false 156877 44 female Chestnut Hill, MA 06/2007 08/2009 18 72 55 true 5648554 read 2 true 323489 currently-reading 15 true 323488 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67793562 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167797576s/26322.jpg 156877 Jane http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1194089303p2/156877.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/156877-jane Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:07:22 -0700 There's a book about them?]]> Sleeping in Flame (Paperback) by Jonathan Carroll]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62608238 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169859551s/42145.jpg 156877 Jane http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1194089303p2/156877.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/156877-jane Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:59:03 -0700 more...]]> The Septembers of Shiraz (Hardcover) by Dalia Sofer]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57538886 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180418179s/1038088.jpg 156877 Jane http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1194089303p2/156877.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/156877-jane Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:01:00 -0700 more...]]> Unless: A Novel (Paperback) by Carol Shields]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42684728 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170854508s/74462.jpg 156877 Jane http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1194089303p2/156877.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/156877-jane Wed, 27 May 2009 15:33:56 -0700 It's more reflective than scenic.
More feminist than epic.
Rich, sad, not melodramatic.
]]> Stet: An Editor's Life (Paperback) by Diana Athill]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54302614 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179554480s/930990.jpg 156877 Jane http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1194089303p2/156877.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/156877-jane Mon, 04 May 2009 09:11:31 -0700
I think, though, that if I were fascinated by the history of book publishing in the 20th century, I might have liked this insider's view somewhat more.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46402634 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1258541266s/78433.jpg 156877 Jane http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1194089303p2/156877.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/156877-jane Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:15:12 -0700
Hmmm, not circular, but certainly an endless loop of effect.

You made me think more about this. Very smart, full realized book, and yet I can't say I'll look back fondly on it. It was a difficult reading experience, in many ways.]]> Paths of Desire: The Passions of a Suburban Gardener (Hardcover) by Dominique Browning]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52235745 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51R2VYTYRDL._SL75_.jpg 156877 Jane http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1194089303p2/156877.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/156877-jane Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:31:51 -0700
This is a series of connected essays, on gardening on a suburban plot (albeit a lavish one, I infer), which also seem to be about making one's way through adult life.

...more...]]> Don't Cry: Stories (Hardcover) by Mary Gaitskill]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51297052 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256087192s/4267835.jpg 156877 Jane http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1194089303p2/156877.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/156877-jane Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:07:06 -0700