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May 16
	Rebecca gave to: A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover) by Khaled Hosseini	my rating:
	read in May, 2008 Rebecca said: "Apart from those times when I was either painfully aware of the "and now I will teach Americans about _____" stance of the author, or when I was irritated at the predictable plot, I truly enjoyed the book. Overall, a well-told story. " add a comment
	Rebecca gave to: The Pesthouse (Hardcover) by Jim Crace	my rating:
	read in May, 2008 Rebecca said: "I have no clue how I chose this one off the library shelf, and didn't expect to like this as much as I did. Hey, the future could happen this way: Mad Max meets Laura Ingalls Wilder and Huck Finn. " add a comment
	Rebecca gave to: A Spot of Bother (Hardcover) by Mark Haddon	my rating:
	read in May, 2008 Rebecca said: "While the strength of TCIOTDITN is the voice of the protagonist, getting inside the heads of each Hall family member in this book was neither as fun nor as interesting. I suspect the idea was to bear witness as all of them mess up their love lives i...more " add a comment
	Rebecca gave to: Beyond Recall (Paperback) by Robert Goddard	my rating:
	read in April, 2008 Rebecca said: "Ok, so it's not PD James level. The beginning dragged a bit, but there were some unexpected plot twists and interesting family dynamics, which I appreciated. I was happy to spend time with my nose in this one, but won't go and buy extra copies to p...more " add a comment
April 17
	Rebecca gave to: The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science (Hardcover) by Natalie Angier	my rating:
	read in April, 2008 Rebecca said: "When I read "Woman: An Intimate Geography" about five years ago, I found myself wanting to edit out a third of the jokes because I found them distracting, but I enjoyed understanding the science of the female body. So, no surprise, I felt t...more " add a comment
	Rebecca gave to: The Nature of Monsters (Hardcover) by Clare Clark	my rating:
	read in April, 2008 Rebecca said: "If you want to be grateful to live in the 21st century, contrast your life with that of this book's protagonist. Through her eyes we see the intersection of chaotic London, opium addiction, theories of nature vs. nurture, the lack of life choices av...more " add a comment
March 02
	Rebecca gave to: The Chess Machine: A Novel (Hardcover) by Robert Lohr	my rating:
	read in March, 2008 Rebecca said: "Perfect evening-read fare: many strides ahead of other possible choices, but neither deep nor any real plot surprises. I was happy to get it from the library, and happy that someone would write a book about chess-playing automaton fakery. " add a comment
	Rebecca gave to: The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature (Hardcover) by Steven Pinker	my rating:
	Rebecca said: "Ok, I'm a cognitive science geek, and thoroughly enjoyed this. I don't always agree with Pinker, but I do appreciate his clarity and his sense of humor. And a book with a chapter about swearing is always appreciated. " add a comment
January 01
	Rebecca gave to: Petropolis (Hardcover) by Anya Ulinich	my rating:
	read in December, 2007 Rebecca said: "On the whole, I liked the way Sasha Goldberg's travels allow us to experience small-town Siberia, the life of a mail-order bride, Americans trying rescue Soviet Jews, and so on, but at times it felt like the author was going down a checklist of "...more " add a comment
December 02, 2007
	Rebecca gave to: Little Children (Paperback) by Tom Perrotta	my rating:
	read in November, 2007 Rebecca said: "I'd been meaning to read this for a while, and man, I am SO disappointed. If I could extract the style of writing from the story in some magical way, say, a sentence here or a paragraph there, I would have liked it. But instead, each plot developmen...more " add a comment