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Type: fiction

Status: liked

Authors: Nicola Griffith Stephen Pagel

Tags: future gay anthology homosexuality horror morality pleasure @finished2008

Description: This is the second volume in the series; I enjoyed it enormously. Some of the "horror"This is the second volume in the series; I enjoyed it enormously. Some of the "horror" is exactly the type that I really don't like, and even skipping these, I enjoyed the book overall. Most of the "horror" stories (and I used quotes purposely) challenged my definitions of the word and expanded my thoughts. Several of the stories were excellent....

2008-03-02

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Authors: Nicola Griffith Stephen Pagel

Tags: future scifi gay anthology shortstories @finished2008

Description: A collection of science fiction short stories; usually I don't enjoy collections like this,A collection of science fiction short stories; usually I don't enjoy collections like this, but this was an exception. Most of them were excellent. I loved the stories, and they were tinged with just enough lgbt flavour that struck a chord. ...

2008-01-29

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Type: fiction

Status: finished

Author: Martha Grimes

Tags: fiction children family culture crime police exploration forensic @finished2007

Description: An interesting book that twists a bit when the police try to find a missing child and crackAn interesting book that twists a bit when the police try to find a missing child and crack down on a pedophilia ring....

2007-10-02

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Type: fiction

Status: favorite

Authors: Antoine de Saint_Exupéry Richard Howard Antoine de Saint Exupéry

Tags: fantasy spirituality family youth exploration

Description: One of my favourite books: I also have translations in French, German and Bulgarian.

2007-09-23

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Type: fiction

Status: finished

Author: Orson Scott Card

Tags: fiction family adventure capitalism contemporary conservatism @finished2007

Description: Loved it! It kept me interest through the whole book, as my favourites all do: and it evenLoved it! It kept me interest through the whole book, as my favourites all do: and it even kept me annoyed. Once I figured out his real point, I realized its profound implications.
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2007-09-23

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Type: fiction

Status: liked

Author: Peter McLaren

Tags: school racism capitalism culture teaching poverty youth toronto @finished2007

Description: A very god book that describes some of what it is like to live in the contemporary urban ghetto:A very god book that describes some of what it is like to live in the contemporary urban ghetto: the practical example being Jane & Finch in Toronto. However, I currently live one block from Jane & Finch, near a school that could be McLarens. Although I see, and have seen all my life, incidents such as the ones that are described iin the book, they are by far the only ones. My high school, one of those nearby, is now also known as the only Toronto High School where a student has been fatally shot. Although there are certainly many such incidents and examples, it would be wrong to read this book and abandon these people to their fate. Although the book does help communicate some of the difficulties of living here, it neglects to point out that there are many positive things about living in such an ethnically diverse neighbourhood....

2007-08-17

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Type: fiction

Status: liked

Author: unknown

Tags: women fiction business capitalism culture ethics rights @finished2007

Description: I enjoyed this book more than I thought, and even saw myself in it. An idealistic young feministI enjoyed this book more than I thought, and even saw myself in it. An idealistic young feminist is drawn into the corporate world of greed and luxury and is confused yet determined not to be sucked in. It was very good....

2007-08-17

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Type: fiction

Status: liked

Author: Agatha Christie

Tags: mystery classic @finished2007

Description: A web book, I enjoyed this one. I'm not much into mysteries, but it kept me interested.A web book, I enjoyed this one. I'm not much into mysteries, but it kept me interested. I particularly liked some of the reflections of the age of the book, and the fact that it was written in another time. I'm not sure if people would react differently today or if we just think people would reract differently....

2007-06-28

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Margaret Atwood

Tags: women classic adventure love myth @finished2007

Description: This is the Odyssey according to Penelope, and she has her own hardships to endure. WhileThis is the Odyssey according to Penelope, and she has her own hardships to endure. While her husband is off fighting a war resulting from her selfish and beautiful cousin, Helen, Penelope must deal with isolation and loneliness. While Odysseus is away she must raise their son, fight off suitors and take comfort from her maids. It puts in to perspective this long-suffering wife and mother. ...

2007-05-05

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Type: fiction

Status: finished

Author: Kathy Reichs

Tags: mystery adventure forensic @finished2007 temperance_brennan

2007-05-01