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09/06
peaseblossom
gave The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Paperback) by Emily Dickinson bookshelves: currently-reading |
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| June 30 | ||
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peaseblossom
gave The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Penguin Classics) by Anne Brontë |
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read in June, 2009
peaseblossom said:
"It's less wild and weird than her sisters' works, and it's a little moralistic/stodgy, but it still should be required reading for teenagers.
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| June 24 | ||
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peaseblossom
gave Mortal Love: A Novel (Hardcover) by Elizabeth Hand |
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gave Watchmen (Paperback) by Alan Moore |
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read in June, 2009
peaseblossom said:
"A bit dated, kinda sexist, really well-constructed. Par for the Moore course, I guess. Also: why were comic book writers of this period obsessed with dead and/or fighting lesbians? Was it something in the water?
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| June 03 | ||
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peaseblossom
read and liked
Nocturne's
review of The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson:
"Emily Dickinson articulates my own thoughts and feelings in a way I never could. She manifests my ideal. She validates my existence. If you like Emily, I like you. I hide myself within my flower, That wearing on your breast, ...more " | |
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peaseblossom
gave Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics) by Emily Brontë |
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read in May, 2009
peaseblossom said:
"Okay, totally not sure why this one goes down as a great romance. I see it as a Blakean condemnation of society. Am I right?
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| May 27 | ||
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marked as to-read:
Cleopatra: Histories, Dreams and Distortions (Paperback) by Lucy Hughes-Hallett bookshelves: to-read |
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peaseblossom
gave Jane Eyre (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) by Charlotte Brontë |
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read in May, 2009
peaseblossom said:
"Can't tell you how fabulous it was to reread this. If you haven't read it in a while, you should.
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peaseblossom
gave Cleopatra and Antony: Power, Love, and Politics in the Ancient World (Hardcover) by Diana Preston |
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read in May, 2009
peaseblossom said:
"Very readable so far. I like the little details. Unfortunately less of a cultural history and more of just a history history. And not really much about Cleo, either.
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| April 07 | ||
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peaseblossom
gave Rapunzel's Revenge (Paperback) by Shannon Hale |
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