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...This was the December book club pick. This book did not at all ... I thought the rest of the book would be the character coming to ...I really loved the guessing. The book itself is very description heavy. ...which could be confusing. Would I read it again? I just might. ...give away? This is a library book, but this is one I might...ve wished I bought. Would I read a sequel/further adventures/etc? ...

*War and Peace* and *Daniel Deronda*

I'm glad the December book has been pushed back to January. I've just finished *War and Peace*. Wow, Tolstoy really disliked Napoleon. (In common, I guess, with most of 19th century Europe). All I ... features a guy who wonders whether he is Jewish. Apparently it never occurs to him to look in his pants to see if he is circumcised, so there are 900 pages of wondering. I've read one chapter so far.

i want the time back this book stole

... I like Harris’ work. I’ve read all of her series and a.... I mean, nearly tossing the book across the room bad. It felt...just another reviewer cheerily bashing some book, it’s honestly not that. ...they’re step siblings and last book they became lovers. Obviously all their... and rude through this whole book. Mathew, Tolliver’s real dad, ...the people reviewing this for my book club who were raving about ...

book 140

... I like Harris’ work. I’ve read all of her series and a.... I mean, nearly tossing the book across the room bad. It felt...just another reviewer cheerily bashing some book, it’s honestly not that. ...they’re step siblings and last book they became lovers. Obviously all their... and rude through this whole book. Mathew, Tolliver’s real dad, ...the people reviewing this for my book club who were raving about ...

Gymnastics: The truth behind the gold medals

...season ended; it too ended her club gymnastics career. But her injuries weren...Retton and Dominique Moceanu. In her book “Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: ... The chapter in Ryan’s book concerning injury is titled “If ... of some gymnasts’ t-shirts read “Pain is just weakness leaving ... you.” CSU offers a gymnastics club for students to join for a... it was just a recreational club. “I love gymnastics so much ...

Post-Dublin Award Reading Life

... last spring, and it was packed. This past Staff Summer Reading Club, she was the most read author. As Fictionarian, I'd better see what the hubbub is about.... with faith, so I've had these on my to-read list for some time. And I will ask myself if each book is more of a "science" or "religion" book (or neither). I was also considering doing a YA Dystopia challenge, but I'...

50 Book Challenge 59-60 ~~ Burmese Days by George Orwell, The Outsider by Albert Camus

...the Literature of Empire and Settlement, read in this order. Burmese Days draws...themselves slowly to death at the club because there is little else to...equal parts the attempt by the club's chair to have the ... Indian doctor elected to the club, although it prides itself on ... of one of the other club members, although she reciprocates his ...and subtle. I'd not previously read any Camus but I admit I...

An interview with the man himself, and two book reviews

..., doesn't look much like a writer. In the Soho private members' club where we've arranged to meet, I find him ensconced on a sofa,...'engrossing, disturbing, [and] weirdly seductive'. I have to say, I've read A Day and a Night and a Day , and found it... not...respectfully reviewed.' Why is this, I wonder? Almost every review I've read of Duncan's work notes how he should be the recipient of major ...

...never have a new HP book to read. such is life. I also finished another book I had been reading (called ...a lot going on in that book that I just did not get...a buttload of other books to read, with actual deadlines associated with ... the other is for my book club meeting, which is (thankfully)... off. I am excited to read these, though. they are all ... and love (even the book club book, for once!), so I ...

Status Update Retrospective: September 2009

...! Who wants to play this week? The Plan: Finish hauling shit up from the car. Go sit and get coffee and read. Go to the grocery store. Come home and cook massive amounts of food for book club tomorrow. Hopefully cook dinner for me. Drink a lot while doing the last two. Sleep. Good plan, I say. Mary of Scotland is a dumb ...