false 13 147 147 true 5840293 read 0 true 2878386 currently-reading 0 true 2878385 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/event/show/45955-goodreads-and-book-soup-book-swap Elizabeth said "yes" to attending the event: Goodreads and Book Soup Book Swap! .
date: August 15, 2009 01:00PM
location: Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA, The United States
description: Come join Goodreads and Book Soup for another fun book swap!

Bring all that embarrassing light summer reading you've been distracting yourself with and find something serious to take you into the fall...All leftover books will be donated to the new Silver Lake Library. There will also be a DJ and the Kogi Taco Truck!

*To make sure that you receive all future invites to local events, please join the Goodreads Official Southern California Events group!

*A note abou...more Come join Goodreads and Book Soup for another fun book swap!

Bring all that embarrassing light summer reading you've been distracting yourself with and find something serious to take you into the fall...All leftover books will be donated to the new Silver Lake Library. There will also be a DJ and the Kogi Taco Truck!

*To make sure that you receive all future invites to local events, please join the Goodreads Official Southern California Events group!

*A note about parking...it's tough on Sunset Blvd. If you have a ton of books, you can park in the loading zone in front of Book Soup and drop them off before you park! (less)
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64656482 to: Pop Apocalypse: A Possible Satire (P.S.) by Lee Konstantinou
Doesn't reach its potential in the satire level (guess that's why it is called a "possible satire"), but is occasionally very funny. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64655780 to: Isabel's Bed (Paperback) by Elinor Lipman
A fun read about a 40 something woman, recently dumped by her jerk of a boyfriend, who is hired to ghostwrite the story of an infamous love-triangle murder by the mistress of the murdered man, and becomes drawn into a world very different (and a lot more interesting) than her own. Sometimes predictable (will she get together with the hunky handyman?), sometimes twisty (the murdering wife gets released from the mental hospital and comes for a visit), but always enjoyable. Lipman does a good job creating realistic and likeable characters. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64651728 to: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Hardcover) by Junot Díaz
Wonderful read--hooks you and won't let you go. Jumps around in time between three generations, each more fascinating than the last. Diaz is a terrific writer with a voice that is both funny and ascerbic. Like Gabriel Garcia Marquez on crack. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64651482 to: Marcelo In The Real World (Hardcover) by Francisco X. Stork
This was favorably compared with The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, which was why I picked it up. However, I found it dull and disappointing. Not necessarily badly written, just not really interesting. I couldn't get warmed up to the protagonist. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64650144 to: The Flamenco Academy (Hardcover) by Sarah Bird
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64649848 to: America America: A Novel (Hardcover) by Ethan Canin
Gently heartbreaking tale of the loss of American innocence. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64648285 to: The Widows of Eastwick (Hardcover) by John Updike
Unsatisfying. John Updike could, and did, do so much better.
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1112.Young_Adult_Fiction_for_Adults Elizabeth joined the Young Adult Fiction for Adults group. ]]>