Karen's bookshelf: read http://www.goodreads.com/review/list_rss/135475 en-US Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:42:06 -0700 60 Karen's bookshelf: read http://www.goodreads.com/ 200 41 http://www.goodreads.com/images/layout/gr_logo.gif 3319822 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:42:06 -0700 <![CDATA[The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay]]> The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
author: Michael Chabon
name: Karen
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2000
rating: 0
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]]> 2414008 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:40:35 -0700 <![CDATA[Cause Celeb]]> more than i liked the two bridget jones books, so that's saying a lot as i love them. cause celeb has a little more depth, although no matter what, fielding has a knack for creating female narrators with whom the presumably female reader can relate and sympathize. when is her next book coming out!?]]> Cause Celeb
author: Helen Fielding
name: Karen
average rating: 2.78
book published: 2002
rating: 5
read at: 07/07
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i almost liked this book more than i liked the two bridget jones books, so that's saying a lot as i love them. cause celeb has a little more depth, although no matter what, fielding has a knack for creating female narrators with whom the presumably female reader can relate and sympathize. when is her next book coming out!?
]]> 2414567 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:36:18 -0700 <![CDATA[1984]]> 1984 is almost prophetic given how close we've come to a police state with endless surveillance and governments that change the law to suit their needs. an incredibly powerful read, as important now as it was when it was published.

and the last 75 pages or so made me squirm.]]> 1984
author: George Orwell
name: Karen
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1949
rating: 5
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i could not put this book down. 1984 is almost prophetic given how close we've come to a police state with endless surveillance and governments that change the law to suit their needs. an incredibly powerful read, as important now as it was when it was published.

and the last 75 pages or so made me squirm.
]]> 2414753 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:55:27 -0700 <![CDATA[Her Husband: Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath--A Marriage]]> Her Husband: Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath--A Marriage
author: Diane Wood Middlebrook
name: Karen
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> 2414734 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:55:11 -0700 <![CDATA[The Collected Poems (Harper Colophon Books)]]> The Collected Poems (Harper Colophon Books)
author: Sylvia Plath
name: Karen
average rating: 4.30
book published: 1981
rating: 5
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]]> 2414731 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:55:10 -0700 <![CDATA[Ariel]]> Ariel
author: Sylvia Plath
name: Karen
average rating: 4.27
book published: 1999
rating: 5
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]]> 2414722 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:55:01 -0700 <![CDATA[The Bell Jar]]> The Bell Jar
author: Sylvia Plath
name: Karen
average rating: 3.96
book published: 1963
rating: 5
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]]> 2413972 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:37:46 -0700 <![CDATA[Losing Gemma]]> Losing Gemma
author: Katy Gardner
name: Karen
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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]]> 2046831 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:19:47 -0700 <![CDATA[Bringing the War Home: The Weather Underground, the Red Army Faction, and Revolutionary Violence in the Sixties and Seventies]]> Bringing the War Home: The Weather Underground, the Red Army Faction, and Revolutionary Violence in the Sixties and Seventies
author: Jeremy Varon
name: Karen
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2004
rating: 3
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]]> 2046829 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:19:33 -0700 <![CDATA[Fugitive Days: A Memoir]]> Fugitive Days: A Memoir
author: Bill Ayers
name: Karen
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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]]> 2046811 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:17:44 -0700 <![CDATA[Are Prisons Obsolete?]]> Are Prisons Obsolete?
author: Angela Y. Davis
name: Karen
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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]]> 2046810 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:17:42 -0700 <![CDATA[Women, Race, & Class]]> Women, Race, & Class
author: Angela Y. Davis
name: Karen
average rating: 4.37
book published: 1983
rating: 5
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]]> 2046807 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:17:29 -0700 <![CDATA[Aimee and Jaguar]]> Aimee and Jaguar
author: Erica Fischer
name: Karen
average rating: 3.31
book published: 1996
rating: 5
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]]> 2046801 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:17:06 -0700 <![CDATA[Imperial Leather: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Colonial Contest]]> Imperial Leather: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Colonial Contest
author: Anne McClintock
name: Karen
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1995
rating: 4
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]]> 2046791 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:16:08 -0700 <![CDATA[Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics]]> Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
author: Bell Hooks
name: Karen
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2000
rating: 5
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]]> 2046785 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:15:48 -0700 <![CDATA[Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx]]> Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
author: Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
name: Karen
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2004
rating: 5
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]]> 2046782 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:15:26 -0700 <![CDATA[Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics Updated Edition with a New Preface]]> Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics Updated Edition with a New Preface
author: Cynthia Enloe
name: Karen
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2001
rating: 5
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]]> 2046763 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:13:08 -0700 <![CDATA[The Politics of Reality: Essays in Feminist Theory (Crossing Press Feminist Series)]]> The Politics of Reality: Essays in Feminist Theory (Crossing Press Feminist Series)
author: Marilyn Frye
name: Karen
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1983
rating: 5
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]]> 2046752 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:11:32 -0700 <![CDATA[Feminist Thought: A More Comprehensive Introduction]]> Feminist Thought: A More Comprehensive Introduction
author: Rosemarie Tong
name: Karen
average rating: 3.65
book published: 1998
rating: 4
read at: 01/06
date added: 06/17/07
shelves: feminist
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]]> 2046717 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:06:41 -0700 <![CDATA[The Essential Rumi - Reissue: New Expanded Edition]]> The Essential Rumi - Reissue: New Expanded Edition
author: Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi
name: Karen
average rating: 4.50
book published: 1995
rating: 4
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]]> 2046709 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:05:41 -0700 <![CDATA[Mythology (Mentor)]]> Mythology (Mentor)
author: Edith Hamilton
name: Karen
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1940
rating: 2
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]]> 2046700 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:04:56 -0700 <![CDATA[Owning Your Own Shadow: Understanding the Dark Side of the Psyche]]> Owning Your Own Shadow: Understanding the Dark Side of the Psyche
author: Robert A. Johnson
name: Karen
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1993
rating: 5
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]]> 2046686 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:03:46 -0700 <![CDATA[The Power of Myth]]> The Power of Myth
author: Joseph Campbell
name: Karen
average rating: 4.33
book published: 1991
rating: 5
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]]> 2046668 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:02:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Succulent Wild Woman]]> Succulent Wild Woman
author: SARK
name: Karen
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1997
rating: 0
read at: 01/98
date added: 06/17/07
shelves: spirituality
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]]> 2046661 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:01:12 -0700 <![CDATA[Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess]]> Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess
author: Starhawk
name: Karen
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1999
rating: 0
read at: 01/98
date added: 06/17/07
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]]> 2046644 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:58:48 -0700 <![CDATA[Slumming: Sexual and Social Politics in Victorian London]]> Slumming: Sexual and Social Politics in Victorian London
author: Seth Koven
name: Karen
average rating: 0.00
book published: 2004
rating: 0
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]]> 2046516 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:45:31 -0700 <![CDATA[Diary of a Mad Housewife: A Novel]]> Diary of a Mad Housewife: A Novel
author: Sue Kaufman
name: Karen
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2005
rating: 5
read at: 03/07
date added: 06/17/07
shelves: feminist
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]]> 2046199 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:17:56 -0700 <![CDATA[Speaking with the Angel]]> Speaking with the Angel
author: Nick Hornby
name: Karen
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2001
rating: 3
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]]> 2046193 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:17:30 -0700 <![CDATA[A Long Way Down]]> A Long Way Down
author: Nick Hornby
name: Karen
average rating: 3.28
book published: 2005
rating: 5
read at: 01/06
date added: 06/17/07
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]]> 2046038 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:05:39 -0700 <![CDATA[About a Boy]]> About a Boy
author: Nick Hornby
name: Karen
average rating: 3.89
book published: 1998
rating: 5
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]]> 2046033 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:05:27 -0700 <![CDATA[High Fidelity]]> High Fidelity
author: Nick Hornby
name: Karen
average rating: 4.03
book published: 1995
rating: 5
read at: 01/03
date added: 06/17/07
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]]> 2046015 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:04:24 -0700 <![CDATA[Mansfield Park (Oxford World's Classics)]]> Mansfield Park (Oxford World's Classics)
author: Jane Austen
name: Karen
average rating: 3.67
book published: 1814
rating: 5
read at: 04/99
date added: 06/17/07
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]]> 2045994 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:02:43 -0700 <![CDATA[Persuasion]]> Persuasion
author: Jane Austen
name: Karen
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1818
rating: 0
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]]> 2045978 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:01:26 -0700 <![CDATA[Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About: A Novel]]> Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About: A Novel
author: Mil Millington
name: Karen
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2003
rating: 4
read at: 08/04
date added: 06/17/07
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]]> 2045966 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:00:14 -0700 <![CDATA[Good Omens]]> Good Omens
author: Terry Pratchett
name: Karen
average rating: 4.33
book published: 1990
rating: 5
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]]> 2045100 Sat, 16 Jun 2007 22:51:22 -0700 <![CDATA[Coraline]]> Coraline
author: Neil Gaiman
name: Karen
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2002
rating: 0
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date added: 06/16/07
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]]> 2044026 Sat, 16 Jun 2007 21:58:15 -0700 <![CDATA[Stardust]]> Stardust
author: Neil Gaiman
name: Karen
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1998
rating: 5
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]]> 2044021 Sat, 16 Jun 2007 21:58:04 -0700 <![CDATA[Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions]]> Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions
author: Neil Gaiman
name: Karen
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2001
rating: 0
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]]> 2043998 Sat, 16 Jun 2007 21:57:35 -0700 <![CDATA[American Gods]]> American Gods
author: Neil Gaiman
name: Karen
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2001
rating: 4
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date added: 06/16/07
shelves: fantasy
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