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January 09, 2007 10:00 AM EST --
Insomnia by Stephen King-
I have read most of kings books, some I love, like the Dark Tower series and some I hate, like Geralds Game. I must say that in my opinion- Insomnia is the best thing . . . more
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January 09, 2007 10:57 PM EST --
I'm currently reading Prep A Novel by Curtis Sittenfield (sp?), and have to say that I'm enjoying it immensely. It is the girlie version of "Catcher In The Rye" - but much longer and . . . more
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February 11, 2007 12:41 AM EST --
Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere was the first book by Morris that I have had the opportunity to read, and even though it was so very melancholy I look forward to reading the rest of her works. . . . more
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January 15, 2007 09:31 PM EST --
I just finished Nicholas Lemann’s The Big Test: The Secret History of the American Meritocracy. It was interesting. Like most readers, I went in from my own biased perspective. I wasn’t really . . . more
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June 19, 2007 03:23 AM EDT --
There are few memoirs that can compare with The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. The story begins as Walls is on her way to a party in New York City, traveling by taxi down from her Park Avenue apartment. . . . more
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February 19, 2007 06:30 PM EST --
So Long A Letter is a series of short letters written by Ramatoulaye, a woman in West Africa, to a childhood friend. The letters are a series of memories and reminiscences that cover the choices . . . more
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January 22, 2007 11:11 PM EST --
Just a quick note on this memoir by Augusten Burroughs.
Hilarious.
But don't read it if you are homophobic or scared of crazy people.
Don't say I didn't warn you...
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June 14, 2007 01:33 AM EDT --
In an article entitled, "Read Any Good Books Lately?" found online at The New York Times, the paper surveyed 17 popular authors to enquire what they had been reading lately or planned to dig . . . more
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July 04, 2007 07:23 PM EDT --
Author: Howard Buten
This is an amazing book! It is written from the perspective of a child aged 8. He wavers between being highly imaginative and being very concrete in his . . . more
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July 01, 2007 03:43 PM EDT --
What type of book is Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott? It's one of those rare books that makes you want to start reading it all over again just as soon as you finish. . . . more
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April 29, 2007 08:04 PM EDT --
Author: Linda Crew
Another in the subgenre of kiddie lit- cross cultural stories of young people who have gone through suffering - war or otherwise.
The heroine is a teenager who escaped from Cambodia, . . . more
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June 24, 2007 04:41 AM EDT --
Author: Isaac Asimov
This s the third volume of autobiography from the prolific writer, Isaac Asimov
The first two were strictly chronological. This one is thematic. He starts to . . . more
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July 14, 2007 05:08 PM EDT --
Bill Bryson wrote this book almost a decade ago to document his walk along the Appalachian Trail with his friend Stephen Katz in 1996. Before reading this book I knew the Appalachian Trail was long, but . . . more
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April 05, 2007 11:57 PM EDT --
Last week I received an email from Mo~zy inviting me to be her guest on Wednesday evening, April 4th to hear Bill Bradley speak at the First Church in Cambridge, an event sponsored by the The Harvard Coop. . . . more
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November 02, 2007 09:51 AM EDT --
Sometimes there is a sentence or passage we read that makes us think about everything differently. Pain and suffering are not topics I like to think about, but my pleasure reading this . . . more
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July 29, 2007 10:38 AM EDT --
This "behind the scenes" book about the cut flower trade was recommended to me by Scott Kunst, owner of Old House Gardens, to help get me through the long, cold, gray flower-less days of a typical . . . more
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April 21, 2007 05:44 PM EDT --
My journey through Autism
Author Dawn Prince-Hughes
This is an amazing book written by an amazing woman.
Having Asperger's Syndrome that wasn't diagnosed until she was in her mid-30s, . . . more
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April 27, 2007 11:23 AM EDT --
What is a man? Is he the sum of all his parts? What if some of the parts are missing: big parts like entire arms and legs? Does it make him less of a man? Usually, yes. One averts one’s eyes when . . . more
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May 04, 2007 06:22 PM EDT --
A compilation of short essays about the relationship between in-laws.
I'd first heard about this book at a course my mother takes (she snuck me in) given by a woman who discusses the books she's . . . more
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February 06, 2007 06:08 PM EST --
Crab Cake & Pepper
by Frank Weaver, Jr.
Reviewed by Aaron Paul Lazar
Author of the LeGarde Mystery Series
Crab Cake & Pepper is more than a folksy yarn about a boy and his dog. It digs . . . more
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