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| This is a 15 year-old book about personal finance I picked up kind of at random. I don't know anything about Suze Orman except that she's one of those talking heads on various TV channels/shows I avoid like the plague. But in terms of giving general...more | |
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| This review is based on the re-read of the book because technically I read this book back in high school, but it must have been one of those "reads" in which my eyes passed over each word on all the pages but no effort was made at comprehension or re...more | |
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| A fun, fast-paced story that pairs Ultimate Spider-Man Miles Morales with original Marvel universe's Peter Parker. The set up for the crossover is a bit on the flimsy side, something about Mysterio (possibly Ultimate Mysterio) lamenting his lack of h...more | |
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| This is a sweet-ish, sad-ish, kind of aimless little book about a girl attending summer camp. It captures the feel of summer camp exceptionally well, and is a welcome slice-of-life into the teenage experience outside the typical confines of school. T...more | |
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Back in 2011, in a blog post discussing my favorite books, I wrote this about Where The Red Fern Grows:...to date it is the only book that has ever made me have to put it down because I couldn’t keep reading through the tears. I’m not sure what it sa...more |
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| Nestled between laborious descriptions of a family which, with one exception, is deserving of heavy scorn, are some interesting and almost beautiful insights to be unearthed in Jonathan Franzen's Freedom. These insights aren't exactly subtle, the the...more | |
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“When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movements become headlong - faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thoughts of obstacles and forget the precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it's to late.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune
― Frank Herbert, Dune
“Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.”
― Shel Silverstein
― Shel Silverstein
“I need you, the reader, to imagine us, for we don't really exist if you don't.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
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