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NO, I do not consider (for example) Dan Brown on a par with Shakespeare.

I have attempted to rate books within the framework of their genre; as mass-market thrillers go, Brown's efforts are pretty good.

Also, SOME of Shakespeare's stuff did actually suck.]]> 29 male Fort Myers, FL 07/2008 12/2009 15 1200 938 true 5652446 read 0 true 2844061 currently-reading 262 true 2844060 to-read 266 false 4158511 scifi-fantasy 207 false 4158515 non-fiction 152 false 4165620 2009-read 94 false 2859514 2008-read 87 false 4165554 kids-ya 32 false 4159063 humor 29 false 4172583 religion-spirituality 7 false 4172591 parenting 7 false 4172579 music 6 false 4485759 to-reread 6 false 4172588 health 6 false 4172606 coins 4 false 4172559 poetry 3 false 4172594 soccer 2 false 4425488 cookbooks 1 false 4176960 games Weaveworld (Paperback) by Clive Barker]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42461325 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31XY3DV297L._SL75_.jpg 1339782 Oliver http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1339782-oliver Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:17:55 -0800 The Law of Nines (Hardcover) by Terry Goodkind]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78942611 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255634040s/6311614.jpg 1339782 Oliver http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1339782-oliver Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:17:28 -0800 Mountain of Black Glass (Otherland, #3) by Tad Williams]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27778160 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166113982s/10090.jpg 1339782 Oliver http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1339782-oliver Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:17:01 -0800 City of Golden Shadow (Otherland, #1) by Tad Williams]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27778148 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230504146s/28695.jpg 1339782 Oliver http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1339782-oliver Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:28:13 -0800 The Magicians (Hardcover) by Lev Grossman]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79746442 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255681445s/6101718.jpg 1339782 Oliver http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1339782-oliver Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:08:22 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/trivia http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg 1339782 Oliver http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1339782-oliver Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:06:04 -0800 The Gathering Storm (Wheel of Time, #12; A Memory of Light, #1) by Robert Jordan]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56468046 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1242636565s/6387896.jpg 1339782 Oliver http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1339782-oliver Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:05:37 -0800 Wry Martinis (Paperback) by Christopher Buckley]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78943496 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172760245s/213389.jpg 1339782 Oliver http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1339782-oliver Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:19:31 -0800 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Paperback) by Jonathan Safran Foer]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42456284 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165446871s/4588.jpg 1339782 Oliver http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1339782-oliver Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:18:18 -0800