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The Master Butchers... 09/29 Rock is currently reading:
The Master Butchers Singing Club (P.S.)
by Louise Erdrich
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September 29
The Master Butchers... Rock is currently reading:
The Master Butchers Singing Club (P.S.)
by Louise Erdrich
bookshelves: currently-reading
my rating:
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
add to my books
 
September 06
American City: A Ran... Rock gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
American City: A Rank and File History of Minneapolis (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage)
by Charles Rumford Walker
my rating:
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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read in September, 2008
The Great Gatsby Rock gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
my rating:
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Rock Rock said: "Gatsby was a lot of fun (adultery, boozing, domestic abuse, more boozing, moralizing, train rides, boozing again, and vehicular homicide), but why exactly is it taught in schools? And where is the justice in Minnesota's most famous piece of l...more "
Latino Minnesota Rock gave 2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars to:
Latino Minnesota (Hardcover)
by Leigh Roethke
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Rock Rock said: "What can I say about a coffee table book? The pictures were fascinating and compelling, the writing less so. But how often do you hear the story of an ethnic group that most people assume wouldn't get within a thousand miles of Minnesota? And it's...more "
Main Street Rock gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Main Street (Modern Library (Paperback))
by Sinclair Lewis
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read in August, 2008, has a copy to sell/swap

Rock Rock said: "Maybe I just don't pay attention, but this seems to me to be the underrated Minnesota masterpiece. Of course, you hear it mentioned with the great Minnesota books, but Main Street floored me not only with its vivid and hilarious but nuanced p...more "
August 17
Some Prefer Nettles Rock gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
Some Prefer Nettles (Paperback)
by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki
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read in August, 2007

Rock Rock said: "This was a moody piece that I read too quickly, considering Japan is an unknown culture to me. I enjoyed the tension explored in the book between traditional Japan and the emerging (at the time the book was written) modern Japan, but I can tell I wo...more "
Maps of the Imaginat... Rock gave 2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars to:
Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer (Hardcover)
by Peter Turchi
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read in May, 2007, has a copy to sell/swap

Rock Rock said: "I made the mistake of lending this book out despite having not much enjoyed it, and endured the abuse of not only the lessee, but the lessee of my lessee, as they beat me as an effigy for the author. It really wasn't as bad as they told me it was (a...more "
5043 New comment on Rock's review of The Pillars of the Earth
1204352 Rock wrote: "I've got a whole pile of spy novels to read - maybe I'll work it in there. "

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August 14
Nocover-60x80 New comment on Katherine's review of Delta wedding
1204352 Rock wrote: "Have you read any Falkner? He also writes about Southern families in the 20s. "

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The Pillars of the E... Rock marked as to-read:
The Pillars of the Earth (Paperback)
by Ken Follett
bookshelves: to-read
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