false 1021218 68 male Whittier, CA 03/2008 12/2009 432 Ayn Rand 2020634 Krista Tibbs 713 Lisa See 1064072 T.C. Boyle 211268 Geraldine Brooks 7995 James A. Michener 8 553 516 true 5632270 read 1 true 2103297 currently-reading 24 true 2103296 to-read 12 true 4785614 someday-aisle 5 false 5288490 best-reads 5 false 4981036 first-reads 5 false 5288492 worst-reads 2 false 4892045 unreadable Ayn Rand and the World She Made (Hardcover) by Anne Conover Heller]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76312326 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255578490s/3561809.jpg 1021218 George http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1233124016p2/1021218.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1021218-george Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:11:27 -0800 The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Hardcover) by Jacqueline Kelly]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77021775 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255794734s/6202556.jpg 1021218 George http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1233124016p2/1021218.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1021218-george Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:10:32 -0800
“One day I would have all the books in the world, shelves and shelves of them.”
–(eleven year old fictional character) Calpurnia Virginia Tate, 1899 (Pg. 16)

A mere hundred and ten years later, when ‘The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate,’ by Jacquel...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80778308 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255893419s/533465.jpg 1021218 George http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1233124016p2/1021218.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1021218-george Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:08:36 -0800 Judy wrote: "I read this one a couple of years ago and it was, to me, a horror story. The monster was the Chinese Cultural Revolution conceived and led by Chairman Mao Zedong. I gasped at some of the things he ..."

Thank-you. Let me know if you find it. No hurry, though. I've got at least three books in front of it. ...george]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51881212 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170514429s/58557.jpg 1021218 George http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1233124016p2/1021218.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1021218-george Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:06:40 -0800 Judy wrote: "Tantelizing reveiw. I'm not sure I'm up for 567 pages of tiny font size. I will look for the movie though. Is it the same title? "

Yes... Same title. Stars Matt Damon.]]> The Informant: A True Story (Paperback) by Kurt Eichenwald]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51881212 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170514429s/58557.jpg 1021218 George http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1233124016p2/1021218.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1021218-george Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:20:10 -0800
This was a terrific movie and an even more terrific book.

Protagonist, Mark Whitacre, is a walking, talking, successful, well educated, albeit unbelievably naïve, personality disorder looking for a time and place to implode. It wa...more...]]> Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness (Hardcover) by Richard H. Thaler]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81166978 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255616605s/2527900.jpg 1021218 George http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1233124016p2/1021218.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1021218-george Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:28:09 -0800 Enemies of the People: My Family's Journey to America (Hardcover) by Kati Marton]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81166939 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51SbjYLLl4L._SL75_.jpg 1021218 George http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1233124016p2/1021218.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1021218-george Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:27:04 -0800