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M-----l

M-----l posted Stuff I've Been Reading: A Monthly Column (12/09) | Dec 30, 2009

Love in the Ruins--Walker Percy Let's just pretend for a minute that I have a rating system whereby I give each book I read a score of 1-100 with the best books rating higher, etc. If I had such a system, then Walker Percy's The Moviegoer would come it at about a 93. It is, after all, one of my...

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sensible shoes posted Book Review: The Night Watch by Sarah Waters | Dec 30, 2009

The Night Watch was Sarah Waters's first novel not set in the Victorian era, and for several years I resisted reading it for that reason (silly me). This one's set in World War II London, working backward from 1947 to 1941, and concerns the love affairs and other affairs of a disparate but connected...

Amelia Klem Osterud

Amelia Klem Osterud posted A few good reviews! | Dec 18, 2009

Tattooed ladies tell their tales in 'A History' Book Review: The Tattooed Lady by Amelia Klem Osterud Thanks!!

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sensible shoes posted Book Review: This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper | Dec 13, 2009

Collect four adult siblings from an extremely dysfunctional family and force them to sit shiva for seven days for their father. It's an easy premise for funny domestic fiction or an ensemble-cast movie (which is already "in development", according to IMDB). It is narrated by Judd Foxman, who is...