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- A Feast for Crows (824)
- (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 4)
- By George R.R. Martin
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- (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3)
- By George R.R. Martin
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- (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 2)
- By George R.R. Martin
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- (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1)
- By George R.R. Martin
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- The Sparrow (42)
- By Mary Doria Russell
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- Super Sad True Love Story (86)
- A Novel
- By Gary Shteyngart
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Finished on Sep 10, 2010
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- Absurdistan (79)
- A Novel
- By Gary Shteyngart
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Finished on Apr 23, 2007
Finished (re-read) on Sep 8, 2010
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- The Amber Spyglass (628)
- (Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award (Awards))
- By Philip Pullman, Philip Ball
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Finished on Nov 23, 2007
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- The Subtle Knife (674)
- (His Dark Materials, Book 2)
- By Philip Pullman
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Finished on Nov 22, 2007
Finished (re-read) on Aug 27, 2010
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- The Golden Compass (878)
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- By Philip Pullman
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Finished on Nov 18, 2007
Finished (re-read) on Aug 25, 2010
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- Watchers (91)
- By Dean R. Koontz
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Finished on Aug 23, 2010
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- Anton Chekov's Short Stories (13)
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- By Anton Chekhov
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Finished on Jun 1, 2010
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- In the Soviet house of culture (1)
- a century of perestroikas
- By Bruce Grant
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Finished on Feb 13, 2010
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- Behind the Urals (2)
- An American Worker in Russia's City of Steel
- By John Scott, Stephen Kotkin
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Finished on Feb 12, 2010
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- City of Thieves (98)
- By David Benioff
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Finished on Dec 15, 2009
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Leviathan
Absurdistan
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I feel I should warn some potential readers that it gets sexual at times, however, the overall concept of the book is worth it.
I found the book to be extremely readable and addicting, I struggled to put it down each night and day and even sacrificed doing homew ... (continue)
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I feel I should warn some potential readers that it gets sexual at times, however, the overall concept of the book is worth it.
I found the book to be extremely readable and addicting, I struggled to put it down each night and day and even sacrificed doing homework for the sake of reading it.
If you've ever read The Idiot, Misha is a very Prince-like character, and he does make that comparison himself. He is a holy fool caught in a world of corruption. You come to love him and grow to find the world he finds himself in, our world, despicable.
Be prepared to read about how brutal people can be to each other over nothing, how desperately and futilely people can try to gain attention in our media, and how oil affects countries around the world.
Misha is obsessed with America, but after reading the book, I see a country that baits other smaller countries into its greedy hands.
It's definitely an interesting read.
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