false 3 52 39 true 5808202 read 1 true 276456 currently-reading 12 true 276455 to-read 7 false 276663 favoritefiction 7 false 276717 spirituality 5 false 276457 fantasy 4 false 276703 feminist 2 false 276727 sociology 2 false 276714 history 1 false 276732 media 0 false 276671 britishlit <![CDATA[Karen added 'The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3319822 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Paperback) by Michael Chabon
bookshelves: favoritefiction
]]> <![CDATA[Karen added 'The Yiddish Policemen's Union']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3319808 The Yiddish Policemen's Union (Hardcover) by Michael Chabon
bookshelves: currently-reading
]]> <![CDATA[Karen added 'Cause Celeb']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2414008 to: Cause Celeb (Paperback) by Helen Fielding
i almost liked this book more than i liked the two bridget jones books, so that's saying a lot as i love them. cause celeb has a little more depth, although no matter what, fielding has a knack for creating female narrators with whom the presumably female reader can relate and sympathize. when is her next book coming out!? ]]> <![CDATA[Karen added '1984']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2414567 to: 1984 (Paperback) by George Orwell
i could not put this book down. 1984 is almost prophetic given how close we've come to a police state with endless surveillance and governments that change the law to suit their needs. an incredibly powerful read, as important now as it was when it was published.

and the last 75 pages or so made me squirm. ]]> <![CDATA[Karen added 'The Bell Jar']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2414722 to: The Bell Jar (Paperback) by Sylvia Plath
]]> <![CDATA[Karen added 'Losing Gemma']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2413972 to: Losing Gemma (Paperback) by Katy Gardner
]]> <![CDATA[Karen added 'Bringing the War Home: The Weather Underground, the Red Army Faction, and Revolutionary Violence in the Sixties and Seventies']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2046831 to: Bringing the War Home: The Weather Underground, the Red Army Faction, and Revolutionary Violence in the Sixties and Seventies (Paperback) by Jeremy Varon
]]> <![CDATA[Karen added 'Fugitive Days: A Memoir']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2046829 to: Fugitive Days: A Memoir (Paperback) by William Ayers
]]> <![CDATA[Karen added 'The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2046824 The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things (Paperback) by Barry Glassner
bookshelves: media, sociology, to-read
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