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	The Footprints of God (8) By Greg Iles Finished on Nov 5, 2009 Add... My Shelf Wish List
part "da vinci code", part "futurama" (the heads in the bell jars), mostly "the fugitive". Is this helpful? ― Posted on Nov 5, 2009 \| Add your feedback
	I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud... And Other Poems You Half-Remember from School Finished on Nov 5, 2009 Add... My Shelf Wish List
you can wrap yourself up in this just for the sheer beauty of verse and the evocative poetic images. but reading english poetry aloud is the most effective way to experience the internal rhythms of the language, so different from romance languages (which may sound a little flat in english, since the ... (continue) you can wrap yourself up in this just for the sheer beauty of verse and the evocative poetic images. but reading english poetry aloud is the most effective way to experience the internal rhythms of the language, so different from romance languages (which may sound a little flat in english, since the natural rhythms are quite different). Is this helpful? ― Posted on Nov 7, 2009 \| Add your feedback
	Edith Sitwell a Unicorn Among Lions By Victoria Glendinning Finished on Oct 12, 2009 Add... My Shelf Wish List
it's hard to be a woman - and more so when you are very plain AND a poet. a biography devoted mostly to her poetical work (which dr. leavis blasted), with heartbreaking glimpses on her personal life. Is this helpful? ― Posted on Oct 12, 2009 \| Add your feedback
	Comforters By Muriel Spark Finished on Oct 9, 2009 Add... My Shelf Wish List
the devil exists, and he can type - or does he? the comforters in the title are the useless friends who assist job - to no avail - in the bible. the book marks the author's conversion from critic and poet to novelist, and her coincident conversion to catholicism. balanced between supernatural mister ... (continue) the devil exists, and he can type - or does he? the comforters in the title are the useless friends who assist job - to no avail - in the bible. the book marks the author's conversion from critic and poet to novelist, and her coincident conversion to catholicism. balanced between supernatural mistery and subtlety, very witty and amusing at times, this is a mischievous challenge to post war realism. Is this helpful? ― Posted on Oct 9, 2009 \| Add your feedback
	Driftnet By Lin Anderson Finished on Oct 6, 2009 Add... My Shelf Wish List
	Dark Echo By F.G. Cottam Finished on Sep 20, 2009 Add... My Shelf Wish List
can a ghost story be boring? oh yes, this one was. Is this helpful? ― Posted on Sep 20, 2009 \| Add your feedback
	Black Juice (1) (Gollancz SF) By Margo Lanagan Finished on Sep 16, 2009 Add... My Shelf Wish List
dark fairy tales set in a distopic, possibly pagan multiverse. the first story is quite chilling, unforgettable, the others you can live without. Is this helpful? ― Posted on Sep 16, 2009 \| Add your feedback
	The Third Policeman (8) (1960s A) By Flann O'Brien Finished on Sep 11, 2009 Add... My Shelf Wish List
not funny, not funny at all. weird and amazing in its apparent clarity, but deep, and with a very convincing cochlear shape. quite an experience. unfortunately, the book is known to the world because of a tv series called "lost": it sold in 3 weeks, after being quoted by some character, as many copi ... (continue) not funny, not funny at all. weird and amazing in its apparent clarity, but deep, and with a very convincing cochlear shape. quite an experience. unfortunately, the book is known to the world because of a tv series called "lost": it sold in 3 weeks, after being quoted by some character, as many copies as in the former 30 years. Is this helpful? ― Posted on Sep 11, 2009 \| Add your feedback
	The Return (1) (Star Trek) By Shatner William, Garfield Reeves-Stevens, Judith Reeves-Stevens Finished on Sep 9, 2009 Add... My Shelf Wish List
shelby belittling picard, borg dobermans (!), kirk defeating the dominion with his bare hands - oh, and he came back from the dead, too. fun and intriguing, though the tng crew looks a bunch of idiots. Is this helpful? ― Posted on Sep 12, 2009 \| Add your feedback
	The Middle Age of Mrs. Eliot By Angus Wilson Finished on Sep 6, 2009 Add... My Shelf Wish List
this book is widely praised as a very fine portrait of feelings in a woman facing sudden bereavement. it is, well, exactly that. but i am not sure it is suitable for the contemporary, hasty, superficial reader. Is this helpful? ― Posted on Sep 12, 2009 \| Add your feedback
	The English eccentrics By Edith Sitwell Finished on Sep 4, 2009 Add... My Shelf Wish List
it should not be taken literally, as a catalogue of mental cases (though such is the case, at first astonished glance). more than that, a monument to the english motto "i am my own master". Is this helpful? ― Posted on Sep 4, 2009 \| Add your feedback
	Wilderness Tips (3) By Margaret Atwood Finished on Sep 2, 2009 Add... My Shelf Wish List
I love her being razor-sharp and reticent, apocalyptic and blase'. Is this helpful? ― Posted on Sep 3, 2009 \| Add your feedback