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Georgiana: Duchess o... 10/07 Vanessa is currently reading:
Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire (Modern Library Paperbacks)
by Amanda Foreman
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Stories 08/21 Vanessa is currently reading:
Stories (Paperback)
by Katherine Mansfield
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Istanbul: Memories a... 01/15 Vanessa is currently reading:
Istanbul: Memories and the City (Paperback)
by Orhan Pamuk
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September 28
How to Lose Friends... Vanessa gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (Paperback)
by Toby Young
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read in October, 2008
September 23
Brief Interviews wit... Vanessa marked as to-read:
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (Paperback)
by David Foster Wallace
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A Supposedly Fun Thi... Vanessa marked as to-read:
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments (Paperback)
by David Foster Wallace
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September 10
Revolutionary Road Vanessa gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Revolutionary Road (Paperback)
by Richard Yates
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Dear American Airlin... Vanessa gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
Dear American Airlines: A Novel (Hardcover)
by Jonathan Miles
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read in September, 2008
September 02
Vanilla Bright like... Vanessa gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
Vanilla Bright like Eminem (Hardcover)
by Michel Faber
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read in September, 2008

Vanessa 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... "
August 05
19501 New comment on Amy's review of Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
Nophoto-f-25x33 Vanessa wrote: "Amy, your review cracked me up -- I felt exactly the same way!!! She was such a self-involved narci...more "

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888249 Vanessa read and liked Amy's 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 "
August 04
The Inheritance of L... Vanessa marked as to-read:
The Inheritance of Loss (Paperback)
by Kiran Desai
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August 03
Aloft Vanessa marked as to-read:
Aloft (Paperback)
by Chang-Rae Lee
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"Read in order to live."
Gustave Flaubert

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"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




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