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Judging a Book by Its Lover: A Field Guide to the Hearts and Minds of Readers Everywhere
by Lauren Leto
read in October, 2012
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| This was an AMAZINGLY funny book! By far the best part is the lengthiest section, in which Leto details how to “fake it” like you’ve read several of the most-commonly-loved authors, including John Updike, Ayn Rand, Zadie Smith, and J.D. Salinger. I d...more | |
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Most Underappreciated: 50 Prominent Social Psychologists Describe Their Most Unloved Work
by Robert M. Arkin
read in October, 2012
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| Looks like I finished the trilogy after all! I enjoyed it more than the 1st, but not as much as the 2nd. Some of the plot points got a little hard to follow, and I had trouble keeping track of some of the names and when we had met them before (though...more | |
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| Admittedly, I might be a bit biased in favor of this book, as I have a piece in it (!!) But bias aside, this is a truly great collection of science writing, and I feel honored to be in the company of these amazing writers. Everyone will have their ow...more | |
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| Wow. I’m not sure what I was expecting when I sat down to read On Writing, but I definitely know that I wasn’t expecting to open it up this morning and finish it by the end of the day. Learning about King’s childhood, marriage, and personal life was...more | |
“Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realise that nothing really belongs to them.”
― Paulo Coelho
― Paulo Coelho
“While the astronauts, heroes forever, spent mere hours on the moon, I have remained in this new world for nearly thirty years. I know that my achievement is quite ordinary. I am not the only man to seek his fortune far from home, and certainly I am not the first. Still, there are times I am bewildered by each mile I have traveled, each meal I have eaten, each person I have known, each room in which I have slept. As ordinary as it all appears, there are times when it is beyond my imagination." (from "The Third and Final Continent")”
― Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies
― Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies
“Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.”
― Paulo Coelho
― Paulo Coelho
“People aren't either wicked or noble. They're like chef's salads, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion and conflict.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Grim Grotto
― Lemony Snicket, The Grim Grotto
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