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Mom took us to the Sun Valley branch of the Los Angeles Public Library every two weeks. I always checked out the maximum number of books and inhaled them all.

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Traveling Sprinkler - Nicholson Baker
Traveling Sprinkler
Nicholson Baker
Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife - David Burnie, Don E. Wilson
Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife
David Burnie, Don E. Wilson
What It Is - Lynda Barry
What It Is
Lynda Barry

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Traveling Sprinkler - Nicholson Baker
The Financial Lives of the Poets - Jess Walter
The Bridge of San Luis Rey - Thornton Wilder
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October 2013
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Traveling Sprinkler - Nicholson Baker
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The Financial Lives of the Poets - Jess Walter
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Traveling Sprinkler - Nicholson Baker
Traveling Sprinkler Nicholson Baker
October 2013
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The Financial Lives of the Poets - Jess Walter
The Financial Lives of the Poets Jess Walter
October 2013
25
BookLikes Reading Challenge: Rapid Eye Movements wants to read 50 books in 2013.
Rapid Eye Movements has read 36 book(s) out of 50 books in
2013 Reading Challenge
October 2013
24
finished reading:
The Bridge of San Luis Rey - Thornton Wilder
The Bridge of San Luis Rey Thornton Wilder
October 2013
19
finished reading:
Desert Solitaire - Edward Abbey
Desert Solitaire Edward Abbey
October 2013
7
finished reading:
Robin - Frances Hodgson Burnett
Robin Frances Hodgson Burnett
October 2013
2
finished reading:
The Head of the House of Coombe - Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Head of the House of Coombe Frances Hodgson Burnett
October 2013
1
finished reading:
Where I Was From - Joan Didion
Where I Was From Joan Didion
finished reading:
The Sisters Brothers - Patrick deWitt
The Sisters Brothers Patrick deWitt
September 2013
25
finished reading:
The Divine Comedy: Volume 1: Inferno - Dante Alighieri, John D. Sinclair
The Divine Comedy: Volume 1: Inferno Dante Alighieri, John D. Sinclair
September 2013
22
finished reading:
Gaudy Night - Dorothy L. Sayers
Gaudy Night Dorothy L. Sayers
September 2013
14
finished reading:
MaddAddam - Margaret Atwood
MaddAddam Margaret Atwood
August 2013
31
finished reading:
The Paris Review Interviews, II - Harold Bloom, Graham Greene, James Baldwin, Alice Munro, William Faulkner, Toni Morrison, Philip Gourevitch, The Paris Review, Eudora Welty, John Gardner, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Peter Carey, Robert Lowell, William Gaddis, James Thurber, Philip Larkin, Gabriel García Márq
The Paris Review Interviews, II Harold Bloom, Graham Greene, James Baldwin, Alice Munro, William Faulkner, Toni Morrison, Philip Gourevitch, The Paris Review, Eudora Welty, John Gardner, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Peter Carey, Robert Lowell, William Gaddis, James Thurber, Philip Larkin, Gabriel García Márq
August 2013
22
reviewed:
There's a decent story in there if you can get past all the "pretty" writing.
Riders of the Purple Sage - William R. Handley, Zane Grey
finished reading:
Riders of the Purple Sage - William R. Handley, Zane Grey
Riders of the Purple Sage William R. Handley, Zane Grey
August 2013
20
finished reading:
The Paris Review: Issue 204 (60th Anniversary) - Lorin Stein
The Paris Review: Issue 204 (60th Anniversary) Lorin Stein
August 2013
9
finished reading:
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick, Robert Zelazny
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick, Robert Zelazny
August 2013
5
finished reading:
The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women - Naomi Wolf
The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women Naomi Wolf
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I Was Amelia Earhart - Jane Mendelsohn
I Was Amelia Earhart Jane Mendelsohn
July 2013
29
finished reading:
Winesburg, Ohio - Sherwood Anderson
Winesburg, Ohio Sherwood Anderson
July 2013
22
finished reading:
Daughter of Fortune - Isabel Allende
Daughter of Fortune Isabel Allende
July 2013
14
finished reading:
Age of Wonder How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science - Richard Holmes
Age of Wonder How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science Richard Holmes
May 2013
31
finished reading:
All is Forgotten, Nothing is Lost - Lan Samantha Chang
All is Forgotten, Nothing is Lost Lan Samantha Chang
May 2013
28
finished reading:
Revolutionary Road - Richard Yates
Revolutionary Road Richard Yates
May 2013
9
finished reading:
The Principles of Uncertainty - Maira Kalman
The Principles of Uncertainty Maira Kalman
May 2013
4
finished reading:
The Cold Dish (Walt Longmire, #1) - Craig Johnson
The Cold Dish (Walt Longmire, #1) Craig Johnson
April 2013
30
reviewed:
Of the three novellas in the book, "Legends of the Fall" is the weakest and took my rating down a star. "Revenge" and "The Ma...
Legends of the Fall - Jim Harrison
finished reading:
Legends of the Fall - Jim Harrison
Legends of the Fall Jim Harrison
April 2013
19
finished reading:
The Ox-Bow Incident - Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Wallace Stegner
The Ox-Bow Incident Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Wallace Stegner
April 2013
13
finished reading:
The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains - Owen Wister, Gary Scharnhorst
The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains Owen Wister, Gary Scharnhorst
April 2013
2
finished reading:
War and Peace - Larissa Volokhonsky, Richard Pevear, Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace Larissa Volokhonsky, Richard Pevear, Leo Tolstoy
March 2013
14
finished reading:
Briefly - David Mills Daniel
Briefly David Mills Daniel
March 2013
4
finished reading:
Apology - Plato, James J. Helm
Apology Plato, James J. Helm
February 2013
16
finished reading:
Traveling With Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story - Sue Monk Kidd, Ann Kidd Taylor
Traveling With Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story Sue Monk Kidd, Ann Kidd Taylor
February 2013
13
finished reading:
An Old-Fashioned Girl - Louisa May Alcott
An Old-Fashioned Girl Louisa May Alcott
February 2013
09
reviewed:
Big baggy train wreck. Like any good train wreck, bits of the gore and debris are compelling.
Songs in Ordinary Time - Mary McGarry Morris
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Songs in Ordinary Time - Mary McGarry Morris
Songs in Ordinary Time Mary McGarry Morris
February 2013
6
finished reading:
West Wind - Mary Oliver
West Wind Mary Oliver
February 2013
1
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Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America - Barbara Ehrenreich
Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America Barbara Ehrenreich
January 2013
28
finished reading:
The Sunday Philosophy Club - Alexander McCall Smith
The Sunday Philosophy Club Alexander McCall Smith
January 2013
4
finished reading:
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie - Ayana Mathis
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie Ayana Mathis
December 2012
6
finished reading:
The Black Box - Michael Connelly
The Black Box Michael Connelly
November 2012
7
finished reading:
The Twelve - Justin Cronin
The Twelve Justin Cronin
October 2012
31
finished reading:
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln - Doris Kearns Goodwin
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln Doris Kearns Goodwin
August 2012
23
finished reading:
Mapp and Lucia - E.F. Benson
Mapp and Lucia E.F. Benson
July 2012
5
finished reading:
Lucia in London - E.F. Benson, Micheál mac Liammóir
Lucia in London E.F. Benson, Micheál mac Liammóir
April 2012
16
finished reading:
The Book Against God - James Wood
The Book Against God James Wood
February 2012
21
finished reading:
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly - Anthony Bourdain
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly Anthony Bourdain
February 2012
15
finished reading:
March - Geraldine Brooks
March Geraldine Brooks
February 2012
1
finished reading:
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World - Michael Pollan
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World Michael Pollan
January 2012
25
finished reading:
Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization - Nicholson Baker
Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization Nicholson Baker
January 2012
22
finished reading:
Going Out - Scarlett Thomas
Going Out Scarlett Thomas
January 2012
15
finished reading:
The Drop - Michael Connelly
The Drop Michael Connelly
December 2011
21
finished reading:
The Way We Live Now - Anthony Trollope
The Way We Live Now Anthony Trollope
November 2011
02
reviewed: Itching, Itching
Wonderful stuff.
Itching, Itching - Teresa Gilman
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Itching, Itching - Teresa Gilman
Itching, Itching Teresa Gilman
October 2011
11
finished reading:
A Visit from the Goon Squad - Jennifer Egan
A Visit from the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan
October 2011
5
finished reading:
A Walk in the Woods - Bill Bryson
A Walk in the Woods Bill Bryson
finished reading:
Good Poems - Garrison Keillor
Good Poems Garrison Keillor
September 2011
27
finished reading:
The View from Castle Rock - Alice Munro
The View from Castle Rock Alice Munro
August 2011
5
finished reading:
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic - Tom Holland
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic Tom Holland
July 2011
10
reviewed:
Sweet pop fiction.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer
finished reading:
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Mary Ann Shaffer
January 2011
25
finished reading:
The Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens
The Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens
December 2010
18
finished reading:
The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Larissa Volokhonsky, Richard Pevear
The Brothers Karamazov Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Larissa Volokhonsky, Richard Pevear
November 2010
20
finished reading:
April 1865: The Month That Saved America - Jay Winik
April 1865: The Month That Saved America Jay Winik
November 2010
09
reviewed:
You know, I didn't like this book when I read it as a kid. But I know lots of people who describe it as a favorite childhood ...
A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
finished reading:
The Paris Review Interviews, I - Joan Didion, Jorge Luis Borges, Dorothy Parker, Truman Capote, Ernest Hemingway, T.S. Eliot, Robert Stone, Kurt Vonnegut, Saul Bellow, Robert Gottlieb, Philip Gourevitch, Elizabeth Bishop, The Paris Review, Rebecca West, Richard Price, Billy Wilder, Jack Gilbert, James M
The Paris Review Interviews, I Joan Didion, Jorge Luis Borges, Dorothy Parker, Truman Capote, Ernest Hemingway, T.S. Eliot, Robert Stone, Kurt Vonnegut, Saul Bellow, Robert Gottlieb, Philip Gourevitch, Elizabeth Bishop, The Paris Review, Rebecca West, Richard Price, Billy Wilder, Jack Gilbert, James M
finished reading:
Teacher: The One Who Made the Difference - Mark Edmundson
Teacher: The One Who Made the Difference Mark Edmundson
September 2010
4
finished reading:
The Duke's Children (Penguin Classics) - Anthony Trollope
The Duke's Children (Penguin Classics) Anthony Trollope
August 2010
24
finished reading:
Life Is a Verb: 37 Days to Wake Up, Be Mindful, and Live Intentionally - Patti Digh
Life Is a Verb: 37 Days to Wake Up, Be Mindful, and Live Intentionally Patti Digh
August 2010
22
reviewed:
I got my copy of this book for free from First Reads. But not to worry, Scarlett Thomas, I'm going to be spending money on th...
Our Tragic Universe - Scarlett Thomas
finished reading:
Our Tragic Universe - Scarlett Thomas
Our Tragic Universe Scarlett Thomas
August 2010
20
finished reading:
Vanished Arizona - Recollections of the Army Life by a New England Woman - Summerhayes Martha
Vanished Arizona - Recollections of the Army Life by a New England Woman Summerhayes Martha
August 2010
10
finished reading:
Far from the Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy, Shannon Russell, Rosemarie Morgan
Far from the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy, Shannon Russell, Rosemarie Morgan
August 2010
3
finished reading:
The Lacuna - Barbara Kingsolver
The Lacuna Barbara Kingsolver
July 2010
23
finished reading:
Excellent Women - Barbara Pym
Excellent Women Barbara Pym
July 2010
19
finished reading:
Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, with Recipes - Elizabeth Bard
Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, with Recipes Elizabeth Bard
July 2010
17
finished reading:
Home Land - Sam Lipsyte
Home Land Sam Lipsyte
July 2010
12
finished reading:
Enslaved by Ducks - Bob Tarte
Enslaved by Ducks Bob Tarte
July 2010
3
finished reading:
We Were the Mulvaneys (Oprah's Book Club) - Joyce Carol Oates
We Were the Mulvaneys (Oprah's Book Club) Joyce Carol Oates
June 2010
23
reviewed:
If you are fond of descriptions of the multiple ways in which buffalo could be chased and shot, this book is for you.Plenty o...
The Oregon Trail - Francis Parkman
finished reading:
The Oregon Trail - Francis Parkman
The Oregon Trail Francis Parkman
finished reading:
Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire Suzanne Collins
June 2010
14
reviewed:
I'd like to give this a 2.5. It was better than "OK," but I can't say that I "liked" it. In fact, the more I think about it, ...
Citrus County - John Brandon
finished reading:
Citrus County - John Brandon
Citrus County John Brandon
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