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- Bonk (70)
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By Mary Roach -
Finished on Jan 5, 2010 
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- When You Are Engulfed in Flames (183)
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By David Sedaris -
Finished on Jul 12, 2009
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- Born on a Blue Day (110)
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By Daniel Tammet -
Finished on Jul 2, 2009 
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- God Is Not Great (242)
- How Religion Poisons Everything
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By Christopher Hitchens -
Finished on Apr 12, 2009
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- Weather Makers (2)
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By Tim Flannery -
Finished on Jan 13, 2009
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- The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid (207)
- A Memoir
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By Bill Bryson -
Finished on Dec 6, 2008
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
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I hadn't read any of Bryson's books before and found this one for 84 cents, so I decided maybe it was time. It was interesting, a bit nostalgic for something I am thirty years too young (the 1950s) and too Canadian (Iowa) to remember. Anyway, it was worth the read.
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Dec 7, 2008 |
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- Blink (1415)
- The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
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By Malcolm Gladwell -
Finished on Aug 13, 2008
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- Stumbling on Happiness (178)
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By Daniel Gilbert -
Finished on Jul 11, 2008
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- In Defense of Food (86)
- The Myth of Nutrition and the Pleasures of Eating
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By Michael Pollan -
Finished on Jun 23, 2008
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- The God Delusion (911)
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By Richard Dawkins -
Finished on Jul 29, 2008
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- Into the Wild (987)
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By Jon Krakauer -
Finished on Apr 30, 2008
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- Tapas (3)
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- Quilting the Savory Garden (1)
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By Sandra Millett -
Finished on Feb 17, 2008
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This is one of the best books I've ever seen for information on all varieties of applique. The downfall? The quilt you learn the techniques off is pretty ugly. (But your mileage may vary so far as that goes.)
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Feb 18, 2008 |
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- Spook (51)
- Science Tackles the Afterlife
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By Mary Roach -
Finished on Dec 29, 2007
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1 person find this helpful
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Really enjoyable reading. It's about the ways that science has attempted to prove the existence of an afterlife and/or a soul, but it's mostly about the ways that science has failed.
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Dec 30, 2007 |
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- The House of All Sorts (1)
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By Emily Carr -
Finished on Dec 18, 2007
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I'm between a "so-so" and a "quite good" on this one. It's certainly interesting and entertaining. Emily Carr uses metaphor wonderfully, often humourously, though there is more than a hint of meanness at times. Still, her frustration is so evident that the meanness is mostly understandable. At any r ... (
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Dec 20, 2007 |
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Born on a Blue Day
"Quite good" with a caveat - it's really not terribly well written. Fascinating, if you're interested in the way people's brains work (or don't), which I am, but there are times when his fascinations (for instance, his invented version of solitaire) can bog down the narrative.