false 202888 male The United States 07/2007 11/2008 3 21 20 true 5693707 read 1 true 421037 currently-reading 0 true 421036 to-read The Fires of Spring (Mass Market Paperback) by James A. Michener]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34058015 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174692312s/431203.jpg 202888 Mathew http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/202888-mathew Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:00:51 -0700
It's the story of a young man who grows up essentially an orphan, not too long after the turn of (19th) century. You could call it a coming-of-age nov...more...]]> The Zahir (Paperback) by Paulo Coelho]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34057970 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1158211518s/1427.jpg 202888 Mathew http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/202888-mathew Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:00:20 -0700 The Alchemist, this novel's quality is rocky at best. Coelho has great ideas, but the greatest idea is only as good as the writing, and the writing here - the plot, the characters, the diction, the dialog, and almost anything else you'd care to na...more...]]> The Flanders Panel (Paperback) by Arturo Pérez-Reverte]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34058069 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166395683s/11031.jpg 202888 Mathew http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/202888-mathew Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:59:42 -0700 more...]]> Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War (Paperback) by Sebastian Faulks]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34057269 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165555939s/6259.jpg 202888 Mathew http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/202888-mathew Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:58:46 -0700
Read it. You won't regret it.]]> The Way the Crow Flies: A Novel (Paperback) by Ann-Marie MacDonald]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34057763 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165608778s/7199.jpg 202888 Mathew http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/202888-mathew Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:57:11 -0700 more...]]> By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (Paperback) by Paulo Coelho]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34057937 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1158211518s/1428.jpg 202888 Mathew http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/202888-mathew Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:49:52 -0700 The Zahir this one is lousy writing wrapped round an interesting idea. Without the fan base of The Alchemist, I honestly doubt this book would have reached a hundred thousand. It's mediocre at best.]]> The Shell Seekers (Hardcover) by Rosamunde Pilcher]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34057340 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168821223s/37095.jpg 202888 Mathew http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/202888-mathew Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:33:52 -0700 more...]]> Soul Mountain (Paperback) by Gao Xingjian]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34058743 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170304070s/45961.jpg 202888 Mathew http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/202888-mathew Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:18:16 -0700 more...]]> On Green Dolphin Street: A Novel (Paperback) by Sebastian Faulks]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34057304 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165620491s/7479.jpg 202888 Mathew http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/202888-mathew Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:04:03 -0700 more...]]> The Children's Hospital (Hardcover) by Chris Adrian]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34057248 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170400458s/53169.jpg 202888 Mathew http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/202888-mathew Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:43:14 -0700 more...]]>