false 14 767 704 true 5622772 read 4 true 3926015 currently-reading 59 true 3926014 to-read 176 false 3927974 speculative-fiction 76 false 3926423 science 73 false 3929733 vegetarian 60 false 3926432 fiction 58 false 3927901 religion-and-philosophy 52 false 3932540 mystery 38 false 3928104 non-fiction 33 false 3928155 adventure 23 false 3938018 food 22 false 3927878 history 22 false 3940223 yoga 20 false 3927885 economics 20 false 3927935 writing 19 false 4015407 poetry 16 false 3934931 math 12 false 3927879 fitness 12 false 3934838 psychology 11 false 4015406 drama 9 false 3928034 diet 7 false 3940204 database 6 false 3934854 art 5 false 3940315 dance 4 false 4010639 programming 3 false 4046093 kindle 3 false 5539121 running 0 false 3928316 travel <![CDATA[Carolyn added 'Vegan Soul Kitchen: Fresh, Healthy, and Creative African-American Cuisine']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72184029 Vegan Soul Kitchen: Fresh, Healthy, and Creative African-American Cuisine (Paperback) by Bryant Terry
bookshelves: to-read
]]> <![CDATA[Carolyn added 'The Tassajara Bread Book']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72183864 to: The Tassajara Bread Book (Paperback) by Edward Espe Brown
bookshelves: food
]]> <![CDATA[Carolyn added 'French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72163851 to: French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure (Hardcover) by Mireille Guiliano
bookshelves: diet
]]> <![CDATA[Carolyn added 'You Must Dance : A Novice Runner's Memoir']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72094395 to: You Must Dance : A Novice Runner's Memoir (Paperback) by Dave Hutchinson
bookshelves: running
]]> <![CDATA[Carolyn added 'The Harney & Sons Guide to Tea']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72094228 The Harney & Sons Guide to Tea (Hardcover) by Michael Harney
bookshelves: currently-reading, food
]]> <![CDATA[Carolyn added 'The New Tea Companion']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72094094 The New Tea Companion (Hardcover) by Jane Pettigrew
bookshelves: currently-reading, food
]]> <![CDATA[Carolyn voted on the book list Most Depressing Book of all time]]> http://www.goodreads.com/list/user_vote/191408 Carolyn added On the Beach to the book list Most Depressing Book of all time

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]]> <![CDATA[Carolyn added 'Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71971058 to: Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street (Paperback) by Michael Lewis
bookshelves: economics
Lots of great information on how Wall Street worked in the 80s and very enlightening. The seeds of our current situation were sown in the past. This book tells how in an entertaining fashion. ]]> <![CDATA[Carolyn added 'Strides: Running Through History With an Unlikely Athlete']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64610951 to: Strides: Running Through History With an Unlikely Athlete (Hardcover) by Benjamin Cheever
bookshelves: fitness
It's uneven. Some parts of it are rollicking and funny. Some parts are touching. Some parts are informative. Some parts are clumsy. The parts don't gel. It is as if the author set out to write four completely different books on running but ended up slamming all of them together in one work. The history is interesting but too meager an offering to make it worth buying the book. The personal stories are often interesting but sometimes Cheever reveals himself to be shallow and self-interested. He is at his best when he is describing what he sees around him.

It's an ok book. I don't regret reading it but I can't see going back to it either. ]]> <![CDATA[Carolyn added 'What I Talk About When I Talk About Running']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63231343 to: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (Hardcover) by Haruki Murakami
bookshelves: running
I truly enjoyed this book though I do not know how to categorize it. It seems to be a common complaint with my favorites. It is a memoir and running slips through it as a general theme. But it is more than that. It seems to be a book about writing, but only if you glance at it slant-wise. It is one of those books that is best read without expectations of wisdom. The wisdom, when it comes, is not solemnly explicated in the book but arises from within the self after the book settles into the brain's furnishings. A good book. ]]>