Clarke, Susanna
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I think Erik got this for me at Costco. I started reading it but then my books on hold from the library came in. It spent a while on my nightstand.
Zipped through this one on vacation in Costa Rica. I got really into it after the first 100 boring pages. The novel's narrative voice utterly charming in its Victorian-era magical-realism, and it was hard to leave that world after 900 pages-- exactly what I want in a book!
I started this a while ago, but the first hundred or so pages are a bit snooze-inducing. I started the book over again when I took it on vacation to Costa Rica, and once I got past the first part it really started to zip. The florid, incredulous Victorian tone of voice is sweet and amusing.
A great one, if you can wade through the first part.
finished 9 April 2007
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Turning the Mind Into an Ally
Mipham, Sakyong and Chodron, Pema
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Borrowed from my brother, who really has no business with a book in his hand.
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Borrowed from my brother, who really has no business with a book in his hand.
Thursday, February 8, 2007
Monday, February 5, 2007
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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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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Friday, January 19, 2007
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.
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.
Saturday, January 13, 2007
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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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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Thursday, January 4, 2007
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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Checked this out from the library, renewed quite a few times, finally bought my own. Slowly crawling through this one.
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