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Rebekah Rine.

Rebekah is a jack of all trades, a lightning bolt, a quicksilver image at the edge of perception. When she reads, it's like a wildfire on the prairie. She's worked in the bookstore since 2004.

Currently Reading:

Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk.

Pharmakon by Dirk Wittenborn.

 

March 2008:

The Willowbys by Lois Lowry.

 

December 2007:

Boomsday by Christopher Buckley.

The author of "Thank You For Smoking" once again revisits the world of the spin doctors. Straight-A student Cassandra Devine can't accept her admittance to Yale because her father spent all her tuition money on a dot-com start up. Instead, she joins the military, winding up in a mine explosion/sexual scandal.
 
A decade later, Cassandra finds herself working PR in Washington for a Senate campaign, and devoted to her catastrophe-prediction blog. The nation is facing a social security crisis, and Cassandra is keeping herself up all night blogging and hopped up on Red Bull & No-Doz…when she casually suggests that young people stand up and revolt against retired baby boomers.
 
Buckley feeds our curiosity when his novel shows us the possibilities of what could happen if we took stronger action in the shaping of government policies.
 

October 2007:

I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert

This is the gift of ultimate truthiness for your sardonically-hard-to shop-for college students and Hipsters, funny friends and co-workers, or anyone you know who follows the news with an eyebrow quizzically raised.

The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta

This book is for people suspicious and frustrated about religious groups worming their way into public society. A high school health teacher makes a frank remark about sexuality, causing a flood from a church-sponsored abstinence “education” group which barnstorms the public school curriculum.  It also explores the world of tenacious religious groups from an insider’s perspective. Great for liberal high school teachers!

An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England by Brock Clarke

Perfect for everyone. It’s a funny, smart story about empathetic characters ruining their own lives. Classic literature lovers will remember when a certain author made them twitch, and self destructors will remember when reaching for another big beer led to an extra load of laundry.

 

April 2007:

Pierced by Ryu Murakami.

 

August 2005:

Specimen Days by Michael Cunningham: read review

 

June 2005:

Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell: read review

 

Favorite 2004 Picks:

Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans from McSweeny's. 

This is the greatest book ever. McSweeny's latest collection of humorous essays, short stories, and hilarious lists has something everyone will love. 

 

Magical Thinking by Augusten Burrough. 

Rebekah's favorite book of the 2004. If you love David Sedaris, Sarah Vowell, and the entire sardonic essay writing bunch, then you will hop on this one fast. 

 

Hepcat by William Bramhall. 

Second greatest book ever, next to McSweeny's. Get 'em both. This children's book follows one cool cat on a musical journey as familiar artists, like The Beatles, give him the courage to perform. 

 

 

 

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