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    Philip Roth: Everyman

    Just Finished I just finished Everyman - it was my first Roth. I loved his writing and am looking forward to reading another of his (any suggestions as to which one I should pick up next). My issue with this book is that it left me feeling so depressed / hopeless. What a writer, though, I...
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    NY Times: Best Works of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years

    Have you seen the list? What are your thoughts? My first thought wasn't whether I agreed or disagreed with the list but that out of the 27 books listed (winner, runner-ups and multiple votes), 13 are from the same 3 authors. Not that these authors aren't good, but I was surprised not to see...
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    Thunderstruck - Erik Larson

    It looks like Erik Larson is coming out with a new book this year. I've read Isaac's Storm and The Devil in the White City and thouroughly enjoyed both. I can't seem to find out what the new book (Thunderstruck) will be about. Does anyone know?
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    May Readings

    Duh - I forgot: Isaac's Storm - Erik Larson Such a cool, interesting book about the 1900 Galveston Hurricane - I loved all the meterorology in it. Beneath a Marble Sky - John Shors This is another book I would have never picked up, but someone on this website wrote something interesting...
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    May Readings

    Ahab's Wife - Sena Jeter Naslund Read it for the book discussion group I go to - it inspired me to read Moby Dick in April (boy, what a mistake that was). The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger Would have never picked this one up on my own - my neighbor brought it over for me - I am...
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    Suggestions: August 2006 Book of the Month

    Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire It'll give me a reason to get it off my TBR pile. ---When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale, we heard only her side of the story. But what about her arch-nemesis...
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