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Alex has challenged herself to read 47 books in the 2012 Reading Challenge
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She has read 3 books toward her goal of 47 books.
 
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Alex is on page 125 of 461 of Wendy and the Lost Boys
Wendy and the Lost Boys: The Uncommon Life of Wendy Wasserstein
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Random Family by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
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This is a rich narrative about Jessica and Cesar, half-siblings who grow up with their mother Lourdes in a tough section of the Bronx. It's not spoiling anything to say that both Cesar and Jessica have multiple children by the time they're nineteen, ...more
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Unbearable Lightness by Portia de Rossi
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It took me a long time to read this book because the subject matter is quite painful. It was a bit like reading someone's journal... I felt almost guilty being privy to some of it. I think it may be the first mainstream book that intersects gay (fema...more
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One Day by David Nicholls
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" Let's talk about death. Not death which is inevitably part of life, but death in fiction, where it is not inevitable at all. Death in fiction is a deliberate, well-thought out decision: the writer is God, and he or she is choosing, for whatever reaso... "
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One Day by David Nicholls
One Day
by David Nicholls
read in June, 2010
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This reminded me at times of "Four Weddings and a Funeral" especially with the distinct British social commentary. And Dexter Mayhew, one of the two leads, might be more charming if interpreted by someone like Hugh Grant. On the page, he is a bit una...more
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Naming the World by Bret Anthony Johnston
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I found this book highly annoying. It was the literary equivalent of those embarrassing games that are played under the guise of social "ice breaking." Lots of ideas for 10 or 20 minute exercises mixed alongside anecdotes from creative writing classe...more
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