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06.23.08, 16:56 PM General Topics
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Can you make me a summer reading list - looking for a combination of classics and fluff. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 06.23.08, 04:56 PM Flag
 

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My Antonia - Willa Cather, Three Cups of Tea - Greg Mortenson, When You Are Engulfed in Flames - David Sedaris [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.23.08, 05:10 PM Flag
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three cups of tea was excellent [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.23.08, 05:13 PM Flag
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So good. I want to read more things like it if you have any suggestions. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.23.08, 05:26 PM Flag
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Did you have any trouble with the sequencing in it - I had trouble understanding how long his trips back to the United States were and got confused. Maybe it was just my mood when I was trying to read it and I should retry. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.23.08, 05:33 PM Flag
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No. I didn't. But I was really focused when I read it. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.23.08, 05:34 PM Flag
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I wasn't very focused. I'll give it another try. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.23.08, 05:35 PM Flag
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I can see how it can be confusing. In many parts he was just home long enough to raise $ to go back... [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.23.08, 05:37 PM Flag
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Beginner's Greek by James Collins (sweet romance) [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.23.08, 05:20 PM Flag
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I LOVED this and Free Food for Millionaires below. Also, for fluff, there is new Lauren ___ book -- woman who wrote Devil Wears Prada, which is decent fluff. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.26.08, 06:25 AM Flag
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Anything by Lee Child [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.23.08, 05:20 PM Flag
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Duma Key by Stephen King [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.23.08, 05:20 PM Flag
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Fluff: Free Food For Millionaires (sp), Towelhead, People of the Book. Classics: anything Hardy. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.23.08, 05:21 PM Flag
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The new Jhumpa Lahiri [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.23.08, 05:35 PM Flag
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Did you like it? I haven't picked it up yet b/c the reviews were mixed. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.23.08, 05:36 PM Flag
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Yep. I prefer her short stories over "Namesake." [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.23.08, 05:39 PM Flag
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I'll add it to my list. I am up to my eyeballs in memoirs and need some fiction. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.23.08, 05:40 PM Flag
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aggg my entire bookclub didn't like it much at all. Save your $20... [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.24.08, 06:47 PM Flag
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loved "the gathering" about an Irish wake (sort of), "Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name", and "People of the Book" and on the junk side I just finished and laughed at "All We Ever Wanted was Everything" [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.23.08, 05:41 PM Flag
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^^ I am also re-reading "The Good Earth" and it is a fantastic as I remembered [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.23.08, 05:42 PM Flag
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I loved the gathering too. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.23.08, 05:45 PM Flag
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Emporer's Children by Claire Messud [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.23.08, 06:04 PM Flag
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had a hard time getting into that one, ended up putting it down [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.23.08, 06:08 PM Flag
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NP - I liked it overall but found every single character unlikable. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.23.08, 06:15 PM Flag
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that was my take on it too [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.23.08, 06:49 PM Flag
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Yuck. Pretentious and characters are not that interesting. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.24.08, 06:45 PM Flag
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the brief wonderous life of oscar wao, by junot diaz. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.24.08, 06:55 PM Flag
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The Razor's Edge, by Somerset Maugham [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.24.08, 08:10 PM Flag
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for classics--'House of Mirth' Edith Wharton, Paul Bowles Sheltering Sky [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 06.26.08, 07:03 AM Flag
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