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Old 08-16-11 | 07:33 PM
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Finished Zadie Smith's White Teeth.

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Anthony Bourdain's Medium Raw.
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Old 08-17-11 | 09:24 AM
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I am on Book 10 of the Wheel of Time. I am powering through them all at once. It flows pretty well but some things get annoying.
If a person walks into a room, its a guarantee that the next 2-3 pages will explain every character's name and describe ALL clothing in detail even if we never see most of them again.
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Finished: Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher




Started: Cold Vengeance by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child

Old 08-18-11 | 12:53 AM
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I've just begun re-reading Prey by Michael Crichton
Old 08-18-11 | 01:00 AM
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put game of thrones down for a bit to reread harry potter with my nice so picked up and started today

Harry potter and the sorcerers stone.
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Finished Bourdain's Medium Raw, which reads much more like an essay collection (which is completely fine). If anything, it's a good reference for chefs to watch.

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Junot Díaz's short story collection Drown
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Finished:




Started:

Old 08-19-11 | 02:47 PM
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Just finished on Audible:



Starting on Audible:

Old 08-19-11 | 11:26 PM
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Finished:


Really great insights into what the world of standup was like in the 70s.





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Originally Posted by writer106
Very interesting book.
Old 08-20-11 | 04:45 PM
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Old 08-22-11 | 06:52 AM
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Didn't do Drown, but picked up:


Johnathan Franzen's The Corrections

I don't get how people say he's too "lit"... This is interesting, readable stuff.
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Just finished:

Old 08-25-11 | 11:01 PM
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Finished: Cold Vengeance by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child




Started: A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

Old 08-26-11 | 10:05 AM
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Very interesting book.
It is. I really liked it. I had never read anything from this author before, but he writes and structures non-fiction pretty well. I definitely recommend it to others.
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Just finished "Sven the Zombie Slayer" by Guy James.
I liked it so much I read chapters with character Milt twice.
I also liked "Z=MC2" by Kelly Jameson and short dystopian story "2BR02B"
by Kurt Vonnegut.
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Old 08-29-11 | 01:09 PM
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Finished:



Gritty, brutal novel which made me think of "OZ".
Old 08-29-11 | 07:41 PM
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Finished Drown by Junot Díaz and The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen.

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G. K. Chesterton's The Strange Crime of John Boulnois
Old 08-31-11 | 01:29 PM
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Trying to accept its fairy tale version of Alzheimer's disease.

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