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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4954833.Brooklyn_A_Novel">Brooklyn: A Novel (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1351903.Colm_T_ib_n">Colm Tóibín</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:54:09 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6324914.Homer_and_Langley_A_Novel">Homer and Langley: A Novel (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/12584.E_L_Doctorow">E.L. Doctorow</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:53:06 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Doctorow's latest, it's about the Collyer brothers who lived in their family mansion on upper Fifth Avenue in Manhattan until their deaths, jamming the place full of stuff-- piles of newspapers, broken junk, a model T car-- letting it fall apart around them.  The book's narrated by Homer, the blind ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Doctorow's%20latest,%20it's%20about%20the%20Collyer%20brothers%20who%20lived%20in%20their%20family%20mansion%20on%20upper%20Fifth%20Avenue%20in%20Manhattan%20until%20their%20deaths,%20jamming%20the%20place%20full%20of%20stuff--%20piles%20of%20newspapers,%20broken%20junk,%20a%20model%20T%20car--%20letting%20it%20fall%20apart%20around%20them.%20%20The%20book's%20narrated%20by%20Homer,%20the%20blind%20brother;%20he's%20writing%20to%20a%20mysterious%20Jacqueline%20(the%20revelation%20of%20who%20she%20is%20strikes%20me%20as%20the%20weakest%20part%20of%20the%20book).%20%20It's%20a%20little%20quieter%20than%20other%20Doctorow%20books,%20though%20no%20less%20engaging.%20%20The%20last%20couple%20sentences%20are%20hard%20to%20bear%20they're%20so%20heartbreaking.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:46:26 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Doctorow's great and this book's no exception.  A post-Prohibition story of a Bronx boy who works, for a short time, for a high profile gangster who made his money in beer.  One of the lovely choices Doctorow made was to tell the story of the end of the gangster's career, the waning years.  As alway...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Doctorow's%20great%20and%20this%20book's%20no%20exception.%20%20A%20post-Prohibition%20story%20of%20a%20Bronx%20boy%20who%20works,%20for%20a%20short%20time,%20for%20a%20high%20profile%20gangster%20who%20made%20his%20money%20in%20beer.%20%20One%20of%20the%20lovely%20choices%20Doctorow%20made%20was%20to%20tell%20the%20story%20of%20the%20end%20of%20the%20gangster's%20career,%20the%20waning%20years.%20%20As%20always%20in%20his%20books,%20history's%20weaved%20in%20seamlessly,%20the%20plot%20takes%20great%20turns,%20the%20narrative%20voice%20is%20captivating.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6076387.A_Gate_at_the_Stairs">A Gate at the Stairs (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/11746.Lorrie_Moore">Lorrie Moore</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:40:20 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The story of a woman thinking back about the year in college she was a nanny for an irresponsible white couple who adopt a black baby.  I thought the book got off to a slow start-- too much linguistic wheel spinning.  It picked up for me about halfway through, when some interesting plot stuff begins...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/The%20story%20of%20a%20woman%20thinking%20back%20about%20the%20year%20in%20college%20she%20was%20a%20nanny%20for%20an%20irresponsible%20white%20couple%20who%20adopt%20a%20black%20baby.%20%20I%20thought%20the%20book%20got%20off%20to%20a%20slow%20start--%20too%20much%20linguistic%20wheel%20spinning.%20%20It%20picked%20up%20for%20me%20about%20halfway%20through,%20when%20some%20interesting%20plot%20stuff%20begins%20to%20happen.%20%20The%20writing%20about%20race%20is%20terrific,%20and%20the%20ending's%20beautiful.%20%20I%20cried;%20I%20like%20when%20a%20book%20does%20this%20to%20me.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/162950.The_Puttermesser_Papers">The Puttermesser Papers (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/43530.Cynthia_Ozick">Cynthia Ozick</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:20:12 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Read this several months ago now, and I keep thinking about the protagonist, Ruth Puttermesser, and some of the situations she finds herself in-- being mayor of NYC; creating a sex-crazed golem.  It's an odd, fun read, a female, Jewish, NYC take on the picaresque novel. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:29:55 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book kicks ass.  Nate read it and couldn't stop raving about it, so I read it as soon as he was done.  It's the story of four adults and one kid vacationing on an island off Vancouver.  There's great tension between the major players, then something bad happens (won't say what) and everything g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/This%20book%20kicks%20ass.%20%20Nate%20read%20it%20and%20couldn't%20stop%20raving%20about%20it,%20so%20I%20read%20it%20as%20soon%20as%20he%20was%20done.%20%20It's%20the%20story%20of%20four%20adults%20and%20one%20kid%20vacationing%20on%20an%20island%20off%20Vancouver.%20%20There's%20great%20tension%20between%20the%20major%20players,%20then%20something%20bad%20happens%20(won't%20say%20what)%20and%20everything%20gets%20more%20complicated,%20murky,%20wonderful.%20%20The%20character%20work%20is%20great,%20as%20is%20the%20sentence%20by%20sentence%20writing.%20%20And,%20what's%20more,%20Klimasewiski%20makes%20all%20these%20gutsy%20plot%2Fnarrative-structure%20choices,%20like%20revealing%20things%20at%20unexpected,%20potentially%20less%20dramatic%20moments,%20and%20he%20makes%20them%20work.%20%20Reading%20it%20at%20times%20feels%20like%20watching%20a%20man%20walk%20a%20tightrope,%20wanting%20him%20to%20make%20it%20across,%20worrying%20he'll%20fall%20but%20he%20doesn't.%20%20He%20gets%20to%20the%20other%20side,%20takes%20a%20modest%20bow,%20climbs%20down%20the%20ladder.%20%20And%20we're%20left%20relieved%20and%20buzzing.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2244799.The_Sorrows_of_an_American_A_Novel">The Sorrows of an American: A Novel (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/40851.Siri_Hustvedt">Siri Hustvedt</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:18:08 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[In this engaging novel, Hustvedt runs two stories alongside one another: the present story of a male shrink who lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn (he has a tenant he has a crush on, as well as some depression issues), and the past story of his Norwegian father's early life in America.  Included are exce...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/In%20this%20engaging%20novel,%20Hustvedt%20runs%20two%20stories%20alongside%20one%20another:%20the%20present%20story%20of%20a%20male%20shrink%20who%20lives%20in%20Park%20Slope,%20Brooklyn%20(he%20has%20a%20tenant%20he%20has%20a%20crush%20on,%20as%20well%20as%20some%20depression%20issues),%20and%20the%20past%20story%20of%20his%20Norwegian%20father's%20early%20life%20in%20America.%20%20Included%20are%20excerpts%20from%20the%20father's%20journal%2Fmemoir,%20which%20Hustvedt%20claims%20were%20pretty%20much%20directly%20from%20her%20father's%20journals,%20with%20his%20permission%20of%20course.%20%20Though%20the%20book%20was%20fun%20to%20read%20and%20always%20something%20I%20wanted%20to%20pick%20up,%20I%20found%20myself%20skimming%20the%20past%20story%20sections%20a%20bit.%20%20Of%20course%20with%20a%20split%20structure%20like%20this%20making%20two%20equally%20enjoyable%20stories%20is%20a%20challenge.%20%20Interestingly,%20the%20character%20I%20was%20most%20drawn%20to%20in%20the%20book%20was%20the%20narrator's%20sister--%20a%20woman%20described%20as%20brilliant%20and%20beautiful%20who%20was%20married%20to%20a%20famous%20novelist%20and%20filmmaker,%20a%20la%20Paul%20Auster,%20Hustvedt's%20real%20life%20husband.%20%20Though%20in%20the%20book%20the%20hubby's%20dead.%20%20Anyway%20the%20sister%20character%20kind%20of%20stole%20the%20spotlight.%20%20Oh,%20and%20at%20the%20end%20of%20the%20book%20there's%20some%20silly%20plot%20stuff.%20%20A%20major%20tie%20everything%20up%20moment%20I%20thought%20should%20have%20been%20skipped.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/676.Sailing_Alone_Around_the_Room_New_and_Selected_Poems">Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/438.Billy_Collins">Billy Collins</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:15:06 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is the NYU one read, which I have to discuss come fall.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3575636.The_Vagrants_A_Novel">The Vagrants: A Novel (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/148348.Yiyun_Li">Yiyun Li</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:13:47 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The events in this book all take place over the course of a few days in the late 70s in a small village in rural China.  It opens with a woman in her late twenties being put to death for &quot;counterrevolutionary&quot; activities.  The novel's told in 3rd person omniscient, shifting between ten or ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/The%20events%20in%20this%20book%20all%20take%20place%20over%20the%20course%20of%20a%20few%20days%20in%20the%20late%2070s%20in%20a%20small%20village%20in%20rural%20China.%20%20It%20opens%20with%20a%20woman%20in%20her%20late%20twenties%20being%20put%20to%20death%20for%20%22counterrevolutionary%22%20activities.%20%20The%20novel's%20told%20in%203rd%20person%20omniscient,%20shifting%20between%20ten%20or%20so%20narrators%20in%20the%20town,%20ranging%20from%20the%20woman's%20parents,%20to%20an%20old%20classmate%20and%20friend,%20to%20a%20young%20pervert,%20to%20a%20disabled%20girl.%20%20The%20book%20has%20a%20very%20old-fashioned%20feel,%20and%20is%20really%20very%20intricately%20plotted.%20%20Everyone's%20lives%20are%20affected%20by%20the%20death,%20many%20in%20unexpected%20ways.%20%20The%20character%20work's%20thin,%20which%20is%20to%20be%20expected,%20it%20seems,%20with%20this%20many%20narrators.%20%20The%20sentence%20by%20sentence%20writing%20is%20very%20good%20but%20never%20thrilling.%20%20I%20think%20I%20would%20have%20enjoyed%20the%20book%20more%20at%20some%20other%20time,%20though%20I%20don't%20know%20when.%20%20As%20it%20was,%20for%20all%20its%20merits,%20it%20wasn't%20a%20book%20I%20was%20ever%20dying%20to%20pick%20back%20up.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4586825.The_Best_American_Essays_2008">The Best American Essays 2008 (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4747.Adam_Gopnik">Adam Gopnik</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:00:45 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I'm teaching this collection this fall.  Lots of good essays to choose from, and some not so good, which I won't assign.  The Gopnick intro's so-so.]]></body>
        
    
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