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	04/25 Kate is currently reading: The Savage Detectives: A Novel (Paperback) by Roberto Bolaño bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
	read in March, 2008 add a comment
	02/02 Kate is currently reading: The Race Card: How Bluffing About Bias Makes Race Relations Worse (Hardcover) by Richard Thompson Ford bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
	read in February, 2008 add a comment

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June 28
	Kate gave to: The Keep (Hardcover) by Jennifer Egan	my rating:
	Kate said: "A surprisingly intricate and emotionally resonant story. Egan had me completely invested in her damaged, awkward, compelling characters (how she draws Danny is extraordinary--his boots, the worm, his utter confusion about what's real and what isn't)....more " add a comment
	Kate gave to: One Good Turn (Hardcover) by Kate Atkinson	my rating:
	read in June, 2008 Kate said: "Like Case Histories, this novel is cleverly plotted, easy to read, and has a variety of clearly drawn characters, but it lacks depth somehow. I suppose I mean to say it's light. Which is a descriptor more than a criticism. " add a comment
	Kate gave to: Howards End (Paperback) by E.M. Forster	my rating:
	read in June, 2008 Kate said: "E.M. Forster is an old favorite of mine--I read all his fiction in college for a big project--so returning to Howards End is a treat in many ways. It reminds me of how funny and thoughtful and clever Forster is (in the Jane Austen vein), how I was at...more " add a comment
June 11
	Kate gave to: Swimming in a Sea of Death: A Son's Memoir (Hardcover) by David Rieff	my rating:
	read in June, 2008 Kate said: "I wanted to like this book, or at least to appreciate it (Rieff is a smart writer with a hell of a subject), but I find it hastily written, inadequately edited, and marred by the author's bitterness. Losing a parent can be a shocking and terrible thi...more " add a comment
May 06
	Kate gave to: Book of My Nights (American Poets Continuum) by Li-Young Lee	my rating:
	read in January, 2007 Kate said: "The poem "Praise Them" is reason enough on its own to buy this book. Lee's characteristic melancholy and spareness soak the poem, and its insight and imagery open up a huge space in my head. Here are the opening lines: "The birds don...more " add a comment
	Kate gave to: Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion (Paperback) by Pema Chödrön	my rating:
	read in January, 2006 Kate said: "I bought this book because I'm so utterly uncomfortable with uncertainty, which is unfortunate since every day is a packed with moments in which nothing is certain. Pema Chodron is an American Buddhist nun, compassionate and thoughtful, and this litt...more " add a comment
April 25
	Kate is currently reading: The Savage Detectives: A Novel (Paperback) by Roberto Bolaño bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
	read in March, 2008 add a comment
February 02
	Kate marked as to-read: Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found (Paperback) by Suketu Mehta bookshelves: to-read	my rating:
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	Kate marked as to-read: The River's Tale: A Year on the Mekong (Paperback) by Edward Gargan bookshelves: to-read	my rating:
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	Kate gave to: The Elements of Style Illustrated (Paperback) by William Strunk Jr.	my rating:
	read in January, 2008 Kate said: "The Original Style Guide with fantastic funny paintings to accompany the advice/commands. The pairing shouldn't quite work but it does. " add a comment