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38-year-old woman in New York, NY, United States
Seeking a man, 34 to 42
Arcadia: A Play

Arcadia

Tom Stoppard

whether you like theatre or not, whether you've lived in England or Tanzania or Ohio, this play is intense. in a good way.

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High Fidelity: A Novel

High Fidelity

Nick Hornby

Tapped into my love of music, everything from acid jazz to embarrassing, 16 Magazine-esque pop.

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Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time

Love Is a Mix Tape

Rob Sheffield

It's rare to read about someone's personal life (and the tragedies included in it) without labeling them and making the person/character limited in what he/she stands for and...more »

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Fever Pitch

Fever Pitch

Nick Hornby

Evidence that the World Cup is for real. To everyone who isn't a US citizen, that is.

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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia

Eat, Pray, Love

Elizabeth Gilbert

Who, Effing, Cares would have been a better title. Impossible to have empathy for these tales.

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Julie & Julia365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen

Julie & Julia365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment...

Julie Powell

This book inspired me not to cook and not to marry. That was something of a bummer as I have a first edition of Mastering the Art of French Cooking.

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Do You!: 12  Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success

Do You!

Russell Simmons, Chris Morrow

I'm not a self help person. And this book was life changing.

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Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations (Routledge Classics)

Outlaw Culture

bell hooks

Outlaw Culture captures how all of us - unfamous, not elected, living life as people in our communities and neighborhoods - have the power to make things better. We can be inspired by...more »

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For Keeps: 30 Years at the Movies

For Keeps

Pauline Kael

To say that Ms. Kael is a tough act to follow for film critics is a serious understatement.

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I Don't Know How She Does It

I Don't Know How She Does It

Allison Pearson

This may have been one of the worst fiction books I've ever read. I would sooner watch...trying to think of a loathsome tv show from childhood...Smurfs episodes for eight hours straight.

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Book of Haikus (Poets, Penguin)

Book of Haikus

Jack Kerouac, Regina Weinreich

Haiku. The poem that everyone can write. Made even better by Kerouac.

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Wacky Chicks: Life Lessons from Fearlessly Inappropriate and Fabulously Eccentric Women

Wacky Chicks

Simon Doonan

Any book, any author who calls someone the "Spandex Evangelist" has a fan in me.

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The Gift of Fear and Other Survival Signals that Protect Us From Violence

The Gift of Fear and Other Survival Signals that...

Gavin de Becker

Frightening and useful. Not that I carry a Glock. And de Becker's writing prompted some initial paranoia.

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Parting the Waters : America in the King Years 1954-63

Parting the Waters

Taylor Branch

The voice and passion of Taylor Branch, always strong and rarely emotional, make his three books compelling, informative, and even more relevant today with Prop 8, mosque location...more »

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PERFUME.

PERFUME.

Patrick Suskind

This book should come as a scratch-and-sniff. That's how much it made me want to immerse in fragrance. And move to France.

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Composed: A Memoir

Composed

Rosanne Cash

Whether you're a fan of her father or not (full disclosure: I am), Rosanne Cash is one with which to be reckoned. Rarely do celeb autobios refrain from gossiping, blaming, and soaping. Her...more »

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