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	08/24 Chris is currently reading: Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages (Hardcover) by Ammon Shea bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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	08/13 Chris gave to: All the bright young men and women: A personal history of the Czech cinema (Paperback) by Josef Skvorecký bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
	read in August, 2008 Chris said: "The history of Czechoslovakian Cinema told by a master storyteller who was there, in the theaters, on the sets, with the writers, directors, and actors. Skvorecky has numerous asides and tales about all of them and the changing political milieu that...more " add a comment
	08/07 Chris gave to: Granta 102 (Paperback) by Jason (ed) Cowley bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
	Chris said: "Granta is always great. this edition is great writing about nature. I read a piece on the "wilding" of the Columbia River Valley by Jonathan Raban, Short essays by Jim Holt on global warming, Seamus Heaney writes about a piece of Birch h...more " add a comment

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August 24
	Chris is currently reading: Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages (Hardcover) by Ammon Shea bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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August 16
	Chris gave to: Laika (Paperback) by Nick Abadzis	my rating:
	recommended for: John read in November, 2007 Chris said: "A graphic novel, it tells the tale of Laika the first living creature sent into space. Though the achievement is great, its motivations are grandiose and ill-conceived, and it come at the cost of the dog's life. The author, Nick Abadzis artfully dr...more " add a comment
August 13
	Chris gave to: All the bright young men and women: A personal history of the Czech cinema (Paperback) by Josef Skvorecký bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
	read in August, 2008 Chris said: "The history of Czechoslovakian Cinema told by a master storyteller who was there, in the theaters, on the sets, with the writers, directors, and actors. Skvorecky has numerous asides and tales about all of them and the changing political milieu that...more " add a comment
August 07
	Chris gave to: Granta 102 (Paperback) by Jason (ed) Cowley bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
	Chris said: "Granta is always great. this edition is great writing about nature. I read a piece on the "wilding" of the Columbia River Valley by Jonathan Raban, Short essays by Jim Holt on global warming, Seamus Heaney writes about a piece of Birch h...more " add a comment
	Chris gave to: Stop Me If You've Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes (Hardcover) by Jim Holt	my rating:
	read in August, 2008 Chris said: "I think a book about the philosophy of jokes is just a way to steal someone else's best material and use it for your own aggrandizement. This was a good, quick read: funny and enlightening. Remember Earl Butz? " add a comment
August 05
	Chris gave to: Alice Invents a Little Game and Alice Always Wins: A Play (Paperback) by Nick Flynn	my rating:
	read in August, 2008 Chris said: "This is a totally biased review. Still, I like the characters, the vagueness of just who they are, the unpredictability of their situations, and the flood of media that surrounds them, and even inhabits them. It's very surreal and grounded in rea...more " add a comment
	Chris gave to: Another Bullshit Night in Suck City (Paperback) by Nick Flynn	my rating:
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July 20
	Chris is currently reading: Brewing Up a Business: Adventures in Entrepreneurship from the Founder of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (Hardcover) by Sam Calagione bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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July 19
	Chris gave to: The Pearl (Paperback) by John Steinbeck	my rating:
	Chris said: "Theodore Dreiser, while writing "An American Tragedy", said, "I'll get it all in there", meaning, I guess, all the nuances of desire, ambition, lust, and religion in American culture that can blend and warp to create a moral trage...more " see all 1 comments
July 10
	Chris gave to: Walpurgisnacht (Dedalus European Classics) by Gustav Meyrink	my rating:
	read in July, 2008 Chris said: "A satire of the Austro-Hungarian aristocracy with some very funny scenes. On the whole it is a dark, gory fantasy of a revolution without fulfillment. Written in 1917, it is almost prescient in its depiction of mob violence, false leaders, and opp...more " add a comment

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