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I liked the concepts, but it was not particularly well developed. This is a slim novel, with a somewhat slim plot, but definitely worth a look.]]>
author: Cory Doctorow
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 3.59
book published: 2003
rating: 4
read at: 08/08
date added: 08/16/08
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Reading this was a bit eerie, since I know someone who is a bit too Cory D for comfort. The book was interesting- it seemed very much like someone like me would have written it (a Disney-fan, albeit a somewhat closeted one).

I liked the concepts, but it was not particularly well developed. This is a slim novel, with a somewhat slim plot, but definitely worth a look.
]]> 29214817 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:02:10 -0700
author: Scott Westerfeld
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at: 08/08
date added: 08/14/08
shelves: kiddie
review:
I very much enjoyed this! Simple, but a powerful and very intriguing story. New YA is so snazzy!
]]> 29913180 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:28:57 -0700
author: Allen Ginsberg
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1956
rating: 5
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date added: 08/11/08
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]]> 29693010 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:18:30 -0700
I guess that's the point, huh. Ready for book 3, next weekend- these are far too distracting to read on a lunch break.]]>
author: Stephenie Meyer
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2006
rating: 4
read at: 08/08
date added: 08/11/08
shelves: kiddie
review:
Yes, there were parts of this that were excruciating. I think if I had read this as my 15-year-old self I would have adored it a lot more. Still- a very fun and very fast read. I couldn't put it down. And am I crazy for liking the OTHER fantastic creatures?

I guess that's the point, huh. Ready for book 3, next weekend- these are far too distracting to read on a lunch break.
]]> 21772938 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:11:13 -0700
The girl behind the cashwrap at Barnes and Noble looks at me, looks at the book, and says the new one is on sale 40 percent off for B&N card holders. And that I should save myself a few more trips, and just buy all three of the newer books.

So I did. She's a smart seller, and more importantly completely right. She warned me to plug through the second book... but that it gets better. So I hear.

Gosh darn do I love books. What perfect escapism!

Upon completing it... I still feel much the same. I can't say this is great writing. Or incredibly thoughtful. But what is it? Fun, adorable, inventive, hilarious... still perfect and escapist. I'm already 1/3 of the way through book 2...]]>
author: Stephenie Meyer
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at: 08/08
date added: 08/09/08
shelves: kiddie
review:
Okies... I'm about halfway through Twilight. And I went to buy the second book, because it's obvious I'll want it.

The girl behind the cashwrap at Barnes and Noble looks at me, looks at the book, and says the new one is on sale 40 percent off for B&N card holders. And that I should save myself a few more trips, and just buy all three of the newer books.

So I did. She's a smart seller, and more importantly completely right. She warned me to plug through the second book... but that it gets better. So I hear.

Gosh darn do I love books. What perfect escapism!

Upon completing it... I still feel much the same. I can't say this is great writing. Or incredibly thoughtful. But what is it? Fun, adorable, inventive, hilarious... still perfect and escapist. I'm already 1/3 of the way through book 2...
]]> 24247561 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:11:45 -0700
Definitely worth a look, if you still haven't tried her.]]>
author: Laurell K. Hamilton
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2004
rating: 4
read at: 08/08
date added: 08/06/08
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I have been meaning to read this for ages. I know that the series is supposed to go downhill... but this was lovely. Like Anne Rice before she jumped the shark. Only... more real. More silly, and not better written, but more real.

Definitely worth a look, if you still haven't tried her.
]]> 28903496 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:36:14 -0700
author: Shirley Jackson
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 4.03
book published: 1949
rating: 4
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date added: 07/31/08
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]]> 24579853 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:53:33 -0700
Definitely worth a look.]]>
author: Brian K. Vaughan
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2006
rating: 4
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/26/08
shelves: comics, kiddie
review:
I felt like this sometimes went with the simple, rather than the complex- but for something so kid-friendly it is smart and well-executed. Completely keyed in to the young mind (or at least, what I remember of being 17).

Definitely worth a look.
]]> 24579807 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:41:35 -0700
author: Brian K. Vaughan
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/22/08
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Enjoyed this one more than the last. I particularly liked how they handled the "ring" of the ring of truth, and I liked the presentation of the difficulties of "reprogramming." Bring on Volume 6!
]]> 26949180 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:17:16 -0700
The photography is lovely, however.]]>
author: Deborah Madison
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2002
rating: 4
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/19/08
shelves: cookbook, cuisine
review:
This is a very pretty volume, but I found the recipes uninspiring. They're nice enough, but not ground-breaking.

The photography is lovely, however.
]]> 21853713 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:44:34 -0700
I thought this was brilliant. I read a good portion of it until 4am, and finished it between midmorning and early afternoon the next day. Brooks is fantastic, has completely keyed in to the American psycho, our post-9/11 world, and of course it is about zombies.

I heartily recommend it, not just to sci-fi fans or fiction readers, but really anyone at all. It is quick, interesting, and will really make you think about some realities we take for granted.]]>
author: Max Brooks
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2006
rating: 5
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/19/08
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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. The title really does tell it all. It's simply accounts of what happened during the Zombie War, from its beginnings to the current state of things. Well, at least in the alternate reality Max Brooks has created.

I thought this was brilliant. I read a good portion of it until 4am, and finished it between midmorning and early afternoon the next day. Brooks is fantastic, has completely keyed in to the American psycho, our post-9/11 world, and of course it is about zombies.

I heartily recommend it, not just to sci-fi fans or fiction readers, but really anyone at all. It is quick, interesting, and will really make you think about some realities we take for granted.
]]> 27533433 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:15:28 -0700
author: Terry Brooks
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 3.73
book published: 1992
rating: 3
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date added: 07/17/08
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]]> 27433940 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:01:13 -0700
author: Michael Del Vecchio
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2006
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 07/16/08
shelves: own
review:

]]> 27432844 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:52:21 -0700
author: Melanie Falick
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 07/16/08
shelves: own
review:

]]> 27432139 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:46:04 -0700
author: Heidi Julavits
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 2.67
book published: 2008
rating: 1
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date added: 07/16/08
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]]> 27431977 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:44:30 -0700
author: Roland Barthes
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 4.20
book published: 1982
rating: 4
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date added: 07/16/08
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]]> 24580666 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:17:43 -0700
This is one talented artist, and a talented storyteller. I highly recommend this volume, just make sure you set aside the time to really appreciate it.]]>
author: Gilbert Hernandez
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/15/08
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This is a very large compilation of Palomar stories- so large, in fact, that I ended up spending a good part of yesterday sitting outside the library on a bench reading so I could finish the darn thing and return it. I think sitting en pleine air only aided the stories, however- a bit of breeze and the general heat of a less-humid DC day got me into the feeling of this Central American town. I did not enjoy it at first, and was continually frustrated by not knowing what was going on, or who was who. As the stories progress, however, the kids of the first stories mature (sort of) into the adults of the later stories, and the interconnections between them become clearer and heart-breakingly honest. The very last stories were my favorite, though some of the most wrenching, because finally we really understand who everyone is, and why they act in the ways that they do.

This is one talented artist, and a talented storyteller. I highly recommend this volume, just make sure you set aside the time to really appreciate it.
]]> 24579782 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:01:31 -0700
author: Brian K. Vaughan
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2004
rating: 4
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/13/08
shelves: comics
review:
Enjoyed this volume much more than volume 3, though the sense of humor to it seems to be running a bit wild...
]]> 4213081 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:40:06 -0700
But who am I to say. Maybe if I were a Presbyterian from Nebraska, I'd still find it entertaining. The romance aspect was subtle but nice, and of course it's a good mystery. So make up your own mind- but if you do happen to be Jewish, then I highly recommend it.]]>
author: Michael Chabon
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2008
rating: 4
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/12/08
shelves: jewishstudies, mystery
review:
I feel like this book was written exclusively for a Jewish audience. I really can't imagine enjoying it, or even understanding large swathes of it, without having a pretty strong background in Judaism, and a bit of Yiddish, and especially an understanding of the Jewish concept of messiah. That's a lot of background to have for a book that is ostensibly a standard US bestseller.

But who am I to say. Maybe if I were a Presbyterian from Nebraska, I'd still find it entertaining. The romance aspect was subtle but nice, and of course it's a good mystery. So make up your own mind- but if you do happen to be Jewish, then I highly recommend it.
]]> 26764935 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:31:12 -0700
author: Roald Dahl
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2001
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 07/09/08
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]]> 24579777 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:59:43 -0700
Still good. Ready for volume 4!]]>
author: Brian K. Vaughan
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2004
rating: 4
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/08/08
shelves:
review:
You lose a star, Y, for a few too many bad puns. Not to mention the over-theatrics of the theatrical portion.

Still good. Ready for volume 4!
]]> 26564752 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:06:35 -0700
author: Diana Wynne Jones
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 3.87
book published: 1982
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 07/07/08
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]]> 26564745 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:06:30 -0700
author: Diana Wynne Jones
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2001
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 07/07/08
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]]> 26564735 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:06:22 -0700
author: Diana Wynne Jones
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2001
rating: 5
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date added: 07/07/08
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]]> 25967187 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:01:57 -0700
No spoilers here, but I am very pleased with the good prince in The Good Prince.]]>
author: Bill Willingham
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 4.51
book published: 2008
rating: 5
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/04/08
shelves: comics, fairytale
review:
I feel like I've been waiting forever for this volume- and it exceeded my expectations. I am so very happy with how this panned out, and the direction this is taking.

No spoilers here, but I am very pleased with the good prince in The Good Prince.
]]> 24549869 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:12:56 -0700
This is one seriously talented woman.]]>
author: Marjane Satrapi
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2005
rating: 5
read at: 06/08
date added: 06/29/08
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I enjoyed this differently than I did the first book. She is very much a grown up, here, and the process of her becoming so (and realizing it) in the craziness of Vienna and more craziness of her home in Iran was more identifiable somehow.

This is one seriously talented woman.
]]> 8172150 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:10:51 -0700
So darn adorable. So glad I read it.]]>
author: Mark Dunn
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2001
rating: 5
read at: 06/08
date added: 06/29/08
shelves: literaryfiction
review:
I have no idea why I haven't read this already- it's ridiculously cute! Fantastic for grammarians and really... everyone.

So darn adorable. So glad I read it.
]]> 23679164 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:48:10 -0700
author: Pearl S. Buck
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 3.93
book published: 1931
rating: 4
read at: 06/08
date added: 06/28/08
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]]> 25542346 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:16:41 -0700
author: Astrid Lindgren
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 4.12
book published: 1945
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 06/26/08
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]]> 25540027 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:58:16 -0700
author: Jean Cocteau
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 3.78
book published: 1992
rating: 4
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date added: 06/26/08
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]]> 25540006 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:58:10 -0700
author: Jean-Paul Sartre
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 4.13
book published: 1964
rating: 5
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date added: 06/26/08
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]]> 25539814 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:56:41 -0700
author: Corneille
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2006
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 06/26/08
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]]> 21853950 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:40:43 -0700
The more I think about it, the more I think he wouldn't like it. And frankly, there were parts of this book that made me slam it down, stomach churning in disgust. But that wasn't the fault of the novelist, and the situations that bothered me so much were of an educational sort. If one wants to be educated in the atrocities of the time period and locale.

I thought the foreshadowing heavy-handed, and did not love the main character very much, but the book on the whole was very engaging. It's worth a read... if you're a sensitive man interested in Chinese history. Or a woman. It's awfully chick-lit-y for ostensible literary fiction.]]>
author: Lisa See
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at: 06/08
date added: 06/24/08
shelves: chicklit, literaryfiction
review:
My boyfriend asked me what I was reading, and I told him it was historical fiction, but that he wouldn't like it.

The more I think about it, the more I think he wouldn't like it. And frankly, there were parts of this book that made me slam it down, stomach churning in disgust. But that wasn't the fault of the novelist, and the situations that bothered me so much were of an educational sort. If one wants to be educated in the atrocities of the time period and locale.

I thought the foreshadowing heavy-handed, and did not love the main character very much, but the book on the whole was very engaging. It's worth a read... if you're a sensitive man interested in Chinese history. Or a woman. It's awfully chick-lit-y for ostensible literary fiction.
]]> 3634914 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:17:31 -0700
author: David Sedaris
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2000
rating: 4
read at: 06/08
date added: 06/22/08
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I saw David Sedaris speak in Bloomington a few years ago and was impressed with his humor and writing style. I'm glad I finally read something of his.
]]> 24579766 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:36:45 -0700
author: Brian K. Vaughan
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2003
rating: 4
read at: 06/08
date added: 06/16/08
shelves: comics
review:
This volume didn't wow me as much as the first volume, but it was solid. I'd like to find volume 3 at the library next!
]]> 24627929 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:20:10 -0700
author: Mireille Guiliano
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2005
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 06/16/08
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]]> 24227715 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:23:51 -0700
But "The Shawl" may be the most brilliant and carefully worded Holocaust narrative I've ever encountered. Ozick has won my eternal respect- every word in the story is calculated, but it never seems overworked. Absolutely amazing. Tiny, but incredibly effective.]]>
author: Cynthia Ozick
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 3.96
book published: 1990
rating: 4
read at: 06/08
date added: 06/15/08
shelves: jewishstudies
review:
This book contains the short story "The Shawl" and the novella, "Rosa." The compilation gets four stars, because I found the novella... not quite amazing. Though certainly very very good.

But "The Shawl" may be the most brilliant and carefully worded Holocaust narrative I've ever encountered. Ozick has won my eternal respect- every word in the story is calculated, but it never seems overworked. Absolutely amazing. Tiny, but incredibly effective.
]]> 4257685 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:52:22 -0700
author: Marjane Satrapi
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2003
rating: 5
read at: 06/08
date added: 06/15/08
shelves: comics
review:
Just read this. Educational and heart-breaking, and something everyone ought to read.
]]> 24221722 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:03:56 -0700
I can see why Jamie loves it so much, and I would definitely read more Stross. It has reminded me how much I love fantasy over scifi, however. Similar principles, with less technogeek babble to slow down the plot.

I bet he doesn't see it that way.

Very entertaining take on The Revolution, though. I found that to be the most entertaining aspect of the book. So much for sociopolitical theory.]]>
author: Charles Stross
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at: 06/08
date added: 06/15/08
shelves: scifi
review:
This was a fascinating read, but a bit of a slow one. I felt for so much of the book like I was at sea, unable to quite comprehend what was going on. That's rather the point, and everything does eventually become clear.

I can see why Jamie loves it so much, and I would definitely read more Stross. It has reminded me how much I love fantasy over scifi, however. Similar principles, with less technogeek babble to slow down the plot.

I bet he doesn't see it that way.

Very entertaining take on The Revolution, though. I found that to be the most entertaining aspect of the book. So much for sociopolitical theory.
]]> 22364097 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:54:55 -0700
Essentially Takeshi Kovacs exists in a world where people's minds are consolidated into a "stack" that can be transplanted from one body (or sleeve) to the next. It was a really neat look at how that would work in society- the haves can afford multiple clones for resleeving, or at least pay for new bodies, but the have-nots can only afford the one mortal life in their original body. It's a murder mystery first and foremost, and the sci fi elements never overtake the whodunnit nature of the case.]]>
author: Richard K. Morgan
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2006
rating: 4
read at: 06/08
date added: 06/11/08
shelves: scifi, thriller
review:
I was inclined to dislike this book from the beginning- I do read some fairly violent work on occasion, but the prologue to this volume bothered me more than I expected. Things do calm down (or at least get explained) later on, and once I became familiar with the general premise and the rationale for the violence, it grew on me.

Essentially Takeshi Kovacs exists in a world where people's minds are consolidated into a "stack" that can be transplanted from one body (or sleeve) to the next. It was a really neat look at how that would work in society- the haves can afford multiple clones for resleeving, or at least pay for new bodies, but the have-nots can only afford the one mortal life in their original body. It's a murder mystery first and foremost, and the sci fi elements never overtake the whodunnit nature of the case.
]]> 23878845 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:34:13 -0700
author: Kamala Markandaya
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2002
rating: 4
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date added: 06/06/08
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]]> 23878701 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:33:24 -0700
author: Rudyard Kipling
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2003
rating: 3
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date added: 06/06/08
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review:
I listened to this on audiobook when I got out of grad school. It was useful to hear, I suppose, and definitely would have been useful for my critical project. Oh well.
]]> 23878675 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:32:07 -0700
author: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 3.56
book published: 1998
rating: 4
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date added: 06/06/08
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]]> 23878216 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:25:53 -0700
author: Anonymous
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 3.77
book published: 1998
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 06/06/08
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]]> 23878003 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:22:19 -0700
author: Arthur Miller
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 3.56
book published: 1949
rating: 5
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date added: 06/06/08
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]]> 23866104 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:09:03 -0700
author: Dan Brown
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 3.54
book published: 2003
rating: 2
read at:
date added: 06/06/08
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]]> 23864407 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:51:15 -0700
author: Amitav Ghosh
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2000
rating: 5
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date added: 06/06/08
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]]> 23864345 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:50:58 -0700
author: Amitav Ghosh
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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date added: 06/06/08
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]]> 23678868 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:27:56 -0700
author: Manil Suri
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 3.52
book published: 2002
rating: 4
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date added: 06/04/08
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]]> 23202943 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:23:28 -0700
In this case, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. I became entranced as the story unfolded, and I was able to forgive some of the author's faults as I was drawn into the story.

I still am not sure I loved this book, but I am glad for having read it, and I would heartily recommend it to others. That said, this is not beach reading. It is engrossing, but not in the candy and popcorn sort of way.]]>
author: Lisa See
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 3.48
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 06/08
date added: 06/04/08
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I was fairly certain I would hate this book. I was a bit frustrated that it won the poll in my book group, and my co-coordinators were annoyed, too. The first half of the book did not change my mind.

In this case, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. I became entranced as the story unfolded, and I was able to forgive some of the author's faults as I was drawn into the story.

I still am not sure I loved this book, but I am glad for having read it, and I would heartily recommend it to others. That said, this is not beach reading. It is engrossing, but not in the candy and popcorn sort of way.
]]> 20134255 Fri, 30 May 2008 08:48:15 -0700
Skip this one, folks. Unless you like inane stories about sports agents- in which case it might be just right.]]>
author: Ronald M. Shapiro
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2007
rating: 3
read at: 05/08
date added: 05/30/08
shelves: business
review:
I read this for my Leadership Development Program. There are a few nuggets of useful information, a lot of common sense, but not much else.

Skip this one, folks. Unless you like inane stories about sports agents- in which case it might be just right.
]]> 22915472 Sun, 25 May 2008 07:25:39 -0700
author: Charlotte Brontë
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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date added: 05/25/08
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]]> 22915386 Sun, 25 May 2008 07:23:06 -0700
author: Lynne Reid Banks
name: Mikaiya
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2003
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 05/25/08
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]]> 19603601 Mon, 19 May 2008 20:36:26 -0700
Yes, it's a Victorian novel. There are slow bits. OH there are slow bits. But as soon as the detective fever gets cracking, it's unstoppable. I stayed up until 2am this morning to finish it, knowing I had to get up at 6:30 for work. That's a darn fine book, with suspense and intrigue and an ending you sort of suspect, but not the right way.

Fantastic, Collins is well loved for good reason.]]>
author: William "Wilki