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An easy read and mildly interesting, it wasn't as mind blowing as it was hyped up to be, i was really intrigued by how the author could possibly link sumo wrestling to teaching, and abortion to crime ...
 
- reviewed by jeffreycraft
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Featured on May 4th, 2008
 
 
Confederate War Bonnet, by Jack Shakely
Jack Gaston, the son of a white mother and a Creek Indian, is as comfortable in the white world of Harvard University and St. Louis as he is in his father's print shop in the Creek Nation, but his he...
 
- reviewed by MarySimon
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Featured on May 3rd, 2008
 
 
Neuromancer, by William Gibson
In my first year of teaching Freshman Comp at a local Boston college, I taught a class that I designed myself called "Virtual Realities, Virtual Bodies: Technology and Identity...
 
- reviewed by tinapickles
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Featured on May 2nd, 2008
 
 
A Child Called It, by Dave Pelzer
“A Child Called It” By Dave Pelzer is about his real-life story on how he faced more abuse then ever imagined starting at a young age. Dav...
 
- reviewed by Ksmebaby55
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Featured on May 1st, 2008
 
 
First, I have to write a disclaimer about this review: I read the novel about three years ago and am doing this review from memory. Having said that, I can honestly say that I enjoyed reading this no...
 
- reviewed by sbarranca
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Featured on April 30th, 2008
 
 
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After 20 years in Asia, an expat New Yorker poetically recounts the rare variety of experiences one finds in exotic locales.
shelved by JakJack
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Reading this now. Our Latin American future canon. On the shelf with Garcia-Marquez. Anti-Magical Realism.
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I challenge you to read this book without it changing your life
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This book almost makes me feel ashamed of how nice I've got it. Also, lesson: Don't buy a gun.
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This is my first novel, and a well leafed copy will remain on my shelf for impromptu readings.
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Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
Many great minds throughout history have commented on the invisible war waged between the written word and technology. Kafka referred to the dawn of motion picture as the...
reviewed by BLNicholas
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American Wife , by Curtis Sittenfeld
It seemed like a good idea: a sexed-up, fictionalized autobiography of Laura Bush. For eight years the First Lady has been the "silent partner" in a White House that can boast that it changed the cou...
reviewed by pcontino
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The Ha-Ha, by Dave King
This is Dave King's debut fictional novel, and it is superb. It is centered around Howie, a Vietnam Vet. He became disabled in the war and has been trying to rebuild his life ever since. His disabi...
reviewed by sbarranca
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the novel that took this series to a whole new level. Not only is it more complicated, dramatic, and suspenseful than the first three, but it is also the found...
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Out Stealing Horses, by Per Petterson
This is a quiet book, with a subtle, quiet impact. Thankfully, such low-decibel works are still receiving attention in the world of smash-'em-ups and steamy scandal, where much of our entertainment l...
reviewed by JonIrwin
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