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by Sylvia PlathThis is one of those books I felt like I had to read. It comes up in other readings and as a chick, I guess you're expected to have read it at some point. I went into it believing I wouldn't like it.I was surprised to find out I actually enjoyed it. Yes, I found myself very irritated with Esther, especially when she acted childish and knew she was doing so. But for the most

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by Neil GaimanThis whole book just seemed incomplete. I keep thinking maybe I ended up with an abridged version, since this was printed after the movie came out. But I can't find any indication that anything was left out.It just seems like a lot is brushed over. Like when they get on the boat . . . there's a paragraph that sums up their whole experience there. I thought that was odd.The whole

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by Gregory Maguire

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by John CheeverI got this book because I read somewhere that people who like Salinger read Cheever.And after reading this, I'm not entirely sure why. I enjoy Salinger much more.

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By Don DeLilloI waited a really long time for this book. I didn't like it.Bummer.

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Cormac McCarthyI still think I missed something.I didn't like the movie as much as I thought I would, but this book was pretty good. It even made sense. I almost feel like I must not have watched the whole film.I think maybe part of the problem is that, in the book, the sheriff is the central character. He narrates and your go-to guy.I didn't get that same feeling throughout the movie. It was

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by Audrey NiffeneggerI wanted to like this more. The general idea was interesting. I just couldn't get into it.I think it went on too long. At some point, I thought "Well, it's going to end soon," but it just kept going.This is also the book where it hit me that reading sometimes makes me feel stupid.I don't know the things the characters know. I haven't read the books. I couldn't tell you

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Neil GaimanThis is my first foray into the worlds of Gaiman. It was really quite intriguing.And incredibly true at times:An episode of Cheers began. Shadow had never watched Cheers. He had only ever seen one episode of it--the one where Coach's daughter comes to the bar--although he had seen that several times. Shadow had noticed that you only ever catch one episode of shows you don't watch,

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Norton Juster and Jules FeifferStill awesome. I want to live like the Lethargians!""There's lots to do; we have a very busy schedule--At 8 o'clock we get up, and then we spend from 8 to 9 daydreaming. From 9 to 9:30 we take our early midmorning nap. From 9:30 to 10:30 we dawdle and delay. From 10:30 to 11:30 we take our late early morning nap. From 11:30 to 12:00 we bide our time and then

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Steve EricksonThis kinda broke my heart. I love Steve, but I just didn't like this.

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by Sara Gruen

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Scott Smith

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Jose SaramagoI got this book for Christmas like three years ago and I just finally got around to reading it. It's a really difficult read.I found it difficult for a couple of different reasons. One, the punctuation is out of control. The paragraphs were like five pages long and there were no quotation marks. The ratio of commas to periods was like one billion to one.If you read the excerpt,

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

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