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	09/17 Jaslo gave to: The Elements of Style (Fourth Edition) by William Strunk Jr. bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
	Jaslo said: "no one told me this book was wheezy laughter funny! Grammar really can be fun. Bless academia. "Rich, ornate prose is hard to digest, generally unwholsome, and sometimes nauseating...." even better. "When writing with a computer, you m...more " add a comment
	09/10 Jaslo gave to: 1982, Janine (Hardcover) by Alasdair Gray bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
	Jaslo said: "He invites the reader to participate in the narrative. The scenes shift, the wardrobes shift, the characters transform often and on the whim of the narrator who recounts...Reading 1982, Janine, becomes piecing fragments of the narrator/author's mind ...more " add a comment
	08/30 Jaslo gave to: On Beauty (Paperback) by Zadie Smith bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
	Jaslo said: "SO much fun to read! I'm laughing, I'm crying. I'm in awe over the manner in which Smith can present contemporary culture and themes with such BEAUTY and timelessness. There are moments when I wonder if she'd not being a little precocious- but I don'...more " add a comment

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September 19
	Jaslo voted on the poll: Who is your favorite Jane Austen hero?
September 17
	Jaslo gave to: The Elements of Style (Fourth Edition) by William Strunk Jr. bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
	Jaslo said: "no one told me this book was wheezy laughter funny! Grammar really can be fun. Bless academia. "Rich, ornate prose is hard to digest, generally unwholsome, and sometimes nauseating...." even better. "When writing with a computer, you m...more " add a comment
	Jaslo gave to: The Writing Life (Paperback) by Annie Dillard	my rating:
	Jaslo said: "I am hesitant to read a How to____ book if I don't know how I feel toward the talent and wisdom of its author. In this case I dove in blind as I've never read any of Dillard's fiction. The book races along with one anecdote after another, interspers...more " add a comment
September 10
	Jaslo gave to: 1982, Janine (Hardcover) by Alasdair Gray bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
	Jaslo said: "He invites the reader to participate in the narrative. The scenes shift, the wardrobes shift, the characters transform often and on the whim of the narrator who recounts...Reading 1982, Janine, becomes piecing fragments of the narrator/author's mind ...more " add a comment
	Jaslo gave to: A Bloomsbury Group Reader (Paperback) by S.P. Rosenbaum bookshelves: again-because-it-s-word-blood-good-	my rating:
	Jaslo said: "The ULTIMATE collection of inspiring essays on art and being alive---that I have EVER come across. A gold mine!!! A crystal cave, a rare bookshop left unlocked and abandoned, a smogasbord. " add a comment
	Jaslo marked as to-read: The Woman Without Experiences (Paperback) by Patricia Dienstfrey bookshelves: to-read	my rating:
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August 30
	Jaslo marked as to-read: Crime (Paperback) by Irvine Welsh bookshelves: to-read	my rating:
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	Jaslo gave to: On Beauty (Paperback) by Zadie Smith bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
	Jaslo said: "SO much fun to read! I'm laughing, I'm crying. I'm in awe over the manner in which Smith can present contemporary culture and themes with such BEAUTY and timelessness. There are moments when I wonder if she'd not being a little precocious- but I don'...more " add a comment
	Jaslo gave to: McGrotty and Ludmilla (Paperback) by Alasdair Gray	my rating:
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from Echo

06/13/2008 03:25PM

Long lost Jaslo!! I'm coming to California in August! Do you still live there? --Echo

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