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Galapagos 02/07 Layne is currently reading:
Galapagos (Hardcover)
by Kurt Vonnegut
bookshelves: currently-reading, humor
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Ulysses 10/18/09 Layne is currently reading:
Ulysses (Paperback)
by James Joyce
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March 11
The Road Layne gave 4 of 5 stars to:
The Road (Hardcover)
by Cormac McCarthy
bookshelves: contemporary-lit, dystopia, pulitzer-prize
read in March, 2010
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March 07
The Jungle Books Layne gave 4 of 5 stars to:
The Jungle Books (Signet Classics)
by Rudyard Kipling
bookshelves: classic-literature
read in March, 2010
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February 11
Madame Bovary Layne gave 4 of 5 stars to:
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert
bookshelves: classic-literature
read in February, 2010
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February 07
Galapagos Layne is currently reading:
Galapagos (Hardcover)
by Kurt Vonnegut
bookshelves: currently-reading, humor
my rating:
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February 05
American Pastoral Layne marked as to-read:
American Pastoral (Paperback)
by Philip Roth
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January 29
Oryx and Crake Layne gave 4 of 5 stars to:
Oryx and Crake (Paperback)
by Margaret Atwood
bookshelves: contemporary-lit, dystopia
read in January, 2010
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December 20, 2009
Middlesex Layne marked as to-read:
Middlesex (Paperback)
by Jeffrey Eugenides
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November 08, 2009
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Layne added a quote:
"I was always treated as if I had insisted on being born, in opposition to the dictates of reason, religion, and morality, and against the dissuadinig arguments of my best friends."Charles Dickens
November 02, 2009
A Farewell to Arms Layne gave 3 of 5 stars to:
A Farewell to Arms (Paperback)
by Ernest Hemingway
bookshelves: 20th-century-classics, war
read in November, 2009
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More of Layne's books…
Bertrand Russell
"An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it makes a better soup."
Bertrand Russell


Carl Sagan
"In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time someting like that happened in politics or religion."
Carl Sagan


Bertrand Russell
"Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education."
Bertrand Russell


Alan Moore
"Life isn’t divided into genres. It’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you're lucky."
Alan Moore


Ambrose Bierce
"Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of other."
Ambrose Bierce (The Devil's Dictionary)


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