Jessica's bookshelf: read http://www.goodreads.com/review/list_rss/603238 en-US Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:25:07 -0700 60 Jessica's bookshelf: read http://www.goodreads.com/ 200 41 http://www.goodreads.com/images/layout/gr_logo.gif 26495298 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:25:07 -0700 <![CDATA[So Long at the Fair: A Novel]]> So Long at the Fair: A Novel
author: Christina Schwarz
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.29
book published: 2008
rating: 4
read at: 07/08
date added: 07/06/08
shelves: fiction
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]]> 24940556 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:54:57 -0700 <![CDATA[The Host: A Novel]]> The Host: A Novel
author: Stephenie Meyer
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2008
rating: 3
read at: 05/08
date added: 06/19/08
shelves: fantasy
review:

]]> 14502639 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:45:30 -0700 <![CDATA[Oryx and Crake]]>
The book was very slow to start, but I trusted Atwood enough not to get frustrated and eventually I became wowed by the control inherent in the structure. Reading the first 50 pages, you feel like a horse with blinders on because you want so badly to see what is just beyond your view. I found myself asking questions only a few pages before I discovered the answer. This was not coincidence but what happens when a master storyteller takes you by the hand and guides your attention purposefully from one small nuance to the next. Somewhat akin to how a filmmaker guides your eye. A little bit maddening, but it is what makes "the great reveal" so much more emotional in the end.]]> Oryx and Crake
author: Margaret Atwood
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2004
rating: 5
read at: 05/08
date added: 06/19/08
shelves: fiction
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The questions posed by this book have gotten under my fingernails. Atwood's eerie "could this really happen?" imagining of a not-too-distance future in which genetic engineering is way too easy gives the perfect setting for not only an engaging story of two friends but also a high-level discussion of "should we, just because we can?"

The book was very slow to start, but I trusted Atwood enough not to get frustrated and eventually I became wowed by the control inherent in the structure. Reading the first 50 pages, you feel like a horse with blinders on because you want so badly to see what is just beyond your view. I found myself asking questions only a few pages before I discovered the answer. This was not coincidence but what happens when a master storyteller takes you by the hand and guides your attention purposefully from one small nuance to the next. Somewhat akin to how a filmmaker guides your eye. A little bit maddening, but it is what makes "the great reveal" so much more emotional in the end.
]]> 17053072 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:30:29 -0700 <![CDATA[Interpreter of Maladies]]> Interpreter of Maladies
author: Jhumpa Lahiri
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.13
book published: 1999
rating: 4
read at: 06/08
date added: 06/16/08
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I read this very slowly. After finishing each story, I never had the impulse to immediately continue and read the next. I could only absorb one per sitting. I haven't experienced that before, so I found it interesting. Each story had enough weight that it satiated/exhausted me all by itself.
]]> 24209344 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:04:25 -0700 <![CDATA[Married Lovers]]> Married Lovers
author: Jackie Collins
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.19
book published: 2008
rating: 3
read at: 06/08
date added: 06/11/08
shelves: fiction
review:

]]> 23094085 Tue, 27 May 2008 20:20:35 -0700 <![CDATA[Goodnight Nobody]]> Goodnight Nobody
author: Jennifer Weiner
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.23
book published: 2006
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 05/27/08
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]]> 21266823 Tue, 27 May 2008 18:22:54 -0700 <![CDATA[The Frog King]]> The Frog King
author: Adam Davies
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.29
book published: 2002
rating: 3
read at: 05/08
date added: 05/27/08
shelves: fiction
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]]> 21266683 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:31:11 -0700 <![CDATA[Running with Scissors: A Memoir]]> Running with Scissors: A Memoir
author: Augusten Burroughs
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.51
book published: 2007
rating: 3
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/29/08
shelves: non-fiction
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]]> 20238423 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:46:41 -0700 <![CDATA[Goodnight Nobody]]> Goodnight Nobody
author: Jennifer Weiner
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.44
book published: 2006
rating: 3
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/15/08
shelves: fiction
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]]> 20238326 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:45:44 -0700 <![CDATA[Dry: A Memoir]]> Dry: A Memoir
author: Augusten Burroughs
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2003
rating: 4
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/15/08
shelves: non-fiction
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]]> 8717920 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:44:50 -0700 <![CDATA[The Blind Assassin]]> The Blind Assassin
author: Margaret Atwood
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2000
rating: 4
read at: 01/02
date added: 04/15/08
shelves: fiction
review:

]]> 19840775 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:20:59 -0700 <![CDATA[Eclipse (Twilight Series, Book 3)]]> Eclipse (Twilight Series, Book 3)
author: Stephenie Meyer
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2007
rating: 3
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/09/08
shelves: fantasy
review:

]]> 19840676 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:20:07 -0700 <![CDATA[New Moon (Twilight Series, Book 2)]]> New Moon (Twilight Series, Book 2)
author: Stephenie Meyer
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2006
rating: 3
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/09/08
shelves: fantasy
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]]> 19840616 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:18:42 -0700 <![CDATA[Twilight (Twilight Series, Book 1)]]> Twilight (Twilight Series, Book 1)
author: Stephenie Meyer
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at: 04/08
date added: 04/09/08
shelves: fantasy
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]]> 12508365 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:58:04 -0700 <![CDATA[Water for Elephants]]> Water for Elephants
author: Sara Gruen
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2006
rating: 3
read at: 02/08
date added: 03/18/08
shelves: fiction
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This book hooked me in the prologue. Stampeding circus animals, yes!
]]> 16640734 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:46:10 -0800 <![CDATA[The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, Book 3)]]> The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, Book 3)
author: Philip Pullman
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2000
rating: 3
read at: 02/08
date added: 02/28/08
shelves: fantasy
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]]> 16640690 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:45:30 -0800 <![CDATA[The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, Book 2)]]> The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, Book 2)
author: Philip Pullman
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1997
rating: 4
read at: 02/08
date added: 02/28/08
shelves: fantasy
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]]> 16327282 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:30:32 -0800 <![CDATA[Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster]]> Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
author: Jon Krakauer
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2004
rating: 4
read at: 02/08
date added: 02/25/08
shelves: non-fiction
review:
Although I have done a fair amount of traversing mountains, this book scares me. I know I am not strong enough to summit Mt. Everest, and I feel fully at peace with that knowledge!
]]> 14927475 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:38:42 -0800 <![CDATA[The Alchemist (Plus)]]> The Alchemist (Plus)
author: Paulo Coelho
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.80
book published: 0
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 02/08/08
shelves: fiction
review:

]]> 14502916 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:07:41 -0800 <![CDATA[The Horse and His Boy (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 3)]]> The Horse and His Boy (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 3)
author: C.S. Lewis
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.96
book published: 1954
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 02/04/08
shelves: fantasy
review:

]]> 14502914 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:07:39 -0800 <![CDATA[The Last Battle (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 7)]]> The Last Battle (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 7)
author: C.S. Lewis
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1956
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 02/04/08
shelves: fantasy
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]]> 14502907 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:07:28 -0800 <![CDATA[The Silver Chair (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 6)]]> The Silver Chair (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 6)
author: C.S. Lewis
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.98
book published: 1953
rating: 3
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date added: 02/04/08
shelves: fantasy
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]]> 14502903 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:07:20 -0800 <![CDATA[The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 5)]]> The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 5)
author: C.S. Lewis
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1952
rating: 5
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date added: 02/04/08
shelves: fantasy
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]]> 14502902 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:07:17 -0800 <![CDATA[Prince Caspian (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 4)]]> Prince Caspian (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 4)
author: C.S. Lewis
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1951
rating: 3
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date added: 02/04/08
shelves: fantasy
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]]> 14502899 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:07:14 -0800 <![CDATA[The Magician's Nephew (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 1)]]> The Magician's Nephew (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 1)
author: C.S. Lewis
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.03
book published: 1955
rating: 5
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date added: 02/04/08
shelves: fantasy
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]]> 14502886 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:06:56 -0800 <![CDATA[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 2)]]> The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia, Book 2)
author: C.S. Lewis
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1950
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 02/04/08
shelves: fantasy
review:

]]> 14502845 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:05:22 -0800 <![CDATA[Anne Frank: The Diary of A Young Girl]]> Anne Frank: The Diary of A Young Girl
author: Anne Frank
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1947
rating: 4
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date added: 02/04/08
shelves: non-fiction
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]]> 14502834 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:04:54 -0800 <![CDATA[Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts]]> Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts
author: Samuel Beckett
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1952
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 02/04/08
shelves: drama
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]]> 14502755 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:01:37 -0800 <![CDATA[Without Feathers]]> Without Feathers
author: Woody Allen
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1383
rating: 4
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date added: 02/04/08
shelves: fiction
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]]> 14502589 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:55:59 -0800 <![CDATA[The Children's Hour]]> The Children's Hour
author: Lillian Hellman
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.87
book published: 1953
rating: 3
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date added: 02/03/08
shelves: drama
review:

]]> 14502559 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:55:15 -0800 <![CDATA[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]> Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
author: Tennessee Williams
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2004
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 02/03/08
shelves: drama
review:

]]> 14502483 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:52:28 -0800 <![CDATA[Fires in the Mirror]]> Fires in the Mirror
author: Anna Deavere Smith
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.94
book published: 1993
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 02/03/08
shelves: drama
review:

]]> 14502471 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:52:08 -0800 <![CDATA[Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992]]> Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
author: Anna Deavere Smith
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.96
book published: 1994
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 02/03/08
shelves: drama
review:

]]> 14502466 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:51:40 -0800 <![CDATA[Giving Up the Ghost: Teatro in Two Acts]]> Giving Up the Ghost: Teatro in Two Acts
author: Cherríe L. Moraga
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.64
book published: 1986
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 02/03/08
shelves: drama
review:

]]> 14502460 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:51:20 -0800 <![CDATA[For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf]]> For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf
author: Ntozake Shange
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.23
book published: 1975
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 02/03/08
shelves: drama
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]]> 14502459 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:50:58 -0800 <![CDATA[Trifles]]> Trifles
author: Susan Glaspell
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2007
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 02/03/08
shelves: drama
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]]> 14502455 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:50:47 -0800 <![CDATA[Machinal (Royal National Theatre)]]> Machinal (Royal National Theatre)
author: Sophie Treadwell
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1995
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 02/03/08
shelves: drama
review:

]]> 14502449 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:50:25 -0800 <![CDATA[M. Butterfly.]]> M. Butterfly.
author: David Henry Hwang
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.94
book published: 1998
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 02/03/08
shelves: drama
review:

]]> 14502443 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:50:12 -0800 <![CDATA[The Zoo Story (Penguin Plays)]]> The Zoo Story (Penguin Plays)
author: Edward Albee
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.98
book published: 1995
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 02/03/08
shelves: drama
review:

]]> 14502436 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:49:54 -0800 <![CDATA[The Time of Your Life: A Comedy in Three Acts]]> The Time of Your Life: A Comedy in Three Acts
author: William Saroyan
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.80
book published: 1996
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 02/03/08
shelves: drama
review:

]]> 14502429 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:49:34 -0800 <![CDATA[The Iceman Cometh]]> The Iceman Cometh
author: Eugene O'Neill
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2006
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 02/03/08
shelves: drama
review:

]]> 14502422 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:49:25 -0800 <![CDATA[The Emperor Jones (Dover Thrift Editions)]]> The Emperor Jones (Dover Thrift Editions)
author: Eugene O'Neill
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.30
book published: 1997
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 02/03/08
shelves: drama
review:

]]> 14502417 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:49:00 -0800 <![CDATA[Roosters]]> Roosters
author: Milcha Sanchez-Scott
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.00
book published: 1998
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 02/03/08
shelves: drama
review:

]]> 14502405 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:48:34 -0800 <![CDATA[Fences]]> Fences
author: August Wilson
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.86
book published: 1986
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 02/03/08
shelves: drama
review:

]]> 14502397 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:48:05 -0800 <![CDATA[The Wash]]> The Wash
author: Philip Kan Gotanda
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1998
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 02/03/08
shelves: drama
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]]> 14502377 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:47:22 -0800 <![CDATA[Buried Child]]> Buried Child
author: Sam Shepard
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1979
rating: 4
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date added: 02/03/08
shelves: drama
review:

]]> 14502369 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:47:03 -0800 <![CDATA[A Raisin in the Sun]]> A Raisin in the Sun
author: Lorraine Hansberry
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.73
book published: 1994
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 02/03/08
shelves: drama
review:

]]> 14502316 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:45:19 -0800 <![CDATA[It Came from the Far Side]]> It Came from the Far Side
author: Gary Larson
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.49
book published: 1992
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 02/03/08
shelves: comics
review:

]]> 14502314 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:45:15 -0800 <![CDATA[The Bride of the Far Side]]> The Bride of the Far Side
author: Gary Larson
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.42
book published: 1987
rating: 5
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date added: 02/03/08
shelves: comics
review:

]]> 14502309 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:45:05 -0800 <![CDATA[The Far Side Gallery]]> The Far Side Gallery
author: Gary Larson
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.39
book published: 1984
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 02/03/08
shelves: comics
review:

]]> 14502230 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:42:14 -0800 <![CDATA[Lord of the Flies]]> Lord of the Flies
author: William Golding
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.62
book published: 1954
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 02/03/08
shelves: fiction
review:

]]> 14502221 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:41:52 -0800 <![CDATA[Henry VI, Part 2]]> Henry VI, Part 2
author: William Shakespeare
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.79
book published: 1594
rating: 4
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date added: 02/03/08
shelves: drama
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]]> 14502214 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:41:38 -0800 <![CDATA[King Henry IV, Part 1]]> King Henry IV, Part 1
author: William Shakespeare
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.75
book published: 1598
rating: 4
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date added: 02/03/08
shelves: drama
review:

]]> 14502202 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:41:16 -0800 <![CDATA[Antony and Cleopatra (Folger Shakespeare Library)]]> Antony and Cleopatra (Folger Shakespeare Library)
author: William Shakespeare
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.54
book published: 1623
rating: 4
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date added: 02/03/08
shelves: drama
review:

]]> 14502194 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:41:04 -0800 <![CDATA[Twelfth Night (Folger Shakespeare Library)]]> Twelfth Night (Folger Shakespeare Library)
author: William Shakespeare
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1623
rating: 5
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date added: 02/03/08
shelves: drama
review:

]]> 14502188 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:40:51 -0800 <![CDATA[The Merchant of Venice (Folger Shakespeare Library)]]> The Merchant of Venice (Folger Shakespeare Library)
author: William Shakespeare
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.75
book published: 1600
rating: 4
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date added: 02/03/08
shelves: drama
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]]> 14502119 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:38:38 -0800 <![CDATA[Long Day's Journey into Night]]> Long Day's Journey into Night
author: Eugene O'Neill
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.15
book published: 1941
rating: 5
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date added: 02/03/08
shelves: drama
review:

]]> 14502118 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:38:36 -0800 <![CDATA[A Moon for the Misbegotten]]> A Moon for the Misbegotten
author: Eugene O'Neill
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2006
rating: 3
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date added: 02/03/08
shelves: drama
review:

]]> 14502083 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:37:45 -0800 <![CDATA[Six Degrees of Separation]]> Six Degrees of Separation
author: John Guare
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1990
rating: 4
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date added: 02/03/08
shelves: drama
review:

]]> 14502048 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:36:18 -0800 <![CDATA[Witch Week (Chrestomanci Books)]]> Witch Week (Chrestomanci Books)
author: Diana Wynne Jones
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2001
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 02/03/08
shelves: childrens
review:

]]> 14502016 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:34:42 -0800 <![CDATA[Mother Courage and Her Children]]> Mother Courage and Her Children
author: Bertolt Brecht
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.68
book published: 1994
rating: 4
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date added: 02/03/08
shelves: drama
review:

]]> 14501846 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:29:01 -0800 <![CDATA[Children of the Alley: A Novel]]> Children of the Alley: A Novel
author: Naguib Mahfouz
name: Jessica
average rating: 3.89
book published: 1996
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 02/03/08
shelves: fiction
review:

]]> 14501831 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:28:32 -0800 <![CDATA[Equus]]> Equus
author: Peter Shaffer
name: Jessica
average rating: 4.01
book published: 1973
rating: 3
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date added: 02/03/08
shelves: drama
review:

]]> 14501812 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:28:03 -0800 <![CDATA[The Importance of Being Earnest]]>