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Leif Erik
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Say You're One of Th... 07/16 Leif Erik is currently reading:
Say You're One of Them (Hardcover)
by Uwem Akpan
bookshelves: african-lit, currently-reading
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Leif Erik Leif Erik said: "Got this as a galley from Linda. It's like the American Girls series, except really unhappy, wretched, and amazingly written. "
Library: An Unquiet ... 07/14 Leif Erik is currently reading:
Library: An Unquiet History (Paperback)
by Matthew Battles
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Leif Erik Leif Erik said: "Why would I need a girlfriend when I can read library books about libraries? "
Whiteman 07/11 Leif Erik is currently reading:
Whiteman (Hardcover)
by Tony D'Souza
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Leif Erik Leif Erik said: "Thus far this reminds me a lot of White Man's Grave by R. Dooling. Pretty funny reminder that our EPCOT mentality of right way of doing things doesn't necessarily hold water outside our shiny happy lands. "



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July 25
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"America is the only civilization in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization" — Georges Clemenceau
July 22
The Stand Leif Erik gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
The Stand (Hardcover)
by Stephen King
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July 17
300895 Leif Erik took the never-ending book quiz.
questions answered: 358
correct: 269 (75.1%)
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best streak: 18
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July 15
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"Computers are useless. They can only give you answers." — Pablo Picasso
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"It is always the best policy to speak the truth--unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar. " — Jerome K. Jerome
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"Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon" — Susan Ertz
June 20
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"When the poet Paul Valery once asked Albert Einstein if he kept a notebook to record his ideas, Einstein looked at him with mild but genuine surprise. "Oh, that's not necessary," he replied . "It's so seldom I have one."" — Bill Bryson
May 10
A Moveable Feast Leif Erik gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
A Moveable Feast (Paperback)
by Ernest Hemingway
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August 23
Wonder Boys Leif Erik gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Wonder Boys (Hardcover)
by Michael Chabon
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read in February, 2004
The Amazing Adventur... Leif Erik gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Hardcover)
by Michael Chabon
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read in September, 2005

Leif Erik Leif Erik said: "This wasn't earthshattering or life changing, but it did bring back to me why reading is my favorite form of entertainment. Chabon recreates a cool but vanished world within the late 1930's to the early 50's. "




Leif Erik's favorite quotes

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"When I was a child, adults would tell me not to make things up, warning me of what would happen if I did. As far as I can tell so far, it seems to involve lots of foreign travel and not having to get up too early in the morning."
— Neil Gaiman (Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions)

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"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. "
— Philip K. Dick

"Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point.
(Translation: The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.)"
— Blaise Pascal (Pascal's Pensees)

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"First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn numbers into letters with ASCII — and we thought it was a typewriter. Then we discovered graphics, and we thought it was a television. With the World Wide Web, we've realized it's a brochure."
— Douglas Adams

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"Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent."
— Neil Gaiman




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from Linda
05/02/2008 10:12AM

152503 "Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muß man schweigen."

Oh, yeah? That goes double for your mamma!

from Leif Erik
11/02/2007 12:02PM

300895 It's either stay on this site or go back to work. You make the call.

from Thea
11/01/2007 02:39PM

575885 Leif, you f*cking book geek. Get off the website & find yourself a wife.

Love,
Thea & Skye (she's on the phone with me right now & we are geeking out over the site)

PS. I heart you...

















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