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The Waves 04/29 Evan is currently reading:
The Waves (Paperback)
by Virginia Woolf
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The Decline & Fall o... 02/04 Evan is currently reading:
The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire (Abridged)
by Edward Gibbon
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God's Crucible: Isla... 02/04 Evan is currently reading:
God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215 (Hardcover)
by David Levering Lewis
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May 04
151 New comment on Karl's review of Anna Karenina
514956 Evan wrote: "Are you sure you don't want to wait till after the wedding to read this? "

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April 29
The Waves Evan is currently reading:
The Waves (Paperback)
by Virginia Woolf
bookshelves: currently-reading
my rating:
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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A Room of One's Own Evan gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
A Room of One's Own (Penguin Modern Classics)
by Virginia Woolf
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read in April, 2008
Orlando Evan gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Orlando (Paperback)
by Virginia Woolf
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recommended for: all aspiring androgynes
read in April, 2008

Evan Evan said: "First off, if you've just seen the cool Sally Potter movie, you really have not experienced Orlando. Apart from taking (and redistributing) a few good lines, there's not much of Woolf's prose there. Not surprisingly. Because one of the best things ab...more "
April 18
375802 New comment on Evan's review of Ender's Game (Ender's Saga, Book 1)
514956 Evan wrote: "I heard about this. Easy to imagine as a film. Slight variation on Starship Troopers. "

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April 17
Ghosts: Death'S Doub... Evan gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Ghosts: Death'S Double And The Phenomena Of Theatre (Paperback)
by Alice Rayner
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recommended for: all who linger in the crypts of memory
read in April, 2008

Evan Evan said: "A book by one of my graduate advisers about the trope of ghosts and haunting as a way to talk about how theatre works. As Jon Erickson notes on the back cover, this is an idea that has been tossing around a bit in recent years, but Rayner takes it f...more "
Ender's Game Evan gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Ender's Game (Ender's Saga, Book 1)
by Orson Scott Card
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recommended for: anyone left on Earth who hasn't read it
read in March, 2008

Evan Evan said: "I may very well be the last person of my generation to read Ender's Game. However, I may be the only one who read it back-to-back with To the Lighthouse. And so, I viewed Ender's Game somewhat in the light of tropes of high literary modernism, to wh...more "
To the Lighthouse Evan gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
To the Lighthouse (Paperback)
by Virginia Woolf
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recommended to Evan by: a newstand on Jalan Jaksa, Jakarta
recommended for: absolutely anybody
read in March, 2008

Evan Evan said: "Rather than talk about the well-picked-over critical points-- Lily Briscoe as cipher for VW, the autobiographical mother and father figures, the symbolism of the lighthouse, etc., let me recall why this beautiful novel holds a special place in my lib...more "
February 04
The Decline & Fall o... Evan is currently reading:
The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire (Abridged)
by Edward Gibbon
bookshelves: currently-reading
my rating:
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
add to my books
 
God's Crucible: Isla... Evan is currently reading:
God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215 (Hardcover)
by David Levering Lewis
bookshelves: currently-reading
my rating:
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
add to my books
 



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