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My Name Is Red 07/19 Ariel is currently reading:
My Name Is Red (Vintage International)
by Orhan Pamuk
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Islam Unveiled: Dist... 07/19 Ariel is currently reading:
Islam Unveiled: Disturbing Questions About the World's Fastest Growing Faith (Paperback)
by Robert Spencer
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read in July, 2008



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July 25
Tamerlane's Children... Ariel gave 2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars to:
Tamerlane's Children: Dispatches from Contemporary Uzbekistan (Paperback)
by Robert Rand
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recommended to Ariel by: found it in the library on my way to another section
recommended for: a patient person with an unnaturally intense intrest in central asia
read in July, 2008

Ariel Ariel said: "This is a dumb book. No, let me amend that, this is a lazy book. So there are not to many books out there on Uzbekistan. I can't imagine why that makes Rand think he can write a poor book about it.
The problem was not that there wasn't good informat...more
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July 19
My Name Is Red Ariel is currently reading:
My Name Is Red (Vintage International)
by Orhan Pamuk
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my rating:
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Palestine Ariel gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Palestine (Paperback)
by Joe Sacco, Edward W. Said
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Ariel Ariel said: "Sometimes comic books really do make the best genre for non-fiction. If Sacco's descriptions and stories had not been accompanied by imgaes it would not have been half as powerful. And it was very powerful, chilling, upsetting. Though I could have r...more "
Islam Unveiled: Dist... Ariel is currently reading:
Islam Unveiled: Disturbing Questions About the World's Fastest Growing Faith (Paperback)
by Robert Spencer
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my rating:
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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read in July, 2008
July 10
192505 New comment on Kristen.cross's review of Square Foot Gardening: A New Way to Garden in Less Space with Less Work
56710 Ariel wrote: "Awesome!
I started everything late as I just got back from Europe, but the weather is so much bette...more
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629930 New comment on Ash's review of Beyond Choice: Reproductive Freedom in the 21st Century
56710 Ariel wrote: "Have you watched the documentary "Unborn in the USA" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt10... ?

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April 05
Midnight's Children Ariel gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Midnight's Children (Paperback)
by Salman Rushdie
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recommended to Ariel by: Daniel (thanks for the copy)
read in March, 2008

Ariel Ariel said: "I didn't read this book for a long time because all the people I talked to had to say about it was that it was good and sad. I got a more enthusiastic review and a loaned copy so there it was.

The best parts of this book are that Rushdie deconstru...more
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Landscape Painted wi... Ariel gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
Landscape Painted with Tea (Paperback)
by Milorad Pavic
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read in April, 2008

Ariel Ariel said: "This was the only novel in our house that I hadn't read and wasn't a Chinese novel when I wanted to start a new book the other day. Though I think we have it because it has something to do with dictionaries and thus Colin's thesis. Hummm. I really ...more "
January 04
The Odyssey Ariel gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by Homer, Robert Fagles
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recommended to Ariel by: Reed
read in December, 2007

Ariel Ariel said: "So I bought this book, like all good Reed freshman, before I started school in 2001. 6 years later I picked it up. Maybe it was because I have been starved for some storying or maybe all that education rubbed off, but I loved this and though it has n...more "



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