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11/15
John
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Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University (Paperback) by Wendy Call (Goodreads author!) bookshelves: currently-reading |
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10/23
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En el Tiempo de la Luz: Una Novela (Paperback) by Benjamin A. Saenz bookshelves: currently-reading |
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recommended for: robyn
has a copy to sell/swap 
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"This is a slow one, mostly because I my Spanish is very, very bad.
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When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa (Hardcover) by Peter Godwin bookshelves: to-read |
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Nickle and Dimed in America by Barbara Ehrenreich |
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recommended for: the World
read in July, 2008
John said:
"Finally got around to reading this breakthrough book... should be required reading for high schoolers and college kids - in every country! But B.E. herself does gets annoying at times.
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Book 1) by Alexander McCall Smith |
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read in July, 2008
John said:
"This was a good veggie book - felt a lot like watching TV, entertaining but not without a constant feeling of wasting ones time.
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Juggling Truths (Paperback) by Unity Dow |
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| May 11 | ||
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Listening to Whales: What the Orcas Have Taught Us (Paperback) by Alexandra Morton |
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recommended for: Lauren
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| March 31 | ||
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The Shipping News : A Novel (Paperback) by Annie Proulx |
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recommended for: robyn, catherine
read in March, 2008
John said:
"The first time I ever read something by a living author and thought, "This is as good as Tolstoy." Oh my, I couldn't put this book down. Read in the car, at breakfast, by flashlight... AP writes of enigmatic characters and places so that ...more
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| March 12 | ||
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Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith (Paperback) by Anne Lamott |
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recommended for: Lauren, Robyn
read in March, 2008
John said:
"It's so hard to rate any of Anne Lamott's books. She is poignant, hilarious, vulnerable, but she's also quite annoying at times. She knows she's narcissistic, but that doesn't make it any easier to be around. I wouldn't set the gal up with any man...more
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Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year (Paperback) by Anne Lamott |
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| March 05 | ||
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The Rainbow People of God (Paperback) by Desmond Tutu |
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read in July, 2002
John said:
"read this back when I thought I was going to work for the desmond tutu peace foundation. he is someone with whom a person may easily become obsessed.
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La-Bas (Down There) by Joris-Karl Huysmans |
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recommended for: friends who don't have children
read in December, 2003
John said:
"whoa... not for the weak stomache. an amazing book though I don't think I could read this now that I'm a mother.
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Hello Hyewon,
This time next week and I'll be in Boston w/ you and Mike! I can't wait.
Thanks for introducing this to me. It's fun.
Hello Hyewon,This time next week and I'll be in Boston w/ you and Mike! I can't wait.
Thanks for introducing this to me. It's fun.
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