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Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
H.g. Bissinger
Da Capo Press, 2000
Best Sports Book Ever Written
+ Friday Night Lights
This is my pick for the best sports book ever written, and the reason is because it transcends sports. It captures the mood and feel of small town America as well as any book since Larry McMurtry's The LAST PICTURE SHOW. What Bissinger describes about the so-called pinnacle of life in western ...
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The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
James McBride
Riverhead Trade, 1997
One of the most beautiful books I have ever read
+ two lives @ a glance
+ An increible surprise
+ "Wallking the Racial Divide"
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Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia (P.S.)
Marya Hornbacher
Harper Perennial, 2006
Couldn't put it down!
+ Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
+ Excellent writing, horrific story
+ Incredible Journey Through Hell of EDs
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Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer
Anchor, 2007
I finished Wild quickly.
+ This Book is Awsome
+ ~Magnificent Book
+ Into the Wild paperback
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky
MTV, 1999
A Must-Read High School Coming of Age Story
+ Plot and themes are unrealistic and heavy-handed, but this remains an emotional and meaningful book. Recommeded
+ One of my favorite books to re-read
+ Awesome coming of age novel
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Girl, Interrupted (Faber and Faber Screenplays)
James Mangold, Lisa Loomer, ..., 2000
Personal, but (seemingly) honest memoir
+ Chase Von, The Last Panther's Review
Susanna Kaysen shares an episodic account of her two-year stay in a mental institution during her late teens. She recounts the ailments and behavior which led her to the hospital, while also questioning her diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder, as well as the manner in which mental ...
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon
Vintage, 2004
Inventive and Enjoyable
+ Fine novel told from a unique perspective
+ The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
+ Bigger than just a story about autism
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Speak
Laurie Halse Anderson
Peter Smith Pub Inc, 2006
This has meaning. Pain.
+ Excellent read
+ Speak
My mom found this book on a plane. Someone left it there perhaps accidently as they were gathering up their suitcases, or as I prefer to believe, because they finished reading it and wanted others to read about it. That's why I love books so much they are meant to be read, shared, enjoyed. My mom ...
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The Burn Journals
Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2004
Awesome Book!!!
+ Recommendable Reading
+ The Burn Journals
+ Lazy Saturday Read...
+ True story, real eye-opener
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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Harper Fiction)
Gregory Maguire
Harper, 2007
Much Darker than Musical
+ Droll & Amusing
+ Unique & heart breaking
+ Wicked
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Pretties (Uglies Trilogy, Book 2)
Scott Westerfeld
Simon Pulse, 2005
Great book for any age,
+ Pretties or is it?
+ good sequel, but not as good as the first
+ Great Surprising Sequel...
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The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold
Little, Brown and Company, 2006
Quit whining
+ Try and understand
+ Surprising
+ I loved this book!
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky
MTV, 1999
A Must-Read High School Coming of Age Story
+ Plot and themes are unrealistic and heavy-handed, but this remains an emotional and meaningful book. Recommeded
+ One of my favorite books to re-read
+ Awesome coming of age novel
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Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
H.g. Bissinger
Da Capo Press, 2000
Best Sports Book Ever Written
+ Friday Night Lights
This is my pick for the best sports book ever written, and the reason is because it transcends sports. It captures the mood and feel of small town America as well as any book since Larry McMurtry's The LAST PICTURE SHOW. What Bissinger describes about the so-called pinnacle of life in western ...
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Girl, Interrupted (Faber and Faber Screenplays)
James Mangold, Lisa Loomer, ..., 2000
Personal, but (seemingly) honest memoir
+ Chase Von, The Last Panther's Review
Susanna Kaysen shares an episodic account of her two-year stay in a mental institution during her late teens. She recounts the ailments and behavior which led her to the hospital, while also questioning her diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder, as well as the manner in which mental ...
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