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July 26
9654 New comment on Jessica's review of Fear of Flying
26188 Jafar wrote: "I know what you mean about trying to concentrate with all those half-naked bodies around. We're havi...more "

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104344 New comment on Jenne's review of The Gate to Women's Country
26188 Jafar wrote: "Don’t be fooled by a seemingly-puzzling review like “Jesus Christ.” Robots are known to throw ...more "

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July 24
12075 New comment on Jafar's review of Tractatus Logico Philosophicus (Routledge Classics)
26188 Jafar wrote: "Merda taurorum animas conturbit. "

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Tractatus Logico Phi... Jafar marked as to-read:
Tractatus Logico Philosophicus (Routledge Classics)
by Ludwig Wittgenstein
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July 17
26259 Jafar read and liked Jenne's review of Selfish and Perverse:

"I loved the first line of this:

"Love at first sight makes perfect sense because we're all pressed for time."

And it was kind of fun for a while, but let me give some advice to all you aspiring novelists out there--unless you are Mich...more
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July 16
Amsterdam Jafar gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
Amsterdam (Paperback)
by Ian McEwan
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Jafar Jafar said: "Ian McEwan is a great writer for sure, but someone needs to explain to me why this book won the Booker Prize.

The story is about a dead woman, three of her lovers, and her husband. The husband discovers a set of pictures, taken by the deceased wi...more
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A Confederacy of Dun... Jafar marked as to-read:
A Confederacy of Dunces (Paperback)
by John Kennedy Toole
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July 14
Selected Short Stori... Jafar gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
Selected Short Stories (Oxford India Paperbacks)
by Rabindranath Tagore
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Jafar Jafar said: "Another book that I remembered reading - someone mentioned Tagore to me today. Don't remember much of it, but mostly sad and touching stories. One of them, Kabuliwalla, made quite an impression on me. "
July 13
Alice in Wonderland Jafar gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Alice in Wonderland (Hardcover)
by Lewis Carroll
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Jafar Jafar said: "This was quite an enjoyable weekend reading after spending three weeks reading Gunter Grass's high prose. To think that Lewis Carroll (not his real name) was a mathematician by profession makes this literary nonsense book even more interesting...more "



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