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8.4.07

A SHORT FIRST QUARTER REPORT. I'm a little behind the proper pace for this year's Fifty Book Challenge.
  1. Scaling Down: Living Large in a Smaller Space, 17 February 2007.
  2. Still Stuck in Traffic: Coping with Peak-Hour Traffic Congestion, 3 March 2007.
  3. The Fallen Colossus, 4 March 2007.
  4. The Merchant of Power, 5 March 2007.
  5. The Godfather's Revenge, 25 March 2007.
The prolonged winter has stunted my bookworm's growth.

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Cross-posted at the European Tribune and the Fifty Book Challenge.
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