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08/22
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Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women's Love and Desire (Hardcover) by Lisa M. Diamond bookshelves: currently-reading |
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08/22
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Saving the World (Paperback) by Julia Alvarez bookshelves: currently-reading |
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01/09
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Only Revolutions: A Novel (Hardcover) by Mark Z. Danielewski (Goodreads author!) bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Speak (Paperback) by Laurie Halse Anderson bookshelves: to-read |
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Dancing to "Almendra": A Novel (Hardcover) by Mayra Montero |
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Beloved (Paperback) by Toni Morrison |
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Sexual Fluidity: Understanding Women's Love and Desire (Hardcover) by Lisa M. Diamond bookshelves: currently-reading |
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The Elementary Particles (Paperback) by Michel Houellebecq |
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Singled Out: How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After (Paperback) by Bella DePaulo bookshelves: to-read |
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The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics) by Ellen Raskin bookshelves: books-i-own |
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recommended for: little kids who want to be spies
read in August, 1991 
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"I was so in love with this book when i was in 6th grade, that i constructed an entire class project around it which involved redrawing the board game Clue.
It's a smart mystery with twists and turns at every corner. Like a more satisfying episode...more " |
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Still Life with Woodpecker (Paperback) by Tom Robbins bookshelves: books-i-own |
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recommended for: red headed bomb enthusiasts
read in August, 1994
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"This and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World were two of the first intelligent adult books I ever read. They essentially started my obsession with smart fiction.
This almost reads like a childrens story at times -- though not any children's book you'...more " |
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The Lais of Marie de France (Penguin Classics) by Marie de France bookshelves: books-i-own |
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recommended for: rapunzel wannabes
read in September, 2005
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"The romantic tales in this book are better than any watered down fairytale we've got around these days. If you like stories of magical princesses and noble knights, these are the best around.
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amanda's favorite quotes
"Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes. "
— Walt Whitman
— Walt Whitman
"Internet porn makes everything more reasonable -- once you've realized there is a massive subculture of upwardly mobile people who think it's erotic to see an Asian woman giving a hand job to a javelina, nothing else in the world seems crazy."
— Chuck Klosterman
— Chuck Klosterman
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