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	07/24 Leigh is currently reading: Famous Last Words (Paperback) by Timothy Findley bookshelves: canadian-lit, currently-reading, in-sf, novels, war-literature, wwii	my rating:
	Leigh said: "Two chapters in, I am loving the hell out of this book. " add a comment
	07/17 Leigh is currently reading: Outplays: Landmark Gay and Lesbian Plays of the Twentieth Century (Paperback) by Ben Hodges bookshelves: currently-reading, drama, glbt-interest, in-sf	my rating:
	Leigh said: "Stumbled across this in the bookstore across the street from work. Realized that I did not have my own copy of Torch Song Trilogy, among others. The rest is history. " add a comment
	07/10 Leigh is currently reading: Patricia Unterman's San Francisco Food Lover's Guide (Paperback) by Patricia Unterman bookshelves: currently-reading, food-and-cooking, in-sf, nonfiction	my rating:
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July 24
	Leigh gave to: Affinity (Paperback) by Sarah Waters bookshelves: a-different-light, glbt-interest, novels	my rating:
	read in July, 2008 Leigh said: "Although I'm not a huge fan of the ending, I have to go against conventional wisdom here: I liked this better than The Night Watch. Not that Night Watch wasn't engaging on its own...more " add a comment
	Leigh is currently reading: Terrorist: A Novel (Paperback) by John Updike bookshelves: currently-reading, novels, stalled	my rating:
	Leigh said: "Reserving judgment till I've finished, but not impressed yet. Which is depressing the hell out of me. John! Where did you go wrong? " add a comment
	Leigh is currently reading: Shark: Stories of Life and Death from the World's Most Dangerous Waters (Adrenaline Series) by Nathaniel, May bookshelves: animals, currently-reading, nonfiction, sharks	my rating:
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	Leigh marked as to-read: Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard (Penguin Classics) by Joseph Conrad, Martin Seymour-Smith bookshelves: novels, polish-lit, to-read	my rating:
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	Leigh gave to: Heart of Darkness (Paperback) by Joseph Conrad bookshelves: five-stars, novels, polish-lit	my rating:
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	Leigh gave to: The Tin Drum (Paperback) by Günter Grass, Ralph Manheim, trans. bookshelves: desert-island-books, five-stars, german-lit, novels, war-literature, wwii	my rating:
	read in January, 2002 Leigh said: "Best novel of World War II. Right here. " add a comment
	Leigh gave to: The Waste Land and Other Poems (Penguin Classics) by T.S. Eliot bookshelves: chicago-paper, desert-island-books, five-stars, honors-reading, poetry	my rating:
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	Leigh gave to: Fall On Your Knees (Paperback) by Ann-Marie MacDonald	my rating:
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	Leigh is currently reading: Famous Last Words (Paperback) by Timothy Findley bookshelves: canadian-lit, currently-reading, in-sf, novels, war-literature, wwii	my rating:
	Leigh said: "Two chapters in, I am loving the hell out of this book. " add a comment
July 23
	Leigh marked as to-read: The Crossing (Border Trilogy, Vol 2) by Cormac McCarthy bookshelves: american-lit, neo-westerns, novels, to-acquire, to-read	my rating:
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