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October 20, 2004

Fast Food Nation

Fast Food Nation Eric Schlosser, Allen Lane, 2001 Oh, its all very disturbing - fries that have a higher beef fat content than hamburgers, the high mortality of fast food restaurant workers, multiple injuries in met processing planes, union blocking,...

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Posted by Tassy on October 20, 2004 02:38 PM
Category: Books

Oryz and Crake - frightening

Oryx and Crake Margaret Atwood, Bloomsbury, 2003 Maybe I’m easily scared, but Oryx and Crake terrified me. It wasn’t the alarming vision of a genetically engineered future or the stratified society so much as the aching loneliness that permeates the...

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Posted by Tassy on October 20, 2004 02:35 PM
Category: Books

October 08, 2004

the queen's fool

The Queen’s Fool Philippa Gregory, HarperCollins 2003 The are two possibilities – either life in Tudor England revolved around royal espionage and the rights of women, or Philippa Gregory is somewhat hung up of these two facets. If I am...

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Posted by Tassy on October 8, 2004 03:09 PM
Category: Books

lack of adventure

God, its being a boring autumn! - i was poised to write about all sorts of adventures across the land and the wonderful thoughts I would have - but somehow we haven't got to go anywhere (though that might have...

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Posted by Tassy on October 8, 2004 03:04 PM
Category: About Me
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