false 229794 25 female Singapore 07/2007 04/2009 26 500 443 true 5654284 read 3 true 499433 currently-reading 54 true 499432 to-read 53 false 524376 funandeasyreads 10 false 528660 odiousbooks 9 false 524222 essentialformymentalhealth http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50625377 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41UJkoYGPpL._SL75_.jpg 229794 Lorraine http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1186165454p2/229794.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/229794-lorraine Sun, 26 Apr 2009 04:54:46 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3914502 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/411NfQzD1wL._SL75_.jpg 229794 Lorraine http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1186165454p2/229794.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/229794-lorraine Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:55:19 -0700
Also, hasn't he had any sense of how to write? He obviously needs to pick up some Ishiguro or something of the sort to learn how to touch people instead of annoying them.

I suppose one has to give credit to Mitch for one thing -- Morrie does come across as a genuinely nice guy. But Mitch... but Mitch also wrote the odious "Five People You Meet in Heaven." It strikes me as a rather poor variant of chaos theory -- and also -- how does death come into this but on an allegorical level?

The only way one can give Mitch credit for THAT is to read him allegorically. Then the death in 5 people in Heaven makes sense -- otherwise there is no difference between life and death is there, if heaven means meeting 5 people who've explained how you've changed their lives...(and heaven and hell exist together, following his logic, which is probably true, but I doubt he even anticipated that or followed the thought to its logical conclusion).

Another saving grace is possibly that Mitch is Just Rather Dumb. I'd like to believe that. At very least, it'd allow me to have faith in the idea that he's a nice guy and not money-grubbing scum. ]]> A Scanner Darkly (Paperback) by Philip K. Dick]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50625639 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1211494268s/14817.jpg 229794 Lorraine http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1186165454p2/229794.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/229794-lorraine Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:42:52 -0700 more...]]> Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Paperback) by Patrick Süskind]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50625377 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41UJkoYGPpL._SL75_.jpg 229794 Lorraine http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1186165454p2/229794.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/229794-lorraine Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:40:13 -0700 Culture of Complaint: The Fraying of America (Oxford American Lectures) by Robert Hughes]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22920156 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175279106s/500046.jpg 229794 Lorraine http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1186165454p2/229794.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/229794-lorraine Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:38:24 -0700
still, it's great fun!]]> The Neverending Story (Hardcover) by Michael Ende]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48026888 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51M6H03SZ9L._SL75_.jpg 229794 Lorraine http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1186165454p2/229794.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/229794-lorraine Sat, 07 Mar 2009 11:27:55 -0800 more...]]> Diarios (1910-1923) by Franz Kafka]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28961164 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176431194s/625823.jpg 229794 Lorraine http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1186165454p2/229794.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/229794-lorraine Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:27:00 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4268793 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171749677s/118391.jpg 229794 Lorraine http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1186165454p2/229794.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/229794-lorraine Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:22:07 -0800