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July 08
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Maggie
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 2 (Paperback)
by Alan Moore, Kevin O'Neill
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Maggie said:
"i didnt like this one as much as the first volume. if i had read this one first i probably wouldnt have wanted to read the others. the drawings are still awesome, but i wasnt as fond of the plot. aliens are attacking london and destroying everything ...more
i didnt like this one as much as the first volume. if i had read this one first i probably wouldnt have wanted to read the others. the drawings are still awesome, but i wasnt as fond of the plot. aliens are attacking london and destroying everything and it is up to the league to save the world, which seems pretty exciting but i just didnt find it very thrilling....less
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Maggie
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Dracula (Norton Critical Edition)
by Bram Stoker
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read in July, 2008
Maggie said:
"very scary!
for most of my life i didnt even know this book existed, i thought dracula was just a movie character or a myth that everyone knew about. im glad i realized there was more to it than that because this is a great book. minus the sexism an...more
very scary!
for most of my life i didnt even know this book existed, i thought dracula was just a movie character or a myth that everyone knew about. im glad i realized there was more to it than that because this is a great book. minus the sexism and the desire of all female characters to be good little wives....less
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Maggie
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The Pickwick Papers (Penguin Classics)
by Charles Dickens
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read in July, 2008
Maggie said:
"i really like charles dickens.
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June 29
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Maggie
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La Cucaracha (Paperback)
by Lalo Alcaraz (Eduardo López Alcaraz)
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Maggie said:
"this is a collection of political cartoons dealing with latin american immigrants in the u.s. pretty funny stuff that makes a strong point against bigotry and close-mindedness.
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Maggie
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Asterix the Gaul (Asterix)
by René Goscinny
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Maggie said:
"a pretty cool comic. i like the characters, and their names, like asterix, obelix, dogmatix, and getafix. the drawings are also really cool and full of color. i dont know anything about france or the gauls or romans so i dont really know if it teahc...more
a pretty cool comic. i like the characters, and their names, like asterix, obelix, dogmatix, and getafix. the drawings are also really cool and full of color. i dont know anything about france or the gauls or romans so i dont really know if it teahces anything or not. but its really fun to read and look at....less
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June 26
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Maggie
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 (Paperback)
by Alan Moore, Kevin O'Neill
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Maggie said:
"having almost no experience with graphic novels or alan moore i have to say i was pretty impressed with this book. i didnt really expect the story to be all that awesome, i mostly just wanted to admire the illustrations, which i thought were very coo...more
having almost no experience with graphic novels or alan moore i have to say i was pretty impressed with this book. i didnt really expect the story to be all that awesome, i mostly just wanted to admire the illustrations, which i thought were very cool. i really like the premise of the book which is different personalities from other works of literature together fighting evil. i didnt really like how they were all for "the empire" but i could overlook that for the awesome illustrations. i didnt think the story was that bad, it was fairly interesting, there were some holes in the plot that couldve been better explained or gone into but i expected that with a graphic novel, i dont know why....less
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Maggie
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House of Glass (Buru Quartet)
by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
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Maggie said:
"this is the last book of the quartet and i think the most political. although the other three are narrated by minke the main character this one is narrated by pangemanann, the police inspector in charge of oppressing minke and all natives organizatio...more
this is the last book of the quartet and i think the most political. although the other three are narrated by minke the main character this one is narrated by pangemanann, the police inspector in charge of oppressing minke and all natives organizations. it is interesting to get the opposite perspective to the whole situation, but i would've liked to know more about what minke was doing/thinking during the book because i became attached to his character. also, this book goes into a lot more depth about each organization and seemingly irrelevant, less-developed characters who run them. i wouldve liked to continue on with the charcters from the last book more but it seemed like they were just kind of dipersed without much effort. over all i enjoyed the book, leraned a little about the struggle for indies independence, but i definately liked the other three better, my favorite being the first book....less
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May 03
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Maggie
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The House on the Lagoon (Paperback)
by Rosario Ferre
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read in April, 2008
Maggie said:
"a look at the divisions among the elite in puerto rico about the future of the island. should it remain a commonwealth, become a state or become it's own nation? this is the question addressed throughout the story of three generations of a wealthy pu...more
a look at the divisions among the elite in puerto rico about the future of the island. should it remain a commonwealth, become a state or become it's own nation? this is the question addressed throughout the story of three generations of a wealthy puerto rican family. the story also gives rise to other thoughts and questions on class as well as race.
the story is written as being narrated through authorship by isabel, the main character, but also gives the very different point of view of her husband quintin at intervals throughout the book, as he finds her manuscript and gives his opinion and version of events she has written in the previous chapter. entertaining read....less
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April 14
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Maggie
marked as to-read:
Max Havelaar: Or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company (Penguin Classics)
by Multatuli (Eduard Douwes Dekker)
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Maggie
marked as to-read:
Letters Of A Javanese Princess (Hardcover)
by Raden Adjeng Kartini
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