false 34 694 431 true 5637184 read 3 true 2180694 currently-reading 260 true 2180693 to-read 92 false 2181095 2008-books 60 false 2182105 read-a-long-time-ago 45 false 2241286 read-in-high-school 44 false 2193343 1990s-books 41 false 2181094 2007-books 40 false 2241260 children-s-books 34 false 4180528 2009-books 23 false 2181093 2006-books 20 false 2182116 2005-books 18 false 2181098 recent-favorites 16 false 2181100 all-time-favorites 16 false 4466878 to-nominate 11 false 2193336 2004-books 11 false 2193319 2002-books 9 false 2275193 2003-books 9 false 2241277 read-in-junior-high 5 false 2241259 cookbooks 5 false 2241274 read-in-college 3 false 2270786 2001-books 0 false 2356976 not-going-to-read <![CDATA[Al added 'Little Pink House: A True Story of Defiance and Courage']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78669763 Little Pink House: A True Story of Defiance and Courage (Hardcover) by Jeff Benedict
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]]> <![CDATA[Al is on page 7 of Serena: A Novel ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78539971 Al is on page 7 of 371 of Serena: A Novel ]]> <![CDATA[Al added 'Serena: A Novel']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78539971 Serena: A Novel (Hardcover) by Ron Rash
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]]> <![CDATA[Al added 'War Dances']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77956652 to: War Dances (Hardcover) by Sherman Alexie
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I liked this short story collection quite a bit - I have liked his YA work that I have read in the past, but this adult fiction was quite good and unexpected. His poetry is scattered throughout the book and I liked that too. ]]> <![CDATA[Al added 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78055917 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Library of Essential Reading Series) by Anne Brontë
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I found this whole story fascinating and one I knew nothing about before reading this book. I was amazed and awed by how Van Meegeren was able to turn himself into a folk hero in the Netherlands just after WWII despite his life as a forger, philanderer and Nazi collaborator. The story of his life was a great read, but the timing of his trial and how he continued to masterfully manipulate people was the part that was most interesting to me. ]]> <![CDATA[Al added 'The Makioka Sisters']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76288453 The Makioka Sisters (Paperback) by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki
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