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<![CDATA[Kathleen added 'Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79652875
Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Hardcover)
byH.W. Brands bookshelves: currently-reading
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<![CDATA[Kathleen added 'Water for Elephants']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76486944
to: Water for Elephants (Paperback)bySara Gruen
I sat down to read this last night, and didn't put it down until I was finished. It's a quick read but such a great story, and the author weaves present-day with a 70-year-old story with finesse. I enjoyed it very much.
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<![CDATA[Kathleen added 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72238460
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Mass Market Paperback)
byRobert M. Pirsig bookshelves: currently-reading
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<![CDATA[Kathleen added 'My Dream of You']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72238209
to: My Dream of You (Paperback)byNuala O'Faolain
melancholic. sort of the opposite of the coming-of-age novel. it starts with the death of the main character's best friend and goes through a "what now?" reevaluation of values, goals, and identity. it also looks into an actual affair during the potato famine. moving.
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<![CDATA[Kathleen added 'Time and Again']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72237991
to: Time and Again (Paperback)byJack Finney
LOVED this -- and I'm someone who has a very hard time suspending disbelief. I wanted to always be reading this, and never finishing.
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<![CDATA[Kathleen added 'The Last Dickens: A Novel']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72237546
to: The Last Dickens: A Novel (Hardcover)byMatthew Pearl
this book is very enjoyable. I really like Pearl's writing style, but was rather off-put by his last book (the Poe Shadow)'s main character who was basically a whiny rich kid. So, I was a little hesitant when this was gifted to me. But I really liked it -- there's adventure surrounding the last book Dickens wrote, and Pearl describes the era and the author in a compelling and convincing way. Books of this type are among my favorite -- books where adventure reigns but you learn something about another era.
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<![CDATA[Kathleen added 'Burr: A Novel']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64416364
to: Burr: A Novel (Paperback)byGore Vidal
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<![CDATA[Kathleen added 'Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life']]>
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60934412
to: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (Hardcover)byBarbara Kingsolver
loving it, so far!
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