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	09/04 Melissa is currently reading: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Paperback) by James Joyce bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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	08/30 Melissa is currently reading: Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon (Paperback) by Thomas M. Myers, Michael P. Ghiglieri bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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June 09

Melissa gave

to:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5)
by J.K. Rowling

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May 05

Melissa read and liked Boy Chris's review of Special Topics in Calamity Physics:

"Pessl buried the lede under dull, lifeless petulance and enough spoonfuls of gimmicky references to choke a horse, which she then proceed to beat with even more gimmicky references. What could have been a deft reflection on civics and identity burie...more "

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Melissa gave

to:
Pride of Baghdad (Paperback)
by Brian K. Vaughan, Nico Henrichon

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read in February, 2008

Melissa said: "I don't read manga. Ever. But Chris (who does, in fact read manga) said this was a must read, even for people like me who unfortunately either A) don't get manga or B) don't see the value in it. (I'm sorry Chris, my brother thinks I'm a stupidhead ...more "

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Melissa liked a trivia question:
From which Woody Allen screenplay is the following passage excerpted?: "I was thrown out of N.Y.U. my freshman year for cheating on my metaphysics final, you know. I looked within the soul of the boy sitting next to me. When I was thrown out, my mother, who was an emotionally high-strung woman, locked herself in the bathroom and took an overdose of Mah-Jongg tiles. I was depressed at that time. I was in analysis. I was suicidal as a matter of fact and would have killed myself, but I was in analysis with a strict Freudian, and, if you kill yourself, they make you pay for the sessions you miss." see if you know the answer »

Melissa liked a trivia question:
In Augusten Burrough's memoir "Dry," what drink does he drain by the bottle? see if you know the answer »

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What is the name of the plantation from with Sethe escapes in Toni Morrison's Beloved? see if you know the answer »

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June 18

Melissa added a question to the never-ending book quiz.

"What famous television chef is the subject of Bill Buford's "Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as a Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante Quoting Butcher in Tuscany"?"

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November 12

Melissa gave

to:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)
by J.K. Rowling

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