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Into the Wild 04/24 Ron is currently reading:
Into the Wild (Paperback)
by Jon Krakauer
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Your Inner Fish: A J... 04/24 Ron is currently reading:
Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body (Hardcover)
by Neil Shubin (Goodreads author!)
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Sex and Death to the... 04/24 Ron is currently reading:
Sex and Death to the Age 14 (Paperback)
by Spalding Gray
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Ron Ron said: "I haven't gotten around to reading this much, lately. I read the first three monologues, and so far they haven't been as good as his later stuff. But that's because they were Spalding's first monologues. So he was feeling out his art. You see glimpse...more "



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July 26
Paul Has A Summer Jo... Ron gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Paul Has A Summer Job (Paperback)
by Michel Rabagliati, Michel Rabagliati
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July 16
Flatland: A Romance ... Ron gave 2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars to:
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Dover Thrift Editions)
by Edwin A. Abbott
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Rediscovering Jacob ... Ron marked as to-read:
Rediscovering Jacob Riis: The Reformer, His Journalism, and His Photographs (Hardcover)
by Bonnie Yochelson, Daniel Czitrom
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July 15
Microcosm: E. coli a... Ron marked as to-read:
Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life (Hardcover)
by Carl Zimmer
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July 10
Chicken with Plums Ron gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
Chicken with Plums (Hardcover)
by Marjane Satrapi
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Ron Ron said: "Not as good as Persepolis. "
July 06
Thousand-Mile Song: ... Ron gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
Thousand-Mile Song: Whale Music in a Sea of Sound (Hardcover)
by David Rothenberg
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Ron Ron said: "Pretty interesting. I liked the part about Karelia. The music itself, though... Eh, not a huge fan of his clarinet/saxophone interaction with the whales. Interesting, though. Just not my ears' cup of Earl Grey. "
Solar Prominence Ron gave 2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars to:
Solar Prominence (Paperback)
by Kevin Craft
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July 04
Ghost towns of Washi... Ron gave 2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars to:
Ghost towns of Washington and Oregon (Unknown Binding)
by Donald C Miller
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Ron Ron said: "Very little information provided. It felt like an excuse to throw a couple of tidbits of info gathered from other books together to create his own book. I don't think he even visited some of these towns he included info about. Even back in 1977, some...more "
Fun Home: A Family T... Ron gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (Hardcover)
by Alison Bechdel
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Ron Ron said: "This is a gem. Period. Even if you are not normally into graphic novels, you should check this out. It has loads of literary value. Amazing stuff. The task undertaken to chronicle and examine one's own life in this kind of detail and find correalatio...more "
Paul Goes Fishing Ron gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Paul Goes Fishing (Hardcover)
by Michel Rabagliati
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Ron Ron said: "Clean, concise linework that leaves you with the feeling of 1950s. Very Herge's Tin-Tin. A semi-autobiographic (I'm guessing) graphic novel that has moments of poignancy. It is really well done. "



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