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Mrs. Dalloway 05/17 Cecilia is currently reading:
Mrs. Dalloway (Paperback)
by Virginia Woolf
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Cecilia Cecilia said: "Thought I should read this before I read "The Hours" "
The Day I Ate Whatev... 05/17 Cecilia is currently reading:
The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: And Other Small Acts of Liberation (Hardcover)
by Elizabeth Berg
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The Plague of Doves:... 05/17 Cecilia is currently reading:
The Plague of Doves: A Novel (Hardcover)
by Louise Erdrich
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May 17
2051 Cecilia made a comment in the group 50 Books 2008Cecilia's 2008 Book List topic:
95738 Cecilia wrote: "Just finished book #28

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

Good book. Very touching.


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Mrs. Dalloway Cecilia is currently reading:
Mrs. Dalloway (Paperback)
by Virginia Woolf
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my rating:
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Cecilia Cecilia said: "Thought I should read this before I read "The Hours" "
Middlesex Cecilia gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Middlesex (Paperback)
by Jeffrey Eugenides
bookshelves: pulitzer-prize-fiction
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Cecilia Cecilia said: "A very touching story. I loved the family history and self discovery tale woven together with such acceptance and understanding. "
5439 New comment on Cecilia's review of Interpreter of Maladies
95738 Cecilia wrote: "Lisa, that would be great. I can wait until you are finished, I have several in the queue so there i...more "

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May 16
The Brief Wondrous L... Cecilia marked as to-read:
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Paperback)
by Junot Díaz
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Gilead: A Novel Cecilia marked as to-read:
Gilead: A Novel (Paperback)
by Marilynne Robinson
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The Known World Cecilia marked as to-read:
The Known World (Paperback)
by Edward P. Jones
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Empire Falls Cecilia marked as to-read:
Empire Falls (Paperback)
by Richard Russo
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The Amazing Adventur... Cecilia marked as to-read:
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Paperback)
by Michael Chabon
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Interpreter of Malad... Cecilia marked as to-read:
Interpreter of Maladies (Hardcover)
by Jhumpa Lahiri
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Cecilia's favorite quotes

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"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
Dr. Seuss

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"Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent."
Eleanor Roosevelt

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"The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid."
Jane Austen (Northanger Abbey)

"Love me when I least deserve it, because that's when I really need it."
— Swedish proverb

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"A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes."
Mark Twain




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This is a group for people who love fantastic fiction, old myths, fairytales, stories of the sea and forgotten things. And of course mermaids. :)
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from Michael
03/25/2008 08:28AM

1001499 Hi Cecelia--thanks for being a friend. Hope you'll check out one of my novels someday soon.

Regards,

Michael Laimo

from Daniel
02/09/2008 09:23AM

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Hey Cecilia, i drink 3 ounces of red wine every night but I can't smell the cork because the container has a plastic spigot on it.















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