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<![CDATA[Curtis added 'Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time']]>
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to: Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time (Hardcover)byRob Sheffield bookshelves: biographies-memoirs
Rob Sheffield meets the girl of his dreams and in a cruel twist of fate she's taken away. Despite the looming theme of death, Sheffield delivers an entertaining and light read that is the literary equivalent of a tribute album. This is a book for anyone who has ever made a mixed tape for someone they loved (or wanted to love).
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<![CDATA[Curtis added 'Open: An Autobiography']]>
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Open: An Autobiography (Hardcover)
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<![CDATA[Curtis added 'Rent Girl']]>
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Rent Girl (Paperback)
byMichelle Tea bookshelves: to-read
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<![CDATA[Curtis added 'Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia']]>
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to: Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia (Paperback)byElizabeth Gilbert bookshelves: audio-books,
biographies-memoirs
Eat, Pray, Love is not a book I would normally pick up but since the 13 hour unabridged audio version was free (paperbackswap.com) I felt I had nothing to lose.
Many readers seemed to either hate this book or love it, I fell somewhere in the middle. EPL is a travelogue that focuses on Gilbert's search for spirituality and self balance after a messy divorce. I was pleasantly surprised by the delicate and mature exploration into the darkest days of her life. Yet ultimately her fortunes are so sweet you'll get a toothache.
Writer Rolf Potts called the book "travel porn for women" and indeed it is... But Gilbert is a tremendously talented writer whose vulnerability is readable and dare I say, likable.
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<![CDATA[Curtis added 'Housekeeping vs. The Dirt']]>
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Housekeeping vs. The Dirt (Paperback)
byNick Hornby bookshelves: to-read
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<![CDATA[Curtis added 'On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft']]>
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If Anne Lamott's "Bird by Bird" is the mother of all books on writing instruction and the writing life, then Stephen King's "On Writing" is the father of all books in that genre.
"Bird by Bird" is written with a mother's touch- loving, artistic, humanistic and intelligent, while "On Writing" is relentless, stern, and wildly captivating. It's part memoir, part writing insight that is enjoyable even if you have no aspirations to write.
It's easy to see why King is such a literary legend after learning about his life long love of the craft and strict writing regimen. "On Writing" is on the mark; classic nonfiction by one of the best fiction writers around.
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<![CDATA[Curtis added 'The Best American Poetry 2009']]>
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The Best American Poetry 2009 (eBook)
byDavid Wagoner bookshelves: to-read
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<![CDATA[Curtis added 'Best Music Writing 2009']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75623827
Best Music Writing 2009 (Paperback)
byGreil Marcus bookshelves: to-read
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added Sex in the Sanctuary to the book list This series could be a sitcom