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Quotable: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

2009-02-12T18:57:02Z

"What's particle physics?" asked Bod. Scarlett shrugged. "Well," she said. "There's atoms, which is things that is too small to see, that's what we're all made of. And there's things that's smaller than atoms, and that's particle physics." Bod n...

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I Saw You...: Comics Inspired by Real-Life Missed Connections by Julia Wertz

2009-02-10T17:42:32Z

Obtained: New York Comic-Con Finished: 8-February 2009 Story Synopsis: This anthology of comics inspired by real-life missed connection ads posted on Craigslist and in local papers around the country will tug at your heartstrings and make you t...

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French Milk by Lucy Knisley

2009-02-10T00:38:49Z

Obtained: Simon & Schuster booth at NY Comic-Con Finished: 09-February 2009 Story Synopsis: Through delightful drawings, photographs, and musings, twenty-three-year-old Lucy Knisley documents a six-week trip she and her mother took to Paris whe...

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My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands by Chelsea Handler

2009-02-03T19:30:24Z

Obtained: NYPL Finished: 30-January 2009 Story Synopsis: In this raucous collection of true-life stories, actress and comedian Chelsea Handler recounts her time spent in the social trenches with that wild, strange, irresistible, and often grati...

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Love as a Foreign Language 1 by J. Torres and Eric Kim

2008-09-29T19:08:35Z

Obtained: Brooklyn Public Library Finished: 28-September 2008 Story Synopsis: Joel hates Korea. Why he agreed to teach there defies his comprehension. He can't wait to return to normal life. His year of teaching is almost over and then he'll fi...

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Primavera by Mary Jane Beaufrand

2008-09-19T19:23:26Z

Obtained: Brooklyn Public Library Finished: 17-September 2008 Story Synopsis: The Italian Renaissance was a cultural explosion of art, architecture and learning, but it had a darker side. Two powerful families, the tyrannical Medici and their b...

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July 2008 reads

2008-07-24T18:07:46Z

China A-Z by May-lee Chai and Winberg Chai Obtained: NYPL Finished: 28-July 2008 Quickie review: Found this while browsing through the shelves at the NYPL. Seemed appropriate, considering that the Olympics are just around the corner, and also be...

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Quotable: "Cats, instincts, and evolution"

2008-07-24T17:56:59Z

Evolution does not require that we know why we do what we do -- just that we do it. [Source]

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Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist - movie poster

2008-07-09T19:16:30Z

Read this book earlier this year -- admittedly, because I heard that a movie version was coming out. The book is a fun, quick read; charming and angsty in all the right places. Really hoping that the movie delivers, though with these two cute ac...

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Quotable: The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

2008-07-01T00:34:27Z

If there's one thing that I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, how matter how tempting they make it. It doesn't matter if they hate you, or embarrass you, or simply don't appreciate your genius for inventing t...

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