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01/07
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Bildung. Alles, was man wissen muß. (Hardcover) by Dietrich Schwanitz bookshelves: bildung, currently-reading |
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"I'll be reading this very slowly. It's not really the kind of book you read all at once. It's part of my 2008 language skills maintenance program (I spent the last week visiting friends in Germany and if felt like there was rust all over my German......more
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01/02
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Holidays on Ice: Stories (Paperback) by David Sedaris bookshelves: currently-reading |
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gardentraveler said:
"I really like Santaland Diaries (which I've heard him read a couple of times on This American Life, but the rest of the stories in this collection aren't quite up to par (I'm writing this with one story left to go). I've got to say, though, t...more
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"It is my custom to paste excerpts of the poems themselves in new poetry reviews I post to give readers a chance to judge for themselves. For the first time I am doing the same thing for a novel. I t" ...read more » | |
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"I've read quite a few reviews of this book saying that it was patchy in places, or it bogged down in the historical parts, the character not being believable in others, etc. I have not read the no" ...read more » | |
| May 11 | ||
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"There is a reason that this book is considered one of the most-influential novels of the 20th century. It is a powerful, moving indictment of labor practices and food preparation at the turn of the c" ...read more » | |
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"Perhaps it is not surprising that I managed to guess the 'whom', if not the how of this prototype mystery. What may be somewhat of a surprise is that this did not make the book seem tedious, nor did i" ...read more » | |
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The Great Man: A Novel (Hardcover) by Kate Christensen bookshelves: to-read |
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gardentraveler said:
"Heard an author interview on Weekend Edition. She just won the PEN/Faulkner award for this book. Here's the link: http://www.npr.org/templates/s...
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| May 09 | ||
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Tracey's
review of The Florence King Reader:
"Pass along from mom - not sure when. Started 7 May 2008. Am just barely into the collection (the foreword was almost unctuous in its praise) ... I'm chagrined that I can't remember whether I've ac" ...read more » | |
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The Venus Throw: A Mystery of Ancient Rome (A Novel of Ancient Rome) by Steven Saylor bookshelves: to-read |
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Catilina's Riddle: A Novel of Ancient Rome (Mass Market Paperback) by Steven Saylor bookshelves: to-read |
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Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of The Iliad (Hardcover) by Rosemary Sutcliff, Alan Lee (Illustrator) bookshelves: to-read |
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""It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's life and find at the and that one has no more to offer by way of advice than 'Try to be a little kinder.'" "
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