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	02/25 mary gave to: Ceremony (Paperback) by Leslie Marmon Silko bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
	mary said: "I am absolutely enthralled by this book. Reading for research on Laguna mythology, but this book is so much more. The language! The voice! " see all 2 comments
	10/01 mary is currently reading: The Tibetan Book of the Dead (Mystical Classics of the World) by Huston Smith bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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	09/18 mary is currently reading: The Blind Assassin (Paperback) by Margaret Atwood bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
	mary said: "I tried this book once, but had to return A's signed copy before I split town. Last read, I found myself utterly engrossed in the present day sections written by the narrator, yet totally uninvolved in the sections written by the narrator's dead sist...more " see all 1 comments

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February 25
	mary gave to: Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles (Canongate Myths) by Jeanette Winterson	my rating:
	recommended to mary by: hope recommended for: anyone. mary said: "Best last sentence I have read in a long while. Fabulous exposition, she is such an amazing writer of description and reflection. Dialogue leaves a bit to be desired (superficial, relies too much on humor, stifles character) but there's not much of i...more " add a comment
	mary gave to: Ceremony (Paperback) by Leslie Marmon Silko bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
	mary said: "I am absolutely enthralled by this book. Reading for research on Laguna mythology, but this book is so much more. The language! The voice! " see all 2 comments
November 07
	mary gave to: The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory (Paperback) by Brian Greene	my rating:
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October 01
	mary marked as to-read: Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates (Paperback) by Tom Robbins bookshelves: to-read	my rating:
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	mary marked as to-read: One Hundred Years of Solitude (Hardcover) by Gabriel García Márquez bookshelves: to-read	my rating:
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	mary marked as to-read: Metaphor and Materiality: German Literature and the World-View of Science 1780-1955 (Legenda\Studies in Comparative Literature, 4) by Peter D. Smith bookshelves: to-read	my rating:
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	mary marked as to-read: Finn: A Novel (Hardcover) by Jon Clinch (Goodreads author!) bookshelves: to-read	my rating:
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	mary is currently reading: The Tibetan Book of the Dead (Mystical Classics of the World) by Huston Smith bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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	mary gave to: Lolita (Paperback) by Vladimir Nabokov	my rating:
	read in July, 2006 mary said: "The most ecstatic wonderful first 100 pages of a book ever. The prose has this energy! My favorite opening ever: such an amazing blend of prose and poetry. Despite the fact that I think the energy falls off after the first 100, I still rate this book...more " add a comment

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09/17/2007 09:10PM

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