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Mon Apr-21-08 09:22 PM
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Reading Middlesex now by Jeffery Eugenides |
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I'm 150 pages into it, and am enthralled.
Anyone else read it? opinions?
:hi:
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Mon Apr-21-08 10:08 PM
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1. I read it a while back-- |
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I liked the parts set in the inner city of Detroit, as I grew up there. My family had a restaurant in the general area Eugenides describes.
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pitohui
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Tue Apr-22-08 09:15 PM
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5. yes, i particularly loved the part where she gets involved with the nation of islam |
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wow, what a story and beautifully told
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Tue Apr-22-08 12:04 AM
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My favorite novel in recent memory.
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Tue Apr-22-08 11:52 AM
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3. I didn't like the premise. I hate it when novels go incestuous. But I stuck |
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with it and liked it in the end.
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pitohui
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Tue Apr-22-08 09:14 PM
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4. wonderful book, i envy you discovering this for the first time |
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Wed Apr-23-08 12:08 AM
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6. I own it (bought it used in hardcover) and my SO read it |
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but I haven't started it yet.
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Wed Apr-23-08 04:13 PM
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7. I really liked that book... |
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It was unusual and I enjoyed the inside look at how Greeks view the world.
I recommended that book to several of my friends.
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Fri May-02-08 01:16 AM
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in my kind-of-recent reading history . . .
along with "The Confessions of Max Tivoli". Two books that were hard to put down. I'm sure you'll enjoy this adventure.
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Fri May-02-08 10:27 PM
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9. "The Confessions of Max Tivoli" |
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Really? I have a copy of that in the store and was tempted to read it. Good?
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