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Krazy & Ignatz 1935-... 05/18 Chris is currently reading:
Krazy & Ignatz 1935-1936: "A Wild Warmth of Chromatic Gravy" (Krazy Kat)
by George Herriman, Chris Ware
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Duino Elegies and th... 05/18 Chris is currently reading:
Duino Elegies and the Sonnets of Orpheus (Paperback)
by Rainer Maria Rilke
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July 23
Harry Potter and the... Chris added:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)
by J.K. Rowling
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read in July, 2007

Chris Chris said: "I'm not giving this one a star rating yet. Maybe after a re-read in a month. Some spoilers.

As a Harry Potter book, it's as consistently exciting as PoA or GoF (the best installments for my taste) but lacks their sense of awed discovery. It sha...more
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May 21
The Catcher in the R... Chris gave 1 of 5 stars1 of 5 stars1 of 5 stars1 of 5 stars1 of 5 stars to:
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by J.D. Salinger
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May 18
The Yiddish Policeme... Chris gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel (Hardcover)
by Michael Chabon
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read in May, 2007

Chris Chris said: "On a first read: Chabon's best to date. The West Coast noir gestures aren't quite a red herring, but they are a frame, tightly encompassing the book without ultimately breaking the image within. The Ashkenaz-in-Alaska worldbuilding is wholly origin...more "
Angels in America:  ... Chris gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes: Part One: Millennium Approaches Part Two: Perestroika (Paperback)
by Tony Kushner
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One Hundred Years of... Chris gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Paperback)
by Gabriel García Márquez
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read in April, 2001

Chris Chris said: "Kafka promised; García Márquez delivers. Also, the man looks fantastic with a black eye. "
The Great Gatsby Chris gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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read in October, 2000

Chris Chris said: "The Great American Novel. "
Middlemarch Chris gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Middlemarch (Penguin Popular Classics)
by George Eliot
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Chris Chris said: "I think Eliot and Flannery O'Connor might have had something in common, at heart. Eliot writes better about the lived character of religious experience than almost any other English-speaking novelist. Certainly Middlemarch is the best novel ...more "



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