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April 24
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Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter (Hardcover)
by Phoebe Damrosch
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read in April, 2008
erin said:
"What begins and sometimes returns to is an account of ther writer's beginnings in the restaurant business. It focuses primarily on her securing a job at Thomas Keller's Per Se, and her education in food, but then loses itself in boyfriends and veers...more
What begins and sometimes returns to is an account of ther writer's beginnings in the restaurant business. It focuses primarily on her securing a job at Thomas Keller's Per Se, and her education in food, but then loses itself in boyfriends and veers steadily off course. A quick read, but a disorganized one. I am not sure of the point the author was trying to make, and if there was no desire to make a point, hoping that it was more satisfying/filling/substantial. ...less
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April 23
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erin
took the never-ending book quiz.
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April 13
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The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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erin said:
"It has been forced down my throat in the North and the South, but it need not be. This is a Great American Novel. Sorry to disappoint, but it truly is a great novel from America. There is a reason for studying this. Have fun with my grammatical d...more
It has been forced down my throat in the North and the South, but it need not be. This is a Great American Novel. Sorry to disappoint, but it truly is a great novel from America. There is a reason for studying this. Have fun with my grammatical dispersions. ...less
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erin
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The Scarlet Letter (Penguin Classics)
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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erin said:
"I went, for a time, to university in Georgia. I was the ONLY one in any of my lit classes that was from the North. I was singled out, and also, the point was made of a 'didactic tag' in my direction. I don't harbor any resentment towards this; I d...more
I went, for a time, to university in Georgia. I was the ONLY one in any of my lit classes that was from the North. I was singled out, and also, the point was made of a 'didactic tag' in my direction. I don't harbor any resentment towards this; I do, however, warn against any non-didactic tag reading of any literature hailing from anything other than the southern states preceeding the period of 1990. Yes. Hawthorne could be heavy-handed. Yes, Hawhtorne could be over the top. I could name several Southern writers guilty of this writing crime, but I cannot name as many guilty of this fine crime of writing. Sorry. Hope, yellow ribbon, et al and I still think the stories are classic,enduring, thoughtful, resonant, etc. I love Faulkner for being Faulkner. Learn where you can, y'all......less
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erin
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Shopgirl: A Novella (Mass Market Paperback)
by Steve Martin
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erin said:
"please please please don't watch the movie.
yep. that's all i'm sayin'.
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erin
is currently reading:
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation (Paperback)
by Joseph J. Ellis
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erin
marked as to-read:
The Book Thief (Hardcover)
by Markus Zusak
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erin
marked as to-read:
The Warrior Queens (Women in History)
by Antonia Fraser
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erin
marked as to-read:
Living History (Paperback)
by Hillary Rodham Clinton
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erin
marked as to-read:
The Ring of Brightest Angels Around Heaven: A Novella and Stories (Paperback)
by Rick Moody
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