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06/09
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Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right (Paperback) by Bill Bryson bookshelves: currently-reading |
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05/29
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Hold the Enlightenment (Paperback) by Tim Cahill bookshelves: best-books, currently-reading |
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The Elements of Cooking (Hardcover) by Michael Ruhlman bookshelves: to-read |
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The Red Hourglass: Lives of the Predators (Paperback) by Gordon Grice bookshelves: to-read |
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Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right (Paperback) by Bill Bryson bookshelves: currently-reading |
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The Brothers K (Paperback) by David James Duncan bookshelves: best-books |
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I Know This Much Is True (Paperback) by Wally Lamb |
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The Toughest Indian in the World (Paperback) by Sherman Alexie |
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recommended to Samantha by:
kara
read in January, 2007 
Samantha said:
"Sherman Alexie is a great writer. By this i mean his short stories have great characters, living out realistic human struggles, sketching a bit of Native American culture. "The Toughest Indian in the World" is my favorite Alexie book.
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A Short History of Nearly Everything (Hardcover) by Bill Bryson bookshelves: to-read |
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The Mother Tongue (Paperback) by Bill Bryson |
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recommended for: grammar/ word fans
read in January, 2006
Samantha said:
"I learned much about the differences between "American" and "the Queen's English," where dubious grammar rules came from, the history of common words (including cuss words, of course!) and regional differences in the U.S. All the...more
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"Big gulps, huh? Well, see you later." — Lloyd, Dumb and Dumber | |
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"I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food." — W. C. Fields | |
Samantha's favorite quotes
"Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
— Albert Einstein
— Albert Einstein
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
— Mark Twain
— Mark Twain
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"Writing is a consequence of having been 'haunted' by material. Why this is, no one knows."
— Joyce Carol Oates
— Joyce Carol Oates
"Big gulps, huh? Well, see you later."
— Lloyd, Dumb and Dumber
— Lloyd, Dumb and Dumber
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