false 16675 male 10300, Thailand 03/2007 12/2009 1 123 120 true 5847526 read 2 true 31375 currently-reading 1 true 31374 to-read 1 false 3802807 non-fiction Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (Paperback) by Mitch Albom]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77172108 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/411NfQzD1wL._SL75_.jpg 16675 martin http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1185961568p2/16675.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/16675-martin Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:38:52 -0800
What makes this more than just a maudlin tale of how you can live your life bette...more...]]> The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide, #1) by Douglas Adams]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76880191 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156039839s/11.jpg 16675 martin http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1185961568p2/16675.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/16675-martin Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:41:36 -0800
I didn't expect to enjoy the radio series - it was ...more...]]> The Emigrants (Paperback) by W.G. Sebald]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76878010 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170893633s/76507.jpg 16675 martin http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1185961568p2/16675.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/16675-martin Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:21:25 -0800
It was in the ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2.The_Worst_Books_of_All_Time http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1185961568p2/16675.jpg 16675 martin http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1185961568p2/16675.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/16675-martin Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:39:14 -0700 Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Revised and Expanded Edition) by Steven D. Levitt]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71853285 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1261603698s/3672522.jpg 16675 martin http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1185961568p2/16675.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/16675-martin Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:41:32 -0700
My only regret is that as the authors say, there is really no common theme to the book which comes over as a series of collected newspaper columns rather than a single work.

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It's not a long novel but it is exceptionally intense and surprisingly moving. The language is at times brutally simple and concise, at others remarkably poe...more...]]> New Europe (Paperback) by Michael Palin]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46384511 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21Djyxya6gL._SL75_.jpg 16675 martin http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1185961568p2/16675.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/16675-martin Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:17:34 -0800 more...]]> The Quiet American (Paperback) by Graham Greene]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38440464 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165104978s/3698.jpg 16675 martin http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1185961568p2/16675.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/16675-martin Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:59:16 -0800
Sordid reality versus misguided idealism. The dissolute Englishman is very tangible, very real, very "human" while the American remains unfathomable and st...more...]]>