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July 22
	Ethan gave to: Oryx and Crake (Mass Market Paperback) by Margaret Atwood bookshelves: 2008	my rating:
	read in July, 2008 Ethan said: "Snowman retells how his brilliant friend helped bring down the already crumbling human race through genetic modification, advanced medicine and kooky diseases. Not really my genre, but the story of man's fall unfolds at a perfect speed, and the writi...more " add a comment
July 10
	Ethan gave to: The Postman Always Rings Twice (Crime Masterworks) by James M. Cain bookshelves: 2008	my rating:
	read in July, 2008 Ethan said: "Holy crap! The best murder mystery ever. A drifter takes a job working in a diner, but when he falls in love with the owner's wife, they hatch the perfect murder scheme. And they pull it off, too, but not forever. The writing is everything the genre ...more " add a comment
	Ethan gave to: Behind My Eyes: Poems (with audio CD) by Li-Young Lee bookshelves: 2008	my rating:
	read in July, 2008 Ethan said: "Lee combines the metaphysical with the beauty of the mundane in a truly unique way. The poems go off on whimsical tangents, but like his other work, are often rooted in family dynamics, the life of the immigrant and the simple, impossible to capture,...more " add a comment
	Ethan gave to: Black Flies by Shannon Burke bookshelves: 2008	my rating:
	read in July, 2008 Ethan said: "An optimistic future med student becomes disillusioned working as a medic in Harlem in the early 90s. The author knows the streets so well, from the skels to the block captains, and captures that hard attitude that comes with dealing with death on a ...more " add a comment
July 01
	Ethan gave to: Zuckerman Unbound (Paperback) by Philip Roth bookshelves: 2008	my rating:
	read in June, 2008 Ethan said: "Nathan Zuckerman finally hits it big with his pornographic, Portnoy-esque novel, but he quickly learns that his dream comes with a lot of baggage he isn't prepared for. " add a comment
June 26
	Ethan gave to: Paul Auster's City of Glass (Paperback) by Paul Karasik, David Mazzucchelli, Paul Auster bookshelves: 2008	my rating:
	read in June, 2008 Ethan said: "A disturbed author gets caught up in a mystery that assists in his decent into madness. The hackneyed plot is overcome by the nice drawing. " add a comment
	Ethan gave to: The Facts: A Novelist's Autobiography (Paperback) by Philip Roth bookshelves: 2008	my rating:
	read in June, 2008 Ethan said: "Is it forgivable that the last chapter of this book is devoted to pointing out all the ways in which the book falls short? I'm biased, of course, but the writing is completely sharp, and he does a good job of giving what I imagine readers would have ...more " add a comment
June 24
	Ethan gave to: Spartina (Paperback) by John Casey bookshelves: 2008	my rating:
	read in June, 2008 Ethan said: "A Rhode Island fisherman trying to get his own boat in the water tried to justify taking money from the rich people he believes are ruining his home. The accurate, poetic descriptions evoke the marshy smell of the place. " add a comment
June 12
	Ethan gave to: Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids (Paperback) by Kenzaburo Oë bookshelves: 2008	my rating:
	read in June, 2008 Ethan said: "A group of delinquents gets abandoned in a plague-ridden village in war-time Japan. This book reads like a more authentic Lord of the Flies, with pubescent boys scared, brave and still trying to sort out morality. The deepest sadness of this book is ...more " add a comment
June 09
	Ethan gave to: The Black Dahlia (Paperback) by James Ellroy bookshelves: 2008	my rating:
	read in June, 2008 Ethan said: "Two cops try to solve a brutal LA murder of a promiscuous wannabe star, and the case winds up destroying them both. The story is intricate and packed with different relationships, but Elroy makes them easy to follow and ties them all together at the ...more " add a comment

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