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posted by Poquette at 7:15 pm (EST) on Aug 5, 2011
posted by kambrogi at 10:54 am (EST) on Feb 5, 2010
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posted by drmamm at 10:00 pm (EST) on Jan 4, 2010
posted by yolana at 9:28 pm (EST) on Dec 24, 2009
Thanks for adding me to your interesting libraries. I enjoyed your review of Battle Cry of Freedom--I'm starting that book on April 2nd and hope to finish it before May. Wish me luck! I'm reading several books about the American Civil War this year and hope this one will give me the background I'll need when i read more specialized books.
I also liked the review of the prayer book by Barth. It's been several years, but I remember being interested in him when I was in college. I think I'll look for that prayer book to add to my library.
The fiction book I'll be reading next is Brideshead Revisited. I'm ashamed to admit I never got around to reading it, although I did read a couple of Waugh's more humorous, satiric novels. One of the things I'm finding out about being on LT--I starting to fill in the gaps in my reading, especially 20th century literary fiction. I've always loved the Classics--I have several I reread regularly--but a lot of very fine 20th century authors I've not given proper attention to, so I'm working on that now.
I watch for your comments on the threads!
posted by MusicMom41 at 4:53 pm (EST) on Apr 1, 2009
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