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	07/23 Dufour gave to: On the Road (Paperback) by Jack Kerouac bookshelves: contemporary-american-lit, currently-reading, existentialism	my rating:
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	07/23 Dufour is currently reading: The Killer Inside Me (Paperback) by Jim Thompson bookshelves: crime, currently-reading	my rating:
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July 23
	Dufour gave to: On the Road (Paperback) by Jack Kerouac bookshelves: contemporary-american-lit, currently-reading, existentialism	my rating:
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	Dufour is currently reading: The Killer Inside Me (Paperback) by Jim Thompson bookshelves: crime, currently-reading	my rating:
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	Dufour gave to: Bandits (Mass Market Paperback) by Elmore Leonard bookshelves: crime	my rating:
	Dufour said: "This is definitely one of Leonard's better tales. It's a caper/heist at its heart, but Dutch's treatment of old New Orleans is a lot of fun to experience for this southern boy. AWESOME, AWESOME jokes and comedy in this one, most from Jack's heist par...more " add a comment
	Dufour marked as to-read: Starman: The Complete Saga Vol. 1 (Hardcover) by James Robinson, Tony Harris bookshelves: to-read	my rating:
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July 16
	Dufour gave to: 1984 (Paperback) by George Orwell bookshelves: classic-lit, sci-fi	my rating:
	Dufour said: "What else need be said about this classic? I love that not only was Orwell a fantastic storyteller, but he also had such a demonstrable love of the English language. You can really tell it from the way he writes. " add a comment
June 30
	Dufour gave to: Glitz (Paperback) by Elmore Leonard bookshelves: crime	my rating:
	read in June, 2008 Dufour said: "I hate to call anything Leonard writes as run-of-the-mill, because even his crappy efforts are a million times better than half the crime fiction on the shelf these days. But GLITZ is kind of a chill novel: good for lazy reading by the pool with beer...more " add a comment
June 24
	Dufour gave to: The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations (Hardcover) by Ori Brafman (Goodreads author!), Rod A. Beckstrom	my rating:
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June 20
	Dufour marked as to-read: The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967 (Paperback) by Hunter S. Thompson bookshelves: to-read	my rating:
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	Dufour marked as to-read: Songs of the Doomed : More Notes on the Death of the American Dream (Paperback) by Hunter S. Thompson bookshelves: to-read	my rating:
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	Dufour marked as to-read: Fear and Loathing in America : The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist (Paperback) by Hunter S. Thompson bookshelves: to-read	my rating:
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Dufour's favorite quotes

"Without music, life would be a mistake."
— Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: inspirational, music, philosophy

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"I love mankind, it's people I can't stand."
— Charles M. Schulz

tags: humor, mankind, people

602 people liked it

"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them."
— Ray Bradbury

tags: culture, reading

298 people liked it

"I didn't lie! I just created fiction with my mouth! "
— Homer

tags: humor, truth

281 people liked it

"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom."
— Aristotle

tags: wisdom

267 people liked it

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01/31/2008 07:55AM

I LOVE THIS!!! Such a great idea, a social networking service for books. Brilliant!!!!

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from Deborah

01/31/2008 07:36AM

OMG, you are adding books at a ridiculous rate! I can't wait to raid your book shelves!

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