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Marilee
19 yrs ago
This is a really interesting book about the history of electrification in the US, and the battle between opposing technologies. It didn't hurt that the story had three fascinating characters (Westinghouse, Tesla, and Ed…
Marilee
19 yrs ago
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I am a cookbook collector, among other things, and for some reason am having a hard time finding cookbooks from Canada and Australia. I am looking for books that give just regular, usual cooking from these nations, not …
Marilee
19 yrs ago
Few things are worse than bad sf, and these took the prize. When I got to the sentence "Lando slipped on his velvoid bathrobe and took a cup of caffoid solution from the dispenser, then sat down and wondered what he wou…
Marilee
19 yrs ago
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While reading this, I started wondering if Eggers knows what an incredible jerk he is. Yes, they went through some bad stuff, and initially I was sympathetic, but he is just so tiresome. Reading this was like when a sl…
Marilee
19 yrs ago
After about 25 pages I just despised and scorned every single character in the book. I disliked Divine Secrets tremendously, but everyone went on about it so I thought I must be missing something, so I read Little Altar…
Marilee
20 yrs ago
Marilee
20 yrs ago
Am halfway through Lily Dale:the True Story of the Town that Talks to the Dead by Christine Wicker. I was caught by the tagline at the top of the cover-"Wake up and smell the ectoplasm!" -and could not pass this book by…
