, thinking out loud about ...more

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