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The Sea Wolf

by Jack London

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Citizenville: Connecting People and Government in the Digital Age

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Jim is currently reading The Sea Wolf by Jack London	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jim wants to read The Accursed by Joyce Carol Oates	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jim liked David's review of Citizenville: Connecting People and Government in the Digital Age: " There's not much I can add to the reviews of Citizenville by Beth Noveck, Evgeny Morozov, Sara Lai Stirland, and Lydia Depillis. Yes, the book is disjointed, incessantly optimistic, shameless in its namedropping, and often reads like a politician'... " Read more of this review »
Apr 03, 2013 05:00am · see review
Jim is currently reading Citizenville: Connecting People and Government in the Digital Age by Gavin Newsom	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jim rated a book 5 of 5 stars On Writing by Stephen King	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jim rated a book 4 of 5 stars Sandstorm by James Rollins (Goodreads Author) read in March, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Fast read. He does a good job with stringing story together to propel you down the plot-road. I'm a science fact and science fiction nut and I feel Rollins does a good job extrapolating from known science into meta-science. Boy did he throw a lot in...more
Mar 13, 2013 08:13pm · see review
Jim wants to read Crux (Nexus, #2) by Ramez Naam (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jim wants to read Wool Omnibus (Wool, #1-5) by Hugh Howey (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jim rated a book 5 of 5 stars Nexus (Nexus, #1) by Ramez Naam (Goodreads Author) read in December, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
No spoilers here. No need to ruin the experience of others in discovering this enjoyable nugget of entertainment! As a published author (twice!) of non-fiction, and a still aspiring fiction writer, there is nothing wrong with this book (except for a c...more
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