RIS Vox 2008-08-08T16:41:19Z tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d414148ede685e/ Speaking of Bookshelves... tag:vox.com,2008-08-08:asset-6a00c2252bbb1e549d00fae8d3962d000b 2008-08-08T16:41:19Z 2008-08-08T16:41:19Z Tryphaena http://porcelainsky.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom For this Friday's 13: A list of books on my shelf that I fully intend to read. It would be even cooler if I could set myself a time line of sorts, like say, for the duration of my maternity leave (one year) but I have a feeling reading books with...

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]]> Book #062: Prager & Earle - The Oceans...* tag:vox.com,2008-03-23:asset-6a00cdf7f0c721094f00f48d05ccb60001 2008-03-23T08:53:20Z 2008-08-08T10:47:01Z LittleGreenBook http://littlegreenbook.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The Oceans

Synopsis: "Over two-thirds of the earth is covered by bodies of water that many believe hold the secrets to the beginnings of life. In this absorbing survey of oceanography, Prager (Furious Earth) and Earle (The Living Ocean: Understanding and Pr...

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]]> Notable Chicago Event: Erotic Harry Potter Night tag:vox.com,2008-08-05:asset-6a00c225280d1d8fdb00fa968e21c10002 2008-08-05T22:49:04Z 2008-08-05T22:59:22Z Ms Genevieve http://msgenevieve.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Draco and Harry Erotic Harry Potter Night

Critically-acclaimed erotica writer Cecilia Tan comes to Chicago under her nom de plume “Ravenna” to gather together some of the world’s best-known writers of erotic fanfiction for a group reading on Wednesday, August 6 at 7pm. It's going to ...

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]]> Vernon God Little tag:vox.com,2008-08-03:asset-6a00c2252b54078e1d00fae8d1ed5d000b 2008-08-03T12:59:11Z 2008-08-03T12:59:11Z Lightchaser http://lightchaser.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Vernon God Little

This is the first Booker-Prize-winning book that I have actually liked, and I must admit to being quite surprised by it. I could call this "The Catcher in the Rye of our times," but it would be unnecessary because Vernon God Little manages to hol...

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]]> Stuff I've Been Reading: A Monthly Column (7/08) tag:vox.com,2008-08-02:asset-6a00d4141a65c9685e00fa968d2cfa0002 2008-08-02T20:26:48Z 2008-08-03T16:52:08Z M-----l http://outgoingsignals.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Tristram Shandy Swann's Way Buddy's Got Three Moms

BOOKS BOUGHT: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic--Alison Bechdel Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron--Daniel Clowes Fight Club--Chuck Palahniuk (for $1) The Escapists--Brian K. Vaughan The Enchantress of Florence--Salman Rushdie BOOKS READ: The Life &...

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]]> Read in July tag:vox.com,2008-08-01:asset-6a00c2252ab767f2190100a7edd54d000e 2008-08-01T16:50:25Z 2008-08-02T16:56:55Z Red Pen http://redpen.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Child 44 When You Are Engulfed in Flames The Complete Persepolis: Now a Major Motion Picture Away: A Novel Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions Xenocide (Ender, Book 3) Mother Night Petropolis Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up The Cure for Modern Life: A Novel

Favorites this month: Mother Night, Smoke and Mirrors, Child 44

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]]> Double Vonnegut tag:vox.com,2008-08-01:asset-6a00c225280b7a8fdb0100a7eda555000e 2008-08-01T01:52:58Z 2008-08-01T19:11:47Z Bookishly Fabulous http://fitbookworm.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Mother Night A Man Without a Country

19. Mother Night - Kurt Vonnegut - This was our book club selection for tomorrow night. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. It was so well-written that I would re-read passages just to enjoy them again. Mother Night is about an American spy on ...

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]]> Book Review: Game Of Shadows tag:vox.com,2008-07-31:asset-6a00c2251d8df0604a0100a7ed7c40000e 2008-07-31T14:24:02Z 2008-07-31T14:24:02Z Hieronymus http://trifle.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional Sports

I finished Game of Shadows : Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the steroids scandal that rocked professional sports the other day and it lived up to its bulky subtitle alright. What an absolute fiasco the whole BALCO scandal was, pointing fingers at dozens ...

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]]> Beach Bum--Summer Reads tag:vox.com,2008-07-30:asset-6a00d414393d733c7f00fad69e6f850005 2008-07-30T18:02:30Z 2008-07-30T18:46:04Z E http://nire.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

City of Bones (Mortal Instruments) City of Ashes (Mortal Instruments) A Spell for Chameleon (Xanth, Book 1) When You Are Engulfed in Flames Light A Penny Candle The Other Boleyn Girl Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Book 1)

I recommend these titles: Cassandra Clare's: City of Bones and City of Ashes Piers Anthony's Xanth Series (I've read the first 7 books) Ah, what can I say? I've been...

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]]> Grace tag:vox.com,2008-07-29:asset-6a00c2252bbb1e549d0100a7ecfc97000e 2008-07-29T20:59:29Z 2008-07-29T20:59:29Z Tryphaena http://porcelainsky.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

What's So Amazing About Grace?

This origially started as a description alongside other books I'd been reading, but the more I typed, the more I realized it should just be on it's own. This book was a re-read for me. I first read it in university about 8 years ago. At the ti...

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