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Stephen read and liked Hazel's review of One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd:

"I like historical fiction. I appreciate writers who take the time to research their stories well. I like to think that I'm catching up on some of the history I missed as the same time as enjoying a good read. I like journals and memoirs. And I jump a...more "

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]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Stephen]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78972784 brian's review of The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories
by Leo Tolstoy

It is on CD, and I'm using it when I drive because long drives suck without a book. I like the reader too, she has the knack and the names down perfectly. I really want to read the short stories, is jizz required? ]]> <![CDATA[Stephen voted on a review]]> http://www.goodreads.com/

Stephen read and liked brian's review of The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories:

"you meet someone and they tell you that The Beatles are their favorite band and you kinda hate 'em, yeah? The Beatles are the most popular pop/rock band of all time, wildly innovative, and wrote, probably, more great songs than any other band... but ...more you meet someone and they tell you that The Beatles are their favorite band and you kinda hate 'em, yeah? The Beatles are the most popular pop/rock band of all time, wildly innovative, and wrote, probably, more great songs than any other band... but to be your all-time favorite band? kinda dull. i think i'd take someone who champions Rush or The Eagl- (no, not the Eagles. any other band but The Eagles, Steve Miller, or Aerosmith) over The Beatles just because it's more interesting.

this is why i'm so so hesitant to call out tolstoy as my favorite writer. same kinda shit, y'know? but he just might be. at the very least he's sitting at the (head of the?) table with genet borges orwell and the other usual suspects. yes. and i know it because when i popped into the book store and saw this gorgeous new hardback of tolstoy short stories by badass russian translators Peavar & Volokhonsky, well... i felt it move. took all i had not to rub against this book in the store -- waited till i got in the car and dry-humped the shit outta this beautiful bitch.

so listen: this book is a must buy. great writer. great translators. great looking edition (during masturbation i find my eye wandering away from my television freeze-framed on a naked rosario dawson or marisa tomei and to the tolstoy section of my bookshelf where - next to all my penguin softback tolstoy short story collections - my hardback P & V translated editions of war & peace, anna karenina, & ivan ilyich and other stories sit. of course, in order to prolong the experience i've gotta think back to when kowalski exposed himself in my car -- the visual equivalent of a cold shower). and a great selection of stories.

A GREAT selection of stories. i hate when they release a newly translated collection of a great writer's stories and they leave out the greatest hits. well, they're all here, kids: ivan ilyich (love me do) is terrific if slightly overrated. the kreutzer sonata (happiness is a warm gun)? fucking great! master and man (blackbird)? i cry. the devil (i'm a loser)? amazing! hadji murat (a day in the life)? fucking genius! they're ALL great.

trust me, booknerds.(less) "

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Stephen read and liked Daniel's review of Cruel Shoes:

"Steve Martin's first book, the long-out-of-print "Cruel Shoes" from 1979, reads today as something of a cross between the more absurd parts of his comedy albums from the same era (some jokes from those records are repeated almost verbatim h...more "

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]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Stephen]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7494552 Paul's review of If This Is a Man / The Truce
by Primo Levi

This certainly got under peoples skin! Isn't that the purpose of literary discussion? To stimulate? To bring further issues to the fore? ]]> <![CDATA[ deleted user commented on Karina's update ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/163362 Stephen commented on Karina's progress update: "On page 326 of My Life With the Saints. I read this book in huge gulps, but I think it would be better piecemeal - pausing to reflect on each chapter."

Stephen wrote: "I loved this book. I read it over the period of a week, and found it to be the most eye opening, cl...more "

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by Andrea G. Stillman

I love Ansel Adams. Good review, ]]> <![CDATA[Stephen voted on a review]]> http://www.goodreads.com/

Stephen read and liked Books Ring My Bell's review of Ansel Adams in Color:

"Ansel Adams in color is... just not right. Still very good, but, IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT! "

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]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Stephen]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77619087 Mike's review of Going Rogue: An American Life
by Sarah Palin

The horror...the horror. ]]> <![CDATA[Stephen voted on the book list Best American History books]]> http://www.goodreads.com/list/user_vote/232749 Stephen added The American Civil War: A Military History to the book list Best American History books

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