Jenny's profile

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Jenny's bookshelves

read (236)
currently-reading (3)
to-read (25)
audiobook (150)
novels (134)

non-fiction--film (67)
non-fiction-memoir-or-biography (64)
humor (24)
favorites (17)
short-story-collections (9)

non-fiction-history (6)
non-fiction-other (4)
non-fiction--politics (4)
non-fiction---entertainment (3)
movie-reference-book (3)

didn-t-finish (2)
reference (1)
photography (1)

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Jenny is currently reading

	07/21 Jenny is currently reading: Belong to Me: A Novel (Audio CD) by Marisa de los Santos (Goodreads author!) bookshelves: audiobook, currently-reading, novels	my rating:
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	07/11 Jenny is currently reading: William Randolph Hearst an Illustrated B (Paperback) by Nancy E. Loe (Goodreads author!) bookshelves: currently-reading, non-fiction-memoir-or-biography	my rating:
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	07/07 Jenny is currently reading: Audrey Hepburn (Paperback) by Barry Paris bookshelves: currently-reading, non-fiction--film, non-fiction-memoir-or-biography	my rating:
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Jenny's recent updates (rss)

July 25

Jenny marked as to-read:
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Paperback)
by Zora Neale Hurston
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July 22

Jenny gave

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The Little Rascals: The Life and Times of Our Gang (Paperback)
by Leonard Maltin
bookshelves: non-fiction--film

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read in October, 2001

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Jenny gave

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Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide (Paperback)
by Leonard Maltin
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Jenny gave

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Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia: Career Profiles of More than 2000 Actors and Filmmakers, Past and Present (Penguin Reference)
by Leonard Maltin
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Jenny made a comment in the group Balconeers—I'd like to recommend topic:

Jenny wrote: "I thought I'd start a new topic for film books we can recommend that aren't biographies or books-mad...more "

Jenny gave

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Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy: For People Who Love Movies (Paperback)
by Leonard Maltin
bookshelves: non-fiction--film

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read in July, 2008

Jenny said: "This is a compilation of articles Maltin published in his "Movie Crazy" newsletter, plus some extras. The chapters are fascinating interviews with older movies stars (Jimmy Lydon, Joan Leslie, Mary Brian, etc..) about their careers as well ...more "

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July 21

Jenny made a comment in the group Audiobooks—What are your favorite websites to download audiobooks? topic:

Jenny wrote: "Dacia, Overdrive doesn't work with iPods. :-( -- see posts above. I have a Zen player and it works g...more "

Jenny gave

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Anyone But You (Mass Market Paperback)
by Jennifer Crusie (Goodreads author!)
bookshelves: audiobook, novels

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read in April, 2006

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Jenny gave

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Crazy for You (Mass Market Paperback)
by Jennifer Crusie (Goodreads author!)
bookshelves: humor, novels

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read in February, 2003

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Jenny gave

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Tell Me Lies (Jennifer Crusie 2004)
by Jennifer Crusie (Goodreads author!)
bookshelves: humor, novels

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read in February, 2004

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Jenny's favorite quotes

"Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent."
— Eleanor Roosevelt

tags: confidence, inspirational, wisdom

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"What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other? "
— George Eliot

2 people liked it

"Could be worse, could be raining."
— Igor

1 person liked it

"Do you think that people ever really do believe they will die, that the world will just go along as always without them? I wonder if we aren't all a little surprised at the moment of crossover, if we don't look back over our shoulders saying, Now hold on."
— Elizabeth Berg (The Day I Ate Everything I Wanted: Stories)

tags: humor

1 person liked it

Jenny's groups (recent posts)

Constant Reader — 836 members — last activity 20 minutes ago
An open forum for friendly discussion of books and anything to do with reading, movies and art.

Goodreads Feedback — 1005 members — last activity 1 hour, 49 min ago
This is a place to give feedback about Goodreads. Feature ideas, bugs, or any other suggestion for improvement. The Goodreads staff monitors this gr...more

Audiobooks — 224 members — last activity 3 hours, 17 min ago
Audio books are getting more and more popular for commuters & those wanting to squeeze in another book or two a month while doing other activities...more

Balconeers — 19 members — last activity 2 days ago, 08:40PM
Hey, there's a Balcony in the Goodreads library where we can all talk – movie books, books into movies, movies into books, books about going to the ...more

Jenny's friend comments

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from Renee

06/10/2008 11:44PM

Jenny,
Thanks for inviting me to join! This is really neat!
Renee

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from Mike

04/18/2008 01:58PM

Welcome aboard Jenny! I think you'll like it here.

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Jenny's friends (11)

	Catherine 19 books 7 friends
	Graceann 448 books 58 friends
	Monica 422 books, 26 friends Friend details Through Goodreads "Another audiobook-a-holic like me!"
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	Renee 27 books, 1 friend Friend details Family "Jenny is my former step mother and what I love about her is her ability to tell a story and capture every detail, she remembers every special occassion, her way of showing people she cares about them by doing extraordinary things for them. For example, for my sweet 16th birthday she made a cassette tape of all sweet 16 songs for me, a treasure. Thank you Jenny for all you do! I love ya!"
	Lynn 7 books 1 friend
	Mike 383 books, 20 friends Friend details Family "My cousin & good friend Jenny..."
	Karie 71 books 10 friends
	Deborah 1 book 1 friend
	Carol 146 books 2 friends
	Lucia 7 books 18 friends

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