abba girl
awesome blog! your post about the book _we are not as the others_ especially had me riveted. i need to get myself a copy!!
and who knew marilyn monroe was a fan of joyce? ;)
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Biblioklept
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Books I pinched, picked up, procured, purloined, pirated; books I absconded with, filched, fingered, lifted; books loaned to friends never to be returned. Books Im reading, have read; books I like, love; books I think you should read. Stolen writers. Robbed texts. Hm. Haw. Yes!
- Added on: Jun 19th, 2007
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: ed biblioklept
- Listed in: Books Entertainment
- Tags: books music literature pop culture postmodernism theft
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Great blog, full of cool stuff.
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