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	12/29 Emily gave to: Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Paperback) by Walter Isaacson bookshelves: currently-reading, favorites	my rating:
	Emily said: "Let's be honest-- it's hard to find readable biographies of our founding fathers that don't make you drowsy. But Ben Franklin is far too saucy, sexy (YES, SEXY) and fun for sleep (alive and dead!) and Isaacson allows his playfulness to come out in f...more " add a comment
	12/29 Emily is currently reading: Behind the Blip: Essays on the Culture of Software (Paperback) by Matthew Fuller bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
	Emily said: "Well, jeepers, I guess I should have seen that it was written in 2003 and, golly, a lot's happened in digitality since then! But still an interesting foray into the need for software culture criticism... " add a comment
	12/29 Emily is currently reading: Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life (Radical Thinkers) by Theodor Adorno bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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December 29
	Emily gave to: Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Paperback) by Walter Isaacson bookshelves: currently-reading, favorites	my rating:
	Emily said: "Let's be honest-- it's hard to find readable biographies of our founding fathers that don't make you drowsy. But Ben Franklin is far too saucy, sexy (YES, SEXY) and fun for sleep (alive and dead!) and Isaacson allows his playfulness to come out in f...more " add a comment
	Emily is currently reading: Behind the Blip: Essays on the Culture of Software (Paperback) by Matthew Fuller bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
	Emily said: "Well, jeepers, I guess I should have seen that it was written in 2003 and, golly, a lot's happened in digitality since then! But still an interesting foray into the need for software culture criticism... " add a comment
	Emily is currently reading: Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life (Radical Thinkers) by Theodor Adorno bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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	Emily gave to: The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Perennial Classics) by Milan Kundera	my rating:
	read in November, 2007 Emily said: "I didn't want to read this book because I'd heard of it and I was skeptical it was some kind of pop Bridget Jones bullshit. It is not. It is insightful, the prose is beautiful, and I think everyone can walk away with a deeper understanding of themse...more " add a comment
March 06
	Emily gave to: The Lover (Paperback) by Marguerite Duras	my rating:
	Emily said: "sensuality in 10 point typeface. Poetic and devestating. Oh, Yes. " add a comment
	Emily gave to: Collected Poems 1947-1997 (Hardcover) by Allen Ginsberg	my rating:
	Emily said: "My brother gave me this book when I was just starting high school. I got really, really into the beat poets then, and developed an obsession that burned too brightly not to snuff itself out. But even though I try to move away from Ginsberg, he hel...more " add a comment
	Emily gave to: Wh Auden Poems (Poet to Poet: An Essential Choice of Classic Verse) by W.H. Auden	my rating:
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