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"A Utterly Impartial History of Britain" by John O'Hara

19.10.10

Things I learned>
Operation Dynamo: 
The Dunkirk evacuation, codenamed Operation Dynamo by the British, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France, between 27 May and the early hours of 3 June 1940, when British, French and Belgian troops ( Read more... )

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“Uso to Kiss” by Masara Minase [Yaoi manga] - [N5]

First read: 13.10.10

Just porn. Plot makes no sense.

+incest, 2010, 2010: manga en castellano, book-2010, #manga, *author: female, @leído en castellano, #manga: yaoi

First read: 11.10.10

I couldn't tell you exactly why, because neither the topic nor the character were particularly my thing but I ran across a book with this story in Oxfam and I sat down and I read its 12.500 words (40 pages) in one go. The author's voice is just so detached that it makes you want to find something to feel about. I'm just going ( Read more... )

First read: 6.10.10

Mo falls for his teacher, who agrees to sleep with him but not to a relationship. I was frankly disgusted by the teacher's attitude, I mean, ok, fucking his student, who's a high school student and his responsability and shit, I could go for, but why is he fucking him up? It is explained later but no dice because if you want to ( Read more... )

"Ano Hi no Kimi wo Dakishimeta Nara" by Sakiya Haruhi & Yamamoto Totetsuko [2 volumes, complete, yaoi]

First read: 05.10.10

Pretty cute best-friends who grow up thinking the other doesn't want them story. Augmentated by one of them being definetely gay and the other just being in love. Some issues with partner abuse (as in, the gay guy keeps ( Read more... )

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First read: 02.10.10

2010, 2010: non-fiction book in english, book-2010, #non-fiction, *author: male, @read in english, +psychology, #audiobook, +philosophy, +postmodern, +social issues,  [quotes], [quotes] book/non-fiction, $quotes to be added

This is really really cool literary essays that, like all great literature, are as much about the human condition as about the written word. There are so many interesting ideas I feel about to burst.

03.09.10

QUOTES:

The two Jewish questions: Asked by gentiles: What is to be done with Jews? The answer was persecution or toleration ( Read more... )