Rockle's bookshelf: read http://www.goodreads.com/review/list_rss/182652 en-US Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:08:10 -0700 60 Rockle's bookshelf: read http://www.goodreads.com/ 200 41 http://www.goodreads.com/images/layout/gr_logo.gif 3204981 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:08:10 -0700 <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)]]> Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Rockle
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 07/07
date added: 04/28/08
shelves: fantasy, fiction, kids
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]]> 7297621 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:15:09 -0700 <![CDATA[The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Golf]]> The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Golf
author: Joshua Piven
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.40
book published: 2002
rating: 3
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date added: 10/05/07
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]]> 7297602 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:14:23 -0700 <![CDATA[Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: College]]> Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: College
author: Jennifer Worick
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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date added: 10/05/07
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]]> 7297601 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:14:22 -0700 <![CDATA[The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Work]]> The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Work
author: Joshua Piven
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.46
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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date added: 10/05/07
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]]> 7297599 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:14:10 -0700 <![CDATA[The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Parenting]]> The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Parenting
author: Joshua Piven
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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date added: 10/05/07
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]]> 7297596 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:14:06 -0700 <![CDATA[The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Holidays]]> The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Holidays
author: Joshua Piven
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.21
book published: 2002
rating: 5
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]]> 7297594 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:14:03 -0700 <![CDATA[The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Dating and Sex]]> The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Dating and Sex
author: Jennifer Worick
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2001
rating: 4
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date added: 10/05/07
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]]> 7297595 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:14:03 -0700 <![CDATA[Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Travel]]> Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Travel
author: Joshua Piven
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2001
rating: 4
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date added: 10/05/07
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]]> 7297589 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:13:51 -0700 <![CDATA[The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook]]> The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook
author: Joshua Piven
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.63
book published: 1999
rating: 5
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date added: 10/05/07
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]]> 5837691 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:12:46 -0700 <![CDATA[The Government Manual for New Pirates]]> The Government Manual for New Pirates
author: Matthew David Brozik
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2007
rating: 3
read at: 09/07
date added: 10/05/07
shelves: how-to, humor
review:
A treat for myself for "Talk Like A Pirate Day." I've spent more money on worse.
]]> 5722992 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:10:40 -0700 <![CDATA[The Kite Runner]]> The Kite Runner
author: Khaled Hosseini
name: Rockle
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2003
rating: 4
read at: 09/07
date added: 10/05/07
shelves: fiction
review:

]]> 4313826 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:13:55 -0700 <![CDATA[Coyote Blue]]>
In any case: not quite as laugh-out-loud funny as some of Moore's other books, but still good. Not obviously a first novel, either; this is definitely much better than other debuts I've read.]]> Coyote Blue
author: Christopher Moore
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2004
rating: 3
read at: 09/07
date added: 09/19/07
shelves: absurd, fiction
review:
I would give this book 3½ stars if I could. I liked-it liked-it, but I didn't really like it, if that makes any sense. Like, I would go with it to the homecoming dance, but I wouldn't want to go steady. Or, not quite 4-star material.

In any case: not quite as laugh-out-loud funny as some of Moore's other books, but still good. Not obviously a first novel, either; this is definitely much better than other debuts I've read.
]]> 2914822 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:13:32 -0700 <![CDATA[Practical Demonkeeping]]> Practical Demonkeeping
author: Christopher Moore
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.71
book published: 1992
rating: 4
read at: 04/07
date added: 09/19/07
shelves: absurd, fiction
review:

]]> 4749934 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:01:51 -0700 <![CDATA[The Big Over Easy (Nursery Crime, Book 1)]]> The Big Over Easy (Nursery Crime, Book 1)
author: Jasper Fforde
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2006
rating: 4
read at: 09/07
date added: 09/13/07
shelves: absurd, fantasy, fiction
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]]> 5837305 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 08:59:09 -0700 <![CDATA[Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy]]> Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy
author: Carlos Eire
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2003
rating: 5
read at: 05/07
date added: 09/07/07
shelves: memoir, nonfiction
review:
Simply one of the most incredible books that I have ever read. Eire's story is touching and surprising, shocking in its candor but nonetheless stunning for it. He finds humor and beauty in unexpected places, where others might not even want to venture. Absolutely a must-read.
]]> 5722897 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:32:48 -0700 <![CDATA[She's Come Undone]]> She's Come Undone
author: Wally Lamb
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.76
book published: 1992
rating: 4
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]]> 5722891 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:32:43 -0700 <![CDATA[Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret]]> Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
author: Judy Blume
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1970
rating: 5
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date added: 09/05/07
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]]> 5722876 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:32:33 -0700 <![CDATA[Flowers for Algernon]]> Flowers for Algernon
author: Daniel Keyes
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1966
rating: 4
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]]> 5722870 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:32:29 -0700 <![CDATA[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]> The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
author: Douglas Adams
name: Rockle
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1979
rating: 5
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date added: 09/05/07
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]]> 5722851 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:32:14 -0700 <![CDATA[Lord of the Flies]]> Lord of the Flies
author: William Golding
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.62
book published: 1954
rating: 5
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]]> 5722849 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:32:10 -0700 <![CDATA[The Color Purple]]> The Color Purple
author: Alice Walker
name: Rockle
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1982
rating: 3
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]]> 5722848 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:32:04 -0700 <![CDATA[Animal Farm]]> Animal Farm
author: George Orwell
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.79
book published: 1945
rating: 5
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]]> 5722844 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:31:56 -0700 <![CDATA[The Poisonwood Bible]]> The Poisonwood Bible
author: Barbara Kingsolver
name: Rockle
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1998
rating: 4
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date added: 09/05/07
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]]> 4168982 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:51:11 -0700 <![CDATA[The Book of Ruth (Oprah's Book Club)]]> The Book of Ruth (Oprah's Book Club)
author: Jane Hamilton
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.53
book published: 1988
rating: 2
read at: 08/07
date added: 09/05/07
shelves: fiction, oprah
review:
Didn't really care for this book, but didn't hate it either. Not sure that I would recommend it. One of the reviewers of this book called it "a sly and wistful ... human comedy" and another said the "small-town characters are ... appealingly offbeat and brushed with grace" but I wonder if those reviewers read the same book that I did. I found the novel dispiriting, depressing, and rather boring. Perhaps if this was part of a series, and we could also hear others' stories (May's and Matt's and Ruby's and Justy's) in their own voices, I would like it better. Alone, it feels like there is not enough to explain Ruth's feelings, her background, and why she would put up with the things she did, instead of doing something to change them.
]]> 4357731 Sun, 02 Sep 2007 12:50:50 -0700 <![CDATA[There's a (Slight) Chance I Might Be Going to Hell: A Novel of Sewer Pipes, Pageant Queens, and Big Trouble]]> There's a (Slight) Chance I Might Be Going to Hell: A Novel of Sewer Pipes, Pageant Queens, and Big Trouble
author: Laurie Notaro
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.45
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 09/07
date added: 09/02/07
shelves: chicklit, fiction, humor, mamapop
review:
Laugh out loud funny. As good as the essays. Wherever Spaulding, WA is, I want to move there so I can be friends with our heroine, Maye.
]]> 5436291 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:53:54 -0700 <![CDATA[Wuthering Heights]]> Wuthering Heights
author: Emily Brontë
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.70
book published: 1847
rating: 5
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date added: 08/31/07
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]]> 5436280 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:53:47 -0700 <![CDATA[Jane Eyre]]> Jane Eyre
author: Charlotte Brontë
name: Rockle
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1847
rating: 5
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date added: 08/31/07
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]]> 5436269 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:53:38 -0700 <![CDATA[The Sun Also Rises]]> The Sun Also Rises
author: Ernest Hemingway
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.91
book published: 1926
rating: 2
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date added: 08/31/07
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]]> 5436255 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:53:28 -0700 <![CDATA[Green Eggs and Ham]]> Green Eggs and Ham
author: Dr. Seuss
name: Rockle
average rating: 4.36
book published: 1960
rating: 5
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date added: 08/31/07
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]]> 5436243 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:53:18 -0700 <![CDATA[Pride and Prejudice]]> Pride and Prejudice
author: Jane Austen
name: Rockle
average rating: 4.32
book published: 1813
rating: 5
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date added: 08/31/07
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]]> 5391939 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:43:15 -0700 <![CDATA[The Lovely Bones]]> The Lovely Bones
author: Alice Sebold
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2002
rating: 3
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date added: 08/30/07
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]]> 5391930 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:43:07 -0700 <![CDATA[Me Talk Pretty One Day]]> Me Talk Pretty One Day
author: David Sedaris
name: Rockle
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2000
rating: 5
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date added: 08/30/07
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]]> 5391918 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:42:53 -0700 <![CDATA[The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book)]]> The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book)
author: Jon Stewart
name: Rockle
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2004
rating: 5
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date added: 08/30/07
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]]> 5391686 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:39:17 -0700 <![CDATA[The Da Vinci Code]]> The Da Vinci Code
author: Dan Brown
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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date added: 08/30/07
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]]> 5391673 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:39:06 -0700 <![CDATA[Angels & Demons]]> Angels & Demons
author: Dan Brown
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2005
rating: 3
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date added: 08/30/07
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]]> 5391572 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:37:38 -0700 <![CDATA[The Little Prince]]> The Little Prince
author: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
name: Rockle
average rating: 4.32
book published: 1943
rating: 5
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date added: 08/30/07
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]]> 5303409 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:00:21 -0700 <![CDATA[Get Fuzzy 2 Fuzzy Logic]]> Get Fuzzy 2 Fuzzy Logic
author: Darby Conley
name: Rockle
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2002
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 08/29/07
shelves: comicstrips, humor
review:

]]> 5303407 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:57:35 -0700 <![CDATA[Blueprint for Disaster: A Get Fuzzy Collection]]> Blueprint for Disaster: A Get Fuzzy Collection
author: Darby Conley
name: Rockle
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2003
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 08/29/07
shelves: comicstrips, humor
review:

]]> 4357772 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:57:08 -0700 <![CDATA[The Get Fuzzy Experience]]> The Get Fuzzy Experience
author: Darby Conley
name: Rockle
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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date added: 08/29/07
shelves: comicstrips, humor
review:

]]> 5303459 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:56:41 -0700 <![CDATA[Pearls Before Swine : BLTs Taste So Darn Good]]> Pearls Before Swine : BLTs Taste So Darn Good
author: Stephan Pastis
name: Rockle
average rating: 4.55
book published: 2003
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 08/29/07
shelves: comicstrips, humor
review:

]]> 5303465 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:56:07 -0700 <![CDATA[This Little Piggy Stayed Home: A Pearls Before Swine Collection]]> This Little Piggy Stayed Home: A Pearls Before Swine Collection
author: Stephan Pastis
name: Rockle
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2004
rating: 5
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date added: 08/29/07
shelves: comicstrips, humor
review:

]]> 5303457 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:55:32 -0700 <![CDATA[Nighthogs: A Pearls Before Swine Collection]]> Nighthogs: A Pearls Before Swine Collection
author: Stephan Pastis
name: Rockle
average rating: 4.59
book published: 2005
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 08/29/07
shelves: comicstrips, humor
review:

]]> 5303423 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:49:28 -0700 <![CDATA[Scrum Bums: A Get Fuzzy Collection (Get Fuzzy)]]> Scrum Bums: A Get Fuzzy Collection (Get Fuzzy)
author: Darby Conley
name: Rockle
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2006
rating: 5
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date added: 08/29/07
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]]> 5303419 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:49:27 -0700 <![CDATA[Get Fuzzy: The Dog Is Not a Toy: House Rule #4]]> Get Fuzzy: The Dog Is Not a Toy: House Rule #4
author: Darby Conley
name: Rockle
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2001
rating: 5
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date added: 08/29/07
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]]> 5303415 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:49:24 -0700 <![CDATA[Say Cheesy: A Get Fuzzy Collection, Vol. 5]]> Say Cheesy: A Get Fuzzy Collection, Vol. 5
author: Darby Conley
name: Rockle
average rating: 4.46
book published: 2005
rating: 5
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date added: 08/29/07
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]]> 5303208 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:46:50 -0700 <![CDATA[The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog]]> The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog
author: Dave Barry
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2006
rating: 5
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]]> 5303199 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:46:41 -0700 <![CDATA[Dave Barry's Stay Fit and Healthy Until You're Dead]]> Dave Barry's Stay Fit and Healthy Until You're Dead
author: Dave Barry
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.38
book published: 2000
rating: 3
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]]> 5303195 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:46:36 -0700 <![CDATA[Boogers Are My Beat: More Lies, But Some Actual Journalism!]]> Boogers Are My Beat: More Lies, But Some Actual Journalism!
author: Dave Barry
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> 5303193 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:46:32 -0700 <![CDATA[Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway]]> Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway
author: Dave Barry
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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]]> 5303190 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:46:30 -0700 <![CDATA[Homes and Other Black Holes]]> Homes and Other Black Holes
author: Dave Barry
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.71
book published: 1995
rating: 4
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]]> 5303187 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:46:29 -0700 <![CDATA[Babies and Other Hazards of Sex: How to Make a Tiny Person in Only 9 Months, with Tools You Probably Have around the Home]]> Babies and Other Hazards of Sex: How to Make a Tiny Person in Only 9 Months, with Tools You Probably Have around the Home
author: Dave Barry
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2000
rating: 4
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date added: 08/29/07
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]]> 5303184 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:46:27 -0700 <![CDATA[Dave Barry in Cyberspace]]> Dave Barry in Cyberspace
author: Dave Barry
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.82
book published: 1997
rating: 4
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date added: 08/29/07
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]]> 5303173 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:46:17 -0700 <![CDATA[Dave Barry's Guide to Marriage and/or Sex]]> Dave Barry's Guide to Marriage and/or Sex
author: Dave Barry
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2000
rating: 3
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]]> 5303163 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:46:08 -0700 <![CDATA[Dave Barry Turns 40]]> Dave Barry Turns 40
author: Dave Barry
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.74
book published: 1991
rating: 4
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]]> 5303160 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:46:06 -0700 <![CDATA[Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs]]> Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs
author: Dave Barry
name: Rockle
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2000
rating: 5
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]]> 5303156 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:46:05 -0700 <![CDATA[Dave Barry's Bad Habits: A 100% Fact-free Book]]> Dave Barry's Bad Habits: A 100% Fact-free Book
author: Dave Barry
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.74
book published: 1993
rating: 4
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]]> 5303152 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:46:02 -0700 <![CDATA[Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus]]> Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus
author: Dave Barry
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.82
book published: 1998
rating: 3
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]]> 5303150 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:46:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Tricky Business]]> Tricky Business
author: Dave Barry
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.33
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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]]> 5303149 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:45:59 -0700 <![CDATA[Dave Barry Turns 50]]> Dave Barry Turns 50
author: Dave Barry
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.67
book published: 1999
rating: 3
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]]> 5303146 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:45:56 -0700 <![CDATA[Peter and the Shadow Thieves]]> Peter and the Shadow Thieves
author: Dave Barry
name: Rockle
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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date added: 08/29/07
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]]> 5303140 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:45:54 -0700 <![CDATA[Dave Barry Does Japan]]> Dave Barry Does Japan
author: Dave Barry
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.83
book published: 1993
rating: 4
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date added: 08/29/07
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]]> 5303136 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:45:52 -0700 <![CDATA[Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need]]> Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need
author: Dave Barry
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.78
book published: 1999
rating: 3
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date added: 08/29/07
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]]> 5303132 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:45:47 -0700 <![CDATA[Dave Barry Talks Back]]> Dave Barry Talks Back
author: Dave Barry
name: Rockle
average rating: 3.81
book published: 1992
rating: 4
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