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10/07
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Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire (Modern Library Paperbacks) by Amanda Foreman bookshelves: currently-reading |
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08/21
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Stories (Paperback) by Katherine Mansfield bookshelves: currently-reading |
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How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (Paperback) by Toby Young |
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Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (Paperback) by David Foster Wallace bookshelves: to-read |
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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments (Paperback) by David Foster Wallace bookshelves: to-read |
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Revolutionary Road (Paperback) by Richard Yates |
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Dear American Airlines: A Novel (Hardcover) by Jonathan Miles |
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Vanilla Bright like Eminem (Hardcover) by Michel Faber |
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read in September, 2008
Vanessa said:
"There are some messed-up stories in here -- not for the faint-of-heart. I like his writing style, and it had me turning pages but goodness is this bleak...
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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
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read and liked
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review of Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia:
"I really hated the author as a person, and I absolutely hated all of her new age spiritual crap. But I did like hearing about her adventures in Italy while I was in Italy myself, so I guess that made it a worthwhile read. Maybe if I were a bitter, ...more " | |||
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The Inheritance of Loss (Paperback) by Kiran Desai bookshelves: to-read |
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Aloft (Paperback) by Chang-Rae Lee bookshelves: to-read |
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Vanessa's favorite quotes
"It's no good pretending that any relationship has a future if your record collections disagree violently or if your favorite films wouldn't even speak to each other if they met at a party."
— Nick Hornby
— Nick Hornby
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NYPL 34 books 6 friends |
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Stephen 265 books 13 friends |
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Amy 428 books 18 friends |
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Laura 247 books 27 friends |
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Mcclain 22 books 6 friends |
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Lara 132 books 9 friends |
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Christopher 9 books 3 friends |
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Angela 10 books 2 friends |
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