false 12 410 332 true 5623677 read 6 true 4319852 currently-reading 72 true 4319851 to-read 182 false 4326928 literary-fiction 90 false 4327035 classics 70 false 4337616 favorites 68 false 4326619 short-stories 48 false 4325046 science-fiction 44 false 4325036 fantasy 37 false 4325055 poetry 37 false 4325060 children 27 false 5474565 my-top-twenty-seven 20 false 5474487 vampires 14 false 4327008 comics-and-graphic-novels 13 false 4326611 movies-and-tv 12 false 4327045 non-fiction 9 false 4337364 suspense-thriller 9 false 4325063 humor 4 false 4326627 art 2 false 4326992 hard-boiled 1 false 4337551 chess 1 false 5030047 mystery http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44955271 to: The Turn of the Screw (Penguin Popular Classics) by Henry James
bookshelves: classics, literary-fiction
Henry James is the genius I most often wish to strangle. For that reason, I can't give this five stars. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44946584 to: Above the River: The Complete Poems (Paperback) by James Wright
bookshelves: classics, favorites, poetry
The last half really gets my juices flowing, but the first half is too formal for my tastes. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44946381 to: The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (Hardcover) by Caroline Alexander
bookshelves: favorites, my-top-twenty-seven, non-fiction
This is an amazing story of human survival; some have said it's the GREATEST story of human survival. And I think that just has to be true. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44972630 to: Just Before Dark (Paperback) by Jim Harrison
bookshelves: non-fiction
This guy's food writing makes me hungry as hell. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44948684 to: The Mayor of Casterbridge (Penguin Classics) by Thomas Hardy
bookshelves: classics, literary-fiction
This has one of the saddest endings ever. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44953828 to: Fell Volume 1: Feral City (Paperback) by Warren Ellis
bookshelves: comics-and-graphic-novels, favorites
There's something about the Fell stories that really draws you in. Every little corner hides a clue. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44965975 to: Selected Stories (Paperback) by Andre Dubus
bookshelves: classics, favorites, literary-fiction, my-top-twenty-seven, short-stories
Wonderul. Absolutely freaking wonderful. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44952494 to: A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain (Paperback) by Robert Olen Butler
bookshelves: classics, favorites, literary-fiction, my-top-twenty-seven, short-stories
What a great collection! ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44956761 to: The Egg and Other Stories (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by Sherwood Anderson
bookshelves: classics, literary-fiction, short-stories
If this was just a review of "The Egg" (probably one of my top-ten favorite short stories) I would have to say 5 stars, but... ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44949146 to: The Long Valley (Twentieth Century Classics Series) by John Steinbeck
bookshelves: classics, favorites, short-stories
This has The Red Pony in it!!! But it also has one or two stories I could've done without. Still, it has The Red Pony in it!!! ]]>