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	08/19 Kate is currently reading: A Million Little Pieces (Paperback) by James Frey bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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	08/19 Kate is currently reading: The Road (Hardcover) by Cormac McCarthy bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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August 23
	Kate gave to: The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback) by J.D. Salinger bookshelves: foundation-pieces, haunting	my rating:
	Kate said: "The high school English teacher who assigned this to me said that if you don't like holden Caulfield it's because you are Holden. I'm still not sure what that means, especially since at the time I didn't like Holden. The grim picture Sallinger pain...more " add a comment
	Kate gave to: Dubliners (World's Classics) by James Joyce bookshelves: essentials, impressions-from-childhood	my rating:
	Kate said: "My high school guidance counselor told me he'd let me out of detention for forging absence notes if I'd do two thing: read poetry with him once a week and read The Dubliners. I still have his copy of the book. It took me much longer to read than it...more " add a comment
	Kate gave to: Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles (Canongate Myths) by Jeanette Winterson bookshelves: essentials	my rating:
	Kate said: "For me, this book was pure ecstasy. Greek myths have always fascinated me and then to have one re-written by Jeanette Winterson was amazing. The re-telling of this myth is the perfect venue for her flights of fancy and irreverence. The voices of A...more " add a comment
	Kate gave to: All the Pretty Horses (Border Trilogy, Vol 1) by Cormac McCarthy bookshelves: foundation-pieces, impressions-from-childhood	my rating:
	Kate said: "Everything about this book from the formatting of the page, the rough cut paper to the unbelievable wordsmithing influenced by commitment to the craft of the written word. McCarthy's images and dry concise wording make stories like this shine. Often...more " add a comment
August 19
	Kate gave to: The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings (Bantam Classics) by Edgar Allan Poe	my rating:
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	Kate gave to: Kate Chopin: Complete Novels and Stories: At Fault / Bayou Folk / A Night in Acadie / The Awakening / Uncollected Stories (Library of America) by Kate Chopin	my rating:
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	Kate gave to: My Father, Dancing (Hardcover) by Bliss Broyard	my rating:
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READING AS WRITERS — 341 members — last activity 1 day ago, 05:41AM
Those lines that startle you, endings that follow you for days, maybe a style that disturbs you but you can't stop reading. Discuss it all here.

Guilty Pleasures — 342 members — last activity 1 day ago, 01:54PM
Forum for discussing/recommending queer texts, open to the idea that the definition of "queer" is still in process. Interests in all genre...more

Literary Prizes — 156 members — last activity 03/31/2008 02:59AM
A place to discuss the Booker, the Pulitzer, the Nobel Prize for Literature, the Newbery, and/or any other literary awards.

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