false 239 1126 468 true 5640647 read 4 true 2854519 currently-reading 654 true 2854518 to-read 180 false 4894673 1978-1998 98 false 4691664 2009 70 false 5440739 philosophy 69 false 5139843 science 59 false 5440538 theology 58 false 4894683 1977-and-prior 39 false 4691864 2007 37 false 5139850 history 32 false 5319282 civil-war 23 false 5275407 books-reading-writing 22 false 4691865 2006 17 false 5139947 baseball 17 false 4691835 2008 12 false 4699836 2002 12 false 4691870 2005 9 false 4699844 2000 8 false 4699745 2003 5 false 4699839 2001 5 false 4699783 2004 3 false 4699846 1999 <![CDATA[Dan added 'Baudolino']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27776840 to: Baudolino (Paperback) by Umberto Eco
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"Sometimes, when what we've sought is almost within our grasp, we make our faith a lie so that we don't have to give up our quest by achieving its goal."

When I finished Thomas Pynchon's V. last month, the sentence above was my entire review of it because I felt that was the most important thing I took away from that reading of the book. As I read V. I sensed it possessed a similarity of "aura" with Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum. Toward the end of Baudolino I recieved V.'s message again from a different perspective. Here the achievement of a goal precipitated the loss of the spirit, drive, and fellowship that were the quest. Most of the time, the journey is far more important than the destination and I love the way books use my heart and mind to talk to each other along my journey. ]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Dan]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5426-what-are-you-reading Dan made a comment in the The Next Best Book Club group:

Started A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore and The Cobra Event by Richard Preston. Been a while since I've dipped into The Complete Novels of Jane Austen but it's still there in the pile and I'm working on Philosophy in the Boudoir by the Marquis de Sade. ]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Dan]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/167250-dan-s-120-in-2009 Dan made a comment in the The Next Best Book Club group:

105. Baudolino - Umberto Eco ]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Dan]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/233695-the-girl-who-played-with-fire-spoilers Dan made a comment in the The Next Best Book Club group:

I finished this over the weekend and liked it better than Dragon Tattoo. It "moved" a little better than the first and had more twists. Because the end had a "to-be-continued" flavor, I'm not sure we've been told yet what "All the Evil" is. I thought for a while that it was something that happened in the hospital but then I got the impressions that it happened before Lisbeth went to the hospital. As for digging herself out of the grave, I think that was set up and was reinforcement for the fact that Lisbeth and Niederman are half-siblings. Lisbeth could have physiological abnormalties (albeit to a lesser degree) similar to Niedeerman's. I also wonder if the intrusion of the bullet into her brain could effect Lisbeth's personality in Hornet's nest.

]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Dan]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/68365-book-crushes Dan made a comment in the The Next Best Book Club group:

Okay - time to give this thread a shot of male perspective.

I'll have to go with Eowyn in Lord of the Rings and Annie in Shoeless Joe. They got the casting of Eowyn perfect with Miranda Otto. Amy Madigan was okay in Field of Dreams but it'd be hard to find a good match for Annie's personality. ]]> <![CDATA[Dan Porter took the never-ending book quiz]]> http://www.goodreads.com/trivia 1344527 Dan took the never-ending book quiz.
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