false 1590757 female Seattle, WA 10/2008 12/2009 239579 Charles Dickens 3354 Haruki Murakami 9833 Iain Pears 64716 Philip Larkin 14 125 117 true 5787911 read 1 true 3512120 currently-reading 7 true 3512119 to-read The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback) by J.D. Salinger]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81824703 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517671s/5107.jpg 1590757 Janet http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1223150832p2/1590757.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1590757-janet Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:00:19 -0800 The Virgin Suicides (Paperback) by Jeffrey Eugenides]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81824633 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255578945s/5188591.jpg 1590757 Janet http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1223150832p2/1590757.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1590757-janet Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:59:33 -0800 Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (Paperback) by Anne Lamott]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81574543 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166504428s/12543.jpg 1590757 Janet http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1223150832p2/1590757.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1590757-janet Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:38:29 -0800 Haruki Murakami and the Music of Words (Hardcover) by Jay Rubin]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78915621 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170279731s/45306.jpg 1590757 Janet http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1223150832p2/1590757.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1590757-janet Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:36:03 -0800
One thing that see...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43781037 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51nLRerQ9tL._SL75_.jpg 1590757 Janet http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1223150832p2/1590757.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1590757-janet Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:25:33 -0800 Emily wrote: "I agree with both of you. I love the style, but I can only take so much bleakness in one sitting. After reading a review of the new Carver biography, however, I wonder how much of that bleakness ..."

Now I'm really eager to read the Carver biography! Please advise as to how bleak this read is as I am doing the death vigil with my mom right now and thinking I should focus on upbeat stories for the under 5 set.

]]> What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Stories (Paperback) by Raymond Carver]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80089959 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51nLRerQ9tL._SL75_.jpg 1590757 Janet http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1223150832p2/1590757.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1590757-janet Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:20:11 -0800 Goldengrove: A Novel (Paperback) by Francine Prose]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78732612 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256074497s/3329521.jpg 1590757 Janet http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1223150832p2/1590757.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1590757-janet Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:55:55 -0800