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Type: fiction

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Author: Terry Pratchett

Tags: fantasy stories teens discworld witches ya

2006-06-28

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Status: to read

Author: Bennett Madison

Tags: popculture detective city girls quirky

2006-06-02

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Status: I recommend

Author: Bennett Madison

Tags: mystery popculture detective city girls quirky

2006-06-02

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Status: I recommend

Author: Joe Pernice

Tags: teens music teenager thesmiths

2006-05-29

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Author: Ann Patchett

Description: This touching book by the author of Bel Canto follows the heartbreak and unusual recovery ofThis touching book by the author of Bel Canto follows the heartbreak and unusual recovery of Sabine, the magician's assistant of the title. Bereaved by the death of her husband (but not lover, for he is gay), Parcifal the magician, the worldly Sabine finds herself turning to his decidedly Midwestern family for comfort. ...

2006-05-26

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Status: now reading

Author: Amy Hempel

Tags: shortstories

2006-05-23

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Author: Daniel Handler

Tags: humor surreal shortstories loneliness experimental quirky narrators magneticfields

2006-05-23

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Status: I recommend

Author: Max Barry

Tags: management corporations parody greed

Description: In the spirit of Syrup & Jennifer Government, Max Barry brings the rat-in-a-maze metaphorIn the spirit of Syrup & Jennifer Government, Max Barry brings the rat-in-a-maze metaphor into full blossom in Company. Barry lambastes corporate greed and rabid consumerism AGAIN-- and it's still fresh and funny. Zephyr Holdings Company, the Omega Management System, and Alpha Project... all sound uncomfortably familiar. Protagonist Jones reveals that the managers upstairs are petty megalomaniacs and the man behind the curtain is a disinterested committee. I would suggest reading this as a palate cleanser after Barbara Ehrenreich's Bait and Switch, perhaps with a viewing of Mike Judge's Office Space for a chaser. ...

2006-05-10

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Status: I recommend

Authors: Neil Gaiman Dave McKean

Tags: fantasy teens gothic ya fable

2006-05-09

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Author: Brad Meltzer

Tags: graphicnovel superheroes

2006-04-13