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04/21
Carla
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The Complete Fairy Tales of Brothers Grimm, Vol. II (Mass Market Paperback) by The Brothers Grimm, Jack Zipes bookshelves: currently-reading |
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| July 23 | ||
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Virtual Light (Paperback) by William Gibson bookshelves: sci-fi |
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Silas Marner (Bantam Classics) by George Eliot bookshelves: victorian |
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| July 16 | ||
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Red Harvest (Paperback) by Dashiell Hammett bookshelves: hard-boiled-and-noir |
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read in July, 2008
Carla said:
"In Hammett's first novel, from 1929, the Continental Op untangles corruption in the city of Personville, popularly known as Poisonville.
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| July 09 | ||
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Cold Comfort Farm (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Stella Gibbons bookshelves: vintage-brit-lit |
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| July 08 | ||
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Calendar: Humanity's Epic Struggle To Determine A True And Accurate Year (Paperback) by David Ewing Duncan bookshelves: did-not-finish, history |
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recommended to Carla by:
drem, though she didn't finish it either
read in July, 2008
Carla said:
"I read one third of this book but it was too complicated for me. I love ancient history and I found the origins of our calendar and time organizing to be spectacular info, but there was far too much math for me. I guess I don't care about how to de...more
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| July 02 | ||
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Deadly Persuasion: Why Women And Girls Must Fight The Addictive Power Of Advertising (Hardcover) by Jean Kilbourne bookshelves: ads-and-culture |
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| July 01 | ||
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The Black Gloves (Paperback) by Constance Little, Gwenyth Little bookshelves: vintage-mystery |
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read in July, 2008
Carla said:
"I've been re-reading my favorite vintage mysteries, the works of the Little sisters. "The Black Gloves," from 1939, is the third of their 21 unconnected screwball mystery romances.
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| June 27 | ||
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Let It Come Down: A Novel (Paperback) by Paul Bowles bookshelves: modern-classics |
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read in June, 2008
Carla said:
"A slow read for me. The plot was at times very interesting, but there were too many philosophical digressions and drug journeys for it to be much of a page turner.
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| June 16 | ||
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Carla
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Emily's
review of The Bronte Myth:
"A very interesting read if you like the Brontes. The author basically gives us a history of readers' and critics' (mis)perceptions of the literary family. I walked away from it with the realization that I'd bought into too many of the myths myself. " | |
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The Bronte Myth (Paperback) by Lucasta Miller bookshelves: brontes |
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