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    If I needed you, you'd be disappointing me.

    NOVEMBER 21, 2010 7:12PM

    By Lara Schwartz


    Topics: fiction, family, comedy, belief/religion

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    • 10 Ratings
    • 1930 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Harry Potter is Real

    NOVEMBER 20, 2010 12:04PM

    By Isalina Herself


    Topics: m, childrens book, hogwarts, magic, allegory, role model, hermione granger, rowling, jk rowling, the deathly hallows, harry potter, news, politics, movies, fiction, books

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    • 2 Ratings
    • 7069 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Top 5 Potential Villains for The Dark Knight Rises

    NOVEMBER 2, 2010 3:33PM

    By E. Magill


    Topics: christopher nolan, the dark knight rises, the dark knight, batman 3, batman, movies, fiction

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    • 7 Ratings
    • 2342 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    How Freddie Mercury saved my life

    OCTOBER 19, 2010 2:36PM

    By Dave Niose


    Topics: fiction, drama, humanism, existentialism, philosophy, psychology, fiction

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    • 34 Ratings
    • 2555 Views
    • 47 Comments
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    GNS: Mark Twain's biography unveiled after 100 year wait

    OCTOBER 17, 2010 12:29PM

    By bluestocking babe


    Topics: mark twain, huckleberry finn, tom sawyer, pbs, nyt, books, fiction, news, video

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    • 7 Ratings
    • 1079 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    West Texas Book and Music Festival

    SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 12:09PM

    By Sgt. Mom


    Topics: west texas book and music festival, texas, travel, fiction, books

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    • 10 Ratings
    • 1787 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    Why Franzen is the Wrong Face for "Franzenfreude"

    SEPTEMBER 24, 2010 2:43PM

    By ester bloom


    Topics: books, jonathan franzen, sci fi, young adult, freedom, feminism, fiction

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    • 12 Ratings
    • 1150 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    My Fictional Tormenter

    AUGUST 3, 2010 9:06PM

    By Con Chapman


    Topics: humor, spoof, comedy, satire, fiction

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    • 9 Ratings
    • 3740 Views
    • 69 Comments
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    Austenized! Redrum Park and other horror classics improved

    JULY 29, 2010 12:04PM

    By Juliet Waters


    Topics: jane austen, movies, fiction, austen mash-up

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    • 51 Ratings
    • 3126 Views
    • 48 Comments
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    How to be old...

    JULY 17, 2010 2:25AM

    By Writer to the Stars


    Topics: fiction, feminism, fashion, belief/religion, elderly, 20th century, history, family

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    • 58 Ratings
    • 5711 Views
    • 54 Comments
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    The Oval Office after-party

    JUNE 16, 2010 10:01AM

    By Amanda Gulledge


    Topics: penn jillette, bristol palin, pope, pat robertson, obama, limbaugh, bill maher, stephen colbert, jon stewart, jeremiah wright, michelle obama, lewis black, george bush, bill clinton, belief/religion, comedy, environment, fiction, gay/lesbian, gossip, politics, bp, oil spill

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 4425 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Open Salon Reading Club Review: The Passage

    JUNE 8, 2010 11:54AM

    By E. Magill


    Topics: reviews, reading club, open salon reading club, os reading club, salon reading club, the passage, fiction, books

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    • 31 Ratings
    • 9193 Views
    • 46 Comments
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    My Grandma is More Interesting Than Your Baby

    JUNE 2, 2010 3:01PM

    By Lara Schwartz


    Topics: feminism, fiction, family, comedy

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    • 6 Ratings
    • 2337 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    I Never Knew Her

    JUNE 1, 2010 10:37PM

    By Kim Bentz


    Topics: fiction

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    • 22 Ratings
    • 18479 Views
    • 139 Comments
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    (Some of) The Best Books I've Ever Read

    MAY 6, 2010 4:18PM

    By Kate Gould


    Topics: british writers, american writers, review, reading, fiction

    • Editor's Pick
    • 27 Ratings
    • 16928 Views
    • 54 Comments
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    The Worst Books I've Ever Read

    APRIL 23, 2010 7:06AM

    By Kate Gould


    Topics: non-fiction, poetry, critic, fiction, books, reading, review

    • Editor's Pick
    • 45 Ratings
    • 297171 Views
    • 71 Comments
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    12 Bizarre Kids Books You Won't Buy

    MARCH 31, 2010 3:55PM

    By Kim Hartman


    Topics: television, politics, news, fiction, gossip, kim_hartman, celebrateme, hmmm, family, environment, comedy, belief/religion, animals, open call, children, kids, bizarre, ten books, 10 books

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 2412 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    OS Book Review: THE SOLITUDE OF PRIME NUMBERS

    MARCH 30, 2010 12:34AM

    By fingerlakeswanderer


    Topics: fiction, review, italian fiction, paolo giordano, books, anorexia, mental illness, loneliness

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 2120 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    How Reading Roberto Bolano Makes Me a Better Teacher

    MARCH 19, 2010 9:17AM

    By Siobhan Curious


    Topics: franny and zooey, the skating rink, roberto bolano, education, fiction, learning, teaching, reading, books

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 11538 Views
    • 70 Comments
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    "Would You Believe Me Anyway?" James Frey's Second Act

    FEBRUARY 26, 2010 9:51AM

    By Heather Michon


    Topics: james frey, publishing, psuedonym, pittacus lore, fiction, memoir, oprah winfrey, a million little pieces, john twelve hawks

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