false 17 2318 2315 true 5835734 read 1 true 3992938 currently-reading 2 true 3992937 to-read 4 false 6439468 kindle http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/475.Jane_Austen Renee joined the Jane Austen group. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73271311 to: According To Jane (Paperback) by Marilyn Brant
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I ordered this as a Kindle freebie and it was worth every penny. Very slight chick-lit effort with faux Austen insights. The hero of the story is telegraphed in every chapter and the twist at the end was farfetched -- even for a novel that has the heroine having private conversations with the ghost of Jane Austen. Do yourself a favor and read the real thing -- Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion or Emma (or JA's other novels). They are much more satisfying, humorous and romantic. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71775761 Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible & Why We Don't Know About Them (Hardcover) by Bart D. Ehrman
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71775527 to: Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places (Hardcover) by Bill Streever
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This is a fascinating analysis of the Cold. I initialize the word "Cold" because it becomes a tangible reality in this book -- not simply an absence of warmth. Bill Streever mixes technical details with anecdotal stories of the power of cold weather as well as the effects of climate change on Artic and Antartic ecologies and the rest of the temperate world. Highly recommended for those who have read about polar exploration, physics, history of The Year Without a Summer and The Children's Blizzard and everyone else who has ever has tears freeze on their eyelashes. I was reading it in Texas in August and still felt the Cold. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71775240 Scream for Jeeves: A Parody (Hardcover) by Peter H. Cannon
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71774894 How to Cook Everything: Vegetarian (Hardcover) by Mark Bittman
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71774536 Christine Falls: A Novel (Hardcover) by Benjamin Black
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71774481 KnitLit (too): Stories from Sheep to Shawl . . . and More Writing About Knitting by Molly Wolf
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71774390 A Supremely Bad Idea: Three Mad Birders and Their Quest to See It All (Hardcover) by Luke Dempsey
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