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Likes: comedy of manners, coming of age novels, narrative non-fiction, but mostly writing that makes me want to read something I have absolutely no interest in -- like Cod (by Marc Kurlansky).

Hate star rating systems. Word of caution. The star rating is not necessarily that the book is great but that I got a kick reading it. ]]> female Towson, MD 07/2008 06/2009 7 414 404 true 5686854 read 2 true 2750726 currently-reading 8 true 2750725 to-read 18 false 2757888 audio 6 false 2753786 juvenile 6 false 2761227 memoir-bio 5 false 2750885 culture 2 false 2750781 medicine 2 false 2754284 food 2 false 2753970 mystery 2 false 2750875 travel 0 false 3538869 will-buy-or-trade http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34632665 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172286705s/160726.jpg 1297649 Dunderhead http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1215159258p2/1297649.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1297649-dunderhead Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:53:33 -0700
Heidi makes me want to be a lesbian. Nina's gotta go, though.]]> The Book of Unholy Mischief (Hardcover) by Elle Newmark]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55067448 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228149077s/3170627.jpg 1297649 Dunderhead http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1215159258p2/1297649.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1297649-dunderhead Tue, 05 May 2009 15:58:18 -0700
It's interesting what bothers me. The characters kept saying "Boh" is a Florentine expression and not "Cio" a more typical feature of Venetian dialect...more...]]> The Lace Reader (Paperback) by Brunonia Barry]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30852135 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FJ-Acge0L._SL75_.jpg 1297649 Dunderhead http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1215159258p2/1297649.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1297649-dunderhead Tue, 05 May 2009 15:52:42 -0700 Then We Came to the End (Hardcover) by Joshua Ferris]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38980394 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171403609s/97782.jpg 1297649 Dunderhead http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1215159258p2/1297649.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1297649-dunderhead Tue, 05 May 2009 15:51:54 -0700 Case Histories: A Novel (Paperback) by Kate Atkinson]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34846997 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166720209s/16243.jpg 1297649 Dunderhead http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1215159258p2/1297649.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1297649-dunderhead Tue, 05 May 2009 15:50:31 -0700 Inferno (Modern Library Classics) by Dante Alighieri]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27464568 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166676681s/15645.jpg 1297649 Dunderhead http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1215159258p2/1297649.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1297649-dunderhead Tue, 05 May 2009 15:50:05 -0700 more...]]> The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback) by J.D. Salinger]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26275134 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517671s/5107.jpg 1297649 Dunderhead http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1215159258p2/1297649.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1297649-dunderhead Tue, 05 May 2009 15:48:53 -0700
Ev...more...]]> What Is the What (Hardcover) by Dave Eggers]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48746836 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165516034s/4952.jpg 1297649 Dunderhead http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1215159258p2/1297649.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1297649-dunderhead Tue, 05 May 2009 15:47:58 -0700 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15413104 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189183343s/1850102.jpg 1297649 Dunderhead http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1215159258p2/1297649.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1297649-dunderhead Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:54:05 -0800
I wondered whether Alice Sebold beat her editor into submission. There were so many inconsistencies in The Lovely Bones.]]>