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It's November 1...

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... somewhere in the world. :giggle

I just finished "Lullabies for Little Criminals", a decent and slightly sad story of a girl growing up in the slums of Montreal.

Now I need to pick something else. I'm holding two books in my hand, someone please vote: "contemporary wit" or "dramatic and semi-historical"
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You've probably already picked, but I vote "contemporary wit".

I'm reading "The Second Life of Samuel Tyne", by Esi Edugyan, she's Canadian. It's decent.
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I held out allll niiiiight looooong. It was very hard. Thanks Spudd, Nick Hornby it is! :giggle
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I was gonna ask what books they were. How can I vote on a genre alone? And what was the other choice?

As for me, I'm still reading Amy Tan's The Hundred Secret Senses. I like it!
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Sílvia wrote:How can I vote on a genre alone?
Well, because it's just a matter of what I'm in the mood for. They'll both get read eventually, anyway.
And what was the other choice?
"The Time in Between" by David Bergen?
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Well, because it's just a matter of what I'm in the mood for. They'll both get read eventually, anyway.
Oh, ok. So I wouldn't get to veto Nick Hornby, uh? :giggle

I haven't heard of the other book.
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NEVER veto Nick Hornby in my presence! :huffy

Go reread your smelly Kite Runner. Blech.

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Just finished "Lean Mean Thirteen" by Janet Evanovich. whee for total brain candy. Also just finished a book about the Gogo fossils in Australia.

I just got "life of Pi" from BookMooch, and several other books. I will probably read one of those next. I also need to take notes from "Late Quaternary Environments of the Soviet Union" for school.
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I've read:

The ha-ha - very good
Me & Emma - good
Eyes of Prey and Silent Prey - good brain candy thriller/mysteries

On my list:

Halfway through Eat, Pray, Love (thanks for the recommendation LB)
Boomsday
Miracles by CS Lewis
YOU - staying young
Mutant Message Down Under
A War of Gifts - Orson Scott Card
Happiness is an inside job.
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Got one of my books! I started Life of Pi. Interesting so far. Definitely one I will have to read again. I know I am missing something (or many things!)
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I forgot to post on here for Nov!

So far I've read:

I am America....and so can you - Stephen Colbert - funny, but some of the humor doesn't translate that well to text

Bergdorf Blondes - Plum Sykes - Cute fluff book

About ten pregnancy/baby books. I can't read anymore!

I need to go to B&N tomorrow and pick up something good.
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I finished Life of Pi. It started out interesting, but I couldn't maintain my interest through the whole book. I am debating rereading it or putting it back up at BookMooch.

In the meantime, I am reading Evolution: What the fossils say and why it matters by Don Prothero and Wicked: Life and times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire.
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