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Sarah A says

Thanks! I've read it before and enjoyed it very much--enough to reread it! Atwood is my favorite author, though I'm very in Dostoevsky right now. Handmaid's Tale is one of her best. And that's saying something. :)

posted 5 months ago. ( send a note )

GIPA R says

I ´ve been very curious about this book for years. It was a best seller here , everybody reads , but me. Thanks for encouraging me!

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GIPA R says

hohoho dream on...I am readin in my mother tongue.... I just added here the version I could find.... :)

posted 7 months ago. ( send a note )

Gennaro says

good morning!

posted 7 months ago. ( send a note )

GIPA R says

After so heavy breathtaking lectures ...I think it is time to read your Molokai...uffaaaa

posted 8 months ago. ( send a note )

GIPA R says

My new friend from Chechnya suggested me that... as you can see I am surrounded of good mates....hihihi
And Viva Palestine state ...it is now or never! Zion grrrrrr hihihi

posted 8 months ago. ( send a note )

GIPA R says

Waw... what a spider! Is it Latrodectus mactans? :)

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sweetafton says

Thanks, now I can go investigate.

posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )

sweetafton says

What in the world is your avatar!

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Karolina :) says

wow i thought u read all those!!!

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Kelli says

Thanks for getting my book! I hope you like it! I didn't have an editor, so a more edited version is due out by the end of 2010!

posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )

sweetafton says

I read it because one of my students is a friend of Breeze & thought I might find it interesting. Some of the essays are stronger than others & some give practical pointers. It's worth a look, but hard to say that it's a book that I would pick up to re-read sections of. I'd say check it out in a shop, but because it's so extraordinarily focused it might be hard to find. If you do read it, let's swap impressions.

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Cathy B says

Thanks for accepting my friend request. We've got a lot of reading in common.
I recently finished Eaarth by Bill McKibbon. (He taught Sunday school to my Dad when he lived in the Adirondacks) I think you'd like it. Well, "like" may be the wrong word. As David Letterman said "Thanks for coming on the show and scaring the crap out of us."
I'm currently reading Art Gish's Hebron Journal: Stories of Nonviolent Peacemaking . I see it's on your plan to read list. If you don't own it already, I'd be happy to send it to you when I'm done.

posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )

Soyinka O says

HEY

posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )

Kevin W says

Cool, let me know how it is.

posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )

Harold T says

Rachel Corrie is the BEST of what America is. She was a fearless Woman who stood & died for what she believed in. Rachel is a Martyr in the truest since of the word. They were able to silence her, but her spirit and passion for justice will ever live!

posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )

lionmother says

Sorry it took so long to answer, but I also had mixed feelings about the book. It paints a world where politics has overcome everything and it is all owned by corporations. I thought it was sad that the boy's father was also his enemy. I also thought that the ending was just a little too depressing.

posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )

bajacalla says

terri, I really enjoyed it, but I read it over 40 years ago and no longer have the book, so I cannot tell you the translation version, but it was most likely the 1958 one. this is supposed to be a semi-autobiographical novel, so it reflects the Chinese landed upper class in the mid-18th century, and, as such, is a fascinating portrait of those times. most modern versions, however, are *greatly abridged* from the original, so many characters are missing which may or may not expand the story, but the themes remain intact. think of it as a Chinese "Romeo and Juliet" - the plot is less important than the conflict of the love interest. I do agree that it is "wordy," but so is "Ben Hur" - and this book is of even more historical importance. it helps to know something of Buddhism and Confucianism to fully appreciate the conceit of the theme, and, of course, translation (and abridgement) loses the poetry and play on words significance. keep at it - it's definitely a book that will stick with you.

posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )

Kelli says

I'm really getting into The Shack!! Very good read so far!!

posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )

Kelli says

Yeah, lots of detail. I was upset that I didn't stay at Culver's for this last meetup. I didn't see anyone when I got there. I actually like the start of The Shack.

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