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to-read (26)
fiction (12)
memoir (7)
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childrens (4)
art (3)
anatomy (3)
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Jenny Schmenny is currently reading
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02/02
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The Ways of White Folks: Stories (Paperback) by Langston Hughes bookshelves: currently-reading |
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read in January, 2008
Jenny Schmenny said:
"Beautifully written short stories that serve a slice of historical perspective to which I don't usually have access. Hughes' language is rich and detailed.
Hughes' depiction of white people is...unfavorable, ranging from condescending rich libera...more " |
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08/12
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Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All Its Moods (Hardcover) by Michael Wex bookshelves: currently-reading |
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The Giving Tree (Hardcover) by Shel Silverstein |
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"It's hard to separate my feelings about this book from the feelings of its readership. Okay, great book, as long as I never again have to hear someone gushing about what a great testament it is to unrequited love and bottomless giving. Silverstein ...more
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Choke (Hardcover) by Chuck Palahniuk |
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Jenny Schmenny
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Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk |
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Jenny Schmenny said:
"I think my love affair with Palahniuk might be over. What could have been a good plot came off as tired, predictable, and monotonous. He still managed to insert lots of fascinatingly grotesque details and images, which made it so I eagerly read the...more
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In Bad Taste?: The Science and Adventures Behind Food Delicacies (Hardcover) by Massimo Francesco Marcone |
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Jenny Schmenny said:
"I didn't even finish this book. Maybe I've been spoiled by good science writers like Gordon Grice and Robert Sapolsky, but I just didn't care about Marcone's exciting adventures seeking precious civet-poop coffee. He writes like a boring scientist ...more
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| October 03 | ||
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How I Came Into My Inheritance: And Other True Stories (Paperback) by Dorothy Gallagher bookshelves: memoir |
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Jenny Schmenny said:
"Oh, how I love reading about red diaper babies! Oh, how I relate to people who also grew up with weird parents in squalid, half-built homes. Gallagher's got a great descriptive style, cool and vivid, like frost on a window.
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The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother (Paperback) by James McBride bookshelves: memoir, to-read |
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read in January, 2008
Jenny Schmenny said:
"McBride really brought his mother alive in this book. I totally fell for her weird, stubborn, unpredictable, charismatic, loving toughness. He writes about growing up with twelve black siblings, a black father, and a white mother in Harlem, and he ...more
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Free For All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library (Hardcover) by Don Borchert |
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read in January, 2008
Jenny Schmenny said:
"First of all, that's a pretty funny title. Also, I love libraries, and librarians. Borchert's a funny one, too, surly and idealistic. The book's simple, nothing particularly linear other than the author's nervous trudge away from crap jobs and int...more
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Jenny Schmenny
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Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's (Hardcover) by John Elder Robison (Goodreads author!) |
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read in January, 2008
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"Unsurprisingly, I found it hard to connect to the author of this memoir, particularly when he recounted, in typical Aspergian fashion, minute details about stuff I consider boring. Still, Robison is incredibly intelligent and manages to articulate a...more
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Orphans' Nine Commandments (Hardcover) by William Roger Holman |
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Jenny Schmenny said:
"Eh. Another memoir about interesting times written by someone who can't write. Florid mixed messages, gross sentimentality, under- and -overstatements.
It's about a boy whose single mother dumped him in an orphanage during the Great Depression. ...more " |
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The Cheap Bastard's Guide to San Francisco: Secrets of Living the Good Life--for Free! (Cheap Bastard) by Karen Solomon |
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Jenny Schmenny said:
"This is great. I borrowed it from the library and now want to buy a copy. It'll be good to have around the house for guests, or for those moments when we want to go try something new in our own town. I didn't even realize until after I'd returned ...more
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Jenny Schmenny's friends (46)
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Modern Times Bookstore 359 books 542 friends |
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Joolie 322 books 61 friends |
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Ida 118 books 70 friends |
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Yilda 38 books 25 friends |
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Peggy 129 books 16 friends |
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Jactitation 436 books 21 friends |
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Cas(s) 22 books 10 friends |
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Gordonzola 112 books 57 friends |
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Laurie 354 books 19 friends |
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Eric Dekker 22 books 11 friends |
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Annie 121 books 67 friends |
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jainabee 140 books 15 friends |
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Thaddeus 59 books 13 friends |
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Maren 18 books 49 friends |
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Susan 128 books 17 friends |
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