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Bigger Than Hitler, Better Than Christ
Rik Mayall
HARPER COLLINS 0 PUB, 2005
Title Says It All
The Rik Mayall is great (anyone with any sense knows that) and this book is proof. Although it can at times seem as though the Rik Mayall is ranting and confused, I have come to realize it is only because I cannot, as I am not the Rik Mayall (there can only be one), fully understand the true and ...
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How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets
Garth Stein
Soho Press, 2005
Wow. Unusual subject hits hard.
+ Where have you been all my life???
+ Great book.
+ Surprising
+ Character builder
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The Cat Inside
William S. Burroughs
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002
Tiger, tiger burning bright...
+ Who knew?
+ I Cried All Night!
+ As my cat sits on my lap
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Choir Boy
Charlie Anders
Soft Skull Press, 2005
Growing up Trans
+ A Good Read
+ I love this book so much I could die
+ Running With Transsexuals
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
Truman Capote
Vintage, 1993
Pure Genius
+ Breakfast At Tiffany's
+ Fantastic Summer Reading
+ Capote's Unique Literary Gifts on Display in the Original Story of Holly Golightly and Three Other Tales
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Offshore
Penelope Fitzgerald
Mariner Books, 1998
Spare and brilliant
+ She took the time to write short
+ Setting device worked really well
+ A Graceful & Elegant Look at the Importance of Friendship
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The Devil You Know
Poppy Z. Brite
Gauntlet Press, 2005
THE LATEST COLLECTION FROM POPPY
+ Love Poppy's shorts
+ Poppy is the BEST.
+ PZB's Many Facets Make For a Fun Read
+ I'll admit it.
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Going Solo
Roald Dahl
Puffin, 1999
not for young kids
+ The adventures of a young Englishman
+ gripping!
If you see the classic Roald Dahl cover illustration you might think this is an appropriate book for young children. It's definitely a book for 6th or 7th grade and up. Scroll around and you'll find some excellent reviews written by teenagers. I just gave it to my dad who is a WWII buff--he loved ...
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Too Good to Be True (Sweet Valley High #11)
Francine Pascal
Bantam Books, 1984
A Bad Apple or Bad Seed
+ *~*~*~*~* So Recomend! Too Good To Be True! *~*~*~
Susanne Devlin comes to Sweet Valley from New York while Jessica goes to New York. everyone loves Susanne.Every guy is in love with her.One day,Elizabeth's laviler necklace disappears,and Susanne says she will help her look[or so she said] Susanne want to baby-sit for Mr.Collins's son,Teddy,when ...
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Runaway (SVH #21)
Francine Pascal
Sweet Valley, 1985
should of
+ Sweet Valley Stamina
+ weird
+ Jessica is finally sick of being the evil twin!
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Double Love (Sweet Valley High #1)
Francine Pascal
Bantam Books, 1984
Ahhh, Sweet Valley...
+ Good start to the SVH series
+ I was obsessed!
I'm thirteen years old living in a world where the new teen books at Barnes and Noble is all about the trashy, rich Paris Hilton wanna-bes. Most teen books today are all about how much sex you can have and how fast you can get it. Every new book series out is about cliques and how speical and great ...
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Rhymes With Witches
Lauren Myracle
Amulet Books, 2006
Rymes with witches is a book i think every girl in high school can relate to.
+ Rymes with witches is a book i think every girl in high school can relate to.
Jane has always been a nobody in school. She goes to a typical high school with the witches that everyone notices and adores. The witches consist of one girl from each class. The witches were looking for a new 9th grade member to join them. For some reason they choose Jane. Jane has no clue why, ...
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The Hellbound Heart
Clive Barker
HarperTorch, 1991
One of the Top 10 Horror Novellas
+ Can you put the puzzle box down?
+ Books are always better than the movies
+ Hellbound is Heavensent
+ A beautiful (terrifying) edition
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The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove
Christopher Moore
Harper Paperbacks, 2004
Christopher Moore
+ You did WHAT with the weedwhacker?
+ Move over Saphira, here comes Steve!
+ Steve!
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Mysterious Skin: A Novel
Scott Heim
Harper Perennial, 1996
Terrific 1st Novel
+ beautiful writing, wonderful in many ways
+ Good gay story line
I had been doing some research on child sexual abuse for my upcoming novel, and came across this book as a cross-reference on how things are in today's world. I read the book in one sitting. Very well-written, full of escapades and scary times in the lives of two boys marred by sexual abuse. One ...
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