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	08/21 Abigail is currently reading: The Conqueror (Hardcover) by Georgette Heyer bookshelves: currently-reading, georgette-heyer	my rating:
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	06/12 Abigail is currently reading: Human Rights Watch World Report 2008 (Paperback) by Human Rights Watch bookshelves: currently-reading, human-rights	my rating:
	Abigail said: "Let the annual depress-athon begin... " see all 21 comments
	12/30 Abigail gave to: Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza (Third Edition) by Gloria E. Anzaldúa bookshelves: 5q, biography-memoir, currently-reading, gender-sexuality, latina-o-studies, poetry, womens-studies	my rating:
	recommended for: Readers Interested in Liminal Spaces, Borders read in September, 2001 Abigail said: "I am currently reading the Third Edition, please see below for a brief review of the Second Edition. More soon to follow... I read the second edition of this book for a Latina/o Studies class in college, and found it such a powerful experience t...more " add a comment

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August 29

Abigail marked as to-read:
J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century (Paperback)
by T.A. Shippey
bookshelves: biography-memoir, literary-criticism, to-read

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recommended to Abigail by: Martine

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New comment on Martine's review of J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century

Abigail wrote: "Sold! Add this to the mountain o' books to read! :) (After I reread The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings)...more "

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Abigail read and liked Martine's review of J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century:

"Tom Shippey is a Professor of Philology at Oxford, specialising in Old English and Old Norse. So he was well placed to explain what made J.R.R. Tolkien, himself a Professor of Philology at Oxford, tick. By analysing the texts Tolkien himself read and...more "

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New comment on Ginnie's review of The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism

Abigail wrote: "Great review, Ginnie! As noted above, I was impressed with Bacevich after his Moyers appearance, but...more "

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Abigail read and liked Ginnie's review of The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism:

"With the fervour of the prophet Jeremiah, but with more wit, Andrew Bacevich denounces the profligacy of modern America. If there is one word that defines the identity of what the republic has become, he says, echoing a later prophet, Saul Bellow, it...more "

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New comment on Bunny Watson's review of Mabinogion Tetralogy

Abigail wrote: "Cool Bunny - no pressure! :) I've read quite a bit of lit-crit stuff about Walton, but never her boo...more "

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New comment on Abigail's review of The Last Samurai

Abigail wrote: "Well Martine, the way things are going, I have little doubt you'll get to it before I do... :) "

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New comment on Abigail's review of Kanyen'keha Tewatati: Let's Speak Mohawk

Abigail wrote: "Excellent question, Lisa! I have a passion for languages in general, and have studied quite a few. N...more "

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Abigail marked as to-read:
A Little Maid of Narragansett Bay (Hardcover)
by Alice Turner Curtis
bookshelves: childrens-fiction, childrens-vintage-series, to-read

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Abigail marked as to-read:
Kanyen'keha Tewatati: Let's Speak Mohawk (Paperback)
by David K. Maracle
bookshelves: haudenosaunee, indigenous-americas, language-instruction, to-read

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Abigail said: "I have a very interesting grammar of Mohawk, written by Nancy Bonvillain, but think something a little more user-friendly might be in order... "

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Abigail's favorite quotes

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
— Benjamin Franklin

tags: liberty, security

146 people liked it

"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive."
— James Baldwin

tags: reading

141 people liked it

"Books to the ceiling,
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them."
— Arnold Lobel

tags: books, reading

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"It is only a novel... or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language"
— Jane Austen (Northanger Abbey)

tags: books, novels, reading

84 people liked it

"War is what happens when language fails."
— Margaret Atwood

tags: war

65 people liked it

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from Jessica

06/01/2008 02:22PM

Abigail: what a nice surprise! I just now opened to my GR homepage, and there was your lovely review of 'Not a Chance'! I'm so honored and pleased...thank you! it is always a gift to receive such an intelligent & insightful review of one's book. And what a lovely avatar you are sporting these days! (where would that be?)
w/ great appreciation,
jessica.

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from Martha

12/18/2007 03:12PM

She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain. (1873)
~ Louisa May Alcott ~

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from Martha

12/14/2007 03:28PM

Books to the ceiling,
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.
-Arnold Lobel

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from Martha

12/14/2007 02:27PM

I think you would really enjoy Enchanted Conquest by Danielle Peak. It has to be one of the greatest Fantasy books of all time. I'm sure you'll agree

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