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January 10
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Kirque
is on page 4 of 224 of
Haiku: A Novel
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Kirque
is currently reading:
Haiku: A Novel (Hardcover)
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Andrew Vachss (Goodreads Author)
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(page 4 of 224)
— Jan 10, 2010 09:06AM
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Kirque
is on page 160 of 312 of
Buried Strangers
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Kirque
is currently reading:
Buried Strangers (Hardcover)
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Leighton Gage
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(page 160 of 312)
— Jan 10, 2010 09:04AM
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Kirque
gave  to:
Blood of the Wicked (Hardcover)
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Leighton Gage
read in January, 2010
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Kirque said:
"Uncomfortable truths are more easily published when in the form of "detective" or "crime" labels, or even "sci fi". Are the many topics (high level systemic corruption - church and state, brutal land wars etc) Gage has ...more
Uncomfortable truths are more easily published when in the form of "detective" or "crime" labels, or even "sci fi". Are the many topics (high level systemic corruption - church and state, brutal land wars etc) Gage has crammed into this book exaggerated for prurient blood lust sake and drive up the sales ? Wish it were so. If you don't know the socio-economic and political history of South America since say the 70s forward, you might think that. But it's so terribly "true". I was impressed that it was actually not a bad read as a "detective" novel. I'm more curious at the dearth of bio info on the author. Hmmm, Mr. Gage, just exactly how do you come to know so much and what interesting places you have visited "just for travel" at such pivotal times (as reported on your own website)......... (less)
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Kirque
gave to:
The Long Fall (Hardcover)
by
Walter Mosley
read in December, 2009
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Kirque said:
"McGill is not Easy Rawlins. NYC is not L.A. I do like Mosley's crime novels, even when he gets preachy. And I am a big fan of great noir film of the post WWII/pre-HUAC era. This actually felt like one of those, and yet it's set in the here and no...more
McGill is not Easy Rawlins. NYC is not L.A. I do like Mosley's crime novels, even when he gets preachy. And I am a big fan of great noir film of the post WWII/pre-HUAC era. This actually felt like one of those, and yet it's set in the here and now. Nice. (less)
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December 12, 2009
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Kirque
is currently reading:
Deciphering the Cosmic Number: The Strange Friendship of Wolfgang Pauli and Carl Jung (Hardcover)
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Arthur I. Miller
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(page 1 of 368)
— Dec 12, 2009 09:42AM
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Kirque
is currently reading:
Eating Animals (Hardcover)
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Jonathan Safran Foer
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Kirque
gave to:
The Children's Blizzard (Hardcover)
by
David Laskin
read in December, 2009
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Kirque said:
"I'm a southwestern girl. Fascinated with the plains since Little House on the Prairie (the book, I'm not a kid). This is the book to start with! Learned more about the history of those who homesteaded, and the "how" of those blizzards, as...more
I'm a southwestern girl. Fascinated with the plains since Little House on the Prairie (the book, I'm not a kid). This is the book to start with! Learned more about the history of those who homesteaded, and the "how" of those blizzards, as well as the politics and applied science and technology of the latter 19th century - a great narrative "documentary" and not one boring page. This is a "land" I didn't know much about or understand (who the heck lives where there's lots of tornadoes and blizzards), now I have a lot more knowledge and more importantly a lot more respect for both the land and the farmers. This needs to be on everyone's "American History" bookshelf especially public libraries and schools.(less)
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October 26, 2009
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Kirque
gave  to:
How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone (Hardcover)
by
Saša Stanišić
read in October, 2009
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Kirque said:
"Brilliant stuff. I can't add much more to what others have already said about this first novel. Except that it invoked emotions similar to those when I first saw the movie "Closely Watched Trains". And when I think about everything that ...more
Brilliant stuff. I can't add much more to what others have already said about this first novel. Except that it invoked emotions similar to those when I first saw the movie "Closely Watched Trains". And when I think about everything that follows when conflicts erupt because "someone has the wrong last name."(less)
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