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- A Monk Swimming (19)
- A Memoir
- By Malachy McCourt
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Reading since Nov 15, 2008
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- The Little Zen Companion (6)
- By David Schiller
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- Living Juicy (3)
- Daily Morsels for Your Creative Soul
- By Sark
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Reading since 1995
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- Inspiration Sandwich (3)
- Stories to Inspire Our Creative Freedom
- By SARK
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Reading since 1995
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- The Bodacious Book of Succulence (3)
- Daring to Live Your Succulent Wild LIife
- By Sark
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Reading since 1996
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- Succulent Wild Woman (5)
- By Sark
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- Better Than Well (2)
- American Medicine Meets the American Dream
- By Carl Elliott
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- Loving Frank (36)
- By Nancy Horan
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Finished on Aug 26, 2008
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The book caught my eye on the shelf because of its beautiful stained glass window cover. I picked it up and opened it - the quote inside says people will pick this up because of Frank Lloyd Wright, but they will keep reading because of Mamah Cheney. (That was so me! hmmm... maybe it's meant to be) ... (continue)
- — Jun 28, 2008 | Add your feedback
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- Christmas Jars (5)
- By Jason F. Wright
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Finished in Nov 2007
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- The Road Less Travelled (62)
- By M. Scott Peck
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Started on 2000
Finished (re-read) in 2005
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- Lord of the Flies (1677)
- By William Golding
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Finished
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I had a very interesting realization while reading this book in Mr. Gaydos' English class. I had read Lord of the Flies a couple years prior to this class, and I knew how it ended. We were having in class silent reading, and I was coming towards the death of Piggy, and i closed my book and put it ... (continue)
- — Mar 30, 2008 | Add your feedback
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- Hatchet (124)
- By Gary Paulsen
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Finished
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One of the Top
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Besides "The Little Prince", this is the book that i have reread the most often. I passed along a copy to my godson a few years ago too. Being in the woods, surviving on your own, learning to trust yourself, communing with animals, this is definitely one of my favorite books. I think i should rea ... (continue)
- — Mar 30, 2008 | Add your feedback
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- The Lovely Bones (1375)
- By Alice Sebold
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Finished
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did not stop
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This is the only novel i have ever read cover to cover in one sitting. I remember the night very well. I had borrowed it from my little sister a few days prior, and i was lying awake in bed, couldn't sleep. I picked it up, hoping it would be boring and lull me into dreamland. I had to work in th ... (continue)
- — Mar 29, 2008 | Add your feedback
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- Slow Hand (4)
- Women Writing Erotica
- By Michelle Slung
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- Smoke Signals (5)
- A Screenplay
- By Sherman Alexie
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Finished
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A Monk Swimming
This book is more like listening to Malachy spin a yarn in front of you. It's not really like reading a book. Great stories of a man (mid 20's and on) and his adventures in New York. My favorite so far is about his summer on an island in Long Island Sound, how he talked his friends into sharing " ... (continue)
This book is more like listening to Malachy spin a yarn in front of you. It's not really like reading a book. Great stories of a man (mid 20's and on) and his adventures in New York. My favorite so far is about his summer on an island in Long Island Sound, how he talked his friends into sharing "a great beach house" (actually a shack), so he then had it to himself for the summer, and told the ladies that if he is wearing his ascot to the side then "he is available for the evening". I really laugh out loud while I'm reading this story, and that is a very nice respite given all the work and other stress i'm dealing with currently.
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