false 1745595 22 male San Jose, CA 11/2008 12/2009 2617 Jonathan Safran Foer 2849 David Sedaris 13 157 154 true 5806294 read 1 true 3818983 currently-reading 2 true 3818982 to-read 48 false 4967296 audiobooks At Swim, Two Boys: A Novel (Paperback) by Jamie O'Neill]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81524361 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171310643s/96200.jpg 1745595 Michael http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241465921p2/1745595.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1745595-michael Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:18:25 -0800 David Sedaris: Live For Your Listening Pleasure (Audio CD) by David Sedaris]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78929027 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51L1Bt7l2eL._SL75_.jpg 1745595 Michael http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241465921p2/1745595.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1745595-michael Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:26:13 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/91727-which-one-did-you-just-finish http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1231228606p2/12636.jpg 1745595 Michael http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241465921p2/1745595.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1745595-michael Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:06:29 -0800

The basic premise is that the author took Jane Austen's original "Pride and Prejudice" and weaved in this subplot where England has been overrun by a plague that makes corpses rise from the grave and scatter through the countryside feeding on brains. Our beloved Bennett sisters are cunning, ruthless Zombie fighters, trained by masters in the Far East.

The gem of this book though is the narration. The narrator gets the drama and accent of 19th century British speech perfectly. To hear her talk one minute about the incorrigible pride of Mr. Darcy and the next minute talking calmly about how Elizabeth has just chopped off the arms and legs of a zombie who was feasting on the brains of a poor carriage driver had me laughing out loud.

Not for Austen purists. However, if you're in the mood for a classic with a dash of the living dead, give it a shot,
]]> Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Paperback) by Seth Grahame-Smith]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75308532 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255569929s/5899779.jpg 1745595 Michael http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241465921p2/1745595.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1745595-michael Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:50:49 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/240875-all-ears-is-on-facebook http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1231228606p2/12636.jpg 1745595 Michael http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241465921p2/1745595.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1745595-michael Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:23:46 -0800 http://www.facebook.com/pages/San-Jose-C...]]> True Compass: A Memoir (Hardcover) by Edward M. Kennedy]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72530470 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255571838s/6452806.jpg 1745595 Michael http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241465921p2/1745595.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1745595-michael Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:01:02 -0700 When You Lie About Your Age, the Terrorists Win: Reflections on Looking in the Mirror (Hardcover) by Carol Leifer]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72170923 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RRKEulpdL._SL75_.jpg 1745595 Michael http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1241465921p2/1745595.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1745595-michael Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:12:16 -0700