false 0 206 185 true 5790259 read 0 true 5026712 currently-reading 21 true 5026681 to-read 7 false 5440095 books-i-loved http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79740450 to: The Witches of Wenshar (Unschooled Wizard 2) by Barbara Hambly
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77319597 to: The Ladies of Mandrigyn (Mass Market Paperback) by Barbara Hambly
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55956229 to: Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Revised and Expanded Edition) by Steven D. Levitt
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77318846 The Steel Remains (A Land Fit for Heroes, #1) by Richard K. Morgan
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55956123 to: The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2) by Dan Brown
Shallow and not very satisfying. Cliché around almost every corner. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55956440 to: Stranger in a Strange Land (Paperback) by Robert A. Heinlein
Interesting but dull, dull, dull. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63304101 to: The Wooden Sea: A Novel (Paperback) by Jonathan Carroll
I can't think of how to express my disappointment with this book. It was just awful. I'm a big Johnathan Carroll fan, which is why I diligently read the whole book. I couldn't find anything to save this bad, bad novel. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65158133 to: Persuader (Jack Reacher Series, #7) by Lee Child
Really enjoyed this book. Nothing deep here--a standard pulp thriller that doesn't pretend to be anything other than what it is. Good storytelling paired with good writing almost always produces good results. My first Reacher book, and I'm looking forward to trying out the others (Kindle free book strategy paying off). Reacher is an engaging anti-hero, well-drawn and believable--as are the rest of the cast. The exception is Quinn, who's offstage penchant for mutilation and evisceration seem totally out of character with the man who appears on stage (the gore made it seem as if the author felt he needed something over the top, a villain's signature of sorts, to make the man evil and bloodthirsty). The ending was a bit off, too, with the normally cold, decisive, and relentlessly driven by revenge Reacher becoming indecisive and almost forgiving. A good editor and another few months of polishing would have made this a much better book. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65159219 Thraxas (Mass Market Paperback) by Martin Scott
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