false 1041899 male Saint Paul, MN 03/2008 11/2009 1 7 7 true 5858641 read 0 true 3538206 currently-reading 0 true 3538205 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77502699 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172248813s/153198.jpg 1041899 Bob http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1041899-bob Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:48:45 -0800 So Brave, Young and Handsome: A Novel (Hardcover) by Leif Enger]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73889060 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51bqKp168YL._SL75_.jpg 1041899 Bob http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1041899-bob Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:35:12 -0700
Becket is the author who hit it big with his first novel but can't seem to come up with winning story idea No. 2.

Hale -- is t...more...]]> The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3) by Dan Brown]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73886475 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255568700s/6411961.jpg 1041899 Bob http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1041899-bob Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:23:59 -0700 by Dan Brown

Can the writing style of a novelist get boring by just the third book?

I'm sure Doubleday is going to sell enough copies of Dan Brown's latest puzzler to wallpaper every monument and public building in Washington, DC inside and out...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/trivia http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg 1041899 Bob http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1041899-bob Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:28:27 -0700 American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House (Hardcover) by Jon Meacham]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47527540 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255681455s/3147367.jpg 1041899 Bob http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1041899-bob Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:05:49 -0800 Watching Barack Obama utilize his mandate from the 2008 election has been the perfect backdrop for going back in time to learn how -- in 1828 and during the eight...more...]]> the body of this by Andrew McNabb]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47526926 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235603499s/6289870.jpg 1041899 Bob http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1041899-bob Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:01:44 -0800
Often, it’s brilliant.

It’s writing filled both with humanity and a sense of place, descriptive in a way that refuses to ignore who and...more...]]> The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl (Paperback) by Timothy Egan]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35293463 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170807035s/72223.jpg 1041899 Bob http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1041899-bob Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:33:35 -0700 by Timothy Egan

You may have seen photos of the Dust Bowl, but read Timothy Egan's comprehensive history and you can taste the dirt and feel the wind blast against your skin.

Egan's "The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who S...more...]]> The Deportees: and Other Stories (Paperback) by Roddy Doyle]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35293138 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51dVIcMSBfL._SL75_.jpg 1041899 Bob http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1041899-bob Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:32:08 -0700 by Roddy Doyle

Ireland has changed.

The Ireland that for so many years forced its native population to leave has in recent times, seen a booming economy, so people struggling in other parts of the world are flocking to this new ...more...]]> Mistress of the Vatican: The True Story of Olimpia Maidalchini: The Secret Female Pope (Paperback) by Eleanor Herman]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35292857 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51gCzk6JOHL._SL75_.jpg 1041899 Bob http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1041899-bob Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:29:47 -0700 by Eleanor Herman

When I'm at the bookstore or library I tend to pick up anything that has "Vatican" in the title, so I couldn't pass up something as titillating as "Mistress of the Vatican" when publisher William Morrow offere...more...]]>