Brendon's bookshelf: read http://www.goodreads.com/review/list_rss/124079 en-US Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:30:43 -0700 60 Brendon's bookshelf: read http://www.goodreads.com/ 200 41 http://www.goodreads.com/images/layout/gr_logo.gif 25650236 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:30:43 -0700 <![CDATA[A Confederacy of Dunces]]> A Confederacy of Dunces
author: John Kennedy Toole
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1980
rating: 2
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]]> 25405761 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:33:18 -0700 <![CDATA[Never Let Me Go]]> Never Let Me Go
author: Kazuo Ishiguro
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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]]> 25405321 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:29:56 -0700 <![CDATA[Let Us Now Praise Famous Men]]> Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
author: James Agee
name: Brendon
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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]]> 25405032 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:28:07 -0700 <![CDATA[The Great Gatsby]]> The Great Gatsby
author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.93
book published: 1925
rating: 4
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]]> 25404990 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:27:50 -0700 <![CDATA[Beloved (Plume Contemporary Fiction)]]> Beloved (Plume Contemporary Fiction)
author: Toni Morrison
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.85
book published: 1987
rating: 4
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]]> 25404915 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:27:33 -0700 <![CDATA[Song of Solomon]]> Song of Solomon
author: Toni Morrison
name: Brendon
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1998
rating: 5
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the greatest
]]> 25404884 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:26:56 -0700 <![CDATA[The Summer Book]]> The Summer Book
author: Tove Jansson
name: Brendon
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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]]> 25404805 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:26:20 -0700 <![CDATA[The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company]]> The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company
author: David A. Price
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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]]> 25404782 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:26:07 -0700 <![CDATA[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes -and- But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes: The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady]]> Gentlemen Prefer Blondes -and- But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes: The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady
author: Anita Loos
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.67
book published: 1989
rating: 2
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]]> 2848489 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:35:59 -0700 <![CDATA[Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave, Written by Himself (Enriched Classics)]]> Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave, Written by Himself (Enriched Classics)
author: Frederick Douglass
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.40
book published: 2004
rating: 3
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]]> 2848483 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:35:48 -0700 <![CDATA[Twelve]]> Twelve
author: Nick McDonnell
name: Brendon
average rating: 2.80
book published: 2003
rating: 1
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]]> 2848472 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:35:19 -0700 <![CDATA[Beloved]]> Beloved
author: Toni Morrison
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.83
book published: 1987
rating: 4
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]]> 2848468 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:35:07 -0700 <![CDATA[1984]]> 1984
author: George Orwell
name: Brendon
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1949
rating: 3
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]]> 2848461 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:34:55 -0700 <![CDATA[The Catcher in the Rye]]> The Catcher in the Rye
author: J.D. Salinger
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1951
rating: 3
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]]> 2848439 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:34:24 -0700 <![CDATA[Blankets]]> Blankets
author: Craig Thompson
name: Brendon
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2003
rating: 3
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]]> 2848244 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:28:36 -0700 <![CDATA[How to Win Friends & Influence People]]> How to Win Friends & Influence People
author: Dale Carnegie
name: Brendon
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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]]> 1895703 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:28:19 -0700 <![CDATA[Angels & Insects: Two Novellas]]> Angels & Insects: Two Novellas
author: A.S. Byatt
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.61
book published: 1992
rating: 3
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]]> 1881910 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:16:58 -0700 <![CDATA[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]> Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
author: Hunter S. Thompson
name: Brendon
average rating: 4.12
book published: 1971
rating: 3
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]]> 1841724 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:22:49 -0700 <![CDATA[The Grapes of Wrath (Penguin Classics)]]> The Grapes of Wrath (Penguin Classics)
author: John Steinbeck
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.79
book published: 1939
rating: 4
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]]> 1817638 Sun, 10 Jun 2007 07:05:57 -0700 <![CDATA[Pride and Prejudice]]> Pride and Prejudice
author: Jane Austen
name: Brendon
average rating: 4.32
book published: 1813
rating: 5
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]]> 1817636 Sun, 10 Jun 2007 07:05:47 -0700 <![CDATA[The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]> The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
author: Mark Twain
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.81
book published: 1884
rating: 4
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]]> 1817635 Sun, 10 Jun 2007 07:05:44 -0700 <![CDATA[Where the Sidewalk Ends]]> Where the Sidewalk Ends
author: Shel Silverstein
name: Brendon
average rating: 4.37
book published: 1974
rating: 4
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]]> 1817633 Sun, 10 Jun 2007 07:05:34 -0700 <![CDATA[Congo]]> Congo
author: Michael Crichton
name: Brendon
average rating: 2.98
book published: 1993
rating: 2
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]]> 1806697 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 16:23:01 -0700 <![CDATA[Outside Valentine: A Novel]]> Outside Valentine: A Novel
author: Liza Ward
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.11
book published: 2004
rating: 2
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]]> 1806696 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 16:22:52 -0700 <![CDATA[Starkweather: Inside the Mind of a Teenage Killer]]> Starkweather: Inside the Mind of a Teenage Killer
author: William Allen
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.33
book published: 2004
rating: 3
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]]> 1806664 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 16:20:59 -0700 <![CDATA[Bold! Daring! Shocking! True: A History of Exploitation Films, 1919-1959]]> Bold! Daring! Shocking! True: A History of Exploitation Films, 1919-1959
author: Eric Schaefer
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.82
book published: 1999
rating: 4
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]]> 1806641 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 16:19:36 -0700 <![CDATA[Driving Visions: Exploring the Road Movie]]> Driving Visions: Exploring the Road Movie
author: David Laderman
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.25
book published: 2002
rating: 4
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]]> 1806630 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 16:18:59 -0700 <![CDATA[The Parallel Curriculum in the Classroom, Book 2: Units for Application Across the Content Areas, K-12 (Parallel Curriculum in the Classroom)]]> The Parallel Curriculum in the Classroom, Book 2: Units for Application Across the Content Areas, K-12 (Parallel Curriculum in the Classroom)
author: Carol A. (Ann) Tomlinson
name: Brendon
average rating: 0.00
book published: 2005
rating: 0
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]]> 1806631 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 16:18:46 -0700 <![CDATA[Trauma Culture: The Politics of Terror and Loss in Media and Literature]]> Trauma Culture: The Politics of Terror and Loss in Media and Literature
author: E. Ann, Kaplan
name: Brendon
average rating: 5.00
book published: 2005
rating: 5
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]]> 1806614 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 16:17:16 -0700 <![CDATA[Teenagers and Teenpics: The Juvenilization of American Movies in the 1950s]]> Teenagers and Teenpics: The Juvenilization of American Movies in the 1950s
author: Thomas Doherty
name: Brendon
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2002
rating: 5
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]]> 1806451 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 16:09:19 -0700 <![CDATA[Homo Zapiens]]> Homo Zapiens
author: Victor Pelevin
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.59
book published: 2002
rating: 4
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]]> 1806358 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 16:03:40 -0700 <![CDATA[Running with Scissors: A Memoir]]> Running with Scissors: A Memoir
author: Augusten Burroughs
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.52
book published: 2007
rating: 2
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]]> 1806328 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 16:02:01 -0700 <![CDATA[The Tempest]]> The Tempest
author: William Shakespeare
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.78
book published: 1611
rating: 5
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]]> 1806326 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 16:01:39 -0700 <![CDATA[The House on Mango Street]]> The House on Mango Street
author: Sandra Cisneros
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.71
book published: 1991
rating: 2
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]]> 1806309 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 16:00:52 -0700 <![CDATA[The Violent Bear It Away: A Novel]]> The Violent Bear It Away: A Novel
author: Flannery O'Connor
name: Brendon
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1960
rating: 4
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]]> 1806243 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 15:58:22 -0700 <![CDATA[Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)]]> Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
author: Jonathan D. Culler
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.48
book published: 2000
rating: 3
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]]> 1804296 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:59:35 -0700 <![CDATA[To Kill a Mockingbird]]> To Kill a Mockingbird
author: Harper Lee
name: Brendon
average rating: 4.38
book published: 1960
rating: 4
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]]> 1804285 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:59:07 -0700 <![CDATA[Anthem]]> Anthem
author: Ayn Rand
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.56
book published: 1938
rating: 1
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]]> 1804278 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:58:49 -0700 <![CDATA[A Room of One's Own]]> A Room of One's Own
author: Virginia Woolf
name: Brendon
average rating: 4.01
book published: 1929
rating: 4
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]]> 1804275 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:58:40 -0700 <![CDATA[Mrs. Dalloway]]> Mrs. Dalloway
author: Virginia Woolf
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1925
rating: 3
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]]> 1804270 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:58:29 -0700 <![CDATA[To the Lighthouse]]> To the Lighthouse
author: Virginia Woolf
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.89
book published: 1927
rating: 4
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]]> 1804157 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:54:02 -0700 <![CDATA[The Laughing Sutra]]> The Laughing Sutra
author: Mark Salzman
name: Brendon
average rating: 4.01
book published: 1992
rating: 2
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]]> 1803950 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:46:17 -0700 <![CDATA[The Crying of Lot 49 (Perennial Fiction Library)]]> The Crying of Lot 49 (Perennial Fiction Library)
author: Thomas Pynchon
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.83
book published: 1966
rating: 3
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]]> 1803940 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:46:02 -0700 <![CDATA[The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea]]> The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea
author: Yukio Mishima
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.96
book published: 1963
rating: 3
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]]> 1803914 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:45:26 -0700 <![CDATA[One Hundred Years of Solitude]]> One Hundred Years of Solitude
author: Gabriel García Márquez
name: Brendon
average rating: 4.29
book published: 1967
rating: 5
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]]> 1803878 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:44:22 -0700 <![CDATA[The Aeneid]]> The Aeneid
author: Publius Vergilius Maro
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.96
book published: 1
rating: 4
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]]> 1803872 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:44:12 -0700 <![CDATA[The Odyssey]]> The Odyssey
author: Homer
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.94
book published: 600
rating: 3
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]]> 1803860 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:43:54 -0700 <![CDATA[The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales]]> The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
author: Jon Scieszka
name: Brendon
average rating: 4.32
book published: 1992
rating: 2
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]]> 1803780 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:42:14 -0700 <![CDATA[The Fu-Manchu Omnibus : The Mystery of Dr Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor, the Si-Fan Mysteries: "Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu", "Devil Doctor", "Si-Fan Mysteries" Vol 1 (A&B Crime)]]> The Fu-Manchu Omnibus : The Mystery of Dr Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor, the Si-Fan Mysteries: "Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu", "Devil Doctor", "Si-Fan Mysteries" Vol 1 (A&B Crime)
author: Sax Rohmer
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2001
rating: 3
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]]> 1803727 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:41:19 -0700 <![CDATA[Typee]]> Typee
author: Herman Melville
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.44
book published: 1846
rating: 5
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]]> 1803704 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:40:40 -0700 <![CDATA[Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas (Penguin Classics)]]> Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas (Penguin Classics)
author: Herman Melville
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2007
rating: 3
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]]> 1803693 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:40:14 -0700 <![CDATA[Winesburg, Ohio (Bantam Classic)]]> Winesburg, Ohio (Bantam Classic)
author: Sherwood Anderson
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.85
book published: 1919
rating: 4
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]]> 1802604 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 12:49:37 -0700 <![CDATA[The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects]]> The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects
author: Lewis Mumford
name: Brendon
average rating: 4.21
book published: 1961
rating: 4
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]]> 1802589 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 12:48:52 -0700 <![CDATA[The Best American Travel Writing 2004 (The Best American Series (TM))]]> The Best American Travel Writing 2004 (The Best American Series (TM))
author: Pico Iyer
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2004
rating: 3
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]]> 1802588 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 12:48:51 -0700 <![CDATA[The Best American Travel Writing 2000]]> The Best American Travel Writing 2000
author: Bill Bryson
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2000
rating: 4
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]]> 1802576 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 12:48:27 -0700 <![CDATA[The Best American Travel Writing 2006 (The Best American Series (TM))]]> The Best American Travel Writing 2006 (The Best American Series (TM))
author: Jason Wilson
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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]]> 1802577 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 12:48:27 -0700 <![CDATA[The Best American Travel Writing 2005 (The Best American Series)]]> The Best American Travel Writing 2005 (The Best American Series)
author: Jamaica Kincaid
name: Brendon
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2005
rating: 5
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]]> 1802572 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 12:48:12 -0700 <![CDATA[Pecked to Death by Ducks]]> Pecked to Death by Ducks
author: Tim Cahill
name: Brendon
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1994
rating: 4
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]]> 1802539 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 12:45:42 -0700 <![CDATA[David Boring]]> David Boring
author: Daniel Clowes
name: Brendon
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2002
rating: 3
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]]> 1802533 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 12:45:21 -0700 <![CDATA[We3]]> We3
author: Grant Morrison
name: Brendon
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2005
rating: 5
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]]> 1802525 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 12:45:02 -0700 <![CDATA[Buddha Volume 4: The Forest of Uruvela]]> Buddha Volume 4: The Forest of Uruvela
author: Osamu Tezuka
name: Brendon
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2007
rating: 3
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]]> 1802523 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 12:44:58 -0700 <![CDATA[Buddha Volume 8: Jetavana]]> Buddha Volume 8: Jetavana
author: Osamu Tezuka
name: Brendon
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> 1802522 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 12:44:56 -0700 <![CDATA[Buddha Volume 7: Prince Ajatasattu]]> Buddha Volume 7: Prince Ajatasattu
author: Osamu Tezuka
name: Brendon
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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]]> 1802520 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 12:44:55 -0700 <![CDATA[Buddha Volume 6: Ananda]]> Buddha Volume 6: Ananda
author: Osamu Tezuka
name: Brendon
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> 1802518 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 12:44:51 -0700 <![CDATA[Buddha Volume 5: Deer Park (Hardcover)]]> Buddha Volume 5: Deer Park (Hardcover)