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02/13
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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia (Paperback) by Elizabeth Gilbert bookshelves: currently-reading |
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"I was not intending to read this, too much hype. But it was a gift that has turned out to be quite special. The author's voice is likable, honest, thoughtful, silly, and crass. As humans tend to be.
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10/26
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To the Lighthouse (Paperback) by Virginia Woolf bookshelves: currently-reading |
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| May 31 | ||
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The Lover (Paperback) by Marguerite Duras |
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Lolita (Penguin Modern Classics) by Vladimir Nabokov |
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| March 24 | ||
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Mortal Lessons: Notes on the Art of Surgery (Paperback) by Richard Selzer |
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Wind, Sand and Stars (Paperback) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
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| February 13 | ||
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Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties: Translations and Considerations (Paperback) by Rainer Maria Rilke |
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Emily said:
"Great wisdom, although sometimes hard to accept.
He says to love someone is "to guard their solitude." I like that. " |
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Emily
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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia (Paperback) by Elizabeth Gilbert bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Emily said:
"I was not intending to read this, too much hype. But it was a gift that has turned out to be quite special. The author's voice is likable, honest, thoughtful, silly, and crass. As humans tend to be.
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One Hundred Poems from the Japanese (Paperback) by Kenneth Rexroth |
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Emily said:
"Not only a beautiful book, with translations and Japanese characters, but the loveliest poetry. Not one unnecessary word.
Here's an example: I may live on until I long for this time In which I am so unhappy, And remember it fondly. " |
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We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda (Paperback) by Philip Gourevitch |
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Emily said:
"A haunting retelling of the genocide in Rwanda. This book should be read by everyone.
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Anna Karenina (Paperback) by Leo Tolstoy |
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Emily said:
"I absolutely love this book. I cried on the subway while reading it. The characters just kill me.
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Death of a Hornet: and Other Cape Cod Essays (Paperback) by Robert Finch |
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