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The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
Michael Lewis
W. W. Norton, 2007
This is not just a sports book
+ a flawed but very interesting bio/sports book
+ Great Read
+ good sports writing, great human interest story
+ Fantastic Book, Fantastic Writer
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Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie
Vintage, 1998
WHAT A RUSH(DIE)!
+ Wicked Sense of Humor
If this book was described by 1001 readers, I think you'd get 10,001 different views of what they experienced. Some knowledge of the history of India & Pakistan before and after independence and the partition will be helpful. Perhaps some "-ism" (magical real(ism), coming-of-age(ism); ...
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Stranger in the Forest: On Foot Across Borneo
Eric Hansen
Vintage, 2000
Easily one of the most absorbing and well-written travelogues ever
+ Stranger in the Forest: On Foot Across Borneo
+ a naive traipse & meander across the island of Borneo
+ An Adventure to Read About
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey
Signet, 1963
One Flew East, One Flew West
+ One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
+ Must Have
+ great quality!
+ McMurphy as the Metaphor for the Terrorist Suspect
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Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Stephen J. Dubner
William Morrow, 2006
Great and funny book
+ Freakonomics
I read this book and then passed it along to someone else - it is a great book and very funny - most people I have spoken to - don't finish - don't go in with the right attitude - but it is a way to compare how society looks at certain things for what is right and wrong - good or bad - when you ...
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Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1999
"So it goes....."
+ So it goes.
+ a short book about slaughter
+ Crazyness
+ The Why of Tralfalmadore
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The Corrections: A Novel
Jonathan Franzen
Picador, 2002
Well worth the investment in time
+ Good read
Don't believe the hype about the hype. Brilliantly imagined, extremely well written, and just a pleasure to read.
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Malcolm Gladwell
Back Bay Books, 2002
Must read book
+ Having been hugely happy with Blink!
+ Interesting stories, not that useful
+ A year later and I'm still marveling over this book!
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Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
Vintage, 1989
A road movie of the mind
+ Beautiful writing confronts crude subject matter--A masterpiece
+ Upends your preconceptions and prejudices
+ Which book did you read?
+ The Most Beautiful Novel Ever Written
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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Malcolm Gladwell
Back Bay Books, 2007
The art of split-second thinking
+ Great book even if I don't agree with it...
+ Intuition is No Simple Subject Matter to "Thin-Slice" - Gladwell does it Well!
+ Blink - A Must Read
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Me Talk Pretty One Day
David Sedaris
Back Bay Books, 2001
Not heartwarming... in a good way.
+ Loved it!
+ Good, but I was looking for more detail on his drug addiction years
Before reading this book, I very much thought from the title (and because at the time I did not know who David Sedaris is)that it would be a "heart wrenching tale" about some child who is physically unable to speak or doesn't have access to a decent education. It was one of those books I meant to ...
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Vintage, 2003
Creative, Brilliant Novella - Absolutely Fascinating, Even After Repeated Readings Through the Years
+ No Warning
+ Death foretold; character revealed
+ Marquez & magic realism---start here
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Beloved
Toni Morrison
Vintage, 2004
Brilliant novel
+ Hard to ignore
Beloved is a riveting story, a page-turner. It reminds me of The Turn of the Screw in that you are never certain what was real and what wasn't. Do you believe in the supernatural or is it mental distress? Awesome review of slavery every white American should read. But the story is the thing - ...
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The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (P.S.)
Barbara Kingsolver
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005
A Gem of Postcolonial Literature
+ The Poisonwood bible
+ A Retrospective
+ I loved it.
+ Fabulous Read
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We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
Philip Gourevitch
Picador, 2000
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