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	07/11 Kristine is currently reading: Writers on Writing: Collected Essays from The New York Times (Paperback) by The New York Times bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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August 31

New comment on Kristine's review of The Giver

Kristine wrote: "You're right- the sled is one of the biggest hints that he's hallucinating. For some reason last yea...more "

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August 26

Kristine marked as to-read:
Circling My Mother: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by Mary Gordon
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Easter Everywhere: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by Darcey Steinke
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August 18

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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Hardcover)
by Ishmael Beah

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read in July, 2007

Kristine said: "Good book- short, simple, he describes his experience as a child soldier. Pretty amazing, bc you figure not that many of those child soldiers have the opportunity or inkling to write about it. I do wish the book had a clearer timeline and sense of ...more Good book- short, simple, he describes his experience as a child soldier. Pretty amazing, bc you figure not that many of those child soldiers have the opportunity or inkling to write about it. I do wish the book had a clearer timeline and sense of the history and politics surrounding his personal experience in the conflict, but hey- the guy is not a historian, so I am not gonna bitch about that.

The topic of the Sierra Leone conflict though is FASCINATING, not to mention disgusting when you see what forces caused it, and I've been seeing the subject around a lot recently:
- the documentary "Refugee All-Stars" which I review below
-this book
-the movie Blood Diamond with Leo DeCaprio and (horrible) Jennifer Connelly, both of their weird accents totally annoying me
-the documentary "Diamond Road" on National Geographic, which was actually too sad and depressing for me to watch.

Unlike the concise yet powerful "Refugee All-Stars," the Diamond Road series was 3 parts, 2 hours each, covering the Diamond Industry from start to finish, the start being the diamond mines of Sierra Leone, and the end being the industry's attempts to make themselves not look like criminals who take diamonds out of a country whose citizens are among the poorest in the world.

Movie Review of "Refugee All Stars"

I wasn't excited "Long Way Gone" until I realized it was about the same country as this freakin AMAZING documentary I just saw on POV about refugees from Sierra Leone. It's called "Refugee All-Stars" and it's about 6 or 7 refugees from S.L. forming a band in the refugee camp in neighboring Guinea.

It's hard to capture what this documentary does in a mere three hours, hard to believe that I could feel so much for these people after such a short time. And, it's not one of those "bawl your eyes out I feel so sorry for these people things" where you leave just feeling BAD. Although I do feel bad, that's not what the story evokes- it evokes the power of the human spirit, the drive to make something positive out of a horrible situation and horrible memories, and the power of music.
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New comment on Nate's review of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

Kristine wrote: "Hey! I read this book on tape and (read? Is that actually reading? I sorta think it is) loved it....more "

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July 25

Kristine made a comment on Marley & Me: Love and Life with the World's Worst Dog:

Kristine wrote: "I read Marley and thought it was OK... kind of a basic story. My sixth graders liked it. I don't m...more "

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Kristine wrote: "I think it's hilarious that most people uniformly agree that the book fell apart in the middle.

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