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I Am Not Myself These Days 68 reviews
Josh Kilmer-Purcell
BANTAM PRESS (TWLD), 2006
Easily the Best Book I've Ever Encountered
+ What's it like being a gay Drag Queen in NYC?
+ a world that is very far from my own, but very entertaining!
+ warts and all is an understatement...
+ Wonderful writer
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Infinite Jest 350 reviews
David Foster Wallace
Back Bay Books, 2006
GREAT AUTHOR,GREAT BOOK
+ Infinite Jest
+ A True Classic
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE BOOK..JUST STAY WITH IT & IT TAKES ONE ON A JOYRIDE RIGHT UNTIL THE VERY LAST WRITTEN WORD.
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Hairstyles of the Damned (Punk Planet Books)41 reviews
Joe Meno
Akashic Books, 2004
An incredibly honest look at what goes on inside the head of a teenager.
+ The Unwieldy Hammer of Thor!!
+ Thick 'n Thin
+ if you ever loved. if you ever hated.
+ Highly recommend it
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Norwegian Wood166 reviews
Haruki Murakami
Vintage, 2000
A haunting story
+ proof that i have a soul.
+ My First Murakami Book
+ Not just a love story
+ Good book by Murakami
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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (Vintage International)10 reviews
Haruki Murakami
Vintage, 2007
good entrance to Murakami's world
+ Like Gems Wrapped in Velvet
+ Sweet Enigma
+ Introduction to Haruki Murakami
+ Airplane
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Demons in the Spring2 reviews
Joe Meno
Akashic Books, 2008
Joe Meno is amazing
Middle class suburban magic surealism. Characters are interesting without being overdrawn. They are familiar yet none are stereotypes.
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2009 Writer's Market Deluxe (Writer's Market Online)5 reviews
Robert Brewer
Writers Digest Books, 2008
Writer's Market 2009 review
+ Every Writers' Bible No Matter How Experienced You Are
+ Excellent Writers Tool
The Writer's Market 2009 Deluxe Edition is vastly updated from the 2007 edition, which I had. There are at least 100 new Literary Agents catalogued in the text, which is what I was looking for. Also, the online resources may prove to be very useful.
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Tender As Hellfire 18 reviews
Joe Meno
Akashic Books, 2007
Excellent
+ A Dangerous Novel
This novel does a wonderful job of drilling into your head just how stagnant and alienated a child must feel after being forced into such an unpleasantly dull environment during his formative years. The author's voice is exceptional, and few stories I've read have had such unique characters. Each ...
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Dry: A Memoir253 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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2008 Writer's Market39 reviews
Robert Brewer
Writers Digest Books, 2007
Appropriate and useful
+ Valuable reource & reference
+ a handy tool
+ Cannot Do Without!
+ A wealth of information
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Possible Side Effects100 reviews
Augusten Burroughs
Picador, 2007
Possible Side Effects
+ Very good-
+ My first Burroughs
+ I LOVED this book!
+ Freaking Highlarious
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The Road (Oprah's Book Club)1608 reviews
Cormac McCarthy
Vintage Books, 2007
A Road To Treasure
+ Carrying the Fire Through The Darkness
You know who they are. Those people that get upset when stories are told that aren't a sugar coated version of the world, stories that seem like they were written by authors who truly believe that ignoring cold, hard reality is the best medicine.
Cormac McCarthy is not one of those authors. At ...
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2009 Writer's Market10 reviews
Robert Brewer
Writers Digest Books, 2008
Writer's Market
+ Writer's Market Invaluable!
+ 2009 Writer's market
+ Good Buy
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The Boy Detective Fails (Punk Planet Books)17 reviews
Joe Meno
Akashic Books, 2006
Enormous Games
+ Successful rendering of apathy, failure and meds.
+ Emo mystery moody and enchanting
+ 90% psychosis, 110% great story......Wait....
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel289 reviews
Haruki Murakami
Vintage, 1998
Patience and Growth Yields Great Reward
+ A certain "something" that is bizarre and intriguing
+ Excellent read
+ Think for yourself
+ Chronicle of the Lost
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Bluebirds Used to Croon in the Choir: Stories2 reviews
Joe Meno
Triquarterly, 2005
Bluebirds Used to Croon
+ Good and Lonely
Chicago's own Joe Meno is a playwright, musician, a music journalist, the author of three novels (Tender as Hellfire, How the Hula Girl Sings, and Hairstyles of the Damned), and now, Bluebirds Used to Croon in the Choir, a collection of short stories that just won the Society of Midland Authors ...
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Running with Scissors: A Memoir821 reviews
Augusten Burroughs
St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2006
Wonderful read for good laughs
+ A Childhood Undesired: A Review of Running with Scissors
+ A humorous romp through an unusual childhood
+ Liked the Movie Better
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I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir (P.S.)68 reviews
Josh Kilmer-purcell
Harper Perennial, 2006
Easily the Best Book I've Ever Encountered
+ What's it like being a gay Drag Queen in NYC?
+ a world that is very far from my own, but very entertaining!
+ warts and all is an understatement...
+ Wonderful writer
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The Elephant Vanishes: Stories52 reviews
Haruki Murakami
Vintage, 1994
Intriguing novel
+ A wonderful introduction
+ Surreal landscapes
+ Great stories!
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How the Hula Girl Sings5 reviews
Joe Meno
Akashic Books, 2005
POW! now that's what i call a story!
+ Lyrical, Poetic Neo-Noir
+ A great surprise!
+ You should really read this book
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