false 1184774 37 male Seattle, WA 05/2008 12/2009 6 361 323 true 5635032 read 1 true 2476887 currently-reading 21 true 2476886 to-read 16 true 2478988 own-may-not-read 244 false 2483315 nonfiction 98 false 2483314 fiction 62 false 2480751 history 52 false 2480756 humor 42 false 2483093 read-multiple-times 28 false 2480761 policy 26 false 2480762 pyramidiot 19 false 2480736 conspiracy 15 false 2480749 gambling 14 false 2480750 gay 12 false 2480752 hollywood 11 false 2480758 nazism 10 false 2480748 drugs 10 false 2480755 howard-hughes 9 false 2480763 science 9 false 2480732 beats 8 false 2480764 sex 6 false 2480759 philosophy 4 false 2480757 mental-health Our Lady Of The Flowers (Paperback) by Jean Genet]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81723325 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170398612s/53003.jpg 1184774 Jeff R http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226891884p2/1184774.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1184774-jeff-r Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:55:27 -0800 A Singular Man (Paperback) by J.P. Donleavy]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78167495 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171925870s/127016.jpg 1184774 Jeff R http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226891884p2/1184774.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1184774-jeff-r Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:25:39 -0800 How Far Can You Go? (Paperback) by David Lodge]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76432489 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173282151s/267257.jpg 1184774 Jeff R http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226891884p2/1184774.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1184774-jeff-r Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:19:33 -0800
This book may be more interesting to Catholic readers than the general public. It really does go into a lot of detail about Catholic thought and policy during the decades in question.

Not as humorou...more...]]> The Wine of Youth: Selected Stories (Paperback) by John Fante]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76200106 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178751444s/832427.jpg 1184774 Jeff R http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226891884p2/1184774.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1184774-jeff-r Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:39:32 -0700
The best parts for me were the Catholic-guilt sections.

A couple of the stories dealt with the author in adultho...more...]]> The Happiest Man Alive: A Biography of Henry Miller (Paperback) by Mary V. Dearborn]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75254110 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg 1184774 Jeff R http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226891884p2/1184774.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1184774-jeff-r Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:04:14 -0700
So maybe I still have some artisti...more...]]> Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?: A Swashbuckling Tale of High Adventures, Questionable Ethics, and Professional Hedonism (Paperback) by Thomas Kohnstamm]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73464792 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51f13u1dt4L._SL75_.jpg 1184774 Jeff R http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226891884p2/1184774.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1184774-jeff-r Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:59:17 -0700 Journey to the End of the Night (New Directions Paperbook) by Louis-Ferdinand Céline]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70854870 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166501607s/12395.jpg 1184774 Jeff R http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226891884p2/1184774.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1184774-jeff-r Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:54:29 -0700
It it a bit uneven in the middle, sagging here and there. Oh well... if you're going to sag, sag in the middle. ...more...]]> Who Walk in Darkness (Paperback) by Chandler Brossard]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70111654 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174771838s/438121.jpg 1184774 Jeff R http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226891884p2/1184774.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1184774-jeff-r Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:13:26 -0700
I could not resist the incredibly lurid cover of the 1952 paperback and picked it u...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68559384 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170933176s/78287.jpg 1184774 Jeff R http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226891884p2/1184774.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1184774-jeff-r Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:18:55 -0700 ]]>