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Ashley is currently reading

	03/18 Ashley is currently reading: Middlesex (Paperback) by Jeffrey Eugenides bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
	Ashley said: "My friend Maribeth loaned me this book. It is one of her favs. He’s new to me so I am eager to check it out… " see all 2 comments
	02/20 Ashley gave to: Paperback Original (Paperback) by William Rhode bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
	Ashley said: "Great start but it slow going now. Lots of setting and detail which is great; you really get caught up the in the sights and sounds of India. I did my own traveling in lieu of "real life" whilst in my 20's and I know this character very, ve...more " add a comment
	01/02 Ashley gave to: Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA, 1981-1987 (Paperback) by Bob Woodward bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
	has a copy to sell/swap Ashley said: "this is my second go-round with this book. It is extremely dense material but really interesting. I hope to finish it this time. " add a comment

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July 13

Ashley gave

to:
Nickle and Dimed in America
by Barbara Ehrenreich

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Ashley said: "This was loaned to me by a friend and I enjoyed it. It reinforced what we already know; that without people being able to earn a living wage (forget the minimum wage) we will never be able to reach our true potential as a nation. The working poor are...more "

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Ashley added:
Blue Rage, Black Redemption: A Memoir (Paperback)
by Stanley "Tookie" Williams

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Ashley said: "I am really eager to read this book. This was technically a Christmas gift for my husband but I think it will be the gift that keeps on giving. Anyone else read it yet?
UPDATE-Ok finished this one. It was a mediocre read. He spends way too much time...more "

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Ashley added:
A Power Governments Cannot Suppress (Paperback)
by Howard Zinn

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read in July, 2008

Ashley said: "I got this book from my lovely husband for my birthday. As soon as I am finished we will begin the revolution ;)UPDATE- finished it &very very good. The biggest complaint is that Zinn falls back to the same examples over and over again. I like wh...more "

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March 26

New comment on Ashley's review of Middlesex

Ashley wrote: "Will do. I fee like a heel for having never read any of this author's work. So many people I know re...more "

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March 25

New comment on Shawna's review of Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior

Ashley wrote: "I think I'll be giving it a whirl soon.
Although I don't really get into technical books and the tr...more "

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March 19

Ashley marked as to-read:
Clearing the Fields: Solutions to the Global Land Mines Crisis (Paperback)
by Kevin M. Cahill
bookshelves: to-read

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Ashley said: "This one's in my pending pile and has been for a while. I think it is a subconsious thing; where I am afraid to delve too deeply in (both emotionally and time-wise) to a problem of such magnitude. Cowardly... I know... "

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March 18