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The Return of Ulysse... 08/18 Book Pig is currently reading:
The Return of Ulysses: A Cultural History of Homer's Odyssey (Hardcover)
by Edith Hall
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Henry James: Complet... 08/07 Book Pig is currently reading:
Henry James: Complete Stories 1864-1874: Complete Stories 1864-1874 (Library of America)
by Henry James
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August 20
189833 Book Pig took the never-ending book quiz.
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August 19
1296744 Book Pig read and liked Kate's review of Continental Drift (California Fiction):

"I enjoyed reading a novel that takes place in a place I know well--Santa Cruz, California and environs. It's also a portrait of a time, the early 1970s, with a dark vision of violence wrought by humans (the Vietnam War and a serial murderer on the l...more "
August 18
The Return of Ulysse... Book Pig is currently reading:
The Return of Ulysses: A Cultural History of Homer's Odyssey (Hardcover)
by Edith Hall
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August 17
What to Listen for i... Book Pig marked as to-read:
What to Listen for in Music (Paperback)
by Aaron Copland
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The Sopping Thursday Book Pig gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
The Sopping Thursday (Paperback)
by Edward Gorey
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Six Plays by Lillian... Book Pig marked as to-read:
Six Plays by Lillian Hellman (Paperback)
by Lillian Hellman
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Seaward Book Pig marked as to-read:
Seaward (Mass Market Paperback)
by Susan Cooper
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The Body Snatcher Book Pig gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
The Body Snatcher (Paperback)
by Robert Louis Stevenson
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The Twilight Years Book Pig marked as to-read:
The Twilight Years (Paperback)
by Sawako Ariyoshi
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A Good Start, Consid... Book Pig marked as to-read:
A Good Start, Considering (Paperback)
by Peter Ryde
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Book Pig's favorite quotes

"He lies like a book. And he reads a lot of books."
Elfriede Jelinek (Wonderful, Wonderful Times)

"'Everything creepy and Southern isn't Faulknerian, just like everything annoying isn't Kafkaesque.'"
Scott Spencer (A Ship Made of Paper)

"" . . . everywhere a good and a bad book""
Thomas Carlyle

"I know what happens. I read the book. I believe I just got the goodbye look."
— Donald Fagen, "The Goodbye Look" from The Nightfly




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from Book Pig
07/06/2008 11:03AM

189833 Thanks for noticing! Wish I could put it on my resume . . .

from W.
07/06/2008 10:45AM

545392 Somebody has unseated the king!

Le Roi est Mort! Vive Le Roi!

05/28/2008 09:13AM

1095235 Thank you for the add Book Pig !

Dont be a stranger

Daniel

from Honore
07/17/2007 12:55PM

179272 Thank GOD there are at least two of us! I read "Prep" when it first came out, and I've yet to recover, or fully articulate just how very, VERY much I loathed it. (And you know how the EGs are rarely at a total loss for words!)

from Honore
07/16/2007 07:35PM

179272 Thank you so much for reading TYNTBT/MTYNTBT and listing them here -- it's much appeciated! I'm very glad to see you enjoyed them!

















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