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The Catcher in the R... 09/06 Dunderhead gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by J.D. Salinger
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Dunderhead Dunderhead said: "I discovered this book on my own when I was around 14. I lived in a small town with one terrible book (gun and knitting magazines, heaving breast novels, weird science fiction) and an even worse library. It's maroon cover with yellow type called ou...more "
The City of Falling... 09/06 Dunderhead is currently reading:
The City of Falling Angels (Paperback)
by John Berendt
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The Lace Reader 08/21 Dunderhead is currently reading:
The Lace Reader (Paperback)
by Brunonia Barry
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September 06
The Catcher in the R... Dunderhead gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by J.D. Salinger
bookshelves: currently-reading
my rating:
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Dunderhead Dunderhead said: "I discovered this book on my own when I was around 14. I lived in a small town with one terrible book (gun and knitting magazines, heaving breast novels, weird science fiction) and an even worse library. It's maroon cover with yellow type called ou...more "
August 30
19501 Dunderhead made a comment on Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia:
1297649 Dunderhead wrote: "Your comment was much more personal than my asking who reads books like ELP. Rather nasty to use my...more "
49436 Dunderhead made a comment on Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time:
1297649 Dunderhead wrote: "Very true points, Roxanne. In fact, Charlie WIlson said that the job was left undone in Afghanistan...more "
August 21
226378 New comment on Gary's review of A Hero of Our Time (Penguin Classics)
1297649 Dunderhead wrote: "And to think Nabokov called this book trash! "

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226378 New comment on Jesse's review of A Hero of Our Time (Penguin Classics)
1297649 Dunderhead wrote: "Well, don't listen to Nabokov. He was fascinated by his own cleverness. My Russian prof many years...more "

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August 18
930 Dunderhead made a comment on Memoirs of a Geisha:
1297649 Dunderhead wrote: "But wasn't Japan at that time (and even now -- I teach a lot of Japanese.) rife with sexism? Racis...more "
August 04
Moo Dunderhead gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
Moo (Paperback)
by Jane Smiley
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Dunderhead Dunderhead said: "Read Nice Work by David Lodge instead "
A Hero of Our Time Dunderhead gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
A Hero of Our Time (Penguin Classics)
by Mikhail Lermontov
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Dunderhead Dunderhead said: "Geroi nashevo vremya. This might be my favorite Russian novel of all time. Ahead of its time. "
July 16
Good Dog, Carl : A C... Dunderhead gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Good Dog, Carl : A Classic Board Book (Board book)
by Alexandra Day
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Dunderhead Dunderhead said: "This is one book I could never get enough of. I was always happy when the boys pulled it off the shelf. A wordless book, we often laughed so much at the baby's antics and Carl's rescue that we couldn't stop.

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Inferno Dunderhead gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Inferno (Modern Library Classics)
by Dante Alighieri, Anthony Esolen
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Dunderhead Dunderhead said: "I read this when I was student in Italy and loved it. I thought the vision of hell ingenious. I am reading the Monster of Florence and the author mentions the very special place Dante saved in the inferno for...I've got to go back and check, but I ...more "



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Does it seem that some books have sold a bajillion copies, everyone you know is telling you to go get it, and when you finally do read it you: 1) can...more
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