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The Old Way: A Story... 07/25 Ghislaine is currently reading:
The Old Way: A Story of the First People (Hardcover)
by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
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Ghislaine Ghislaine said: "Elizabeth Marshall Thomas makes anthropological observations deeply absorbing and relevant. I can't wait to read *Reindeer Moon* to my kids. "
The Red and the Blac... 07/25 Ghislaine is currently reading:
The Red and the Black (Signet Classics)
by Marie-Henri Beyle (Stendhal)
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Ghislaine Ghislaine said: "Continuing my affair with the great adultery novels of the 19th c. "
Madame Bovary 07/25 Ghislaine gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Madame Bovary (Oxford World's Classics)
by Gustave Flaubert
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read in May, 2008

Ghislaine Ghislaine said: "What a revelation! Wonderful -- what a great moment at the birth of a subtle psychological narrative. Actually, I had to forgive some overdramatization of certain moments in the interior life of poor Emma, but it's moving all the same. "



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July 25
Madame Bovary Ghislaine gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Madame Bovary (Oxford World's Classics)
by Gustave Flaubert
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didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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read in May, 2008

Ghislaine Ghislaine said: "What a revelation! Wonderful -- what a great moment at the birth of a subtle psychological narrative. Actually, I had to forgive some overdramatization of certain moments in the interior life of poor Emma, but it's moving all the same. "
The Old Way: A Story... Ghislaine is currently reading:
The Old Way: A Story of the First People (Hardcover)
by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
bookshelves: currently-reading
my rating:
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Ghislaine Ghislaine said: "Elizabeth Marshall Thomas makes anthropological observations deeply absorbing and relevant. I can't wait to read *Reindeer Moon* to my kids. "
The Red and the Blac... Ghislaine is currently reading:
The Red and the Black (Signet Classics)
by Marie-Henri Beyle (Stendhal)
bookshelves: currently-reading
my rating:
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Ghislaine Ghislaine said: "Continuing my affair with the great adultery novels of the 19th c. "
March 31
The Collected Poems ... Ghislaine marked as to-read:
The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens (Paperback)
by Wallace Stevens
bookshelves: to-read
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Selected Poems Ghislaine marked as to-read:
Selected Poems (Mass Market Paperback)
by Robinson Jeffers
bookshelves: to-read
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Winesburg, Ohio Ghislaine added:
Winesburg, Ohio (Oxford World's Classics)
by Sherwood Anderson
bookshelves: read-every-10-years
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The Good Soldier: A ... Ghislaine added:
The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion (Paperback)
by Ford Madox Ford
bookshelves: keep-putting-off
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Manhattan Transfer: ... Ghislaine added:
Manhattan Transfer: A Novel (Paperback)
by John Dos Passos
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Ghislaine Ghislaine said: "I confuse Dos Passos with Ford Maddox Ford, and both of their enormous books have been on my shelf for well over 10 years, unread. "
March 19
The Catcher in the R... Ghislaine added:
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by J.D. Salinger
bookshelves: missed-the-age-to-enjoy-this
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Ghislaine Ghislaine said: "Someone passed me a copy to read in college but I couldn't get into it. The other text that this person assigned at the time was Animal Liberation. I didn't make headway with either. "
March 11
The Sot-weed Factor Ghislaine gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
The Sot-weed Factor (Paperback)
by John Barth
bookshelves: plan-to-reread
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read in January, 1987

Ghislaine Ghislaine said: "I need to go back to the scene of Smith downing that final boiled bat... And then there's the quest for the perfect bum-swipe. "



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