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The Newlyweds

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Ben Lainhart is currently reading: The Newlyweds by Nell Freudenberger (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Ben Lainhart rated a book 4 of 5 stars To a God Unknown by John Steinbeck read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Ben Lainhart rated a book 5 of 5 stars Why We Run: A Natural History by Bernd Heinrich read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Ben Lainhart rated a book 4 of 5 stars The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman by Timothy Ferriss read in April, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Ben Lainhart rated a book 2 of 5 stars Any Day Now: A Novel by Terry Bisson read in April, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Ben Lainhart rated a book 4 of 5 stars The Unwritten, Vol. 7: The Wound by Mike Carey (Goodreads Author) read in April, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Ben Lainhart rated a book 4 of 5 stars The 4-Hour Chef by Timothy Ferriss read in April, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I've been reading this book in bits and pieces for weeks. It's a big beautiful looking book packed with a huge range of information.
Apr 21, 2013 10:11am · see review
Ben Lainhart rated a book 5 of 5 stars Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety by Daniel B. Smith read in April, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“You teach the reader that he’s way smarter than he thought he was. I think one of the insidious lessons about TV is the meta-lesson that you’re dumb. This is all you can do. This is easy, and you’re the sort of person who really just wants to sit in a chair and have it easy. When in fact there are parts of us, in a way, that are a lot more ambitious than that. And what we need… is seriously engaged art that can teach again that we’re smart. And that’s the stuff that TV and movies — although they’re great at certain things — cannot give us. But that have to create the motivations for us to want to do the extra work, to get those other kinds of art… Which is tricky, because you want to seduce the reader, but you don’t want to pander or manipulate them. I mean, a good book teaches the reader how to read it.”
― David Foster Wallace

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