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author: Jennifer Weiner
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2008
rating: 5
read at: 05/08
date added: 05/12/08
shelves: chick-lit, fiction
review:
Got this from the library and really enjoyed it. It's where Cannie Shapiro from Good in Bed left off plus another 12 years later. Mother/daughter story told from each point of view in alternating chapters. Break out your tissues towards the end.
]]> 22041763 Sun, 11 May 2008 16:55:31 -0700
author: Barbara Park
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1997
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 05/11/08
shelves: children-lit
review:
I thought this was cute, but my son couldn't handle it! Junie B Jones is a mini version of me.
]]> 21914822 Fri, 09 May 2008 17:20:46 -0700
author: Anna Dewdney
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2007
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 05/09/08
shelves: children-lit
review:
Read this at the book store to my kids. Llama LLama Red Pajamas was cute too. Lots of llama drama.
]]> 21932943 Fri, 09 May 2008 10:43:58 -0700
author: Donna Caffey
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 5.00
book published: 2002
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 05/09/08
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review:

]]> 21914810 Fri, 09 May 2008 05:15:54 -0700
author: Anna Dewdney
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 4.52
book published: 2005
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 05/09/08
shelves: children-lit
review:
Adorable story. This was read to us at storytime at the library. I hear there's a sequel. Going to check that out now.
]]> 20870433 Thu, 08 May 2008 18:17:19 -0700
author: Mary Kay Andrews
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at: 05/08
date added: 05/08/08
shelves: chick-lit, fiction
review:
Recommended by a fellow goodreader. This was cute. When bride to be/interior designer in small town Georgia found her groom getting it on with her maid of honor on the boardroom table at the country club during the rehearsal dinner, she threw the hissy fit of a century.
]]> 20033147 Sat, 03 May 2008 17:28:58 -0700
author: Louise Bagshawe
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 3.47
book published: 2007
rating: 3
read at: 05/08
date added: 05/03/08
shelves: family-drama, fiction
review:
I enjoyed For All the Wrong Reasons. Let's see about this one.
]]> 21124929 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:34:12 -0700
author: Barbara Cohen
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 3.91
book published: 1987
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 04/27/08
shelves: beginner-reader, jewish
review:
Really cute.
]]> 20930966 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:20:01 -0700
author: Keith Baker
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 4.10
book published: 1999
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 04/24/08
shelves: children-lit
review:
Cute! We read this one at the library.
]]> 20481185 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:36:27 -0700
author: Brian Selznick
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 3.47
book published: 2000
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 04/18/08
shelves:
review:
My son and I just got finished reading this. He's in kindergarten and is thrilled to be reading "chapter books".
]]> 9733063 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:35:45 -0700
author: Lisa See
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 3.45
book published: 2007
rating: 5
read at: 10/07
date added: 04/16/08
shelves: fantasy, fiction
review:
I really liked this one, but liked Snowflower & the Secret Fan better.
]]> 20067440 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:07:10 -0700
author: Lisa Tracy
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 5.00
book published: 1985
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 04/13/08
shelves:
review:
I still have my copy and I'm about to break it out to make wild rice casserole.
]]> 20033263 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:05:05 -0700
author: Marc Brown
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2001
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 04/12/08
shelves: children-lit
review:
I've read this to my son several times. As a child, being caught in your underwear and laughed at has got to be the worst thing in history. Fun read.
]]> 20033022 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:00:54 -0700
author: William L. Rathje
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2001
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 04/12/08
shelves: archaeology
review:

]]> 20032906 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:58:29 -0700
author: Napoleon A. Chagnon
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 3.39
book published: 1996
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 04/12/08
shelves: anthropology
review:
Very interesting study of people. Yanomamo means we the people in their language.
]]> 19882834 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:19:00 -0700
author: V.C. Andrews
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 3.47
book published: 1999
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 04/10/08
shelves:
review:
Not a huge fan of the Wildflowers either.
]]> 19762706 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:17:03 -0700
author: V.C. Andrews
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1991
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 04/08/08
shelves:
review:
This was my favorite VC Andrews series.
]]> 19762532 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:15:27 -0700
author: V.C. Andrews
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 3.17
book published: 1980
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 04/08/08
shelves:
review:
This was my favorite VC Andrews series.
]]> 19331000 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:13:41 -0700
author: Stephen King
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2008
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 04/02/08
shelves: mystery, suspense
review:
Another must read the book first before seeing the movie. I liked the movie too!
]]> 19329458 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:52:02 -0700
author: C.S. Lewis
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1955
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 04/02/08
shelves:
review:
Great start to the book.
]]> 19256214 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:52:27 -0700
author: Jane O'Connor
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2008
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 04/01/08
shelves:
review:
Got this for my sister Nancy's birthday. She's 38, but can still read chapter books. Cute!
]]> 19256038 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:51:05 -0700
author: Jane O'Connor
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2008
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 04/01/08
shelves: children-lit
review:
Got this for my sister Nancy's birthday and it was cute. It's enroute all the way to Ireland.
]]> 19017534 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:37:37 -0700
author: Dean R. Koontz
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 3.46
book published: 1991
rating: 0
read at: 03/08
date added: 03/30/08
shelves: currently-on-the-backburner
review:
Next book in my personal home stash.
]]> 18950417 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:54:57 -0700
author: Sophocles
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 3.94
book published: 1998
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 03/29/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 18950414 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:54:55 -0700
author: Sophocles
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 03/29/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 18859666 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:12:19 -0700
author: Ann Tatlock
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 3.59
book published: 2007
rating: 2
read at: 03/08
date added: 03/28/08
shelves:
review:
Kind of skimmed my way through this one. Eh.
]]> 18271594 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:11:05 -0700
author: Louise Bagshawe
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2002
rating: 5
read at: 03/08
date added: 03/21/08
shelves: fiction
review:
I really enjoyed this one. Very well developed characters bordering on almost x rated sex scenes or sex thoughts. I can't put it in the category of mindless smut. I'd be interested in reading another by this author.
]]> 17829899 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:52:03 -0700
author: Ian Caldwell
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 3.05
book published: 2005
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 03/15/08
shelves: murder-mystery
review:
Was on vacation while reading this and couldn't put it down. I felt like there was an extra 80 pages in there for filler, but all in all was content with the ending. The authors put a lot of work into this book. Can anyone else say Hypnerotomachia Poliphili 10 times without stuttering? I've mastered it!
]]> 17656180 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:16:18 -0700
author: Elizabeth Flock
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2006
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 03/13/08
shelves: fiction
review:
This one was recommended by another goodreads friend. Narrated by an 8 year old girl. Didn't expect where this one was going. My lips are sealed. Go ahead and read this and let me know what you think.
]]> 17520807 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:34:24 -0700
author: Margaret Atwood
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1995
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 03/11/08
shelves: children-lit
review:

]]> 17520500 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:30:41 -0700
author: Sidney Sheldon
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 3.63
book published: 1994
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 03/11/08
shelves: fiction
review:

]]> 16970780 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:03:11 -0800
author: Dan Koeppel
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2007
rating: 3
read at: 04/08
date added: 03/04/08
shelves: non-fiction
review:
I love myself some bananas. Very interesting or could this author be another overzealous fruit lover?
]]> 16324031 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:13:39 -0800
author: Richard Baer
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2007
rating: 2
read at:
date added: 02/25/08
shelves: medical, non-fiction
review:
Recommended by Patricia. Karen apparently has 17 personalities and agreed to let a psychiatrist write a book about her (them). Interesting look at multiple personalities, but not my type of book.
]]> 15947809 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:43:12 -0800
author: Geoffrey Chaucer
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 3.53
book published: 1390
rating: 5
read at: 01/90
date added: 02/20/08
shelves: classics, poetry
review:
Junior HS English. Loved it!
]]> 15845244 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:40:46 -0800
author: Stuart Woods
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 3.37
book published: 2007
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 02/19/08
shelves: mystery
review:
Just finished this one. I like how Woods united Will Lee, Stone Barringer and Holly Barker in this one. I've been waiting for this to happen. I'm still the president of the Stone Barringer fan club!
]]> 15845142 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:39:44 -0800
author: Stuart Woods
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2007
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 02/19/08
shelves:
review:
Quick and easy read.
]]> 15735887 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:44:36 -0800
author: Richard Fowler
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 4.67
book published: 1984
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 02/18/08
shelves: baby-toddler, children-lit
review:
Fun read with your little ones especially since they get to move the animal thru the book.
]]> 15735843 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:44:13 -0800
author: Richard Fowler
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 4.69
book published: 1984
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 02/18/08
shelves: baby-toddler, children-lit
review:
Fun to read with kids.
]]> 15577886 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:13:35 -0800
author: James Joyce
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1990
rating: 0
read at: 03/08
date added: 02/16/08
shelves: classics, currently-on-the-backburner
review:
Little tougher than I thought. Just not flowing for me with the way it's written. I visited the Martello Tower in Sandy Hook where Joyce wrote this and felt that I owed it to him to give it a try. I might pick back up on this later.
]]> 15221306 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:11:25 -0800
author: Allen Ginsberg
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1956
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 02/12/08
shelves: poetry
review:

]]> 15195535 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:25:11 -0800
author: DK Publishing
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 4.15
book published: 1998
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 02/11/08
shelves: baby-toddler
review:

]]> 15195488 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:24:27 -0800
author: Maurice Sendak
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1991
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 02/11/08
shelves: beginner-reader
review:

]]> 15195474 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:24:10 -0800
author: Fiona Watt
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2005
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 02/11/08
shelves: baby-toddler
review:

]]> 15195469 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:24:06 -0800
author: Fiona Watt
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2001
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 02/11/08
shelves: baby-toddler
review:

]]> 15195457 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:23:56 -0800
author: Fiona Watt
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2001
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 02/11/08
shelves: baby-toddler
review:

]]> 15195443 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:23:49 -0800
author: Fiona Watt
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 4.75
book published: 2000
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 02/11/08
shelves: baby-toddler
review:

]]> 15195428 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:23:38 -0800
author: Dorling Kindersley Corp
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1999
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 02/11/08
shelves: baby-toddler
review:

]]> 15131537 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:35:26 -0800
author: Dr. Seuss
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 4.31
book published: 1990
rating: 3
read at:
date added: 02/11/08
shelves: children-lit
review:

]]> 15098437 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:16:53 -0800
author: Beatrix Potter
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 4.52
book published: 2006
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 02/10/08
shelves: children-lit
review:

]]> 15098422 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:16:40 -0800
author: Beatrix Potter
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2002
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 02/10/08
shelves: children-lit
review:

]]> 15098350 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:15:47 -0800
author: Richard Scarry
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2004
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 02/10/08
shelves: beginner-reader
review:

]]> 15098269 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:14:48 -0800
author: Richard Scarry
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2000
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 02/10/08
shelves: beginner-reader
review:

]]> 15098213 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:14:15 -0800
author: Richard Scarry
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 4.46
book published: 1998
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 02/10/08
shelves: beginner-reader
review:
Excellent and dizzying! So much to do in Busytown.
]]> 15063159 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:38:46 -0800
author: Harold S. Kushner
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2004
rating: 4
read at: 01/03
date added: 02/10/08
shelves: non-fiction
review:
After losing identical twins 6 months into my pregnancy, a grief website recommended this one.
]]> 15056144 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:06:48 -0800
author: Henrietta Stickland
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 4.36
book published: 1997
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 02/10/08
shelves: baby-toddler
review:

]]> 15054450 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 09:45:11 -0800
author: Daisy Corning Stone Spedden
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1994
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 02/10/08
shelves: children-lit
review:
When I had my son, there was a local middle school that raised money to buy books. Those books were to be given to every single mother who delivered a baby at my hospital. My son and I were the first recipients of that book. What a great idea.
]]> 15054348 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 09:43:54 -0800
author: Mac McPhail
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 4.33
book published: 1993
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 02/10/08
shelves: children-lit
review:

]]> 15054264 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 09:42:45 -0800
author: David McPhail
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2005
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 02/10/08
shelves: children-lit
review:
Cute!
]]> 15054240 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 09:42:20 -0800
author: Nancy White Carlstrom
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 5.00
book published: 1996
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 02/10/08
shelves: children-lit
review:

]]> 15054187 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 09:41:27 -0800
author: John Malam
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2004
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 02/10/08
shelves: children-lit, classics
review:
A little too boring for my 5 yr old son who is named Jason. I'll try to reintroduce it to him at an older age.
]]> 15054027 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 09:39:07 -0800
author: John Howard Griffin
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2004
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 02/10/08
shelves: non-fiction
review:

]]> 15022185 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:48:13 -0800
author: Lois Ehlert
name: Ellenjsmellen
average rating: 3.75
book published: 1996
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 02/09/08
shelves: baby-toddler
review:
For some reason, little ones gravitate to this book and like to name the fruits & vegies. Plus, there's a few that I had never heard of before and have eaten since like jicama which is kind of tastes like a sweet radish.
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