Katy's bookshelf: read http://www.goodreads.com/review/list_rss/1063364 en-US Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:31:15 -0700 60 Katy's bookshelf: read http://www.goodreads.com/ 200 41 http://www.goodreads.com/images/layout/gr_logo.gif 28832461 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:31:15 -0700 <![CDATA[The Millionaire Next Door]]> The Millionaire Next Door
author: Thomas J. Stanley
name: Katy
average rating: 3.81
book published: 1998
rating: 4
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]]> 21456925 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:11:47 -0700 <![CDATA[A Thousand Splendid Suns]]> A Thousand Splendid Suns
author: Khaled Hosseini
name: Katy
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> 27401392 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:11:13 -0700 <![CDATA[Confessions of a Shopaholic]]> Confessions of a Shopaholic
author: Sophie Kinsella
name: Katy
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2003
rating: 2
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]]> 27401354 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:10:50 -0700 <![CDATA[Compromising Positions]]> Compromising Positions
author: Susan Isaacs
name: Katy
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2007
rating: 3
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]]> 19682541 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:04:01 -0700 <![CDATA[Bread Alone: A Novel]]>
The story takes place in 1988. The main character, Wynter, is a L.A. trophy wife who has just been unceremoniously dumped by her husband. She flees to Seattle to become a baker’s apprentice and set a new course for her life. In 1988, I was also setting new course for my life, though not under such dramatic circumstances. I lived in a little cottage much like the one she lives in and I was in a relationship that was becoming more serious, all the while I was preparing to drop back in to college after a two year absence. It was a big year for me and I re-lived parts of it through Wynter. Hard to remember a time when home computers were a rarity and no one had a cell phone. I was also car-less, as is the main character, which doesn’t seem like much to comment on, but her day-to-day life of getting to and fro is written accurately and adds to the overall ambiance. I kind of miss the car-less days, but I do not want to re-live them with two kids, that’s for sure!]]> Bread Alone: A Novel
author: Judith R. Hendricks
name: Katy
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2002
rating: 3
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This book is fine summer reading. After I finished the book, I noticed the back cover heralds the publication of a sequel called The Baker’s Apprentice. I hope to get to it before the end of summer.

The story takes place in 1988. The main character, Wynter, is a L.A. trophy wife who has just been unceremoniously dumped by her husband. She flees to Seattle to become a baker’s apprentice and set a new course for her life. In 1988, I was also setting new course for my life, though not under such dramatic circumstances. I lived in a little cottage much like the one she lives in and I was in a relationship that was becoming more serious, all the while I was preparing to drop back in to college after a two year absence. It was a big year for me and I re-lived parts of it through Wynter. Hard to remember a time when home computers were a rarity and no one had a cell phone. I was also car-less, as is the main character, which doesn’t seem like much to comment on, but her day-to-day life of getting to and fro is written accurately and adds to the overall ambiance. I kind of miss the car-less days, but I do not want to re-live them with two kids, that’s for sure!
]]> 27025517 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:01:47 -0700 <![CDATA[Square Foot Gardening: A New Way to Garden in Less Space with Less Work]]> Square Foot Gardening: A New Way to Garden in Less Space with Less Work
author: Mel Bartholomew
name: Katy
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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]]> 27025511 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:01:25 -0700 <![CDATA[The 20-Minute Vegetable Gardener: Gourmet Gardening for the Rest of Us]]> The 20-Minute Vegetable Gardener: Gourmet Gardening for the Rest of Us
author: Marty Asher
name: Katy
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1999
rating: 4
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]]> 27025510 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:01:24 -0700 <![CDATA[The 20-Minute Gardener: The Garden of Your Dreams Without Giving up Your Life, Your Job, or Your Sanity]]> The 20-Minute Gardener: The Garden of Your Dreams Without Giving up Your Life, Your Job, or Your Sanity
author: Marty Asher
name: Katy
average rating: 3.50
book published: 1997
rating: 4
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]]> 27025503 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:01:09 -0700 <![CDATA[Mrs. Greenthumbs Plows Ahead: Five Steps to the Drop-Dead Gorgeous Garden of Your Dreams]]> Mrs. Greenthumbs Plows Ahead: Five Steps to the Drop-Dead Gorgeous Garden of Your Dreams
author: Cassandra Danz
name: Katy
average rating: 4.33
book published: 1999
rating: 4
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]]> 27025500 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:01:03 -0700 <![CDATA[Mrs. Greenthumbs: How I Turned a Boring Yard into a Glorious Garden and How You Can, Too]]> Mrs. Greenthumbs: How I Turned a Boring Yard into a Glorious Garden and How You Can, Too
author: Cassandra Danz
name: Katy
average rating: 4.30
book published: 1993
rating: 4
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]]> 27025486 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:00:31 -0700 <![CDATA[The Book of God: The Bible as a Novel]]> The Book of God: The Bible as a Novel
author: Walter Wangerin, Jr.
name: Katy
average rating: 3.89
book published: 1996
rating: 4
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]]> 27025480 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:00:04 -0700 <![CDATA[Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader]]> Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
author: Anne Fadiman
name: Katy
average rating: 4.27
book published: 1999
rating: 4
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]]> 27025384 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:56:55 -0700 <![CDATA[The Mists of Avalon]]> The Mists of Avalon
author: Marion Zimmer Bradley
name: Katy
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1982
rating: 5
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]]> 27025361 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:56:16 -0700 <![CDATA[Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters First 100 Years]]> Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters First 100 Years
author: Sarah Delany
name: Katy
average rating: 4.60
book published: 1999
rating: 5
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]]> 27025356 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:56:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Waiting to Exhale]]> Waiting to Exhale
author: Terry McMillan
name: Katy
average rating: 3.66
book published: 1992
rating: 4
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]]> 27025335 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:55:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Straight on Till Morning: A Biography of Beryl Markham]]> Straight on Till Morning: A Biography of Beryl Markham
author: Mary S. Lovell
name: Katy
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1987
rating: 4
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]]> 27025334 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:54:58 -0700 <![CDATA[West with the Night]]> West with the Night
author: Beryl Markham
name: Katy
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1920
rating: 4
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]]> 27025288 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:53:55 -0700 <![CDATA[Bright Lights, Big City]]> Bright Lights, Big City
author: Jay Mcinerney
name: Katy
average rating: 3.58
book published: 1984
rating: 3
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]]> 27025140 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:49:38 -0700 <![CDATA[Nickle and Dimed in America]]> Nickle and Dimed in America
author: Barbara Ehrenreich
name: Katy
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2008
rating: 3
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]]> 27025102 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:48:30 -0700 <![CDATA[Roots (Dell Book)]]> Roots (Dell Book)
author: Alex Haley
name: Katy
average rating: 4.47
book published: 1976
rating: 5
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]]> 27025101 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:48:29 -0700 <![CDATA[The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley]]> The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley
author: Malcolm X
name: Katy
average rating: 4.40
book published: 1965
rating: 5
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]]> 27025063 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:46:41 -0700 <![CDATA[The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien]]> The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien
author: Oscar Hijuelos
name: Katy
average rating: 3.59
book published: 1996
rating: 3
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]]> 27025055 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:46:32 -0700 <![CDATA[The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love]]> The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
author: Oscar Hijuelos
name: Katy
average rating: 3.59
book published: 1990
rating: 4
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]]> 26965611 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:59:17 -0700 <![CDATA[Little Men]]> Little Men
author: Louisa May Alcott
name: Katy
average rating: 3.74
book published: 1871
rating: 4
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]]> 26965394 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:56:49 -0700 <![CDATA[Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland]]> Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland
author: Gerald Clarke
name: Katy
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2000
rating: 3
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]]> 26965319 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:56:02 -0700 <![CDATA[Bring on the Empty Horses ]]> Bring on the Empty Horses
author: David Niven
name: Katy
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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]]> 26965305 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:55:58 -0700 <![CDATA[The Moon's a Balloon]]> The Moon's a Balloon
author: David Niven
name: Katy
average rating: 4.21
book published: 1972
rating: 4
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]]> 26965292 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:55:44 -0700 <![CDATA[Haywire]]> Haywire
author: Brooke Hayward
name: Katy
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1981
rating: 4
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]]> 26965259 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:55:19 -0700 <![CDATA[By Myself and Then Some]]> By Myself and Then Some
author: Lauren Bacall
name: Katy
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2006
rating: 3
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]]> 26965255 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:55:14 -0700 <![CDATA[Lauren Bacall: By Myself]]> Lauren Bacall: By Myself
author: Lauren Bacall
name: Katy
average rating: 3.77
book published: 1985
rating: 4
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]]> 26965199 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:54:44 -0700 <![CDATA[Film Flam : Essays on Hollywood]]> Film Flam : Essays on Hollywood
author: Larry McMurtry
name: Katy
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2001
rating: 4
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]]> 26964007 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:49:50 -0700 <![CDATA[Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon (Crown Journeys)]]> Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon (Crown Journeys)
author: Chuck Palahniuk
name: Katy
average rating: 3.62
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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This is the book for you if you want to experience Portland in a way that doesn't involve Packy and rose gardens. A friend of mine was a player in the (now defunct) performance art troupe he mentions and he also plugs Wild Abandon which is a little hole in the wall cafe I've enjoyed. Ahh...good times.
]]> 26963953 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:42:59 -0700 <![CDATA[Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays]]> Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
author: David Sedaris
name: Katy
average rating: 3.74
book published: 1994
rating: 4
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]]> 26963637 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:40:32 -0700 <![CDATA[The Bell Jar]]> The Bell Jar
author: Sylvia Plath
name: Katy
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1963
rating: 4
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]]> 19682522 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:41:32 -0700 <![CDATA[Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time]]> Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
author: Greg Mortenson
name: Katy
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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]]> 24138391 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:39:24 -0700 <![CDATA[Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood]]> Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
author: Marjane Satrapi
name: Katy
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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]]> 25293315 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:43:03 -0700 <![CDATA[House of Blue Leaves]]> House of Blue Leaves
author: John Guare
name: Katy
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2000
rating: 4
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]]> 25293306 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:42:52 -0700 <![CDATA[Buried Child]]> Buried Child
author: Sam Shepard
name: Katy
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1979
rating: 4
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]]> 25293279 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:42:31 -0700 <![CDATA[A Raisin in the Sun]]> A Raisin in the Sun
author: Lorraine Hansberry
name: Katy
average rating: 3.73
book published: 1994
rating: 4
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]]> 25293271 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:42:22 -0700 <![CDATA[Our Town: A Play in Three Acts (Perennial Classics)]]> Our Town: A Play in Three Acts (Perennial Classics)
author: Thornton Wilder
name: Katy
average rating: 3.48
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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]]> 25293251 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:41:59 -0700 <![CDATA[Equus]]> Equus
author: Peter Shaffer
name: Katy
average rating: 4.01
book published: 1973
rating: 4
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]]> 25293233 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:41:50 -0700 <![CDATA[The Crucible]]> The Crucible
author: Arthur Miller
name: Katy
average rating: 3.56
book published: 1952
rating: 5
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]]> 25293212 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:41:26 -0700 <![CDATA[The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds]]> The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
author: Paul Zindel
name: Katy
average rating: 3.85
book published: 1973
rating: 4
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]]> 25292769 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:34:18 -0700 <![CDATA[The God of Small Things]]> The God of Small Things
author: Arundhati Roy
name: Katy
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1997
rating: 4
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]]> 25292562 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:30:37 -0700 <![CDATA[The Bone People]]> The Bone People
author: Keri Hulme
name: Katy
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1986
rating: 4
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]]> 25292514 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:29:41 -0700 <![CDATA[A Confederacy of Dunces]]> A Confederacy of Dunces
author: John Kennedy Toole
name: Katy
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1980
rating: 3
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]]> 25292505 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:29:29 -0700 <![CDATA[The Name of the Rose: including Postscript to the Name of the Rose]]> The Name of the Rose: including Postscript to the Name of the Rose
author: Umberto Eco
name: Katy
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1980
rating: 3
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]]> 25292391 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:27:53 -0700 <![CDATA[The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing]]> The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing
author: Melissa Bank
name: Katy
average rating: 3.27
book published: 2005
rating: 2
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]]> 25291874 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:20:21 -0700 <![CDATA[A Season in Purgatory]]> A Season in Purgatory
author: Dominick Dunne
name: Katy
average rating: 3.94
book published: 1998
rating: 3
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]]> 25291865 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:20:17 -0700 <![CDATA[Another City, Not My Own]]> Another City, Not My Own
author: Dominick Dunne
name: Katy
average rating: 3.39
book published: 1999
rating: 3
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]]> 25291410 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:12:35 -0700 <![CDATA[The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts]]> The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
author: Maxine Hong Kingston
name: Katy
average rating: 3.81
book published: 1989
rating: 4
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]]> 25291384 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:12:10 -0700 <![CDATA[Everything That Rises Must Converge]]> Everything That Rises Must Converge
author: Flannery O'Connor
name: Katy
average rating: 4.41
book published: 1965
rating: 4
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]]> 25291346 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:11:41 -0700 <![CDATA[Southern Discomfort]]> Southern Discomfort
author: Rita Mae Brown
name: Katy
average rating: 3.80
book published: 1983
rating: 3
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]]> 25291296 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:10:57 -0700 <![CDATA[Six of One]]> Six of One
author: Rita Mae Brown
name: Katy
average rating: 4.02
book published: 1999
rating: 4
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]]> 25291265 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:10:29 -0700 <![CDATA[Of Human Bondage]]> Of Human Bondage
author: W. Somerset Maugham
name: Katy
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1915
rating: 4
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]]> 25291219 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:09:29 -0700 <![CDATA[Frankenstein]]> Frankenstein
author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
name: Katy
average rating: 3.72
book published: 1818
rating: 4
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]]> 25291150 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:08:12 -0700 <![CDATA[S.]]> S.
author: John Updike
name: Katy
average rating: 3.34
book published: 1996
rating: 3
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]]> 25291141 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:08:01 -0700 <![CDATA[The Witches of Eastwick]]> The Witches of Eastwick
author: John Updike
name: Katy
average rating: 3.36
book published: 1996
rating: 3
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]]> 25291113 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:07:41 -0700 <![CDATA[Cat's Cradle]]> Cat's Cradle
author: Kurt Vonnegut
name: Katy
average rating: 4.23
book published: 1963
rating: 3
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]]> 25291088 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:07:17 -0700 <![CDATA[Street Zen: The Life and Work of Issan Dorsey]]> Street Zen: The Life and Work of Issan Dorsey
author: David Schneider
name: Katy
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2000
rating: 4
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]]> 25291050 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:06:31 -0700 <![CDATA[The Inner Circle]]> The Inner Circle
author: T.C. Boyle
name: Katy
average rating: 3.45
book published: 2004
rating: 2
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]]> 25291039 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:06:22 -0700 <![CDATA[Drop City]]> Drop City
author: T.C. Boyle
name: Katy
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> 25291037 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:06:21 -0700 <![CDATA[The Tortilla Curtain]]> The Tortilla Curtain
author: T.C. Boyle
name: Katy
average rating: 3.71
book published: 1995
rating: 3
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]]> 25290951 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:03:59 -0700 <![CDATA[The Liars' Club: A Memoir]]> The Liars' Club: A Memoir
author: Mary Karr
name: Katy
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2005
rating: 3
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