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July 26
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Andreea
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De gelukkige huisvrouw (Hardcover)
by Heleen van Royen
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Andreea said:
"The Happy Housewife. PArtly depressing, partly 'laughing-out-loud funny' and partly depressing again. However, I guess it happends to some people. Don't read it if you're pregnant!!!
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Andreea
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Ravelstein (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)
by Saul Bellow
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Andreea
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Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses Trilogy)
by Malorie Blackman
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Andreea said:
"Wonderful. It won a children's literature award, but I recommend it to all adults as well.
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April 22
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Andreea
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It Does Not Die: A Romance (Paperback)
by Maitreyi Devi
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read in January, 2001
Andreea said:
"This is Amitreyi's touching answer to a book written about her by a Romanian student who lived in her father's house, in India, during her teenage years and who, in his book - Bengali Nights - claimed to have had an intense and intimate relationship ...more
This is Amitreyi's touching answer to a book written about her by a Romanian student who lived in her father's house, in India, during her teenage years and who, in his book - Bengali Nights - claimed to have had an intense and intimate relationship with her during that time. Maitreyi finds out about the book and her alleged relationship with the Romanian student after many years, when she is a grown, educated woman. She decides to tell her own story.
The Romanian student who, at 21 had received a scholarship to study Hindi and the Hindu culture in India, is none other than Mircea Eliade, who later became one of the greatest philosophers of the 20th Century, an illustrious Professor who taught at various prestigious European and American universities and the author of The History of Religious Ideas and Beliefs, among another few dozen fiction and non-fiction publications.
It is impossible not to fall in love with both the young Mircea and Maitreyi and their later lives and respect for each-other and humanity in general....less
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Andreea
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Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Classics Library (NTC)) (Classics Library (NTC))
by Edgar Allan Poe
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Andreea said:
"I'm re-reading it in preparation of 'The American Boy' which is next on my list.
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Andreea
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Sophie's Bakery for the Broken Hearted (Paperback)
by Lolly Winston
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recommended to Andreea by:
Dominic
read in March, 2008
Andreea said:
"Half-way through the book I thought to myself: 'This would be a really funny book if it weren't so bloody sad!'
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April 01
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Andreea
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In Other Worlds (Mass Market Paperback)
by A.A. Attanasio
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read in March, 2008
Andreea said:
"This is potentially one of the worst books I have ever come across. Apart from the obviously thoroughly researched scientific facts and formulas (which, by the way, to the common reader don't mean much), the book was a complete waste of time and pain...more
This is potentially one of the worst books I have ever come across. Apart from the obviously thoroughly researched scientific facts and formulas (which, by the way, to the common reader don't mean much), the book was a complete waste of time and painful to go through. Actually, it felt like the story itself was stiched togehter in a hurry as a pretext for the author to dazzle us with mathematics, physics and chemistry. Yuk!...less
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February 27
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Andreea
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The Shadow of the Wind (Paperback)
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
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Andreea said:
"One of the best books ever written, without a doubt.
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Andreea
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The Reader (Oprah's Book Club)
by Bernhard Schlink
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Andreea said:
"Nothing he ever writes could equal The Reader. Brilliant book.
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Andreea
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Flights of Love (Paperback)
by Bernhard Schlink
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