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- Let the great world spin (141)
- By Colum McCann
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Reading since Feb 12, 2010
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- The Whistling Season (5)
- By Ivan Doig
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Reading since Nov 30, 2009
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- Her Fearful Symmetry (223)
- A Novel
- By Audrey Niffenegger
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Finished on Feb 11, 2010
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- Olive Kitteridge (191)
- By Elizabeth Strout
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Finished on Jan 31, 2010
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Beautifully written, and some stories/lines/moments are just heartbreaking in a way few authors can make. And Olive herself is an interesting protagonist, if you can even call her that, thanks to her stubbornness and other dislikeable traits. All in all a good read, but it felt disconnected at times ... (continue)
- — Feb 2, 2010 | Add your feedback
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- The Art of Racing in the Rain (123)
- By Garth Stein
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Finished on Jan 4, 2010
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- Three Junes (46)
- By Julia Glass
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Finished on Jan 3, 2010
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- A Prayer for Owen Meany (293)
- By John Irving
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Finished on Dec 30, 2009
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- Push (87)
- By Sapphire
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Finished on Nov 29, 2009
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2 people find this helpful
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Saw the movie first; read the book second. The movie was heartwrenching, but definitely easier to watch than it was to read the book. The movie did a good job of showing only small doses of certain horrors like the rape, but the book is explicit and raw and incredibly sad. I can understand how it mi ... (continue)
- — Nov 30, 2009 | Add your feedback
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- Remainder (15)
- By Tom Mccarthy
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Finished on Nov 24, 2009
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For a small book, it took a lot to get through it. But by the end I was mesmerized - and chilled. So creepy and unnerving in the best way - truly makes you think about what's real and what's not, what the point of things are.
- — Nov 30, 2009 | Add your feedback
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- Shutter Island (286)
- By Dennis Lehane
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Finished on Oct 31, 2009
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I may have guessed the ending, but that didn't make the book any less riveting. The whole psychological factor made me really think about what and how an insane person thinks. I also thought the "An insane person denies he's insane. Bob denies he is insane. Ergo Bob is insane" premise was really int ... (continue)
- — Nov 3, 2009 | Add your feedback
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- Prodigal Summer (57)
- A Novel
- By Barbara Kingsolver
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Finished on Oct 18, 2009
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I generally love Kingsolver. This was good, but not great in my opinion. Definitely felt the heat, the humid heaviness and sultry summer sexiness. Liked the 3 main women too, but ultimately felt disappointed with the end of each of their stories, excepting for maybe Lusa's. Worth a read though. Very ... (continue)
- — Oct 21, 2009 | Add your feedback
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- Eat, Pray, Love (1594)
- One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
- By Elizabeth Gilbert
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Finished on Sep 12, 2009
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Meh. Beginning was interesting, but by the end it was a struggle to finish. Seemed VERY embellished at times, though the ultimate messages conveyed were no doubt good enough for me to take some to heart. Found the author mildly irritating.
- — Sep 23, 2009 | Add your feedback
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- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (1522)
- By Stieg Larsson
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Finished on Aug 16, 2009
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
1 person find this helpful
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So slow for the first 200+ pages. I hated the Wennerstrom subplot but enjoyed the Vanger mystery. The end was bad too, because it reverted to the Wennerstrom storyline. The middle chunk was pretty good.
- — Aug 20, 2009 | Add your feedback
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- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (280)
- By Mary Ann Shaffer
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Finished on Aug 9, 2009
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- In Search of Captain Zero (6)
- A Surfer's Road Trip Beyond the End of the Road
- By Allan Weisbecker
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Finished on Jul 30, 2009
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Interesting at times, a good summer read for anyone interested in surfing, that's for sure. Pretty damn self-indulgent and egotistical though. Especially the very last few pages - I laughed in the author's cocky face.
- — Aug 4, 2009 | Add your feedback
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Katie E Henr…
Her Fearful Symmetry
2 people find this helpful
I loved Time-Traveler's Wife. Can't say the same for this. Found it annoyingly self-indulgent for Niffenegger, and not much happens.
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