The Evolution of Jane

Schine, Cathleen

A few years ago I got a really cool chain letter/email, which was to send a book (preferably one I had enjoyed reading but wouldn't mind removing from my bookshelves) to the person at the top of the list, send the email to a handful of people, and then receive a bunch of books in the mail. What a great idea! Even though I try to get rid of books twice a year, there is always something I'm happy to pass on. I sent my book out (postage for books is also cheap, a bonus) and passed the email to my most reliable friends. A couple of months later, I received only this book.

Started 1/17/2007

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Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

Nafisi, Azar

So far makes me really want to read Nabokov.
Started 1/15/2007

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Finished 8 Nov 2007

A very painful read. I never got a grasp on the characters, and there wasn't a tangible narrative. It was brute will that got me through it.

My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist

Leyner, Mark

Loaned to me by Cory Hain. Really odd, with eerie flashes of truly eccentric topics that I thought interested only me.

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Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

Hofstadter, Douglas R.

Checked this out from the library, renewed quite a few times, finally bought my own. Slowly crawling through this one.

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Carnet De Voyage

Thompson, Craig

Found on our shelves when going through books on New Year's Eve Day.
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Finished 4 January 2007

City of Glass

Coupland, Douglas

checked out from the Library.

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Finished 1 January 2007

Wind-up Bird Chronicle, The

Marukami, Haruki

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recommended by Rick