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09/12
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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (Paperback) by Milan Kundera bookshelves: currently-reading |
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recommended to JessWakeman by:
my roommate
recommended for: Ivy League English major-y types with high thresholds for boredom, diehard Kundera fans read in September, 2008 
JessWakeman said:
"Milan Kundera's first book -- fortunately they get better after this. This book is ultimately forgettable. I love Milan Kundera's books -- I've even read the less mainstream ones like Identity and Immortality. But this particular book of his is plo...more
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07/07
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Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays (Hardcover) by David Foster Wallace bookshelves: currently-reading, highlyrecommended |
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recommended for: know-it-alls
read in July, 2007
JessWakeman said:
"Wallace is a master at the brilliant observations that you don't even realize you are thinking. He's just dead-on. And he straddles his intellectualism (he, unabashedly, calls it SNOOT) with his decent, every-man qualities. He's smart enough to be...more
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05/26
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Little Pink Slips (Hardcover) by Sally Koslow bookshelves: currently-reading |
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recommended for: media, ex-media, media wannabes
read in May, 2007
JessWakeman said:
"I'm not sure I can really do another book about bitches in the media - I just read "Falling Out of Fashion" and "How Sassy Changed My Life" and then years before I read "The Devil Wears Prada" - but I think I can take th...more
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A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian: A Novel (Paperback) by Marina Lewycka |
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Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side (Hardcover) by Beth Fantaskey |
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The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self (Paperback) by Alice Miller |
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Falling Man: A Novel (Hardcover) by Don DeLillo |
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It's Kind of a Funny Story (Paperback) by Ned Vizzini |
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recommended to JessWakeman by:
Ned!
recommended for: teenagers, parents of teenagers, friends and family members of people with mental illness, misfits read in September, 2008
JessWakeman said:
"Ned's a good friend and his voice sings out on every page. I nearly cried reading this very personal, very important book about overcoming depression.
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Towelhead: A Novel (Paperback) by Alicia Erian |
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just saw it out
recommended for: anyone who loves good fiction read in September, 2008
JessWakeman said:
"This is a very emotionally difficult book to read but well worth trying.
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JessWakeman
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review of Breaking Dawn (Twilight Series, Book 4):
"This book is sexist, creepy, mormon, and FUCKING INSANE. And I read it in a psychotic twirl of like, 8 hours. Why, why am I powerless against it!? " | |||||||||||
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Twilight (Twilight Series, Book 1) by Stephenie Meyer |
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recommended to JessWakeman by:
my friend Nicole the young adult librarian
recommended for: probably girls over boys but really anyone who likes a good story read in September, 2008
JessWakeman said:
"A poorly written, often trashy young adult novel about what happens when a mortal falls in love with a vampire -- which I really, really liked reading! 500 pages and I read devoured about 200 pages a day.
My biggest gripe after the shitty, uns...more " |
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Immortality by Milan Kundera |
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recommended to JessWakeman by:
NYU study abroad in Prague program
recommended for: literature lovers, people who like meaty books like Middlesex or Blindness, Kundera fans read in January, 2004
JessWakeman said:
"One of the best books I ever read.
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