Listopia > Elizabeth's votes on the list Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once (7 Books)
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Columbine
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"One journalist who took it upon himself to find the real story behind the horrific shootings, and throw out all the misconceptions surrounding such happenings."
Elizabeth
rated it 5 stars
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
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"Clever, funny and insightful. The human brain is such an unknown quantity. What if you could see but not understand?"
Elizabeth
rated it 5 stars
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Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
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"The true story of the rugby players stranded in the mountains after a plane crash, and the extremes they endured to survive. Very moving."
Elizabeth
rated it 4 stars
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle
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"Quirky, odd, surreal, funny and sad. Marrycat's view of life is no-one else's; and there's more to her than meets the eye."
Elizabeth
rated it 5 stars
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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
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"How music affects every part of our lives; people who can see music and those on whom it has no effect whatsoever."
Elizabeth
rated it 5 stars
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The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories
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"Funny and macabre poems with fabulous illustrations. A shame his films aren't more like this."
Elizabeth
rated it 5 stars
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The Gashlycrumb Tinies (The Vinegar Works, #1)
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"Beautifully illustrated macabre alphabet, cataloguing the deaths of small children from Amy (who fell down the stairs) to Zillah (who drank too much gin!).
Elizabeth
rated it 5 stars
For the twisted person in your life!" See Review |
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