false 43 157 133 true 5813309 read 1 true 471304 currently-reading 23 true 471303 to-read 17 false 490912 my_childhood_favorites http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58824510 to: To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback) by Harper Lee
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3702019 to: In Cold Blood (Paperback) by Truman Capote

It may be a morbid fascination with killers that made me love this book so much, but I just think it was sensational piece of work. It is written in a way that completely captures you from the start, feels like journalism while keeping the writer completely out of it. Truman Capote had a true gift. I loved this book. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47910335 Jaymi's review of Running with Scissors: A Memoir
by Augusten Burroughs

Jenringo wrote: "I have it if you want to borrow-- if I can find it"

Yah!
I would love to borrow it...and see you!!! oxxoox

I never got your address update, btw! ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47910335 Running with Scissors: A Memoir (Paperback) by Augusten Burroughs
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47910291 Dry (Paperback) by Augusten Burroughs
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47910233 to: Little Women (Paperback) by Louisa May Alcott
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47910217 to: Where the Sidewalk Ends (Hardcover) by Shel Silverstein
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47909468 to: Fallen (Paperback) by David Maine
This book, written in reverse, was really entertaining and inventive. Every chapter seemed to allude to something that you didn't quite understand yet, but that would be outlined in the next chapter (that actually had happened previously). It sounds confusing but it was just interesting. I suppose that when telling a tale we all know, you have to find a way to make it interesting. I think David Maine did just that. It added dimension and depth to the age old story of Adam & Eve and their family.
The writing style, and most specifically the quoting, was a little hard to get used to because he doesn't use proper punctuation. Some of my book club friends were annoyed by this, but I felt like it made sense to tell the story of the "first" people without all of the proper grammar skills. They were not refined people and that was how I felt this writing style was also trying to be.
I enjoyed this book and definitely would recommend it to friends for a quick read over a weekend. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47908964 to: The Preservationist (Paperback) by David Maine
I really enjoyed this book! I loved the gritty and very non-biblical story of Noah and his family. I was a little worried that the book was going to be too religious for my taste, but that was a really pleasant surprise. This book was more about the actual characters that we are all so familiar with but don't really KNOW. I thought the book was filled with humor and witty references to the beloved Noah's ark story and it was a very quick read. Maine's writing style may come off a little simple, but when telling the story of a simple family doing an extraordinary task, it seems right to keep the language simple. ]]>