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Walden and Civil Dis... 04/22 Josh is currently reading:
Walden and Civil Disobedience (Penguin American Library)
by Henry David Thoreau
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May 14
Philip K. Dick: Four... Josh gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Philip K. Dick: Four Novels of the 1960s: The Man in the High Castle & The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch & Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? & Ubik (Hardcover)
by Philip K. Dick
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May 08
Exit Ghost Josh gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Exit Ghost (Hardcover)
by Philip Roth
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May 05
The Ambassadors Josh gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
The Ambassadors (Penguin Classics)
by Henry James, Harry Levin
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950 Josh made a comment in the group The Book ChallengeJosh's 2008 goal topic:
692214 Josh wrote: "#88 Reading myself and others by Phillip Roth

#89 The Ambassadors by Henry James

#90 Portnoy's Com...more
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April 27
Gravity's Rainbow Josh gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
by Thomas Pynchon
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April 22
Walden and Civil Dis... Josh is currently reading:
Walden and Civil Disobedience (Penguin American Library)
by Henry David Thoreau
bookshelves: currently-reading
my rating:
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Drinking Den Josh gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
The Drinking Den (Penguin Classics)
by Émile Zola
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read in April, 2008
April 15
The Black Sheep Josh gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
The Black Sheep (Penguin Classics)
by Honoré de Balzac
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read in April, 2008
Timequake Josh gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Timequake (Hardcover)
by Kurt Vonnegut
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April 13
The Glass Bead Game:... Josh gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
The Glass Bead Game: (Magister Ludi) A Novel
by Hermann Hesse
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read in April, 2008




Josh's favorite quotes

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"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me."
Ayn Rand

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"People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned."
Saul Bellow

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"Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper's bell of an approaching looter. "
Ayn Rand

"Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind."

*"À la recherche du temps perdu, Le Temps Retrouvé
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— Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922)

""Reading is that fruitful miracle of a communication in the midst of solitude" "
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950 The Book Challenge — 300 members — last activity 2 hours, 7 min ago
What is The Book Challenge?
The Book Challenge is a place where everyone can join in and share their yearly book reading goals.

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220 Goodreads Librarians — 1544 members — last activity 10 hours, 46 min ago
A place where people can work together to correct book issues on Goodreads. Examples include combining editions, contacting librarians, fixing book an...more




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