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"M.J. wrote: "Nice review. I also learned (so far--I'm still working on it) that 1) you can't game the Oracles with gold or clever tricks, and 2) the s...more
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A Modest Proposal
I'd give this book 10 stars, but it only gets five, because really, Ayn didn't have the courage of her convictions. She wussed out at the end and gave in to EVIL Liberal Blackmail. The problem with Atlas Shrugged is that it doesn... " Read more of this review » |
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Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes
"Petra X wrote: "Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa is a Christian name given by missionaries in the thirties as part of their efforts to convert the Hindus to Chri...more
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"Hi Wanda, thanks for liking Jess' review. So your son is reading this series, too? Jess is really into it right now.
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Sandy Tjan
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This is Jess' review of a book that she had just finished. Hi, this is Jess. I'm 10 years old now. So i tend to read more harder books like these ones. This is the series i'm OFFICIALLY addicted to now. I like the story, it has a lot of mysteries, adv...more |
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""Now, even discounting the fact that this conversation could only have taken place in Hokkien, a Chinese dialect, and I'm pretty sure you can't say "b...more
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Oh god, this is the third crap book in a row. Life's too bloody short for this!!!!!!!!!
I so wanted to like this. It's not often that a South-East Asian writer (Tash Aw is of Malaysian origin) gets international recognition. But this is utter crap... " Read more of this review » |
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“Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.”
― Jane Austen, Emma
― Jane Austen, Emma
“Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.”
― Oscar Wilde
― Oscar Wilde
“A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.”
― Oscar Wilde
― Oscar Wilde
“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
― Oscar Wilde
― Oscar Wilde
“A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.”
― Oscar Wilde
― Oscar Wilde
If Shakespeare Were a Rapper (to the tune of U Can't Touch This by M.C. Hammer) (Poetry)
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