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Lauren Lastrapes rated a book it was amazing The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Lauren Lastrapes rated a book it was amazing Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Lauren Lastrapes rated a book liked it Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Lauren Lastrapes rated a book it was amazing A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I read this book once a year. My mother refuses to read it. She insists that Ignatius Reilly has an abundance of characteristics that remind her of her brother. This makes reading this particular book an exercise in confronting tragic personality fla ...more
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This is such a great novel. I read it a few years ago, I think it was in 2004, I don't really remember now, but I know it was before I separated from Fabio since during the separation process I only read books by Chris Bojalian and books that Lauren ...more
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I learned that Roberto da Matta is persuasive and smart, that he has interesting ideas about carnival, popular music, Brazil, the United States, culture in general. I also learned that, at least at some point in his career, he felt that carnival trad ...more
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