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Lauren is currently reading

	10/07 Lauren is currently reading: In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Hardcover) by Michael Pollan bookshelves: currently-reading, food-stuff, green, reference, science	my rating:
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	10/05 Lauren is currently reading: The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam (Hardcover) by Ayaan Hirsi Ali bookshelves: currently-reading, philosophy-spirituality-whatnot, womens-studies	my rating:
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	10/03 Lauren is currently reading: The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence (Mass Market Paperback) by Carl Sagan bookshelves: currently-reading, science	my rating:
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October 07
	Lauren marked as to-read: Dawn (Book One of the Xenogenesis Series) by Octavia E. Butler bookshelves: fiction, next-fiction, to-read	my rating:
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	Lauren marked as to-read: To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism (Paperback) by Rebecca Walker bookshelves: to-read	my rating:
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October 04
	Lauren gave to: Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit (Plume) by Albert Gore Jr. bookshelves: green, science	my rating:
	read in October, 2008 Lauren said: "Al Gore wrote this in 1992. Why are we still not listening?? " add a comment
October 03
	Lauren gave to: A History of Witchcraft, Second Edition (Paperback) by Jeffrey B. Russell bookshelves: pagan	my rating:
	read in October, 2008 Lauren said: "Very detailed and extensive (with little tiny print). More than you might bargain for, but true to its title. " add a comment
	Lauren marked as to-read: The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama (Hardcover) by Gwen Ifill bookshelves: political, to-read	my rating:
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October 02
	Lauren marked as to-read: Dragonfly: NASA and the Crisis Aboard Mir (Hardcover) by Bryan Burrough bookshelves: history, to-read	my rating:
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October 01
	Lauren marked as to-read: If You Could See Me Now (Mass Market Paperback) by Peter Straub bookshelves: fiction, next-fiction, to-read	my rating:
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	Lauren marked as to-read: Dolores (Paperback) by Jacqueline Susann bookshelves: fiction, next-fiction, to-read	my rating:
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	Lauren marked as to-read: Black Sunday (Paperback) by Thomas Harris bookshelves: fiction, next-fiction, to-read	my rating:
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	Lauren marked as to-read: Jaws (Hardcover) by Peter Benchley bookshelves: fiction, next-fiction, to-read	my rating:
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Lauren's favorite quotes

"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."
— Mark Twain

1886 people liked it

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."
— Anne Frank

tags: activism, life, optimism, philosophy, world

366 people liked it

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be."
— Kurt Vonnegut (Mother Night)

304 people liked it

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

tags: liberty, security

163 people liked it

"The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off."
— Gloria Steinem

tags: anger, freedom, truth

53 people liked it

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Lauren's writing

nothing (Poetry)

10 chapters — updated 08/28/2008 09:24AM

description: observations on nature and life

sestinae (Poetry)

36 chapters — updated 05/05/2008 06:30AM

description: a collection of sestinas (sans tercet)

so you can reach us (Poetry)

1 chapters — updated 04/29/2008 12:01PM

description: ~ for Christina Marie Smith ~ (April 6th, 1999)

The Observationalist (Poetry)

1 chapters — updated 04/29/2008 11:55AM

description: best if read aloud

she is moving softly (Poetry)

1 chapters — updated 04/25/2008 07:42AM

description: untitled 3/28/07

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The UNH'ers — 11 members — last activity 01/10/2008 06:49AM
Fans, members, or elsewise affected persons of the legacy of 425 & 428.

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