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05/02
Happyreader
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A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East (Paperback) by David Fromkin bookshelves: currently-reading, history-politics, middle-eastern |
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04/21
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Making Your Own Days: The Pleasures of Reading and Writing Poetry (Paperback) by Kenneth Koch bookshelves: currently-reading, poetry, writing |
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02/27
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (Hardcover) by Barbara Kingsolver bookshelves: currently-reading, food-and-cooking |
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Happyreader said:
"I started this book when it first came out last year. Loved the asparagus chapter but then hit a rough patch when Barbara went on a high-and-mighty rant and I just stopped reading. But spring is soon here again so I decided to start again after the...more
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They had faces then: Super stars, stars, and starlets of the 1930's (Unknown Binding) by John Shipman Springer bookshelves: bio-and-memoir |
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read in January, 1975
Happyreader said:
"My mom and I used to watch old movies together in the pre-cable days when they would show old movies every afternoon on one of the local channels. Both of us loved (and still love) the old 1930s classics.
I've had this book now for over 30 years....more " |
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New comment on Inder's review of
Cranford (Penguin Classics)
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God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215 (Hardcover) by David Levering Lewis bookshelves: history-politics, middle-eastern, to-read |
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Happyreader made a comment in the group Constant Reader—Schedule for July - December 2008 topic:
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The Elements of Taste (Hardcover) by Gray Kunz, Peter Kaminsky bookshelves: food-and-cooking, to-read |
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The Dinner Diaries (Paperback) by Betsy Block bookshelves: food-and-cooking, to-read |
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Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir (Paperback) by Jennette Fulda (Goodreads author!) bookshelves: bio-and-memoir, health-and-diet, to-read |
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Memories of Philippine Kitchens (Hardcover) by Amy Besa bookshelves: food-and-cooking |
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read in September, 2007
Happyreader said:
"Considering the large American-Filipino population and the popularity of other Asian cuisines, it's surprising how little is known about Filipino cuisine. This warm and visually appealing book should change all that. In addition to recipes for esse...more
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The Economics of Happiness: Building Genuine Wealth (Paperback) by Mark Anielski bookshelves: progressive-thinking |
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read in May, 2008
Happyreader said:
"Lovely sentiments written by a good-hearted Canadian economist. Unfortunately, the book just didn't work for me. Too fuzzy to hold my attention.
The premise of the book is that we should be measuring wealth by how well it helps us and our commun...more " |
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New comment on Leslie's review of
The Art of Raising a Puppy
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Happyreader's favorite quotes
"We women have lived too much with closure: "If he notices me, if I marry him, if I get into college, if I get this work accepted, if I get this job" -- there always seems to loom the possibility of something being over, settled, sweeping clear the way for contentment. This is the delusion of a passive life. When the hope for closure is abandoned, when there is an end to fantasy, adventure for women will begin.
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— Carolyn G. Heilbrun (Writing a Woman's Life)
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— Carolyn G. Heilbrun (Writing a Woman's Life)
Happyreader's groups (recent posts)
Constant Reader
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An open forum for friendly discussion of books and anything to do with reading, movies and art.
chicago readers
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chicagoland goodreaders of all types.
History is not boring
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Why do people think history is boring? I don't get it.
ยก POETRY !
— 577 members
— last activity 1 day ago, 11:43AM
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No pretensions: just poetry.
Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go...more
READING AS WRITERS
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— last activity 15 days ago, 09:03AM
Those lines that startle you, endings that follow you for days, maybe a style that disturbs you but you can't top reading. Discuss it all here.
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