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	05/04 Alisa gave to: A Multitude of Sins (Paperback) by Richard Ford bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
	Alisa said: "I only read 2 stories before I had to return it to the library, but it's one I'd revisit again. Richard Ford writes some really wonderful prose; "Calling" is among the best short stories I've ever read. " add a comment
	03/07 Alisa is currently reading: John Adams (Paperback) by David McCullough bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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	03/07 Alisa is currently reading: Guns, Germs, and Steel (Paperback) by Jared Diamond bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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July 03
	Alisa marked as to-read: A Dirty Job: A Novel (Hardcover) by Christopher Moore bookshelves: to-read	my rating:
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	Alisa gave to: The Corrections (Paperback) by Jonathan Franzen bookshelves: could-not-finish	my rating:
	Alisa said: "I didn't actually finish this behemoth of postmodern woe. It was bleak and full of such irredeemable characters that it wasn't really doing my heart much good. I've been told it has a happy ending - a "correction," if you will - but I was...more " add a comment
May 04
	Alisa marked as to-read: On Kingdom Mountain (Hardcover) by Howard Frank Mosher bookshelves: to-read	my rating:
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	Alisa gave to: A Multitude of Sins (Paperback) by Richard Ford bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
	Alisa said: "I only read 2 stories before I had to return it to the library, but it's one I'd revisit again. Richard Ford writes some really wonderful prose; "Calling" is among the best short stories I've ever read. " add a comment
	Alisa gave to: The Laments: A Novel (Paperback) by George Hagen	my rating:
	Alisa said: "George Hagen writes good prose, and this story is of a family that actually sticks together, bucking the trend that tragedy always leads to alienation, affairs, divorce, and rebirth with a new relationship. It has some story flaws, to be sure, and...more " add a comment
April 14
	Alisa gave to: Resurrection (Hardcover) by Leo Tolstoy	my rating:
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	Alisa gave to: War and Peace (Oxford World's Classics) by Leo Tolstoy	my rating:
	Alisa said: "Isn't it just so pretentious to give War & Peace 3 stars like an English major snob? I wish I could have appreciated it more, but honestly, there are just hundreds of pages of Napoleon's war tactics, and you have to have a serious mind fo...more " add a comment
	Alisa gave to: The Good Earth (Enriched Classics) by Pearl S. Buck	my rating:
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April 13
	Alisa gave to: The Optimist's Daughter: A Novel By (Hardcover) by Eudora Welty	my rating:
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