Barbara's bookshelf: read http://www.goodreads.com/review/list_rss/188000 en-US Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:16:55 -0700 60 Barbara's bookshelf: read http://www.goodreads.com/ 200 41 http://www.goodreads.com/images/layout/gr_logo.gif 4064412 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:16:55 -0700 <![CDATA[King Lear (Folger Shakespeare Library)]]> King Lear (Folger Shakespeare Library)
author: William Shakespeare
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1608
rating: 0
read at: 10/07
date added: 07/21/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 23585905 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:39:30 -0700 <![CDATA[Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia]]> Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
author: Elizabeth Gilbert
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2006
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 06/03/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 23200280 Thu, 29 May 2008 04:18:03 -0700 <![CDATA[Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544 (The Royal Diaries)]]> Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544 (The Royal Diaries)
author: Kathryn Lasky
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.87
book published: 1999
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 05/29/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 23200243 Thu, 29 May 2008 04:16:08 -0700 <![CDATA[Teacher Man: A Memoir]]> Teacher Man: A Memoir
author: Frank McCourt
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2005
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 05/29/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 23200225 Thu, 29 May 2008 04:15:43 -0700 <![CDATA['Tis]]> 'Tis
author: Frank McCourt
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.44
book published: 1999
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 05/29/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 23200221 Thu, 29 May 2008 04:15:16 -0700 <![CDATA[Angela's Ashes]]> Angela's Ashes
author: Frank McCourt
name: Barbara
average rating: 4.01
book published: 1999
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 05/29/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 23200154 Thu, 29 May 2008 04:11:37 -0700 <![CDATA[The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread]]> The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread
author: Kate DiCamillo
name: Barbara
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2003
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 05/29/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 16395533 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:48:48 -0700 <![CDATA[The Other Boleyn Girl]]> The Other Boleyn Girl
author: Philippa Gregory
name: Barbara
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2002
rating: 5
read at: 02/08
date added: 03/19/08
shelves:
review:
Loved this book.
]]> 13259431 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:28:16 -0800 <![CDATA[The Sun Also Rises]]> The Sun Also Rises
author: Ernest Hemingway
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1926
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 01/23/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 12694796 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:49:55 -0800 <![CDATA[Do What You Love, The Money Will Follow: Discovering Your Right Livelihood]]> Do What You Love, The Money Will Follow: Discovering Your Right Livelihood
author: Marsha Sinetar
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.61
book published: 1989
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 01/16/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 12391139 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:48:49 -0800 <![CDATA[The Catcher in the Rye]]> The Catcher in the Rye
author: J.D. Salinger
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1951
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 01/13/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 12233499 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:38:43 -0800 <![CDATA[The Hound of the Baskervilles]]> The Hound of the Baskervilles
author: Arthur Conan Doyle
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.79
book published: 1902
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 01/11/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 12233313 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:37:33 -0800 <![CDATA[No Country for Old Men]]> No Country for Old Men
author: Cormac McCarthy
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at: 01/08
date added: 01/11/08
shelves:
review:
Wow! This is a gripping story. For those who haven't seen the movie, I recommend reading the book first.
]]> 10986813 Tue, 25 Dec 2007 05:25:58 -0800 <![CDATA[The Yellow Wallpaper (Dover Thrift Editions)]]> The Yellow Wallpaper (Dover Thrift Editions)
author: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
name: Barbara
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1998
rating: 2
read at:
date added: 12/25/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 9872354 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 06:28:54 -0800 <![CDATA[The Road]]> The Road
author: Cormac McCarthy
name: Barbara
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2006
rating: 5
read at: 11/07
date added: 12/03/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 8575292 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:52:47 -0700 <![CDATA[When We Were Orphans]]> When We Were Orphans
author: Kazuo Ishiguro
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.40
book published: 2000
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 11/02/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 8575273 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:52:17 -0700 <![CDATA[A Pale View of Hills]]> A Pale View of Hills
author: Kazuo Ishiguro
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.74
book published: 1982
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 11/02/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 7765736 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:10:57 -0700 <![CDATA[Disgrace (Penguin Essential Edition)]]> Disgrace (Penguin Essential Edition)
author: J.M. Coetzee
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.87
book published: 1999
rating: 4
read at: 10/07
date added: 10/15/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 7659912 Sat, 13 Oct 2007 07:00:23 -0700 <![CDATA[The Remains of the Day]]> The Remains of the Day
author: Kazuo Ishiguro
name: Barbara
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1988
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 10/13/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 6233925 Sat, 15 Sep 2007 05:42:22 -0700 <![CDATA[Garden Spells]]> Garden Spells
author: Sarah Addison Allen
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2007
rating: 2
read at: 09/07
date added: 09/15/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3064229 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 03:59:47 -0700 <![CDATA[Brick Lane: A Novel]]> I especially think women struggling with any kid of relationship would gain a new perspective after reading this book. Also, there is so much to learn about political correctness and how it affects the choices people make.]]> Brick Lane: A Novel
author: Monica Ali
name: Barbara
average rating: 2.91
book published: 2008
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 07/14/07
shelves:
review:
This is an excellent book.
I especially think women struggling with any kid of relationship would gain a new perspective after reading this book. Also, there is so much to learn about political correctness and how it affects the choices people make.
]]> 3064212 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 03:55:09 -0700 <![CDATA[One True Thing (94422)]]> One True Thing (94422)
author: Anna Quindlen
name: Barbara
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1995
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 07/14/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3064203 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 03:53:56 -0700 <![CDATA[Blessings]]> Blessings
author: Anna Quindlen
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.38
book published: 2003
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 07/14/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3064199 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 03:53:35 -0700 <![CDATA[The Amateur Marriage: A Novel]]> The Amateur Marriage: A Novel
author: Anne Tyler
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2004
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 07/14/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3064187 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 03:51:18 -0700 <![CDATA[Light on Snow]]> Light on Snow
author: Anita Shreve
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.42
book published: 2004
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 07/14/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3032847 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:58:18 -0700 <![CDATA[The Undomestic Goddess]]> The Undomestic Goddess
author: Sophie Kinsella
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2005
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 07/13/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3032844 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:58:13 -0700 <![CDATA[Can You Keep a Secret?]]> Can You Keep a Secret?
author: Sophie Kinsella
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2004
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 07/13/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3032839 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:58:02 -0700 <![CDATA[Shopaholic and Sister]]> Shopaholic and Sister
author: Sophie Kinsella
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.48
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 07/13/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3032835 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:57:59 -0700 <![CDATA[Shopaholic Ties the Knot]]> Shopaholic Ties the Knot
author: Sophie Kinsella
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2004
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 07/13/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3032834 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:57:57 -0700 <![CDATA[Shopaholic Takes Manhattan]]> Shopaholic Takes Manhattan
author: Sophie Kinsella
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2004
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 07/13/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3032831 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:57:54 -0700 <![CDATA[Confessions of a Shopaholic]]> Confessions of a Shopaholic
author: Sophie Kinsella
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2003
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 07/13/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3032727 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:54:56 -0700 <![CDATA[Enduring Love]]> Enduring Love
author: Ian McEwan
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.64
book published: 0
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 07/13/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3032712 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:54:25 -0700 <![CDATA[Mapping the Edge]]> Mapping the Edge
author: Sarah Dunant
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.25
book published: 1999
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 07/13/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3032691 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:54:01 -0700 <![CDATA[The Wonder Worker]]> The Wonder Worker
author: Susan Howatch
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.81
book published: 1997
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 07/13/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3032674 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:53:32 -0700 <![CDATA[My Antonia]]> My Antonia
author: Willa Cather
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.69
book published: 1918
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 07/13/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3032662 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:53:10 -0700 <![CDATA[Snow in August]]> Snow in August
author: Pete Hamill
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.77
book published: 1999
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 07/13/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3032632 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:52:43 -0700 <![CDATA[Memoirs of a Geisha]]> Memoirs of a Geisha
author: Arthur Golden
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1997
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 07/13/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3032610 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:52:21 -0700 <![CDATA[House of Sand and Fog]]> House of Sand and Fog
author: Andre Dubus III
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.59
book published: 2000
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 07/13/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3032555 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:51:55 -0700 <![CDATA[High Fidelity]]> High Fidelity
author: Nick Hornby
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.65
book published: 1995
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 07/13/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3032511 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:51:01 -0700 <![CDATA[Amsterdam]]> Amsterdam
author: Ian McEwan
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.30
book published: 1998
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 07/13/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3032495 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:50:31 -0700 <![CDATA[Hinds' Feet on High Places]]> Hinds' Feet on High Places
author: Hannah Hurnard
name: Barbara
average rating: 4.34
book published: 1986
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 07/13/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3032469 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:50:08 -0700 <![CDATA[Atonement: A Novel]]> Atonement: A Novel
author: Ian McEwan
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2001
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 07/13/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3032456 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:49:45 -0700 <![CDATA[Tramp for the Lord]]> Tramp for the Lord
author: Corrie Ten Boom
name: Barbara
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1986
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 07/13/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3032441 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:49:06 -0700 <![CDATA[The Birth of Venus: A Novel]]> The Birth of Venus: A Novel
author: Sarah Dunant
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2003
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 07/13/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3032418 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:48:26 -0700 <![CDATA[The Lovely Bones]]> The Lovely Bones
author: Alice Sebold
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2002
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 07/13/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3032403 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:47:53 -0700 <![CDATA[All He Ever Wanted: A Novel]]> All He Ever Wanted: A Novel
author: Anita Shreve
name: Barbara
average rating: 2.90
book published: 2003
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 07/13/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3032390 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:47:21 -0700 <![CDATA[The Secret Life of Bees]]> The Secret Life of Bees
author: Sue Monk Kidd
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2002
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 07/13/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3032378 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:46:52 -0700 <![CDATA[A Lesson Before Dying]]> A Lesson Before Dying
author: Ernest J. Gaines
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.69
book published: 1994
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 07/13/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3018952 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:30:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Chronicles]]> Chronicles
author: Bob Dylan
name: Barbara
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2005
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 07/13/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3018873 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:27:30 -0700 <![CDATA[Breathing Lessons]]> Breathing Lessons
author: Anne Tyler
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.60
book published: 1988
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 07/13/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3018862 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:26:55 -0700 <![CDATA[The Accidental Tourist]]> The Accidental Tourist
author: Anne Tyler
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.80
book published: 1985
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 07/13/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3018842 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:25:38 -0700 <![CDATA[The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time ]]> The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
author: Mark Haddon
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2003
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 07/13/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3018808 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:23:04 -0700 <![CDATA[Fortune's Rocks: A Novel]]> Fortune's Rocks: A Novel
author: Anita Shreve
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.79
book published: 1999
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 07/13/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3018796 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:22:41 -0700 <![CDATA[Girl with a Pearl Earring (Deluxe Edition)]]> Girl with a Pearl Earring (Deluxe Edition)
author: Tracy Chevalier
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.71
book published: 1999
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 07/13/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3018788 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:22:23 -0700 <![CDATA[White Oleander: A Novel]]> White Oleander: A Novel
author: Janet Fitch
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2001
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 07/13/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 3018787 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:22:03 -0700 <![CDATA[A Patchwork Planet]]> A Patchwork Planet
author: Anne Tyler
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.56
book published: 1998
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 07/13/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 2999671 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:34:11 -0700 <![CDATA[Siddhartha]]> Siddhartha
author: Hermann Hesse
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.82
book published: 1922
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 07/12/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 2999422 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:28:30 -0700 <![CDATA[The Hobbit: or There and Back Again]]> The Hobbit: or There and Back Again
author: J.R.R. Tolkien
name: Barbara
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1937
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 07/12/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 2999340 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:26:31 -0700 <![CDATA[Favorite Poems Old and New]]> Favorite Poems Old and New
author: Helen Ferris Tibbets
name: Barbara
average rating: 4.52
book published: 1957
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 07/12/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 2999280 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:25:19 -0700 <![CDATA[A Woman of Substance]]> A Woman of Substance
author: Barbara Taylor Bradford
name: Barbara
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2006
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 07/12/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 2999244 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:24:33 -0700 <![CDATA[Gone with the Wind]]> Gone with the Wind
author: Margaret Mitchell
name: Barbara
average rating: 4.20
book published: 1936
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 07/12/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 2999181 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:23:26 -0700 <![CDATA[Jane Eyre (Bantam Classics)]]> Jane Eyre (Bantam Classics)
author: Charlotte Brontë
name: Barbara
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2003
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 07/12/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 2999019 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:22:16 -0700 <![CDATA[Wuthering Heights (Bantam Classics)]]> Wuthering Heights (Bantam Classics)
author: Emily Brontë
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.64
book published: 1847
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 07/12/07
shelves:
review:
Is there a better book than this? If so I can't recall having read it. This story haunted me day and night while I was reading it. What a powerful story filled with deep characters.
]]> 2997439 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:41:11 -0700 <![CDATA[Black and Blue (Oprah's Book Club)]]> Black and Blue (Oprah's Book Club)
author: Anna Quindlen
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.50
book published: 1998
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 07/12/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 2997334 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:39:05 -0700 <![CDATA[Back When We Were Grownups: A Novel]]> Back When We Were Grownups: A Novel
author: Anne Tyler
name: Barbara
average rating: 3.15
book published: 2001
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 07/12/07
shelves:
review:

]]> 2997238 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:36:15 -0700 <![CDATA[The Poisonwood Bible]]>