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- Stuffed and Starved (3)
- Markets, Power and the Hidden Battle for the World Food System
- By Raj Patel
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Reading since Sep 10, 2009
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- Everyday Zen (1)
- Love & Work
- By Charlotte Joko Beck
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Reading since Jan 2009
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- The Leopard
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- By Giuseppe Di Lampedusa
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Reading since Dec 15, 2009
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- The Bad Girl (1)
- By Mario Vargas Llosa
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Finished on Dec 15, 2009
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- American Gods (112)
- By Neil Gaiman
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Finished on Dec 12, 2009
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- Sorrows of the Moon
- By Iqbal Ahmed
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Finished on Dec 5, 2009
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- Good Behavior
- By Molly Keane
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Finished on Dec 2, 2009
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- Enigma (5)
- By Robert Harris
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Finished on Dec 1, 2009
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- Sex Wars
- By Marge Piercy
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Finished on Nov 24, 2009
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Amy Bloom's 'Away' does it a lot better...
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Disappointed as I had so enjoyed Marge Piercy's Woman on the Edge of Time. This one felt a lot more laboured. Extensive research squeezed into and around the actual narrative of thing. The social history was fascinating - had never heard of Victoria Woodhull or Elizabeth Cady Stanton and their work ... (continue)
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- Kings of Albion
- By Julian Rathbone
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Finished on Oct 16, 2009
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- Away
- By Amy Bloom
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Finished on Sep 20, 2009
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- Arthur and George (12)
- By Julian Barnes
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Finished on Sep 16, 2009
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The Bad Girl
This started out reading a little bit too simplistic-romantic for me, but as the 'good boy' matures, along with his 'bad girl', so too does the relationship; and not always for the healthier...
Books that span an entire lifetime of a character always spook me a bit; maybe it's the idea that a life ... (continue)
This started out reading a little bit too simplistic-romantic for me, but as the 'good boy' matures, along with his 'bad girl', so too does the relationship; and not always for the healthier...
Books that span an entire lifetime of a character always spook me a bit; maybe it's the idea that a life *can* be covered in so few pages, or that feeling that there's only finite time allotted to a person, but anyway, Llosa does it beautifully.
There is a lot of depth given to both the main and the (sometimes peculiar!) supporting characters that draws you in; I read the whole thing in 3 days...
I really enjoyed this book, will recommend it to others and definitely check out more of Llosa's writing; leave a note if you know of any that stand out in particular.
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