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June Reading Wrap-Up

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

I managed to read 21 books this month! This was primarily due to the read-athon as well as my commitment to read a few very short books in order to have more reviews for some of the time I was gone.
Here’s why I read these books: one was for ReaderViews, three were sent to me [...]

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The Translator: A Tribesman’s Memoir of Darfur - Book Review

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

I was lucky enough to receive a copy of The Translator: A Tribesman’s Memoir of Darfur by Daoud Hari from someone who received it as an Early Reviewer and passed it along to me:
This was a very poignant memoir of a very important issue. Daoud is a Zaghawa tribesman from Darfur. After being educated, he [...]

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