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The Great Gatsby
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read in June, 2009
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N. Miller N. Miller said: "The Great Gatsby is basically a literary cocktail party teeming with overgrown, overprivileged, and ultimately disenfranchised boys and girls who are uncertain of how to define themselves in a climate in which social and economic expectations and rol...more"
 

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N. Miller gave 3 of 5 stars to:
Here They Come by Yannick Murphy
Here They Come
by Yannick Murphy
read in March, 2009
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The basic premise: Holden Caulfield's long-estranged sister speaks her mind from a maggot-infested apartment in the boroughs of New York. Brought to you by McSweeney's, of course.

I liked this quite a bit, Ms. Murphy--although if Freud were to take ...more
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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
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This book, like all other E.L. Konigsburg books, was actually written by one Margot Tenenbaum.

From the Mixed Up Files is really excellent, subtly magical childhood reading--some of my best summer vacation memories are of reading this book late into...more
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Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
Moby-Dick
by Herman Melville
read in May, 2002
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The only way to make this story even vaguely interesting is to interpret all of its phallic symbols as you read--straight down to the title.

Read Bartleby the Scrivener instead. Or better yet, abandon Melville altogether and read something of actual...more
N. Miller gave 4 of 5 stars to:
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
High Fidelity
by Nick Hornby
read in June, 2009
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I picked this book up as a casual read, assuming that it would be a fun, sugar-coated brain vacation peppered with pop music references and quirky quotes from Barry. (Dumb, I know, but sometimes that's what we want.) Of course, what I got instead was...more
N. Miller gave 4 of 5 stars to:
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
read in June, 2009
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The Great Gatsby is basically a literary cocktail party teeming with overgrown, overprivileged, and ultimately disenfranchised boys and girls who are uncertain of how to define themselves in a climate in which social and economic expectations and rol...more
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The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
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Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
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The Road by Cormac McCarthy
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The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse
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A Handbook to Luck by Cristina Garcia
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