false 155044 A tip to would-be GoodReads friends out there: I don't approve all the friend requests that come through my inbox because it's not always obvious to me why someone wants to "friend" me. I'm a bit more accustomed to Flickr's method where you can set up one-way/non-reciprocal "Contact" relationships first. This all-or-nothing, mandatory bi-directional "Friends" thing that GoodReads has doesn't really work for me. So if you want to "Friend" me here on GoodReads, try dropping me a message or a comment as well, to tell me why.

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Finished Titus Groan. Peake's writing is dense, so I think I'd rather not rush through all three and I'm taking a break.

Finished Gormenghast. And boy did it take me a long time. That isn't to say it wasn't enjoyable, but the (still) dense prose can be come a slog at tim...more...]]> Hello, I'm Special: How Individuality Became the New Conformity (Paperback) by Hal Niedzviecki]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40949991 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173031735s/239985.jpg 155044 John McDonald http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1182883963p2/155044.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/155044-john-mcdonald Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:04:16 -0700 more...]]> Kerouac: A Biography (Hardcover) by Ann Charters]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74332109 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg 155044 John McDonald http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1182883963p2/155044.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/155044-john-mcdonald Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:52:05 -0700 Manifestoes of Surrealism (Ann Arbor Paperbacks) by André Breton]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74331970 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171699574s/115164.jpg 155044 John McDonald http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1182883963p2/155044.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/155044-john-mcdonald Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:51:00 -0700 Remote Control: Power, Cultures, and the World of Appearances (Paperback) by Barbara Kruger]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74330637 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175749708s/554657.jpg 155044 John McDonald http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1182883963p2/155044.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/155044-john-mcdonald Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:40:45 -0700