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Category Archives: Books

Book Memer

Thinking Girl tagged me. I will try to answer these questions, though I’m awful at answering things like these. Must I really pick one book for each? I am hopelessly noncommittal. 1. One book that changed your life? I’m tempted to say something fun like The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People or Everybody Poops, [...]

Reading Roundup

Just finished Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie. I’d been meaning to read it ever since I saw him speak last semester, but haven’t gotten around to it till now. It’s a fast read and only took me two days, but it’s fantastic. Not too long ago, my roomie brought up a [...]

Salman Rushdie’s Night of Stories

Just got back from seeing Salman Rushdie give a lecture at the Lied Center. I haven’t read any of his novels, only one or two of his short stories a long time ago. All I knew was that he had written something called the “Satanic Verses,” and that this really pissed off the Ayatollah of [...]