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05/06
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Nine Stories (Mass Market Paperback) by J.D. Salinger bookshelves: currently-reading |
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05/06
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Slave in a Box: The Strange Career of Aunt Jemima (The American South Series) by M. M. Manring bookshelves: currently-reading |
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04/29
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The Major Plays (Paperback) by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback) by Patrick Süskind bookshelves: 2008, fiction |
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| May 06 | ||
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In the Shadow of No Towers (Board book) by Art Spiegelman bookshelves: 2008, graphic-novels, histories |
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The Complete Persepolis (Paperback) by Marjane Satrapi bookshelves: 2008, graphic-novels |
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read in February, 2008 
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"You should probably read this. Graphic memoir by a woman who grew up in Iran after the Islamic Revolution. The illustrations are simple, buy very effective; the story told is vivid and moving. An excellent first person perspective about what it wa...more
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| January 29 | ||
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The Little Sister (Paperback) by Raymond Chandler bookshelves: mysteries |
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Matt said:
"Read all Raymond Chandler. But do it slowly; this is something you can only do once in your life. Make it last.
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The High Window (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) by Raymond Chandler bookshelves: mysteries |
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Matt said:
"Read all Raymond Chandler. But do it slowly; this is something you can only do once in your life. Make it last.
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The Lady in the Lake (Paperback) by Raymond Chandler bookshelves: mysteries |
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Matt said:
"Read all Raymond Chandler. But do it slowly; this is something you can only do once in your life. Make it last.
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Farewell, My Lovely (Paperback) by Raymond Chandler bookshelves: mysteries |
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Matt said:
"Read all Raymond Chandler. But do it slowly; this is something you can only do once in your life. Make it last.
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Matt
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The Long Goodbye (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) by Raymond Chandler bookshelves: mysteries |
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Matt said:
"Read all Raymond Chandler. But do it slowly; this is something you can only do once in your life. Make it last.
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The Big Sleep (Paperback) by Raymond Chandler bookshelves: mysteries |
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Matt said:
"Read all Raymond Chandler. But do it slowly; this is something you can only do once in your life. Make it last.
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Matt
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Moon Palace (Paperback) by Paul Auster |
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Matt's favorite quotes
"I'm not really the scented envelope kid of girl, preferring instead to send yellow Jiffy-lite mailers packed with whatever song is on my mind."
— Sarah Vowell, Take the Cannolli
— Sarah Vowell, Take the Cannolli
"It's fear that makes us lose our conscience. It's also what transforms us into cowards."
— Marjane Satrapi, The Complete Persepolis
— Marjane Satrapi, The Complete Persepolis
"I have stolen ideas from every book I have ever read."
— Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass (afterword)
— Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass (afterword)
"He succeeded in being considered totally uninteresting. People left him alone. And that was all he wanted."
— Patrick Suskind, Perfume
— Patrick Suskind, Perfume
"To say that I enjoyed writing... is like saying I enjoy having fingers and toes. It's diffacult to imagine life without them."
— Denis Covington, Salvation on Sand Mountain
— Denis Covington, Salvation on Sand Mountain
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