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07/16
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07/16
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Penguin Classics) by Mark Twain, Guy Cardwell bookshelves: currently-reading |
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06/27
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Henry IV (Paperback) by William Shakespeare bookshelves: currently-reading |
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Penguin Classics) by Mark Twain, Guy Cardwell bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Generation Kill (Paperback) by Evan Wright bookshelves: to-read |
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| July 11 | ||
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Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany (Hardcover) by Bill Buford |
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read in July, 2008
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| June 27 | ||
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Cannery Row (Centennial Edition) by John Steinbeck |
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Maps and Legends (Hardcover) by Michael Chabon |
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read in June, 2008
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"God damn he can write...so many times Chabon is crystal clear about what it means to not just read and write but what the experience of doing both can be. Great stuff.
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| June 11 | ||
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The Savage Detectives: A Novel (Hardcover) by Roberto Bolaño |
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Jake said:
"There is so many things I liked about this book while reading that I'm surprised I didn't get through more of it. Gave it a good 200 pages but nothing really pulled me in. Back on the bookshelf to be read another time....
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Amsterdam (Paperback) by Ian McEwan bookshelves: to-read |
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Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro |
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Never Let Me Go (Paperback) by Chuck Rosenthal |
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Jake's favorite quotes
"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."
— Mark Twain
— Mark Twain
"Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. "
— Mark Twain
— Mark Twain
"Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other."
— Mark Twain
— Mark Twain
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morals
172 people liked it
"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
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— Ernest Hemingway
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— Ernest Hemingway
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drinking
162 people liked it
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Jake's friends (18)
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Benji 58 books 8 friends |
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Richard 1 book 1 friend |
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Jennifer 191 books 8 friends |
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Amy 106 books 22 friends |
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Devon 63 books 15 friends |
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~anna~ 28 books 29 friends |
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K C 110 books 35 friends |
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Robin 36 books 10 friends |
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Lexpress 9 books 9 friends |
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Beth 95 books 12 friends |
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Jarrod 85 books 5 friends |
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Fschroeder 15 books 6 friends |
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Dan 0 books 3 friends |
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Peter 75 books 5 friends |
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Becky 37 books 7 friends |