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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (Hardcover) by Barack Obama bookshelves: currently-reading |
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recommended for: Everyone
read in October, 2008 
PlatKat said:
"Barack Obama is an amazing speaker, so I opted to hear the recorded version of this book. So far, he organizes his thoughts well, explains them clearly, and discusses his obviously slanted point of view without getting personal or sounding accusator...more
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Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned Alaska's Political Establishment Upside Down (Paperback) by Kaylene Johnson bookshelves: currently-reading |
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recommended for: Not sure
read in October, 2008
PlatKat said:
"So far, this book reads like a typical story of a slightly below average female student that used athletics and religious devotion to compensate for her scholastic shortcomings. However, we don't get much insight as to Sarah's real personality. The...more
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08/28
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Culture Shock: Indonesia (Culture Shock! Indonesia) by Cathie Draine bookshelves: currently-reading |
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recommended to PlatKat by:
Ezra, who has been to Indonesia
recommended for: People going to Indonesia read in August, 2008
PlatKat said:
"This might be outdated, and I'm not sure if all the information will be useful to me. The intended audience appears to be people who plan to spend a good deal of time in the country. I might only last a week. I think I will be able to figure out t...more
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Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned Alaska's Political Establishment Upside Down (Paperback) by Kaylene Johnson bookshelves: currently-reading |
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recommended for: Not sure
read in October, 2008
PlatKat said:
"So far, this book reads like a typical story of a slightly below average female student that used athletics and religious devotion to compensate for her scholastic shortcomings. However, we don't get much insight as to Sarah's real personality. The...more
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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (Hardcover) by Barack Obama bookshelves: currently-reading |
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recommended for: Everyone
read in October, 2008
PlatKat said:
"Barack Obama is an amazing speaker, so I opted to hear the recorded version of this book. So far, he organizes his thoughts well, explains them clearly, and discusses his obviously slanted point of view without getting personal or sounding accusator...more
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The Lovely Bones (Paperback) by Alice Sebold |
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recommended to PlatKat by:
Mom
recommended for: Everyone read in January, 2006
PlatKat said:
"You can be young and dead and still all up in it.
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If You Want Closure in Your Relationship, Start with Your Legs: A Guide to Understanding Men (Paperback) by big boom |
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recommended to PlatKat by:
April, who isn't allowed to recommend any more books for awhile
recommended for: my worst enemy read in January, 2008
PlatKat said:
"Awhile back, I was up at night wondering, What is the worst book ever written? Then one day, as if recognizing my query, April lent me this one. I'm already not a fan of relationship books, but this went above and beyond any horrible writing I ever...more
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Holy Cow! an Indian Adventure (Paperback) by Sara MacDonald |
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recommended to PlatKat by:
April
recommended for: No one wanting to go to India read in August, 2008
PlatKat said:
"This book is really funny, but it starts to drag in the last third of it. The book is written from an Australian ex-television personality's point of view, so her overabundant comparisons to pop culture were sometimes uninformative to me.
Her tri...more " |
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Culture Shock: Indonesia (Culture Shock! Indonesia) by Cathie Draine bookshelves: currently-reading |
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recommended to PlatKat by:
Ezra, who has been to Indonesia
recommended for: People going to Indonesia read in August, 2008
PlatKat said:
"This might be outdated, and I'm not sure if all the information will be useful to me. The intended audience appears to be people who plan to spend a good deal of time in the country. I might only last a week. I think I will be able to figure out t...more
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Calming Your Anxious Mind: How Mindfulness And Compassion Can Free You from Anxiety, Fear, And Panic (Paperback) by Jeffrey Brantley |
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recommended to PlatKat by:
some half-ass journalist in a magazine article I read at my derm
recommended for: people who want to meditate read in July, 2008
PlatKat said:
"I still want to stab people on the bus as I read this, but to be fair, I haven't actually sat somewhere quiet and tried any of these.
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The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (Paperback) by Bobby Henderson (Goodreads author!) |
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recommended to PlatKat by:
Joe
recommended for: people in search of a faith read in July, 2008
PlatKat said:
"The idea of Flying Spaghetti Monsterism (FSM) is great, and the book got a few laughs out of me. Unfortunately, it's about 100 pages thicker than it needs to be. Although it gets long-winded at times, the book also includes some goofy, poorly photo...more
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Animal Farm/1984 (Hardcover) by George Orwell |
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recommended to PlatKat by:
no one
recommended for: everyone read in May, 2008
PlatKat said:
"It's George Orwell. I can't say anything bad about his writing, except that it's more truth than I can handle sometimes.
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