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Claire S
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id-constructs-race-gender,
class-relations,
fiction,
global,
g_pakistan,
historical,
horror-suspense-mystery-thriller,
islam,
language,
novel,
obama-term-1,
pol-historical,
politics-learning,
pol-paradigm-shift-pssbl,
pov-content_indian-am,
religion-morality,
thtr-art-film-music-etc,
war-mltry-conflt-occ,
g_cities,
human-damage-healing-fict,
struggles-of-use,
synthesis,
human-poison-aired-out-fict,
events-based-urgency,
cultural-texts-or-involving-them,
fin-econ,
form_complexia,
g_colonialism,
g_imperialism,
g_india-and,
glimpses-considerable,
indexia,
meaning-life-etc,
on-writing,
philosophy,
pol-luminescent,
pov-content_global-of-location,
psyche-of,
sobriety-spirituality,
to-re-read-soon,
unplsnt-b-good,
women,
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Reading for the 2nd time
read in February 2010
Claire S said:
"
Seems like potentially the perfect antidote to my current conundrum of hard-to-read Great Literature ala my daughter's class, and tedious Mom-sourced current novels.. And starts out engagingly interestingly!
I've wanted to get around to this for so l ...more "
progress:
(page 25 of 916)
"2nd _: Love it. It's like visiting and old friend. In an interview, Chakram talks of his younger sister who says: Don't Bore Me! He doesn't." — Mar 02, 2010 04:14AM
"2nd _: Love it. It's like visiting and old friend. In an interview, Chakram talks of his younger sister who says: Don't Bore Me! He doesn't." — Mar 02, 2010 04:14AM
Claire S
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by James Joyce
bookshelves:
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form_complexia,
global,
historical,
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Reading for the 2nd time
progress:
(page 18 of 192)
"And the 2nd story, 2nd of 3 from child's perspective - also involving scary man. Hmmm.." — Dec 08, 2009 06:41AM
"And the 2nd story, 2nd of 3 from child's perspective - also involving scary man. Hmmm.." — Dec 08, 2009 06:41AM
Claire S
is currently reading
by James Joyce
bookshelves:
g_cmfrm_eire,
fiction-not-at-all,
form_complexia,
f_interpretations,
global,
historical,
language,
on-writing,
pol-historical,
religion-morality,
currently-reading
Claire S said:
"
How did I never run into Joyce at any level in approximately 24 years of some-kind-of-schooling going on? I mean, I heard of him, but not through school at all I don't think. So wrong. So so so wrong. I believe he's only within my radar now due to Go ...more "
progress:
(page 102 of 240)
"Finished first part, about a fifth. Wow, very enveloping and rich.." — Dec 06, 2009 05:07PM
"Finished first part, about a fifth. Wow, very enveloping and rich.." — Dec 06, 2009 05:07PM
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