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"I have started, once again, to delve back into Lovecraft. His prose is delightful and vivid. I am still, however, displaced from complete enjoyment by the continual racist undertones." May 24, 2012 08:09pm

 

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Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyes
read in May, 2013
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Days of Grace by Arthur Ashe
Days of Grace: A Memoir
by Arthur Ashe
read in April, 2013
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American on Purpose by Craig Ferguson
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Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy
read in April, 2013
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Bookhunter by Jason Shiga
Bookhunter
by Jason Shiga
read in March, 2013
The story was well-paced and, at times, mildly amusing; however, numerous typos distracted me from enjoying this graphic novel to the fullest extent.
Derek rated a book 5 of 5 stars
The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.
The Elements of Style
by William Strunk Jr.
read in March, 2013
It's not often I read reference books, but I thought I'd give this one a shot. I enjoyed it and found its advice immediately applicable and simple to understand. I laughed several times and I was inspired by the section on style. I'm surprised by som...more
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Fashion Beast Issue 4 by Alan Moore
Fashion Beast Issue 4
by Alan Moore
read in March, 2013
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“Love is like a wind stirring the grass beneath trees on a black night,' he had said. 'You must not try to make love definite. It is the divine accident of life. If you try to be definite and sure about it and to live beneath the trees, where soft night winds blow, the long hot day of disappointment comes swiftly and the gritty dust from passing wagons gathers upon lips inflamed and made tender by kisses.”
Sherwood Anderson, Winesburg, Ohio

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