false 16 473 473 true 5722392 read 0 true 401496 currently-reading 0 true 401495 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/246627-is-russo-literary Joe made a comment in the Constant Reader group:


i can t find our -literary writing posts-so i started a new topic. i would like to read some opinions as to richard russo s status as a writer. i love him cause i can relate to his characters and their lives in small towns. i love his flawed father characters. i wonder if richard s father was so flawed ? thanks..joe ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/241572-literary-writers Joe made a comment in the Constant Reader group:

HAPPY THANKSGIVING READERS..i am reading richard russo s NOBODY S FOOL for the third time. i could read richard s books over and over. will buy THAT OLD CAPE MAGIC for xmas and read it again. read STRAIGHT MAN to prepare for MAGIC. JOE ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/242170-the-digested-reader Joe made a comment in the Constant Reader group:


readers, for the 2nd time in one month i found a book for $1 which hit the spot. i am not cheap,only poor. THE DIGESTED READER,06 by john grace. john gives book reviews of famous new books and mocks and makes fun of them. i was tired of too long contemporary books,and sick of serial killers. i was having a hard time chosing contemporary fiction so john s book was ,is just right for my reading feelings at the moment. i had gotten to the point of only reading short stories lately-john cheever-love his stories-alice munro-like many of her stories. horray for john grace. the first hit the spot $1 book was ALFRED KAZIN S AMERICA..it was a bit too sophisticated for my amateur english major skills. thanks..joe ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/238256-the-feng-shui-detective-nury-vittachi Joe made a comment in the Constant Reader group:

Sherry wrote: "Joe, may I suggest that you start another thread for your question. This thread is for talking about The Feng Shui Detective."
i would if i knew how to start another thread ??? ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/26210.Salon_des_Refus_s Joe joined the Salon des Refusés group. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/213496-2009-nobel-prize-for-literature-place-your-bets-on-your-favorite-horse Joe made a comment in the Literary Prizes group:

philip roth,who is doing his best work in his 70s, should win the prize before he dies. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77226733 to: High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or Never (Paperback) by Barbara Kingsolver
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i enjoyed much of this book although there were too many details for an amateur literature major like me. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76212072 to: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl (Paperback) by Anne Frank
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