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About meI like sushi, movies with George Clooney, Paul Newman or Steve McQueen, dark chocolate, dessert, fiction, Seinfeld re-runs, dining out, fabric softener, a good book, laughing, learning, driving, music, golf, cooking, a good joke, coffee, pizza, hummus, spicy food, baseball, anything Star Wars, board games Clue, Uno & Monopoly, salads, Cold Stone ice cream, live music, cold beer, Oreo cookies, (although not with cold beer) cold weather, rain, movie previews (yes, I know I am sick), earth tones, impressionist paintings, historical fiction, Greek and Roman architecture, brownies without nuts, asparagus, the number 9, procrastinating, making a To-Do list, sarcasm, mechanical pencils, reality TV shows that make me say "WTF did she just say?", reading the newspaper, Alton Brown, Time & Newsweek, live comedy, the smell of burnt popcorn (o.k., not really), clearance sales, a full moon, the video game Battlefront I but not Battlefront II, breakfast, Calvin & Hobbes, football, tattoos on other people, fall, the color blue, foggy mornings and goose down comforters. Not all in that order.

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Member sinceOct 9, 2008

Currently readingProdigal Summer: A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Harper Fiction) by Gregory Maguire
The Annotated Lolita: Revised and Updated by Vladimir Nabokov

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Hey Henry,
So sorry its taken so long to reply back - I've not really been on Library Thing too much -been doing a lot with GoodReads.

Yes I read Flowers for Algernon - and it is one of my favorite books. I noticed you gave high marks to a Neil Gaiman book -I'm reading my first one of his (Starting with Stardust).

I also recently read Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn - I thought it was good - but I was a bit let down because based on the reviews I think I expected more.

TTYL.
Hey Henry,
Saw your library thing listing from the cafelibri site - I'm rsullivan9597 over there. I've not really done much with my LibraryThing account yet - but will flesh out my books soon.
Robin.
Wonderful thoughts, which I definitely agree with. All in all I loved the book.

I would highly recommend Empire Falls by Richard Russo, if you haven't read it. Russo does an excellent job with character studies. This was the first book of his I ever read, and although I have read others now, it remains my favorite. Check it out if you get a chance.
Adah was definitely my favorite too. I really loved this book. I don't know why, but I had been avoiding it for years because I didn't think I would like it. I loved the part where the village is attacked by aunts. It was such a defining moment for everyone. Leah sees how important Anatole is to her. Adah feels like she is completely worthless, not ever worth saving. Rachel cares for no one but herself and lets everyone else do the work. And Nathan Price doesn't even think about his family; instead he is off preaching. Sorry for the long post, I'm glad you commented about it though. The characters are all still rolling around in my mind.
Have you read anything especially good lately?
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