false 4 341 300 true 5654142 read 5 true 4705310 currently-reading 36 true 4705309 to-read 139 false 5278739 i-own 99 false 5168137 children 59 false 5278754 jane-austen-related 57 false 5278674 animal 39 false 5168119 young-adult 30 false 5278834 classic 24 false 5279071 mystery 17 false 5278735 chick-lit 17 false 5278763 betsy-tacy-related 15 false 5278736 biography 12 false 5289385 literary-criticism 10 false 5168112 reference 9 false 5289387 childrens-lit-studies 8 false 5278723 spirituality 5 false 5278849 religion 4 false 7258303 virago <![CDATA[Spennke added 'The New Yorkers: A Novel']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78071964 to: The New Yorkers: A Novel (Hardcover) by Cathleen Schine
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Tells of her tumultous affairs with Peter Martins and Baryshnikov. Not a happy woman ... ]]> <![CDATA[Spennke added 'The Children's Book']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75715843 The Children's Book (Hardcover) by A.S. Byatt
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]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Spennke]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75316733 CLM's review of My Dear Charlotte
by Hazel Holt

I bought a copy at the Jane Austen conference the other week because a friend wrote the introduction.

Apparently, Hazel Holt is a successful mystery writer in the UK. One friend, who hasn't liked any JA-sequel/prequel to date (including any of the film adaptations) liked this; another found it "disappointing".

After I get thru "The Three Weissman's of Westport" I'll start "My Dear Charlotte" and will report back ...

= ) ]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Spennke]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75067098 CLM's review of Cranford (Penguin Classics)
by Elizabeth Gaskell

Beautifully written; I found it to be rather a sad story. Powerful depiction of what happened to women who did not marry.

Of course, there were some sections that had me laughing out loud! ]]> <![CDATA[Spennke added 'Music As Medicine: The History of Music Therapy Since Antiquity']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75141920 Music As Medicine: The History of Music Therapy Since Antiquity (Music & Medicine) (Music & Medicine) (Music & Medicine) by Peregrine Horden
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]]> <![CDATA[Spennke is on page 182 of Music As Medicine: T... ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75141920 Spennke is on page 182 of 424 of Music As Medicine: The History of Music Therapy Since Antiquity ]]>