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Simon's review of Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves:
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A very interesting and, despite its grim subject matter, a very enjoyable book. Actually, insofar as the subject matter is the abolition, first of the British trans-Atlantic slave trade, and subsequently, of slavery in the British Empire, it is no...
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Hal was a fantastic FBI agent, but after a child died during one of his cases, he left the bureau and became an alcoholic mess. Arthur was just a bright but ordinary boy until he discovered a strange metallic cup. A serious of coincidences and the...
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This, to me, captures the tone of many of the stories in this fine little collection:
Grimms' fairy tales as told by Carroll's Hatter. If I had to pick my favorite, it would be "The Chinese Type Cutter," wherein the hero sets out on a journey to fi... " Read more of this review » |
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Just an ordinary couple shopping for a queen-sized mattress...
"Fine. We'll take it." "Certainly, sir," he said. "Have you decided on a box spring and bed frame to go with that?" "We don't need either, thanks," Christie told him. "Just the mattress."... " Read more of this review » |
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
by Erik Larson (Goodreads Author)
read in November, 2011
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The Devil in the White City is one of those enticing little books in which you know what you're going to get, yet you read it anyway, and it delivers all the excitement you desired...you filthy degenerate, you! Amid of all the magnificence and enchant...more |
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Jason Koivu
added a status update: I've come to realize I don't like book clubs, especially ones where everyone votes on what the next book will be and you end up reading something you never would've. Sure, it exposes you to new things and gets you out of your comfort zone...yeah, and sometimes that sucks. In fact, most of the time. I want my reading experiences to be dictatorial. My reading time is a fascist nation of one...AND I LOVE IT!
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“[Jellyfish] are 97% water or something, so how much are they doing? Just give them another 3% and make them water. It's more useful.”
― Karl Pilkington
― Karl Pilkington
“I haven't the slightest idea how to change people, but still I keep a long list of prospective candidates just in case I should ever figure it out.”
― David Sedaris, Naked
― David Sedaris, Naked
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou
― Maya Angelou
“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.”
― Mark Twain, The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain
― Mark Twain, The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain
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All Wodehouse, all the time. From Psmith to Blandings, from Uncle Fred to the incomparable Jeeves. Step right up, you'll be Right Ho-ing and stealing...more
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