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Empire Falls

Russo, Richard
About Miles the greasy spoon owner in a small town he never got out of. Good story.

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12/2001

Everybody's Fool

Russo, Richard
Police Chief Raymer is still trying to come to terms with the death of his wife Becka some months before. Sully has some bad medical news. There's smelly yellow gunk coming out of the ground. Great story!

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"You probably just remind her of someone," one nurse speculated, to which Sully replied, "Yeah, but the person I remind her of is me."

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"narrative disruptions," -- I think I may be having those, too!

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"...And of course I'm armed. People do respect that, especially in a Negro male." -- The whole paragraph is even better!

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He'd worn briefs his whole life until he disrobed in front of Becka that first time and she'd reacted to them with startled revulsion. "Well," she said, "that's going to have to change."

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He didn't know much about cobras, but he was pretty sure they didn't have three eyes.

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7/2023

Nobody's Fool

Russo, Richard
Sully is getting older in Bath, Maine, and hasn't quite figured out where is life is going.

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"Just because I don't lock my front door doesn't make us friends. What're you doing here, anyhow?"

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"You're a man among men, Sully."
"Thanks," he said.
"It wasn't a compliment," she assured him.

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4/2023

Somebody's Fool

Russo, Richard
Five stars, I really enjoyed this book!

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Raymer wondered if maybe the time had come to walk away from such grizzly details. -- Grisly?

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...he himself had met such a grizzly end... -- Grisly?

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...so she wouldn't see the grizzly photo... -- Grisly?

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"Well, once you're shut of him, we can start a headlong romance of our own." He was enjoying himself now, she could tell. "Maybe try holding hands or something."

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9/2023

Straight Man

Russo, Richard
Funny story about a University professor.

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10/2000

The Risk Pool

Russo, Richard
Ned recounts the history of his relationship with his adventurous father in Mohawk, New York. Very good story, but took a long time to read.

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He was from the western half of Pennsylvania, "practically Ohio," and you couldn't grow up that close to Ohio with being Ohio. Ohio was that pervasive. Next to Iowa, she couldn't think of a worse influence. --page 309

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12/2006

Get That Nigger Off The Field!

Rust, Art
A history of African-Americans and other people of color who have played baseball over the last one hundred years.

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4/2012

Becoming Naomi Leon

Ryan, Pam Munoz
Naomi lives in trailer in a town very like Lemon Grove, with her grandmother and brother. Family conflicts, trip to Mexico, reunions. Good story.

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11/2006

Esperanza Rising

Ryan, Pam Munoz
Story of a young girl coming to America from Mexico back in the 30's. Loosely based on the author's grandmother's life. Very good story.

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4/2002

Missing May

Rylant, Cynthia
Summer recalls her aunt May who passed away. A nice story, it's the 1993 Newbery Medal awardee.

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5/2009

Berserker's Star

Saberhage, Fred
Harry Silver ferryies a woman and to men to the not-a-planet of Maracanda where things are not always what one would expect. LATER: Whats with the typos?

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7/2003

The Berserker Tales

Saberhagen, Fred
The Berserkers are robotic ships that are programmed to kill all living things.

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7/2002

Fuzzy Mud

Sachar, Louis
A cautionary tale of over-population and genetic engineering-gone-bad, aimed at younger children. Pretty good, I read it in only two hours!

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12/2015

The Cardturner

Sachar, Louis
I did not have high hopes for a teen book about bridge, but I trusted the author, read it, and liked it VERY much! The possibly overwhelming stuff about bridge is marked with a whale symbol so you can skip over it. An excellent idea! I almost want to try playing bridge, now. Almost!

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12/2010

There's A Boy In The Girl's Bathroom!

Sachar, Louis
I read this because a student said it was not like she expected, and it was really good. It IS really good. I weeped at the end.

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1/2011

The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat And Other Clinical Tales

Sacks, Oliver
Very interesting tales of the patients of a neuro-something-or-other. Can't say I read EVERY word, but enjoyed it. Amazing stories.

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1/2004

Contact

Sagan, Carl
Good story. Good movie.

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1/2002

True notebooks

Salzman, Mark
Author goes to juvenile detention facility for mostly murderers, teaches a writing class. Non-fiction. I liked the talking-parts, but not the student writing parts. It's just me, I guess.

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11/2005

Nosy Neighbors

Sampson, Freya
Shelly House is over a hundred years old. Once a mansion, now divided into apartments, or "flats", as the Brits will call them. A motley assortment of people live there, mostly not getting along very well. An assault occurs, suspects are listed, but everything is cleared up by the end. Except the death of Marge!

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The siren had stopped but the blue light was still revolving, its fluorescent rays so dazzling that she was forced to close her eyes. -- "Fluorescent"??

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Tomasz had found her [Princess] in the end -- But what about Marge??

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"But you no longer have a car." -- Finally!! But is Marge dead??

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"Hello, Dotty." -- Well, that brings back some memories for me.

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"Are you doing dauphinoise potatoes with the stew?" -- Didn't someone just mention those potatoes to me? Ha ha!

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12/2024

The Last Chance Library

Sampson, Freya
The village council wants to shut down the library, and the patron are revolting! Great story!

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Bog off, Alan

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Alan licked his bottom in response.

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"The lying shit," Mrs. B said. "I'll kill him."

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"For fuck's sake, would you two get a room?"

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12/2024
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