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	05/10 Matthew is currently reading: Man Gone Down: A Novel (Paperback) by Michael Thomas bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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	05/10 Matthew gave to: The Remains of the Day (Paperback) by Kazuo Ishiguro bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
	read in May, 2008 Matthew said: "I think maybe I got spoiled on Ishiguro by starting with "Never Let Me Go," which provoked probably the most unexpected and intense emotional response I could imagine a book provoking in me. I wonder if "TROTD" isn't one of those...more " add a comment
	04/10 Matthew is currently reading: The Foundation Trilogy (Paperback) by Isaac Asimov bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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September 24

Matthew gave

to:
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (Paperback)
by Julian Jaynes

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read in January, 1998

Matthew said: "You know that question that people ask sometimes: "If you could have dinner with any one person from history, who would it be?" For me, it's Julian Jaynes.

Definitely Top 10 all-time for me. This book deserves a much more legitimate ...more "

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Matthew gave

to:
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Paperback)
by Dave Eggers

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read in September, 2008

Matthew said: "I laughed a few times, I felt melancholy a few times. I promptly forgot it.

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Matthew gave

to:
You Shall Know Our Velocity (Paperback)
by Dave Eggers

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Matthew said: "Generally I wasn't wowed by this book, but perhaps it hit a little too close to home -- as someone who has probably spent too much time traveling and flying by the seat of my pants in the past few years.

He does something really nice with the la...more "

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Matthew gave

to:
The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book)
by Neal Stephenson

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read in September, 2008

Matthew said: "Wow, what a disaster. It started off so promising, so filled with the Stephenson tech-punk-victorian formula, so uncompromisingly smart. And then, somewhere around page 300, it just totally fell apart. Characters were completely abandoned; engagin...more "

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Matthew gave

to:
Underworld (Paperback)
by Don DeLillo

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read in September, 2008

Matthew said: "I read this book in fits and spurts, not because it was plodding or awkward, but because it was just too much to take in too quickly. I feared I would miss too much. Some sections I read twice or three times, like the opening 50 pages at the baseba...more "

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May 13

Matthew added a quote:
"Go, balloons. I don't see anything happening. Go, balloons. Go, balloons. Go, balloons. Stand by, confetti. Keep coming, balloons. More balloons. Bring them. Balloons, balloons, balloons! More balloons. Tons of them. Bring them down. Let them all come. No confetti. No confetti yet. No confetti. All right. Go, balloons. Go, balloons. We're getting more balloons. All balloons. All balloons should be going. Come on, guys! Let's move it. Jesus! We need more balloons. I want all balloons to go. Go, confetti. Go, confetti. Go, confetti. I want more balloons. What's happening to the balloons? We need more balloons. We need all of them coming down. Go, balloons. Balloons. What's happening balloons? There's not enough coming down. All balloons! Why the hell is nothing falling? What the f--- are you guys doing up there? We want more balloons coming down. More balloons. More balloons." — Don Mischer, 2004 Democratic Convention Producer

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May 10

Matthew read and liked Laura's review of Collected Poems, 1912-1944 (H.D.):

"I remember my first semester at Temple when Rachel made us make a sound map of "red roses for bronze" so that we could see the sexy hidden poem inside. H.D. encoded her internal self in basic sounds in many of these poems. the attention t...more "

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Matthew is currently reading:
Man Gone Down: A Novel (Paperback)
by Michael Thomas
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Matthew marked as to-read:
All the Pretty Horses (Border Trilogy, Vol 1)
by Cormac McCarthy
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April 28

New comment on Matthew's review of The Dark Is Rising Sequence: Silver on the Tree; The Grey King; Greenwitch; The Dark Is Rising; and Over Sea, Under Stone

Matthew wrote: "True, another great series. I remember specifically the circumstances surrounding my reading of tha...more "

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"Go, balloons. I don't see anything happening. Go, balloons. Go, balloons. Go, balloons. Stand by, confetti. Keep coming, balloons. More balloons. Bring them. Balloons, balloons, balloons! More balloons. Tons of them. Bring them down. Let them all come. No confetti. No confetti yet. No confetti. All right. Go, balloons. Go, balloons. We're getting more balloons. All balloons. All balloons should be going. Come on, guys! Let's move it. Jesus! We need more balloons. I want all balloons to go. Go, confetti. Go, confetti. Go, confetti. I want more balloons. What's happening to the balloons? We need more balloons. We need all of them coming down. Go, balloons. Balloons. What's happening balloons? There's not enough coming down. All balloons! Why the hell is nothing falling? What the f--- are you guys doing up there? We want more balloons coming down. More balloons. More balloons."
— Don Mischer, 2004 Democratic Convention Producer

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