Blake's bookshelf: read http://www.goodreads.com/review/list_rss/1088983 en-US Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:07:47 -0700 60 Blake's bookshelf: read http://www.goodreads.com/ 200 41 http://www.goodreads.com/images/layout/gr_logo.gif 20527871 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:07:47 -0700 <![CDATA[Truth At Last: The Untold Story Behind James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.]]>
And then we're supposed to believe his claims about his brother being framed, which I think is probably true, but not because of this book.]]> Truth At Last: The Untold Story Behind James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
author: John Larry Ray
name: Blake
average rating: 2.00
book published: 2008
rating: 2
read at: 01/08
date added: 06/19/08
shelves: politics
review:
I like a good conspiracy theory book, but this is not one. A sloppy mish-mash of memories and anecdotes and justifications for all sorts of bad behavior.

And then we're supposed to believe his claims about his brother being framed, which I think is probably true, but not because of this book.
]]> 20315470 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:37:43 -0700 <![CDATA[The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness and the Fair that Changed America]]> The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness and the Fair that Changed America
author: Erik Larson
name: Blake
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2003
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 04/27/08
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review:

]]> 20306515 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:52:59 -0700 <![CDATA[Unfinished Tales]]> Unfinished Tales
author: J.R.R. Tolkien
name: Blake
average rating: 3.70
book published: 1992
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: fantasy
review:

]]> 20314818 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:50:57 -0700 <![CDATA[The Tombs of Atuan (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 2)]]> The Tombs of Atuan (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 2)
author: Ursula K. LeGuin
name: Blake
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2001
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: fantasy
review:

]]> 20314823 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:50:28 -0700 <![CDATA[The Farthest Shore (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 3)]]> The Farthest Shore (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 3)
author: Ursula K. LeGuin
name: Blake
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2003
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: fantasy
review:

]]> 20315543 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:45:33 -0700 <![CDATA[What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America]]> What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America
author: Thomas Frank
name: Blake
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: politics
review:

]]> 20315366 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:44:13 -0700 <![CDATA[Howl and Other Poems (City Lights Pocket Poets Series)]]> Howl and Other Poems (City Lights Pocket Poets Series)
author: Allen Ginsberg
name: Blake
average rating: 4.20
book published: 1996
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
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review:

]]> 20315185 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:42:50 -0700 <![CDATA[The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime]]> The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime
author: Miles Harvey
name: Blake
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2001
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
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review:

]]> 20315157 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:42:38 -0700 <![CDATA[The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary]]> The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
author: Simon Winchester
name: Blake
average rating: 3.75
book published: 1998
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 20314814 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:39:46 -0700 <![CDATA[A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1)]]> A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1)
author: Ursula K. LeGuin
name: Blake
average rating: 4.02
book published: 1968
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: fantasy
review:

]]> 20314740 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:39:18 -0700 <![CDATA[James Joyce's Ulysses]]> James Joyce's Ulysses
author: Stuart Gilbert
name: Blake
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1955
rating: 1
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: classics
review:

]]> 20314716 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:39:06 -0700 <![CDATA[Moby Dick]]> Moby Dick
author: Herman Melville
name: Blake
average rating: 3.61
book published: 1851
rating: 1
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
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review:

]]> 20314682 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:38:52 -0700 <![CDATA[The Tin Drum]]> The Tin Drum
author: Günter Grass
name: Blake
average rating: 4.10
book published: 1959
rating: 1
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: classics
review:

]]> 20306511 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:00:08 -0700 <![CDATA[The Silmarillion]]> The Silmarillion
author: J.R.R. Tolkien
name: Blake
average rating: 3.68
book published: 1977
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: fantasy
review:

]]> 20306478 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:59:21 -0700 <![CDATA[The Lord of the Rings (trilogy)]]> The Lord of the Rings (trilogy)
author: J.R.R. Tolkien
name: Blake
average rating: 4.52
book published: 1955
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: fantasy
review:

]]> 20306475 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:59:18 -0700 <![CDATA[The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, Part 2)]]> The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, Part 2)
author: J.R.R. Tolkien
name: Blake
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2002
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: fantasy
review:

]]> 20306472 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:59:16 -0700 <![CDATA[The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, Part 3)]]> The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, Part 3)
author: J.R.R. Tolkien
name: Blake
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2006
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: fantasy
review:

]]> 20306471 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:59:15 -0700 <![CDATA[The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Part 1)]]> The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Part 1)
author: J.R.R. Tolkien
name: Blake
average rating: 4.23
book published: 1954
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: fantasy
review:

]]> 20306455 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:58:59 -0700 <![CDATA[Feed]]> Feed
author: M.T. Anderson
name: Blake
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2003
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: sci-fi
review:

]]> 20306444 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:58:44 -0700 <![CDATA[For Whom the Bell Tolls]]> For Whom the Bell Tolls
author: Ernest Hemingway
name: Blake
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1940
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: classics
review:

]]> 20306382 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:57:47 -0700 <![CDATA[Herman Hesse's Narcissus and Goldmund: A phenomenological view]]> Herman Hesse's Narcissus and Goldmund: A phenomenological view
author: Kathleen E. Digan
name: Blake
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1976
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
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review:

]]> 20306377 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:57:40 -0700 <![CDATA[Steppenwolf]]> Steppenwolf
author: Hermann Hesse
name: Blake
average rating: 4.01
book published: 1927
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
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review:

]]> 20306375 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:57:39 -0700 <![CDATA[Siddhartha]]> Siddhartha
author: Hermann Hesse
name: Blake
average rating: 3.98
book published: 1922
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 20306365 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:57:25 -0700 <![CDATA[Eden (Helen & Kurt Wolff Book)]]> Eden (Helen & Kurt Wolff Book)
author: Stanisław Lem
name: Blake
average rating: 3.96
book published: 1991
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: sci-fi
review:

]]> 20306363 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:57:21 -0700 <![CDATA[Peace on Earth]]> Peace on Earth
author: Stanisław Lem
name: Blake
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2002
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: sci-fi
review:

]]> 20306361 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:57:17 -0700 <![CDATA[Imaginary Magnitude]]> Imaginary Magnitude
author: Stanisław Lem
name: Blake
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1985
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 20306358 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:57:12 -0700 <![CDATA[Fiasco]]> Fiasco
author: Stanisław Lem
name: Blake
average rating: 4.20
book published: 1988
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: sci-fi
review:

]]> 20306353 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:57:07 -0700 <![CDATA[His Master's Voice]]> His Master's Voice
author: Stanisław Lem
name: Blake
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1999
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: sci-fi
review:

]]> 20306350 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:57:02 -0700 <![CDATA[Memoirs Found in a Bathtub]]> Memoirs Found in a Bathtub
author: Stanisław Lem
name: Blake
average rating: 3.88
book published: 1986
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: sci-fi
review:

]]> 20306347 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:57:00 -0700 <![CDATA[The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy]]> The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy
author: Stanisław Lem
name: Blake
average rating: 4.10
book published: 1985
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: sci-fi
review:

]]> 20306342 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:56:57 -0700 <![CDATA[The Cyberiad]]> The Cyberiad
author: Stanisław Lem
name: Blake
average rating: 4.28
book published: 1967
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: sci-fi
review:

]]> 20306338 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:56:54 -0700 <![CDATA[Solaris]]> Solaris
author: Stanisław Lem
name: Blake
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2003
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: sci-fi
review:

]]> 20306169 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:53:32 -0700 <![CDATA[The Andromeda Strain]]> The Andromeda Strain
author: Michael Crichton
name: Blake
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2003
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: sci-fi
review:

]]> 20306160 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:53:23 -0700 <![CDATA[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]> The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
author: Douglas Adams
name: Blake
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1979
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 20306129 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:52:49 -0700 <![CDATA[The White Mountains]]> The White Mountains
author: John Christopher
name: Blake
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2003
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: sci-fi
review:

]]> 20306033 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:51:30 -0700 <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1)]]> Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Blake
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1997
rating: 1
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 20306015 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:51:15 -0700 <![CDATA[Lolita (Penguin Modern Classics)]]> Lolita (Penguin Modern Classics)
author: Vladimir Nabokov
name: Blake
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1955
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 20305992 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:50:48 -0700 <![CDATA[Romeo and Juliet (Folger Shakespeare Library)]]> Romeo and Juliet (Folger Shakespeare Library)
author: William Shakespeare
name: Blake
average rating: 3.79
book published: 1597
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: classics
review:

]]> 20305987 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:50:42 -0700 <![CDATA[Life of Pi]]> Life of Pi
author: Yann Martel
name: Blake
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2001
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 20305985 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:50:35 -0700 <![CDATA[The Giver]]> The Giver
author: Lois Lowry
name: Blake
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1993
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: classics, sci-fi
review:

]]> 20305975 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:50:30 -0700 <![CDATA[Brave New World]]> Brave New World
author: Aldous Huxley
name: Blake
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1932
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: classics, sci-fi
review:

]]> 20305970 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:50:25 -0700 <![CDATA[Slaughterhouse-Five]]> Slaughterhouse-Five
author: Kurt Vonnegut
name: Blake
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1969
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: classics, sci-fi
review:

]]> 20305963 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:50:21 -0700 <![CDATA[Animal Farm]]> Animal Farm
author: George Orwell
name: Blake
average rating: 3.78
book published: 1945
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 20305959 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:50:16 -0700 <![CDATA[Me Talk Pretty One Day]]> Me Talk Pretty One Day
author: David Sedaris
name: Blake
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2000
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 20305955 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:50:11 -0700 <![CDATA[Of Mice and Men (Centennial Edition)]]> Of Mice and Men (Centennial Edition)
author: John Steinbeck
name: Blake
average rating: 3.79
book published: 1937
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 20305946 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:50:05 -0700 <![CDATA[The Hobbit]]> The Hobbit
author: J.R.R. Tolkien
name: Blake
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1937
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 20305940 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:49:58 -0700 <![CDATA[1984]]> 1984
author: George Orwell
name: Blake
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1949
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 20305934 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:49:54 -0700 <![CDATA[The Da Vinci Code]]> The Da Vinci Code
author: Dan Brown
name: Blake
average rating: 3.54
book published: 2003
rating: 2
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 20305929 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:49:46 -0700 <![CDATA[The Great Gatsby]]> The Great Gatsby
author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
name: Blake
average rating: 3.81
book published: 1925
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: classics
review:

]]> 20305921 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:49:39 -0700 <![CDATA[The Catcher in the Rye]]> The Catcher in the Rye
author: J.D. Salinger
name: Blake
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1951
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: classics
review:

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