false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165636478m/7572.jpg 7572 23 Sissy Hankshaw, an almost flawlessly beautiful small-town girl with big-time dreams, hitchhikes her way into your heart, your hopes, and your sleeping bag in Tom Robbins's magical, funny, and most famous novel. Follow Sissy's amazing odyssey from Virginia to chic Manhattan to the Dakota Badlands, where FBI agents, cowgirls, and ecstatic whooping cranes explode in a deliciously drawn-out climax. This is Tom Robbins at his offbeat, outrageous, and inventive best. 610037 1976 Even Cowgirls Get the Blues total:12659|5:2666|4:4645|3:3843|2:1160|1:345| 12659 46104 15063 726 2 10 true false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Apr 19 09:44:18 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 19 12:12:08 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 9 false false Sun Apr 08 16:42:36 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 08 17:00:49 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 5 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 14 21:54:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 14 22:09:56 -0700 2007
I had to choose between continuing to read ECGTB or staring at the back of the airplane seat in front...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Jan 19 14:38:53 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 19 14:39:01 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 3 false false Sat Apr 18 05:06:50 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 22:26:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 3 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 1997 Mon Jul 16 14:07:08 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 16 14:08:43 -0700 2007 4 1 false false Mon Oct 22 15:59:30 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 22 16:02:43 -0700 2007
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Hitch-hikers, lesbians, whooping cranes, feminine hygenine products - it has everything. And written in a lyrical manner that begs to be read out...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 23 20:05:35 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 24 13:42:41 -0700 2007
Me? I loved it.

I'll admit that I might be biased in favor of this book simply because I have a fairly unusual set of opposable digits myself. You see, first a...more...]]> 2 4 false false Tue Apr 01 15:48:16 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 02 14:19:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 10:41:22 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 16:47:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 1 false false Sat Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 16:05:19 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 16:06:48 -0700 2009 4 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Thu Apr 16 20:14:03 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 20:15:09 -0700 2009 4 0 false true Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 17:38:03 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 17:51:57 -0800 2009
The thing that stood out for me the most about this book was its sheer literary playfulness. I'm really curious, though, how people felt about its actual plot when it came out in the '70s (what with the lesbians and the feminine hygi...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 18 12:02:19 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 13:24:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Feb 26 10:19:45 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 10:28:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Dec 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 08:54:02 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 08:30:07 -0800 2008 know we did. But I didn't get all the same things o...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Dec 07 15:04:32 -0800 2007 Fri Mar 14 13:13:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 12:07:10 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 12:07:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 15:36:09 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 16:03:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=7572