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05.21.08, 18:31 PM General Topics
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Book recommendation: I am reading the Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao. Its friggin great. I highly recommend it. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 05.21.08, 06:31 PM Flag
 

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I heard him interviewed on NPR..thanks for reminding me [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.21.08, 06:32 PM Flag
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^^the author, that is [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.21.08, 06:32 PM Flag
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did he sound interesting? I hadnt even heard of the book till I picked it up in thebook store the other day. I think it won a pulitzer. I am rivited [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.21.08, 06:33 PM Flag
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the interview and discussion of the book was fascinating. He read passages from it [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.21.08, 06:34 PM Flag
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its so much fun to get really pulled in by a great book. doesnt happen that often these days [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.21.08, 06:35 PM Flag
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see below..I picked a clunker and it won the Man Booker prize [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.21.08, 06:37 PM Flag
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Possession won the Booker many years ago adn I hated that book [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.21.08, 06:38 PM Flag
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so great that you are getting book recs from your 12 yr old. that must be thrilling [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.21.08, 06:40 PM Flag
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it is!!! [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.21.08, 06:41 PM Flag
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Oh, here is a good one that my 12 yo ds just read and then gave it to me. I LOVED it..."spud" about a boy in boarding school in South Africa. Did not want it to end. DS loved it too [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.21.08, 06:38 PM Flag
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I picked up a book that I just can NOT get into. Had a whole day of jury duty and I just did not like the book..."the inheritance of loss' by Kiran Desai [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.21.08, 06:36 PM Flag
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never heard of it. why isnt it working for you? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.21.08, 06:36 PM Flag
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I just don't know. I can't get absorbed into it. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.21.08, 06:37 PM Flag
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try Oscar Wao [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.21.08, 06:38 PM Flag
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I am..just clicked it onto my Amazon list [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.21.08, 06:38 PM Flag
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try "Spud" [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.21.08, 06:39 PM Flag
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I had the same reaction to that one. Tried really hard because I had heard it was so great. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.21.08, 06:38 PM Flag
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phew.feels good to know I am not the only one [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.21.08, 06:39 PM Flag
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I usually like the stuff the Booker people pick too, but that just did not pull me in at all. To be fair I had just read the Time Traveller's Wife, which was a real page turner, but I had tried again later and lost interest immeadiately [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.21.08, 06:44 PM Flag
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I read it, too. ITA that it was a great read. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.21.08, 06:45 PM Flag
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which book? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.21.08, 06:45 PM Flag
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