false 8 81 78 true 6166672 read 0 true 2890528 currently-reading 3 true 2890527 to-read 6 false 2894735 home-decoration 5 false 2890723 women-s-spirituality 5 false 2894804 classics 5 false 2894747 kai-s-favorite-books 4 false 2890716 magic---fantasy 2 false 2894886 women-in-asia 1 false 2894827 women-in-the-middle-east 1 false 2890720 the-best-books-ever-written 0 false 2894734 cookbooks 0 false 2890731 quadrille-books 0 false 2894832 health---well-being 0 false 2894736 angels http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51875567 to: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler (Paperback) by E.L. Konigsburg
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51875544 to: The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1) by Philip Pullman
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51875538 to: The Outsiders (Mass Market Paperback) by S.E. Hinton
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51875523 to: Twilight (Twilight Saga #1) by Stephenie Meyer
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51874493 to: Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Penguin Classics) by Thomas Hardy
bookshelves: classics, the-best-books-ever-written, women-s-spirituality
Pulsating with Goddess symbolism, Tess of the D'Urbervilles would make Jane Austen blush and indeed was considered risque for it's time (late 1800s). Yet with its themes of women's spirituality, sexuality, connection to the earth, and class struggles, the book is more relevant today than ever. I recommend it for anyone interested in women's issues or people who love the classics but are looking for something with a lot more depth. Warning: you'll need to carry a dictionary with you to translate Hardy's sophisticated vocabulary and capacious references to the classics. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28187104 to: Great Expectations (Paperback) by Charles Dickens
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51874683 to: The Pillars of the Earth (Paperback) by Ken Follett
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51874551 to: To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback) by Harper Lee
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50507628 to: The White Tiger (Hardcover) by Aravind Adiga
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43182007 One Hundred Years of Solitude (Hardcover) by Gabriel García Márquez
bookshelves: classics, to-read
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