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Sandstorm (Mass Market Paperback) by James Rollins |
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| July 11 | ||||
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Notes of a Dirty Old Man (Paperback) by Charles Bukowski |
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recommended for: the planet
read in January, 1993 
Ravis said:
"The first Bukowski book I read. Life-changing.
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| May 08 | ||||
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Into the Wild (Paperback) by Jon Krakauer |
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recommended to Ravis by:
Bill Umberto
recommended for: everybody read in April, 2008
Ravis said:
"Yup, I finally got around to it, now I'm one of those after-the-movie guys. Still haven't seen the movie, though. Anyway, Krakauer's simple, heartfelt style is killer, saying a lot with a few choice phrases. Not sure it made me want to weigh in on wh...more
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| April 28 | ||||
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Harry Potter Boxset Books 1-7 (Hardcover) by J.K. Rowling |
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| April 06 | ||||
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Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things That Aren't as Scary, Maybe, Depending on How You Feel About Lost Lands, Stray Cellphones, ... Quite Finish, So Maybe You Could Help Us Out (Hardcover) by Editors of McSweeney's |
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recommended to Ravis by:
Gaiman's website, I think
recommended for: Everyone read in March, 2008
Ravis said:
"A great collection of short stories for adults both young and childish. I ordered it for the Neil Gaiman story ("Sunbird"), but it turned out I'd already read it somewhere else. Didn't care, though, 'cause so many of the other tales were gr
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Duma Key (Hardcover) by Stephen King |
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read in February, 2008, has a copy to sell/swap
Ravis said:
"If Lisey's Story was a return to fine form, then Duma Key is a return to the meandering, overlong and ultimately disappointing yarns King sometimes spins between returns to fine form. It was fleetingly cool to recognize familiar Sarasota and Tampa Ba...more
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The Terror: A Novel (Paperback) by Dan Simmons |
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recommended to Ravis by:
Entertainment Weekly
recommended for: more historical adventure fans than fantasy/supernatural thriller fans read in March, 2008
Ravis said:
"All the gushing reviews were a bit much - great plot, great mix of true history, folklore and andventure, but it can be a bit of a slog in places.
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| February 11 | ||||
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New comment on Cathy's review of
The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition
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Ravis
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Hollywood (Paperback) by Charles Bukowski |
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read in January, 1997
Ravis said:
"Up there with my favorite Bukowski books. Not so into his poetry, but his storytelling is singular.
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Get in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag (2nd Edition) by Henry Rollins |
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read in January, 1996
Ravis said:
"Read the first edition. The thing I enjoyed most about it was that it exploded a lot of the myths about Black Flag in general and Rollins specifically.
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