false 28 990 959 true 5658914 read 6 true 3959014 currently-reading 25 true 3959013 to-read 68 false 4989766 books-read-in-2009 4 false 6237750 will-come-back-to 2 false 4926262 re-reads-2009 0 false 4664469 art---nonfiction 0 false 4664464 art---fiction http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75519720 Merilee's review of The Paris Review Interviews, II
by The Paris Review

nanowrimo.org

november novel writing month ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78795351 to: The Valley of Horses (Earth's Children, book 2) by Jean M. Auel
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78795331 to: The Mammoth Hunters (Earth's Children, book 3) by Jean M. Auel
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78494763 Lisa's review of Cranford and Selected Short Stories (Wordsworth Classics)
by Elizabeth Gaskell

Thanks Lisa. So far everyone who's judgment I trust has lvoed the book and the recent bbc production. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71899251 The Year of Magical Thinking (Paperback) by Joan Didion
bookshelves: currently-reading
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74954451 Barbara's review of A Fatal Inversion
by Barbara Vine

Dang I haven't seen either :(. If you guys hear of them coming back on please let me know. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/26117-run-off-poll-which-book-shall-be-our-next-major-read-please-vote-for Cynthia voted on the poll: Run-off poll: which book shall be our next major read? Please vote for the one you would be most excited about reading and discussing. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77440014 Cynthia's review of Housekeeping: A Novel
by Marilynne Robinson

Maria and Barbara,

It's a difficult book to describe. It's slow, kind of, but it also has many reverberations. Robison's words never evoke just one thing.

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Maria I hope your semester gets better. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77852928 Richard's review of A Means to Freedom: The Letters of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard
by H.P. Lovecraft

I've never heard of Ligotti. I'll check him out. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77440014 to: Housekeeping: A Novel (Paperback) by Marilynne Robinson
bookshelves: books-read-in-2009
This is not a one read book, even as I read passages over and over to myself I knew there was still lots I‘d missed. In “Housekeeping” parents disappear into death and into their own walled silence and kids are left to fend for themselves; it happens generationally. There’s a river that perpetually swallows folks and a train running through this isolated town that helps them escape as well as swallows them. Loneliness and extreme individuality, alternately, open up wells of enriching thought or makes people want to flee into ordinariness. Robinson seems to question the nature of home and family; they are at once elusive and fundamental to being human. Individuality is vital for growth but it can also isolate people from one another especially when individuals find themselves odds with accepted norm. How much individuality is too much? And how can that be reconciled with the need for togetherness? One thing that isn’t in doubt is the beauty of Robinson’s writing….think Toni Morrison, think Paul Harding and a bit more distantly Willa Cather and you’ll have a taste of Robinson’s use of language. ]]>