false <![CDATA[The Cement Garden]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166111732m/9957.jpg 9957 26 The first novel by the Booker Prize-winning author of <b>Amsterdam</b>.<br><br>In the relentless summer heat, four abruptly orphaned children retreat into a shadowy, isolated world, and find their own strange and unsettling ways of fending for themselves. 1189398 book 1978 The Cement Garden total:1912|5:335|4:641|3:619|2:248|1:69| 1912 6661 2713 262 3 9 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 15:20:24 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 20:24:30 -0700 2009 The Cement Garden in the theater when I was fifteen, and completely freaked out. For years afterwards it stayed high on my list of all-time favorites. I haven't seen it again since then, though, so I have no idea what I'd think now, but at the time I just thought it was th...more...]]> 1 3 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 15:06:06 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 15:17:41 -0800 2008 Having now re...more...]]> 5 4 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 13:12:09 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 16 14:10:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 3 false false Thu Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 20:09:51 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 20:21:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 3 false true Tue May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 19:18:05 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 18:35:09 -0700 2008
I think this book killed my iPod.

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My iPod was plugged into the computer for a last ditch effort to charge when I blew a fuse in the kitchen while cooking both popcorn and heat...more...]]> 2 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 09 09:43:22 -0800 2007 Sun Jan 13 10:10:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 20 13:58:17 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 09 14:44:31 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Nov 20 10:36:16 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 13 12:57:53 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 20 10:35:46 -0800 2007
the two older siblings in effect becom...more...]]> 4 14 false false Wed May 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 16:57:54 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 16:46:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Dec 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 16:41:48 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 09:22:30 -0800 2008
It's summer, and four chi...more...]]> 3 1 false true Thu Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 23:42:15 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 06:03:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu May 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 11:11:55 -0700 2008 Sun May 25 12:44:39 -0700 2008
I finished it three days ago and my memory of it is already starting to...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 19:25:23 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 22 09:58:55 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false true Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 03:48:01 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 03:58:04 -0800 2009 1
I really liked the plot and how it kind of dawdled along with nothing much happening. But I felt like I really had a grasp of the world that these children were living in. It is similar to a Lord Of ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 10:30:56 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 11:02:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 22:07:59 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 09:16:01 -0700 2009 The Cement Garden is what instructs us not to take this novel very seriously.

Were it not for novels like Enduring Love and Saturday and Amsterdam, one might be tempted to march through ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jul 12 18:42:16 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 09:53:39 -0700 2009 The Cement Garden reads like one of Harold Pinte...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Feb 27 18:34:10 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 18:34:54 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 10:19:39 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 14:53:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 12:18:36 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 31 20:24:08 -0700 2008
P.S. I remember this time, about a year ago, when I hadn't read any books about incest.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=9957