false 1578804 male Moultonborough, NH 09/2008 12/2009 3 166 166 true 5886017 read 0 true 3488134 currently-reading 0 true 3488133 to-read Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work (Hardcover) by Matthew B. Crawford]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/82170806 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255606925s/6261332.jpg 1578804 Kendall http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226240703p2/1578804.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1578804-kendall Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:22:16 -0800 Status Anxiety (Paperback) by Alain de Botton]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/82170724 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167403527s/23425.jpg 1578804 Kendall http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226240703p2/1578804.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1578804-kendall Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:21:44 -0800 Demonology: Stories (Paperback) by Rick Moody]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78722696 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172337724s/164615.jpg 1578804 Kendall http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226240703p2/1578804.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1578804-kendall Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:43:16 -0800 more...]]> The Stories of John Cheever (Hardcover) by John Cheever]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73795659 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223633248s/970044.jpg 1578804 Kendall http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226240703p2/1578804.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1578804-kendall Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:32:09 -0700
Are the stories worth reading?

If you want to read a master of the craft, definitely yes.

If you're interested in, or nostalgic for, the era Cheever writes about, yes.

If yo...more...]]> This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life (Hardcover) by David Foster Wallace]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59282970 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256063182s/5986375.jpg 1578804 Kendall http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226240703p2/1578804.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1578804-kendall Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:21:38 -0700 Shoot the Damn Dog: A Memoir of Depression (Hardcover) by Sally Brampton]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59282875 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41tV%2BKPc%2BVL._SL75_.jpg 1578804 Kendall http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226240703p2/1578804.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1578804-kendall Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:20:48 -0700 Living with the Dead: Twenty Years on the Bus with Garcia and the Grateful Dead (Paperback) by Rock Scully]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59282837 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171641891s/110502.jpg 1578804 Kendall http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226240703p2/1578804.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1578804-kendall Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:20:25 -0700 Conversations with the Dead: The Grateful Dead Interview Book (Paperback) by David Gans]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59282748 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165610207s/7281.jpg 1578804 Kendall http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226240703p2/1578804.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1578804-kendall Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:19:46 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37334662 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166394565s/10982.jpg 1578804 Kendall http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226240703p2/1578804.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1578804-kendall Sun, 17 May 2009 07:15:28 -0700 Peter wrote: "I'm not sure how you define racist. I found Faulkner's description of blacks to be sympathetic and far more 'liberal' than his time.

To judge a writer in a period of less enlightenment by today's..."

You're absolutely right.

What I was trying to say, and not very clearly, was he sounded like a hell of a racist by today's standards. As you point out, he was relatively "liberal" given the time period in which he was writing.

I wrote many of my "reviews" a while ago, before I had a decent understanding of literature, and how to interpret issues like this. I really appreciate you taking the time to point this out.]]> The Wall of the Sky, the Wall of the Eye (Paperback) by Jonathan Lethem]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46441132 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740791s/16716.jpg 1578804 Kendall http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226240703p2/1578804.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1578804-kendall Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:20:03 -0800