false 21 367 191 true 5664289 read 3 true 3557180 currently-reading 173 true 3557102 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81168748 The Rehearsal (Paperback) by Eleanor Catton
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i picked this up after seeing the movie Precious recently ... the movie made me cry because of what that young girl wen through but i didn't think it was the best production ... the book gave me much more of a sense of Precious' character ... ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81055927 to: Simpsons Confidential: The Uncensored, Totally Unauthorised History of the World's Greatest TV Show by the People That Made it (Paperback) by John Ortved
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81055650 to: And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks (Hardcover) by Jack Kerouac
i picked this up on a whim - and it paid off ... loved that it was based on an event that happened to both Jack & Bill ... really enjoyed the format (where each writer took turns at writing chapters, which were based on two of the character's points of view) ... lost myself in the texture of their lives and how this story unfolded around them ... ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81055626 Embroideries (Paperback) by Marjane Satrapi
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81055438 to: Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return (Paperback) by Marjane Satrapi
a great follow on from the first volume - but i didn't enjoy it as much ... same great style, same interesting insight into a world i seem to know very little about - tougher to read because our heroine was having such a tough time of it ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53916283 to: Persepolis 1: The Story of a Childhood (Paperback) by Marjane Satrapi
i really enjoyed this story ... loved that it was from a child's point of view ... it faithfully recreated that sense of innocence and opportunity that you have when you're that age (and life hasn't had a chance to teach you otherwise) ... it also gave me a very unique insight into a culture that i haven't had a lot of positive exposure to ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81052452 to: Optic Nerve # 7 (Paperback) by Adrian Tomine
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