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Doug Shaw

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Average rating: 5.0 · 5 ratings · 2 reviews · 5 distinct works
Social Nonsense: Creative D...

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You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson
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I'm not in this book's target demographic. Even so - I think these poems were amazing, ranging from hits to out-of-the-park hits. I loved every single poem in this book. ...more
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James by Percival Everett
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This book started out light with a gimmick - but by the end I was feeling real emotions and loss. This book made things get very real.
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I'm not in this book's target demographic. Even so - I think these poems were amazing, ranging from hits to out-of-the-park hits. I loved every single poem in this book. ...more
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Save Me the Waltz by Zelda Fitzgerald
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This took me forever to read, because it reads slowly. This is a book to savor. Every freaking paragraph has something in it that is beautiful and wonderful.

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Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
" You said it in a way I wish I'd thought of when I reviewed it. "You find yourself rooting for each one of them." Perfect. ...more "
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Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
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I just relistened to the whole thing, and wanted to redo my review, because I noticed a lot my second time around.

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Save Me the Waltz by Zelda Fitzgerald
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This took me forever to read, because it reads slowly. This is a book to savor. Every freaking paragraph has something in it that is beautiful and wonderful.

I picked this up because I've read a little about Zelda Fitzgerald, mostly as a victim or a
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Cultish by Amanda Montell
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I listened to Shelby Van Pelt's book, Remarkably Bright Creatures, on audiobook and I highly recommend listening to the book. Michael Urie does a phenomenal job as Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus who is s" Read more of this review »
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“feeling blissfully invisible yet still fully included, safe in the knowledge that everyone is together and everyone is okay, with all the thrill of being there without the burden of having to be.”
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“Albert Schweitzer once said, ‘Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.”
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message 1: by Todd

Todd Eisworth Excellent. Now let's recapture some of that 25 in 05 magic!


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