Tag: book
member name: Luke L.
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July 02, 2007 12:31 PM EDT --
Before we dive right in, I want to make clear that I make my living by selling books in a brick-and-mortar shop. I am biased toward shops and strongly oppose the price wars initiated by Amazon over . . .
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March 05, 2008 11:38 PM EST --
I was happy to see No Country For Old Men back in the theaters. I'd missed my opportunity to catch this one. I had always had a negative association with Cormac McCarthy; . . .
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August 01, 2007 01:35 AM EDT --
Reeling from post-Potter syndrome and rolling into the 3rd quarter at work. Someday, this will all calm down and I can return to some degree of "normalcy" that I've not experienced . . .
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February 03, 2008 03:14 PM EST --
I have a confession to make: when it comes to things septic, I have a very weak constitution. Anywhere there's rot or decomposition, my stomach turns.
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May 30, 2007 02:25 PM EDT --
Link here.
I'm probably being predictable here, but this bothers me. Not, I believe, because he is destroying objects that I consider next to sacred ... that's sticky ground that I won't . . .
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June 29, 2007 01:05 PM EDT --
I love the idea of Depression-Era circuses. The whole concept of these shows, so associated with this period of despair and downfall, with their colors and spectalce is fascinating. It's . . .
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August 09, 2007 10:31 PM EDT --
"I want to read a memoir, something good and funny. How is Augusten Burroughs?"
"Augusten Burroughs is good, but I have to say, a tad depressing. Magical Thinking . . .
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March 05, 2008 11:45 PM EST --
Here's the link to my review of the book.
Ok, so I saw it.
The Movie.
First, the good. The performances were stunning. Even Tommy Lee Jones showed a . . .
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August 15, 2007 09:59 AM EDT --
Starting from the most recent:
Carl Rove has mentioned that he may write a book, and some publishers are expressing reserved interest.
Beaufort Books will be publishing If I Did It, the cancelled OJ . . .
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June 30, 2007 12:27 PM EDT --
Shelf Awareness is a daily newsletter for those in the bookselling trade, though anyone can subscribe. There's tons of information in it and I thought I'd sort of compress and paraphrase . . .
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February 06, 2008 11:37 PM EST --
I found this bit of writing from a few years ago when the movie was first announced. As evident in my article here , this is an incredibly important band to me. I thought it was interesting . . .
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August 09, 2007 11:41 PM EDT --
After two years, it finally got me to read it.
I'm talking about The Traveler, a novel by author John Twelve Hawks. It's the first in a series, the . . .
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May 26, 2007 12:03 AM EDT --
I have to admit, that after 10 years of working in a bookstore, I'm not a mystery guy. I tend toward literature described as 'transgressive' ... you know, Chuck Palahniuk, Mark Danielewski, . . .
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January 16, 2008 02:21 PM EST --
I'll do these on Wednesdays now, so I'm more likely to have the time to actually put them together.
Zagat's is considering selling the company to accelerate growth. I can't . . .
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May 21, 2007 07:07 PM EDT --
I took off work today to do some cleaning, so I actually have no idea what's coming out tomorrow. This week, between now and next Monday night, I will post some for next Tuesday's releases. . . .
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January 03, 2008 12:50 AM EST --
I need to organize my thoughts a little better if I'm going to make the most of my time on Gather, so I decided to index my articles by category. Apologies in advance if this is something you . . .
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