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Jeff Hobbs

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born
April 08, 1980

gender
male

member since
April 2007


about this author

Jeff Hobbs grew up in Kennett Square, PA and graduated from Yale in 2002 with a BA in English Language and Literature. Hobbs spent three years traveling between New York and Tanzania, where he helped build the African Rainforest Conservancy. He now lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Rebecca, and their dog, Noah.




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avg rating: 3.12 | 110 ratings | 37 reviews | 2 distinct works | 3 fans
The Tourists: A Novel The Tourists: A Novel
by Jeff Hobbs (Goodreads author)
avg rating 3.10 — 107 ratings — published 2007
3 editions
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The Tourists: A Novel The Tourists: A Novel
by Jeff Hobbs (Goodreads author)
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2007
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You Are Not a Strang... 10/19 Jeff is currently reading:
You Are Not a Stranger Here: Stories (Paperback)
by Adam Haslett
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American Dreamers: T... 06/17 Jeff is currently reading:
American Dreamers: The Wallaces and The Reader's Digest: An Insider's Story (Hardcover)
by Peter Canning
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A Feast for Crows 03/07 Jeff is currently reading:
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
by George R.R. Martin
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August 05
The Happiest Baby on... Jeff gave 4 of 5 stars to:
The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer (Mass Market Paperback)
by Harvey Karp
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read in August, 2009

Jeff Jeff said: "On how to stop the kid from crying her eyes out...based on the five S's: Swaddle, Side/Stomach, Sshhh, Swing, suck...

I will up my rating to 5 stars if it actually works!
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The Curtain: An Essa... Jeff gave 5 of 5 stars to:
The Curtain: An Essay in Seven Parts (Hardcover)
by Milan Kundera
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read in August, 2009

Jeff Jeff said: "Reading this is like talking to a supremely intelligent, insightful, easy-going, slightly boozed up literary fiend at a local bar...

Not a how-to book, more like a Why book--as in, why human beings are compelled to write novels, and why no...more
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July 16
Netherland Jeff gave 2 of 5 stars to:
Netherland (Hardcover)
by Joseph O'Neill
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read in July, 2009

Jeff Jeff said: "A boring, unhappy, and obsessed Dutch cricket fanatic wanders around Manhattan. What is he obsessed with? His own mundane musings and observations, which go on and on and on.

The book is gorgeously written, a little too gorgeously. Employing...more
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June 25
The Brief Wondrous L... Jeff gave 3 of 5 stars to:
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Hardcover)
by Junot Díaz
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read in June, 2009

Jeff Jeff said: "This book is really "fun," lots of energy, lingo, cultural references, and humor to turn the pages...entertaining and endearing characters...well told, perfect structure, never a dull moment...etc...

But, in a year that Price wro...more
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June 17
The Town: A Novel of... Jeff gave 5 of 5 stars to:
The Town: A Novel of the Snopes Family (Mass Market Paperback)
by William Faulkner
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read in June, 2009

Jeff Jeff said: "Some ghosts, or real people, are going to kill me...but Faulkner is BETTER than Shakespeare...no one gets more in one page (which is what makes him so difficult)...and no one writers purer human beings...no one puts it on paper with more unbridled en...more "
May 15
Ransom Jeff gave 3 of 5 stars to:
Ransom (Bloomsbury Paperbacks)
by Jay McInerney
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Jeff Jeff said: "Small-ish in scope but wonderfully rendered, very funny, and after a certain point impossible to put down... "
Tree of Smoke: A Nov... Jeff gave 4 of 5 stars to:
Tree of Smoke: A Novel (Hardcover)
by Denis Johnson
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read in May, 2009

Jeff Jeff said: "Long, slow, difficult, packed with too much scripture and too little happening, insufferably grim, eternal 100 page ending--oh, and it's completely glorious...

All the great books deal with the pain and sadness that composes the broad arc of...more
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May 05
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56474 Jeff wrote: "Ha ha--Thanks, good to know I'm not alone...

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April 07
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Jeff made a comment on Jeff's review of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
56474 Jeff wrote: "I want to name our first daughter Francie! But, alas, already taken by Rebecca's aunt...

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