false 2 422 402 true 5691755 read 7 true 2823525 currently-reading 13 true 2823524 to-read 148 false 2832026 novels 54 false 2832033 biography 39 false 2832030 so-bad-i-stopped 28 false 2832154 comic-books 20 false 2832015 random-non-fiction 18 false 2832027 short-stories 18 false 3744678 criticism-observation 18 false 3150552 art-books 14 false 3345792 plays 13 false 3892051 nature-science 13 false 4580728 interviews 8 false 3783390 mythology-religion 5 false 3744693 kid-stuff 5 false 3413710 poetry http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77183374 to: Plays, Volume Three (Paperback) by Harold Pinter
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The Homecoming ****o
Tea Party ****o
The Basement ***oo
Landscape **ooo
Silence **ooo
Night ***oo
That's Your Trouble ***oo
That's All ***oo
Applicant ***oo
Interview ***oo
Dialogue for Three ***oo
Tea Party (short story) ***oo
Old Times ****o
No Man's Land ****o ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80512583 to: The Crossing (Border Trilogy, Vol 2) by Cormac McCarthy
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I *really* liked the first section, with the wolf. The rest is good. Typical CM. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79737946 to: The Solitude of Prime Numbers (Paperback) by Paolo Giordano
bookshelves: novels
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79737968 to: Modern Masters Volume 19: Mike Ploog (Modern Masters (TwoMorrows Publishing)) by Eric Nolen-Weathington
bookshelves: art-books
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79030188 to: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Penguin Modern Classics) by Carson McCullers
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Some interesting characters but not much story. Unfortunately. Solid writing and a historically significant portrayal of early Civil Rights, but a few too many speed bumps of boredom for me to get into it deeply. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78293133 to: Inherit the Wind (paper) by Jerome Lawrence
bookshelves: plays
Just saw the excellent Kevin Spacey production and I still have fond memories of the Spencer Tracy/Gene Kelly filmed version.

It’s rather disturbing how events that occurred in the 1920s, were documented in this play in the 1950s, now are *still* so very, very pertinent.
So much for evolution is some areas.
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78052415 to: One Train Later a Memoir (Paperback) by Andy Summers
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While Summers writes a great deal about life before The Police, its disappointing that the last page is about the breakup of The Police...nothing more about Summers various other projects in the 22 after the breakup to the books publishing.
But other than that, and excellent bio. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58151565 to: Essential Moon Knight Volume 2 TPB (Paperback) by Doug Moench
bookshelves: comic-books
astounding, classic art by Bill Sienkiewicz, but mediocre stories. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76447729 to: Once Again to Zelda: The Stories Behind Literature's Most Intriguing Dedications (Hardcover) by Marlene Wagman-Geller
bookshelves: random-non-fiction
Certainly a book I would not have bought if I flipped through it first (ah, the joys of the internet). I've always feared when Wikipedia would become a source of real "research", as I knew a product like *this* would be the outcome.
Not much to do with unearthing interesting behind the scenes to dedications...moreso just short biographies.
And after a few of the classic writers are one over random crap (i.e. hardly "literature") like Stephen King, JK Rowling, Dean Koontz and Ken Follett are brought into the mix.
Most unpleasant. ]]>