false 7 89 85 true 5783748 read 0 true 4816217 currently-reading 4 true 4816187 to-read 20 false 5021842 2009 11 false 5021784 old-favs <![CDATA[Lauren added 'The Grandmothers']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75173088 to: The Grandmothers (Paperback) by Doris Lessing
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]]> <![CDATA[Lauren added 'The Tao of Pooh']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75173354 to: The Tao of Pooh (The Wisdom of Pooh) by Benjamin Hoff
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Changed my whole outlook on life. ]]> <![CDATA[Lauren took the never-ending book quiz]]> http://www.goodreads.com/trivia 2213676 Lauren took the never-ending book quiz.
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]]> <![CDATA[Lauren added 'The Cleft']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75173146 to: The Cleft (Hardcover) by Doris Lessing
]]> <![CDATA[Lauren added 'Women of the Silk']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74862149 to: Women of the Silk (Paperback) by Gail Tsukiyama
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So far so good. If you enjoyed Memoirs of a Geisha, this is very similar. Interesting look into the silk industry in 1920s China. ]]> <![CDATA[Lauren is on page 400 of Portrait of a Killer... ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64389239 Lauren is finished with Portrait of a Killer: Jack The Ripper - Case Closed ]]> <![CDATA[Lauren added 'Homer and Langley: A Novel']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74861786 to: Homer and Langley: A Novel (Hardcover) by E.L. Doctorow
]]> <![CDATA[Lauren added 'A Moveable Feast']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74566755 to: A Moveable Feast (Paperback) by Ernest Hemingway
]]> <![CDATA[Lauren added 'Personal Finance for Dummies, Fourth Edition']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69962100 to: Personal Finance for Dummies, Fourth Edition (Paperback) by Eric Tyson
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Not so relevant for the person just starting out. Things such as "investments", "the big decision- buying property"...not so much. I find finance books concrtn themselves too much with investing. Also, I don't have the time or energy to figure out my net worth! Over all, I was a little disappointed at how little information I took away. ]]>