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<![CDATA[Carrie added 'The World Without Us']]>
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The World Without Us (Hardcover)
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<![CDATA[Carrie added 'Saturday']]>
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to: Saturday (Paperback)byIan McEwan
A very good book, and one that has a post-9/11 consciousness that I think really captured what was happening in the world at that time. However, the pacing and the proportion felt off to me, particularly when compared to "Atonement".
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<![CDATA[Carrie added 'The Reader']]>
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to: The Reader (Paperback)byBernhard Schlink
This is a very good novella, but when I was done I felt like it would have been a better novel. Just a little more meat on the bones of a very good story would have made it even better.
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<![CDATA[Carrie added 'The Power of One: Gaining Business Value from Personalization Technologies']]>
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The Power of One: Gaining Business Value from Personalization Technologies (Paperback)
byNirmal Pal bookshelves: currently-reading
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<![CDATA[Carrie added 'Frommer's London 2006']]>
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to: Frommer's London 2006 (Frommer's Complete)byDarwin Porter
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<![CDATA[Carrie added 'How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe']]>
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to: How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe (Paperback)byThomas Cahill
A really interesting book -- would have been five stars but got a little loose in supporting the thesis towards the end, so it got a little off balance.
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<![CDATA[Carrie added 'Safety and Security for Women Who Travel']]>
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to: Safety and Security for Women Who Travel (Travelers' Tales)bySheila Swan
This had some useful bits but also seemed excessively paranoid. And hilarious at points -- I loved the suggestion to always pack a formal evening gown and heels just in case an ambassador invites you to dinner. Who are these people? Seriously?
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<![CDATA[Carrie added 'Zeitoun']]>
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Zeitoun (Hardcover)
byDave Eggers bookshelves: to-read
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<![CDATA[Carrie added 'Wanderlust: Real-Life Tales of Adventure and Romance']]>
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to: Wanderlust: Real-Life Tales of Adventure and Romance (Paperback)byDon George
This featured too much pontificating about travel and not enough actual travel stories. I don't really care what these authors think travel is about -- I want to know their stories, their adventures, the places they've been.
Rolf Potts' story about trying to sneak onto the set of The Beach was just that, but it was one of few highlights. I was also amused by Chris Colin's Dave-Eggers-lite essay, but Eggers sustained it over the course of a whole book, and better.
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