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Lilith's Brood (Xenogenesis, #1-3)

by Octavia E. Butler

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Ruthie said: " Um. This trilogy (the three novels are, respectively, Dawn, Adulthood Rites and Imago) is some seriously weird stuff. (Duh. Sci-fi is weird.) But Butler is a helluva story teller. This is another instance in which I'm pimping an author I read for cla ...more "

Nov 21, 2008 09:50AM · see review

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Looking for History: Dispatches from Latin America

by Alma Guillermoprieto

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Ruthie said: " I'm loving these essays. I don't know shit about Latin American politics, but that doesn't make these essays any less powerful for me (more so, really). From Evita to Fidel to the Zappatistas (sheesh I hope I spelled that right) there's plenty of tan ...more "

Oct 01, 2008 04:33PM · see review

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The Road

by Cormac McCarthy

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Ruthie said: " My half-way-through review is that I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS AN OPRAH BOOK. I guess we bid g'bye to the days when she picked saccharine crap like that one where the girl gives birth in the Wal-Mart to a child she names "America"... This book may face t ...more "

Jun 18, 2008 11:18AM · see review

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