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	The Mysterious Affair at Styles: An Audible Original Full Cast Audio Drama by Agatha Christie, Anna Lea ( Adaptor), Peter Dinklage (Narrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 507,827 ratings — published 1920 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Heart That Works 4.62 avg rating — 34,000 ratings — published 2022 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stone Mattress: Nine Tales by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author), Lorna Raver (Narrator), Bernadette Dunne (Narrator) 3.89 avg rating — 26,726 ratings — published 2014 — 73 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage. 3.81 avg rating — 9,172 ratings — published 2013 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Is a Cookbook: Recipes For Real Life by Max Sussman, Eli Sussman, Rob Delaney (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.84 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Locked Together by Audible, Sarah Millican (Narrator), Jason Manford (Narrator) 3.38 avg rating — 112 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die Bedeutung eines Lebens: Über den Tod meines kleinen Sohnes \| Comedian Rob Delaney schreibt über die Kraft der Liebe im Angesicht des Todes by Rob Delaney (Goodreads Author), Corinna Rodewald (Translator) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Heart That Works By Rob Delaney & Fight Thirty Years Not Quite at the Top By Harry Hill 2 Books Collection Set liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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How to End a Story: Diaries: 1995–1998

by Helen Garner

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Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm

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Rob Delaney and 4 other people liked Nate's review of The Master & Margarita: "I do not have a personal review. Instead I'm passing on this very lucid thought/meditation that I came across some six months ago from tumblrperson Clint Irwin. I appreciated reading it first as a meditation on just Passion narratives in general, and" Read more of this review »
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Rob Delaney is currently reading How to End a Story: Diaries: 1995–1998 by Helen Garner	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Rob Delaney rated a book really liked it Rumors of My Demise: A Memoir by Evan Dando	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Shocked by how much I enjoyed this. So easy breezy a read too. Helped that I grew up in the same place and on the same bands as Dando. Says he wrote it with Jeff Ruland, so well done Jeff too. Wonder if Dando spoke it and Ruland cleaned it up? In any ...more
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Rob Delaney wants to read Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Whenever someone tells me they’re expecting their first baby and they’re nervous, I tell them the following: “Oh my goodness, that’s wonderful. I am so happy for you. Listen, of course you’re nervous but here’s the deal: you’re ready for all the bad stuff. You’ve been very tired before. You’ve been in pain before. You’ve been worried about money before. You’ve felt like an incapable moron before. So you’ll be fine with the difficult parts! You’re already a pro. What you’re NOT ready for is the wonderful parts. NOTHING can prepare you for how amazing this will be. There is no practice for that.”
― Rob Delaney, A Heart That Works

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“Children give terrible gifts because they are poor.”
― Rob Delaney, Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage.

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“My favorite historical response to someone hearing about a “big” death comes from the character Henry Clerval in Mary Shelley’s masterwork, Frankenstein. When Henry learns that his best friend Victor Frankenstein’s young brother William has been murdered, he says, “I can offer you no consolation, my friend. Your disaster is irreparable. What do you intend to do?” Perfect. There is no consolation. The disaster is irreparable. I’ve read Frankenstein twice since our Henry died. It is my companion in grief. It should surprise no one who reads it that Mary Shelley was a bereaved mother.”
― Rob Delaney, A Heart That Works

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“Children give terrible gifts because they are poor.”
― Rob Delaney, Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage.

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“If you ask someone out and they say no, try it again in a few minutes wearing sunglasses and smoking a cigarette.”
― Rob Delaney, Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage.

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“I became a diligent condom carrier and when most subsequent lovers had the good fortune to lie under my grunting, sweaty mass, they were always the grimacing recipient of an eager and rubber-sheathed penis boner.”
― Rob Delaney, Rob Delaney: Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage.

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