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"All done. The introduction was interesting, although it's one of those things about which entire books could (and have) been written. My review will take some time--I have something special planned." — May 29, 2011 07:17pm
"All done. The introduction was interesting, although it's one of those things about which entire books could (and have) been written. My review will take some time--I have something special planned." — May 29, 2011 07:17pm
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It's funny that when I borrowed this book from my school's library, the employee who saw my book choice just said "School?" as if it was the most boring subject in the world to actually read about.
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This was a fast read, and I very much enjoyed it! If you are already a Hardy fan, I heartily recommend reading A Pair of Blue Eyes (1873); if you aren't, this just might make you one. A Pair of Blues Eyes was the third novel published by Hardy, an...
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The Shining Girls is a murder mystery with an unforgettably original premise. The killer it centres on, Harper Curtis, enters a ramshackle building in 1930s Chicago and finds something very different on the inside. 'The House' is lavishly decorate...
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"I think the problem I had with Use of Weapons isn’t a problem with the book itself so much as a conflict between the book as a narrative experiment an...more
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Basic premise rundown: Tired of a lifetime of war and interference, former Special Circumstances agent Cheradenine Zakalwe is trying to retire and disappear off the grid -- but the Culture isn't done with him yet. So his handler Diziet Sma (and he...
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“My idea of good company...is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.'
'You are mistaken,' said he gently, 'that is not good company, that is the best.”
― Jane Austen, Persuasion
'You are mistaken,' said he gently, 'that is not good company, that is the best.”
― Jane Austen, Persuasion
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― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
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― John Milton, Areopagitica
― John Milton, Areopagitica
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― Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything
― Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything
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