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Cori is Currently Reading

Cori is currently reading:

The Whuffie Factor: The 5 Keys for Maxing Social Capital and Winning with Online Communities

by Tara Hunt (Goodreads Author)

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read in April, 2009

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(page 187 of 288)
"and I'm learning a lot." — Jun 29, 2009 03:11pm

Apr 24, 2009 04:48pm

Cori is currently reading:

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

by Junot Díaz

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(page 19 of 340)
"It took me a few pages to ease into the humor. But I like it!" — Jun 04, 2009 07:52pm

May 27, 2009 09:29am

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Cori marked as to-read:

Grit: A Pediatrician's Odyssey from a Soviet Camp to Harvard
by M. D. Regina Kesler

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Jan 29, 2010 09:48pm

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Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe

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Aug 15, 2009 02:29pm

Cori made a comment on urban's review of Things Fall Apart

"This is on my top 10 list of all time favorite books."

Aug 15, 2009 02:29pm · see review

Cori is on page 187 of 288 of The Whuffie Factor: and I'm learning a lot.

The Whuffie Factor: The 5 Keys for Maxing Social Capital and Winning with Online Communities
by Tara Hunt (Goodreads Author)

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Jun 29, 2009 03:11pm ·

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Cori marked as to-read:

The Raw Shark Texts: A Novel
by Steven Hall (Goodreads Author)

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Jun 11, 2009 04:22pm

Cori marked as to-read:

Brooklyn
by Colm Tóibín

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Jun 07, 2009 11:23am

Cori took the Never-Ending Book Quiz

questions answered:	94
correct:	53 (56.4%)
skipped:	74
best streak:	7
questions added:	0

Jun 04, 2009 07:53pm · beat her score

Cori made a comment on Minty's recommendation of PS comics to Melanie

"Congratulations Melanie! I can't wait to get my copy."

Jun 01, 2009 02:08pm

Cori is currently reading:

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Díaz

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May 27, 2009 09:29am

Cori joined the SpaceMonkeyLit group.

May 13, 2009 12:07pm · see group

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“I'd rather be seduced than comforted.”
― Judith Rossner

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3 people liked it

“She felt as though she'd acquiesced in her own rape ...”
― Judith Rossner

tags: looking-for-mr-goodbar

1 person liked it

“The arrangements that couples make in order to maintain civility in the midst of their journey to divorce are often most elaborate when the professed top priority is to protect a child.”
― John Irving

tags: divorce-child-children

6 people liked it

“It was one of those ridiculous arrangements that couples make when they are separating, but before they are divorced - when they still imagine that children and property can be shared with more magnanimity than recrimination.”
― John Irving

tags: divorce-separation-children

1 person liked it

“The voice of the sea is seductive, never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander in abysses of solitude.”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening

47 people liked it

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