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Running with Scissors: A Memoir 818 reviews Augusten Burroughs
St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2006
A humorous romp through an unusual childhood
+ Liked the Movie Better + What I learned from Running with Scissors + A quirky memoir to be read and re-read
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Fish: A Memoir of a Boy in a Man's Prison 70 reviews T. J. Parsell
Da Capo Press, 2007
a little warning: it haunts!
+ Wonderful and moving! + slow start, captivating end + Sh_t on my D_ck or Blood on my Shank + Shocking Eye-Opener
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Crank 108 reviews Ellen Hopkins
Simon Pulse, 2004
Life with the Monster
+ A Monster Addiction + AMAZING BOOK + Crank by Ellen hopkins
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This Book Will Change Your Life 39 reviews Benrik
Plume, 2003
Benrik Fan
+ Cool book + Inspiration! + Genius!!!!
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My Secret: A PostSecret Book (Postsecret) 91 reviews Frank Warren
William Morrow, 2006
Love it.
+ A voyeristic journey into others lives! + My Secret: A PostSecret Book + Awesome + Awesome
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The Secret Lives of Men and Women: A PostSecret Book 53 reviews Frank Warren
William Morrow, 2007
Love it.
+ WE ALL LOVE SECRETS + Post Secrets + enjoyed the insight + Like shooting fish in a barrel
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My Friend Leonard 380 reviews James Frey
Riverhead Hardcover, 2005
So touching, so good
+ a good follow up to 'A Million Little Pieces' + A touching story of friendship... + nice a friend like this
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PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives 245 reviews Frank Warren
William Morrow, 2005
You can't resist picking this up
+ Post Secrets + hooked + PostSecret:Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives
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Cunt: A Declaration of Independence Expanded and Updated Second Edition 104 reviews Inga Muscio
Seal Press, 2002
amazing
+ extremely happy + My new bible
This book is a must read for any woman. It goes everywhere from supporting female owned corporations to showing women how they disempower each others and themselves. Most of all it teaches you how to love yourself and the women around you. I'm buying for all of my female relatives for this ...
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Dry: A Memoir 253 reviews Augusten Burroughs
Picador, 2004
Excellent story telling
+ One of his best + Very nice + Astounding + Every emotion under the martini glass!
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The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education 85 reviews Grace Llewellyn
Lowry House Pub, 1998
A Must Read
+ Excellent!! Truly Excellent!!
This is the only review I have ever written so take note.
This book changed my life.I went through school being vaugly aware of the opression I was suffering but I figured,as most teens would,that it was unavoidable. Keep in mind I was no deliquent. I made highest honors every term and was in AP ...
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Can't Get There from Here 51 reviews Todd Strasser
Simon Pulse, 2005
good book =D
+ A Book You Can Imagine Yourself In + can't get there with out this review + cant get there from here
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Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America 344 reviews Elizabeth Wurtzel
Replica Books, 1999
Very Helpful In Understanding Depression
+ On The Mark + Helpful In Many Ways
I've gone through my share of depression, as many others have before me. As bad as I thought I had it, after reading this book I realize just how lucky I was.
Wurtzel's book was gripping, using very raw and blunt language, which I connected with easily. And such a quick, easy read. Made me want ...
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Flowers In The Attic (Dollanger Saga) 447 reviews V.C. Andrews
Pocket, 1990
It all begins with this book...
+ my favorite book + My guilty pleasure
Sadly, this wasn't the first VCA book I ever read, but when I got around to this, I was not disappointed. It is easily one of the best books I have ever read. The drama, the intrigue, the suspense... I have read this book several times and never get tired of it.
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Girl, Interrupted 429 reviews Susanna Kaysen
Vintage, 1994
Chase Von, The Last Panther's Review
+ Better than film + Personal, but (seemingly) honest memoir
Having PTSD myself from Wars and other things, I thought this was a great movie! I didn't read the book first however and normally I do but from what I gather the movie in this instance was much better than the book...
I have read One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and in many ways this reminded ...
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Buzzed: The Straight Facts About the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasy, Third Edition ... 34 reviews Cynthia Kuhn, Scott Swartzwelder, ...
W. W. Norton, 2008
Very up to date information
+ Interesting but could use more experiences + Excellent book + Good Information!
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You Remind Me Of You (Push Poetry) 31 reviews Eireann Corrigan
Push, 2002
An Honest Voice
+ "she never claimed reliable narrator status" + ? + I Love it + SOME OF THE *BEST* POETRY I'VE READ!!
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Trainspotting 179 reviews Irvine Welsh
W. W. Norton & Company, 1996
brilliant!
+ Yeah son + By Adam W., a 7th Grader + One Of My Favorites + A solid primer in modern Scottish vernacular...
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1984 (Signet Classics) 1386 reviews George Orwell
New American Library, 1961
A Warning, A Prediction...A Terrifying Truth
+ Perfectly Horrific + Still Relevant + Timeless classic on the dangers of communism/big government + 1984 review
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Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited 44 reviews Aldous Huxley
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005
Mood controlling pills and uniformity
+ Satirical Take on Utopia + perfect + Thought-provoking!
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