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06/02
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Christine Falls: A Novel (Hardcover) by Benjamin Black, John Banville bookshelves: currently-reading |
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12/21
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The Sagas of Icelanders (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Anonymous, Jane Smiley (preface), Robert Kellogg (introduction) bookshelves: currently-reading |
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recommended for: anyone interested in Viking history and culture.
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11/01
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Man and His Symbols (Mass Market Paperback) by Carl Gustav Jung bookshelves: currently-reading |
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read in January, 2007
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Emma
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Christine Falls: A Novel (Hardcover) by Benjamin Black, John Banville bookshelves: currently-reading |
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| June 01 | ||
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Emma
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Anne's
review of Tekkon Kinkreet: Black & White: Black & White (Black and White):
"originally read it in Japanese a while ago, this is the sweetest, saddest, most beautiful coming-of-age brothers story ever. " | |
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Pete's
review of Tekkon Kinkreet: Black & White: Black & White (Black and White):
"This is one of my favorites. Few people have clashed magical realism with street nihilism the way Matsumoto has. The story centers around two street urchins in a timeless Japanese city, trying to protect it against gentrification (brought on by gan...more " | |
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Emma
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Gabriel's
review of Tekkon Kinkreet: Black & White: Black & White (Black and White):
"After watching the movie, I picked up the manga with high hopes. Most of those hopes were shattered in the first few pages. The storytelling feels disjointed (purposefully so, as the different threads of the story are all told at the same time, wea...more " | |
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Wescotta's
review of Tekkon Kinkreet: Black & White: Black & White (Black and White):
"White is an eleven-year-old orphan, perpetually innocent but a bit dim. Black is a thirteen-year-old orphan, street-smart but extremely violent and slightly off his rocker. The two boys live in an old beat-up car in the worn-down district of Treasu...more " | |
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Tekkon Kinkreet: Black & White: Black & White (Black and White) by Elisabeth Kawasaki, Taiyo Matsumoto |
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I saw a review for the movie on the Drawn.ca blog.
read in January, 2008 
Emma said:
"This graphic novel is one of those rare instances where I saw a really good movie interpretation and then ran out for the book! The art style is gritty and rougher than a lot of the manga from Japan, and that style lends itself very well to telling w...more
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| May 22 | ||
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The Silver Swan: A Novel (Hardcover) by Benjamin Black, John Banville bookshelves: to-read |
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| April 20 | ||
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The Hobbit (Paperback) by J.R.R. Tolkien |
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recommended for: people interested in folklore-style fantasy.
read in January, 2001
Emma said:
"Stupidly, I avoided reading this book for years (I did this on principle with "popular" books as a teenager) and then I discovered a copy illustrated by Alan Lee in the bookstore and I had to buy it for the oh-so-pretty pictures.
If you...more " |
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| December 21 | ||
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) by J.K. Rowling |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J.K. Rowling |
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