false 1244885 61 female Chicago, IL 06/2008 12/2009 9 67 67 true 5773203 read 0 true 2635340 currently-reading 0 true 2635339 to-read Sicilian Tragedee: A Novel (Hardcover) by Ottavio Cappellani]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81965077 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515117i-MBL._SL75_.jpg 1244885 Joan http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1213710940p2/1244885.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1244885-joan Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:37:19 -0800 lack of dignity.

Take: Tino Cagnotto, theatre director, who is trying to stage an unusual produc...more...]]> From Bauhaus to Our House (Paperback) by Tom Wolfe]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80915877 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169563918s/41001.jpg 1244885 Joan http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1213710940p2/1244885.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1244885-joan Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:08:17 -0800
Now, I'm not a big fan of glass & steel & concrete office buildings, but Wolfe is absolutely virulent on the subject. And therein lies the rub. He detests Ba...more...]]> The Magicians (Hardcover) by Lev Grossman]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80915788 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255681445s/6101718.jpg 1244885 Joan http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1213710940p2/1244885.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1244885-joan Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:07:44 -0800 more...]]> Monster: Gay Adventures in American Machismo (Paperback) by Brian Bouldrey]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80915593 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173031353s/239864.jpg 1244885 Joan http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1213710940p2/1244885.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1244885-joan Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:06:24 -0800 more...]]> The Heather Blazing (Hardcover) by Colm Tóibín]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80915483 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180541779s/1052644.jpg 1244885 Joan http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1213710940p2/1244885.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1244885-joan Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:05:44 -0800
The structure of the novel is decept...more...]]> Connections: Our Selves - Our Books by Leona Rostenberg]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80915132 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg 1244885 Joan http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1213710940p2/1244885.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1244885-joan Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:02:55 -0800 more...]]> The Angel's Game (Hardcover) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64204163 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255680550s/4912857.jpg 1244885 Joan http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1213710940p2/1244885.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1244885-joan Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:56:26 -0800 more...]]> The Last Trials of Clarence Darrow (Hardcover) by Donald McRae]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64204052 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256007915s/6111950.jpg 1244885 Joan http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1213710940p2/1244885.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1244885-joan Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:42:01 -0700 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63283647 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255984649s/5750628.jpg 1244885 Joan http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1213710940p2/1244885.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1244885-joan Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:43:54 -0700 that book review blog, and ever since have been madly cutting-and-pasting my reviews here and elsewhere.

So be warned!]]> Inside Job (Hardcover) by Connie Willis]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63317925 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167544942s/24978.jpg 1244885 Joan http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1213710940p2/1244885.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1244885-joan Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:21:10 -0700 more...]]>