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Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

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Bryan is currently reading:

The Way We're Working Isn't Working: The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance

by Tony Schwartz

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Jul 17, 2010 12:57pm

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Bryan gave to: Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart	My rating:
A clever near-future apocalypse. At its best when it imagines the media culture of tomorrow and caricatures New Yorkers and Koreans. Flirts with racist stereotypes and sexism. Still it doesn't cave in to a simple trite ending and saves a few surpris...more
Dec 20, 2011 06:10pm · see review
Bryan gave to: Illumination: The Shaman's Way of Healing by Alberto Villoldo read in October, 2011	My rating:
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Bryan gave to: The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Oct 10, 2011 06:15am
Bryan gave to: Room by Emma Donoghue (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Impressive work, but not really my thing. I thought the plot was pushed along in some rather implausible and inconsistent ways and I tired of the child's voice at the same time that I was impressed with it. All said, a quick, amusing read, with some ...more
Jul 28, 2011 06:38pm · see review
Bryan gave to: The City & The City by China Miéville (Goodreads Author) read in March, 2011	My rating:
For all those who violate the boundaries, push through the taboos and cross the line. A fun meditation on liminal space and the strange powers that regulate, authenticate and enforce border crossings of all sorts. Add to that a classic murder myster...more
Mar 05, 2011 04:49am · see review
Bryan added: Rain Gods (Hackberry Holland, #2) by James Lee Burke read in March, 2011	My rating:
Mar 05, 2011 04:43am
Bryan marked as to-read: World Made by Hand by James Howard Kunstler	My rating:
Jul 17, 2010 12:57pm
Bryan is currently reading: The Way We're Working Isn't Working: The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance by Tony Schwartz	My rating:
Jul 17, 2010 12:57pm
Bryan marked as to-read: Boards That Make a Difference: A New Design for Leadership in Nonprofit and Public Organizations by John Carver	My rating:
Mar 21, 2010 05:50pm
Bryan is on page 150 of 592 of A Testament to Freedom A Testament to Freedom: The Essential Writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer by Dietrich Bonhoeffer progress:	My rating:
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