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May 04
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Katherine
gave  to:
Let the Right One In (Hardcover)
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John Ajvide Lindqvist
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read in May, 2009
Katherine said:
This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.
Warning: there's also some REALLY disturbing stuff about pedophilia and child abuse, so be warned.(less)
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March 31
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Katherine
gave to:
Embroideries (Paperback)
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Marjane Satrapi
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Katherine
gave to:
The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008 (Hardcover)
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Thomas E. Ricks
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Katherine
gave  to:
It Sucked and Then I Cried: How I Had a Baby, a Breakdown, and a Much Needed Margarita (Hardcover)
by
Heather B. Armstrong
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Katherine
gave to:
The Yiddish Policemen's Union (Paperback)
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Michael Chabon
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read in March, 2009
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February 28
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Katherine
gave to:
King Dork (Paperback)
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Frank Portman
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read in February, 2009
Katherine said:
"OK, the plot was virtually nonexistent - worse, it winds you up for the big denouement, and then... just kind of fizzles out. So why did I give this book 4 stars? The writing and the too-clever-for-their-own-good, very real characters. It just took m...more
OK, the plot was virtually nonexistent - worse, it winds you up for the big denouement, and then... just kind of fizzles out. So why did I give this book 4 stars? The writing and the too-clever-for-their-own-good, very real characters. It just took me back to my high school days. I look forward to reading more From Dr. Frank.(less)
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Katherine
gave to:
A Million Bullets: The Real Story of the War in Afghanistan (Hardcover)
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James Fergusson
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February 17
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Katherine
gave  to:
The Elegance of the Hedgehog (paperback)
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Muriel Barbery
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my rating:
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read in February, 2009
Katherine said:
"Expectations were set high, but in the end, my favorite aspect of the book was its title. It's a fable, the language is beautiful, blah blah blah... but somehow it ended up being a lot of blah blah blah. It may be French, but I feel like I've encount...more
Expectations were set high, but in the end, my favorite aspect of the book was its title. It's a fable, the language is beautiful, blah blah blah... but somehow it ended up being a lot of blah blah blah. It may be French, but I feel like I've encountered the same basic plot in plenty of American schlocky books and movies - characters from different walks of life end up mingling and teaching each other valuable life lessons. Had this book become a movie in the 80s, Shirley McClain would have played the concierge.(less)
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Katherine
read and liked
Isabelle's
review of L'élégance du hérisson:
"This is another moment when I wonder what is wrong with me... Everyone in France recommends this book! The premise is original enough that I was hoping the book would be a real find: within the same super high end Parisian apartment building live 2 m...more
This is another moment when I wonder what is wrong with me... Everyone in France recommends this book! The premise is original enough that I was hoping the book would be a real find: within the same super high end Parisian apartment building live 2 misfits: the 54 year old concierge who reads Kant and Tolstoi in secret and a 12 year old girl with abnormally high IQ and suicidal tendencies. The first half of the book is an excuse for the author's long academic digressions on Kant, phenomenology, William Ockham, oh and Tolstoi. Nothing is really going on... When finally a semblance of plot surfaces, it is so banal that you want to cry... So much for this latest ode to French high culture! The only redeeming point about the book for me is that it made me want to re-read Tolstoi!
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February 04
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Katherine
gave to:
Maybe One: A Case for Smaller Families (Paperback)
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Bill McKibben
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read in February, 2009
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