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Elizabeth Elizabeth said: "Recommended by Kareem!"

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"I love these sort of books...." May 02, 2011 10:24am

 

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"Hey Todd, Yeah, I thought it was really relevant to ballet too. A lot about thinking how you feel as you do a movement, rather than the technical spec...more "
The World in the Curl by Peter Westwick
What Remains by Carole Radziwill
" I have to admit that I got to know Carole as a Real Housewife before I picked up this book. However, it just confirmed her intelligence and her way with words. There are moments of writing that made me stop to savor. From the short stories of midd... " Read more of this review »
Elizabeth rated a book 4 of 5 stars
What Remains by Carole Radziwill
This was a well written book and I thought it was thoughtful and moving, but seriously, I don't think I can take any more depressing books. After two Khalid Hosseini books, Shantaram, Beirut I Love You, and now this one, I've had it. It was heartbrea...more
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Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg
" (3.5) Be sure you're clear on who her audience is before you judge

Also be sure you know what book Sheryl wrote....It's not a diatribe on what's wrong with the system, the government, your organization. It's not a policy prescription on how to make... " Read more of this review »
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A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Excellent. (More later)
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Joan Didion
“Grammar is a piano I play by ear.”
Joan Didion, Essays & Conversations

John Steinbeck
“The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.”
John Steinbeck, The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights

Viktor Shklovsky
“Art exists that one may recover the sensation of life, it exists to make one feel things, to make the stone stoney .”
Viktor Shklovsky

If you have confidence you have patience. Confidence, that is everything.
“If you have confidence you have patience. Confidence, that is everything.”
Ilie Nastase

Evelyn Waugh
“Her heart was broken perhaps, but it was a small inexpensive organ of local manufacture. In a wider and grander way she felt things had been simplified.”
Evelyn Waugh, The Loved One

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2013 Reading Challenge
Elizabeth
Elizabeth has read 9 books toward her goal of 30 books.
 
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