false 25 80 64 true 5982502 read 5 true 4001229 currently-reading 11 true 4001228 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48029935 The Legend of Pope Joan: In Search of the Truth (Paperback) by Peter Stanford
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48026580 to: The Hellbound Heart (Hardcover) by Clive Barker
Worth revisiting, or reading for the first time. Even if you've never seen/have absolutely no interest in the series of horror films or Pinhead. ESPECIALLY if you haven't any interest in Pinhead, as he's nowhere to be found in this original story. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48026552 to: Pafko at the Wall: A Novella (Hardcover) by Don DeLillo
Even if you never read Don DeLillo's Underworld, READ THIS exquisitely written time capsule. Please. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48026454 to: Rickles' Book: A Memoir (Hardcover) by Don Rickles
Simply stated, nothing breathtaking, but definitely an enjoyable autobiography of one helluva comedian. Included are plenty of Frank Sinatra antic-dotes to boot. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48026665 to: Zombie (Hardcover) by Joyce Carol Oates
I felt genuinely disturbed while reading Oates's very well crafted & seemingly realistic first person narrative. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43166099 Alicia's review of The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls
by John R. King

On a personal level, it deserves 3 stars (for re-igniting latent Sherlock Holmes & Thomas Carnacki interest). The story is a fun ride, but I found the writing inconsistent and not very faithful to the era (yep, that dropped the stars to 2 right there). Moriarty's backstory & (repeatedly-remarked-upon-as) bold daughter are the most memorable.

I'm inclined to think it to be a YA read [note: am under-exposed to current YA reads, and was reading Doyle & King when I was a YA, forwhatevertheehellthatsworth].
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40653639 to: A Fisherman of the Inland Sea: Stories (Paperback) by Ursula K. LeGuin
For the record: this was my first foray into the world of Ursula K. Le Guin. don't ask why...no decent reason has surfaced...

Thumbs up to her creation of worlds, lexicon & diverging from the (gender/sexual) 'norm'...all in all I look forward to reading more. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43164135 to: The Voice Imitator (Paperback) by Thomas Bernhard
Delightful vignettes; darkly humorous (as if extracted from Charles Addams cartoons), played off like newspaper clippings or dispassionate recountings found in(postmortem)letters.

Thinking of re-reading before returning to the library: there's a whole slew of biting political, philosophical & causticly hysterical bits tossed together with more that absurdity and more european geographical references than I could keep track of. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40656169 to: The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
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