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07/25
Derek
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Small Things Considered: Why There Is No Perfect Design (Paperback) by Henry Petroski bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Small Things Considered: Why There Is No Perfect Design (Paperback) by Henry Petroski bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback) by Kurt Vonnegut |
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read in July, 2008
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Lucky Jim (Penguin Classics) by Kingsley Amis |
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The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios (Paperback) by Yann Martel |
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read in June, 2008
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Recapitulation (Paperback) by Wallace Stegner |
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recommended for: Old, nostalgic people.
read in May, 2008 
Derek said:
"Utah doesn't seem to have many novels written about it that aren't primarily centered around the LDS church and so this made for an interesting read. It's about a guy who isn't Mormon and grew up in Salt Lake City who returns to his hometown for the ...more
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| May 12 | ||
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The Areas of My Expertise (Paperback) by John Hodgman |
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recommended for: Hobos
read in May, 2008
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"It's been a while since a book has made me laugh out loud while reading on a bus or subway car, but this book gave me those slightly embarrassing, self-conscious public chuckles quite a few times during reading. Some jokes fell flat, but for the most...more
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| May 06 | ||
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No-No Boy (Paperback) by John Okada |
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read in May, 2008
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| April 11 | ||
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Paperback) by John Berendt |
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recommended for: Rich white southerners and voodoo priestesses
read in April, 2008
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"Good nonfiction/true crime book with really quirky characters in it. Made me want to visit Savannah.
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| April 07 | ||
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Concerning the Spiritual in Art (Paperback) by Wassily Kandinsky |
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| March 20 | ||
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The Dead (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism) by James Joyce |
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recommended for: Self-conscious Irish men whose lives are filled with empty longing
read in March, 2008
Derek said:
""The Dead" is the last story in James Joyce's "Dubliners" and since I was already reading "Dubliners," when I got to the final story in the book, I skipped over to this version which includes a number of critical essays ...more
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