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Olivia is on page 69 of 288 of The Geography of Thought
The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently... and Why
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The Geography of Thought by Richard E. Nisbett
Olivia rated a book 4 of 5 stars
2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut
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The Broom of the System by David Foster Wallace
Language. Control. How far does language determine reality?

I love how the author changes narrative style to get the readers experience it as it is - the change of setting and narrator, the puzzling thoughts jumping here and there - and what happens....more
Olivia rated a book 4 of 5 stars
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
read in January, 2013
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How Pleasure Works by Paul Bloom
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
" this is easily the sweetest thing i have ever read. lots of good of literary and music references in it. "
Olivia rated a book 5 of 5 stars
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Olivia has challenged herself to read 20 books in the 2013 Reading Challenge
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She has read 3 books toward her goal of 20 books.
 
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Haruki Murakami
“Even so, there were times I saw freshness and beauty. I could smell the air, and I really loved rock 'n' roll. Tears were warm, and girls were beautiful, like dreams. I liked movie theaters, the darkness and intimacy, and I liked the deep, sad summer nights.”
Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance

James Joyce
“I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it calls itself my home, my fatherland, or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defense the only arms I allow myself to use -- silence, exile, and cunning.”
James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

James Joyce
“This race and this country and this life produced me, he said. I shall express myself as I am.”
James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Amy Sedaris
“I think it's good for a person to spend time alone. It gives them an opportunity to discover who they are and to figure out why they are always alone.”
Amy Sedaris, I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence

Haruki Murakami
“The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's weak points but from his good qualities. Do you know what I'm getting at? People are drawn deeper into tragedy not by their defects but by their virtues.
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[But] we accept irony through a device called metaphor. And through that we grow and become deeper human beings.”
Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore


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2012 Reading Challenge
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Olivia has completed her goal of reading 18 books for the 2012 Reading Challenge!
 
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