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02/16
Tracy
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The Power of Kindness: The Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life (Paperback) by Piero Ferrucci bookshelves: currently-reading |
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12/05
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The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert (Paperback) by John Gottman, Nan Silver bookshelves: currently-reading |
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recommended for: anyone in a relationship
read in November, 2007 
Tracy said:
"I'm not married, but the principles Gottman recommends are crucial to anyone in a serious relationship. He explains his seven principles, focussing on ways to keep things positive, and includes exercises/games to do with your partner. His principls...more
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The Road (Hardcover) by Cormac McCarthy |
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recommended for: everyone
read in July, 2008
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"I can't stop thinking about this book. McCarthy has taken the most desolate and hopeless of settings and imbued it with hope and spirit. Post-apocalypse, a father and son try to survive long enough to make it to the coast. They live off stores of ...more
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| July 23 | ||
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Atlas Shrugged (Paperback) by Ayn Rand |
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The Fountainhead (Mass Market Paperback) by Ayn Rand, Leonard Peikoff |
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Bastard Out of Carolina (Plume Essential Edition) by Dorothy Allison |
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recommended for: people who are tired of stories wrapped up with pretty bows
read in July, 2008
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"Story of a girl from a tough family growing up in poverty in South Carolina. Not for the weak at heart. Allison manages to capture the best and most beautiful moments between members of a hard but loving family amidst blind cruelty and abuse. Char...more
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| July 11 | ||
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In Cold Blood (Paperback) by Truman Capote |
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Water for Elephants (Paperback) by Sara Gruen |
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| May 21 | ||
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The Solace of Open Spaces (Paperback) by Gretel Ehrlich |
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recommended for: free spirits
read in January, 2000
Tracy said:
"Ehrlich's account of her time spent in Wyoming. Her reflections capture the peace that seems to be built into the wide open spaces. She captures the harshness that can also define life on the plains, but infuses the stories she chooses with humor a...more
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Running with Scissors: A Memoir (Paperback) by Augusten Burroughs |
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recommended for: anyone who can appreciate life amongst the mentally unstable and have a sense of humor about it
read in May, 2008
Tracy said:
"Insanely funny. (he he) As out there as this story is, I find it easy to relate to, and weirdly nostalgic. The story probably could have taken place anywhere, but the fact that he grew up in Massachusetts makes sense to me (having also grown up th...more
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| April 24 | ||
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The Time Machine (Paperback) by H.G. Wells |
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Tracy's favorite quotes
"my purpose holds to sail beyond the sunset and the baths of all the Western stars until I die"
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
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