false 2 429 413 true 5772208 read 11 true 5420044 currently-reading 5 true 5420043 to-read 85 false 7269606 graphic-comix 49 false 7269630 bio-memoir 25 false 7269850 essay-humor 14 false 7269828 tele-or-film 12 false 7270014 poetry 10 false 7269825 philosophy 9 false 7269886 religion 8 false 7269583 food 5 false 7269883 language 4 false 7269752 knitting 3 false 7269992 germs 3 false 7270010 death-dying 3 false 7279124 atlanta 2 false 7279117 drama 1 false 6593724 first-reads 1 false 7279150 seattle <![CDATA[Eliz added 'In the Face of Fear: Buddhist Wisdom for Challenging Times']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70431484 In the Face of Fear: Buddhist Wisdom for Challenging Times (Paperback) by Barry Boyce
bookshelves: currently-reading, first-reads
]]> <![CDATA[Eliz added 'The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71776979 The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite (Hardcover) by David A. Kessler
bookshelves: food
]]> <![CDATA[Eliz added 'Alice Fantastic']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71776923 Alice Fantastic (Akashic Books) by Maggie Estep
]]> <![CDATA[New Update::UpdateArray update]]> <![CDATA[Eliz recommended the book The Architecture of Happiness to Patteeekm]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book/recommendation/507715 Eliz recommended the book The Architecture of Happiness to Patteeekm
]]> <![CDATA[Eliz added 'Skim']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62936509 to: Skim (Hardcover) by Mariko Tamaki
bookshelves: graphic-comix
High school lesbo drama! A little “Loving Annabelle” in parts, a little “Heathers” in others, it was ultimately something new. Recommended! ]]> <![CDATA[Eliz added 'Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy: Knowledge Here Begins Out There']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62939051 to: Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy: Knowledge Here Begins Out There (The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series) by Jason T. Eberl
bookshelves: philosophy, tele-or-film
I was an early fan of this pop culture and philosophy series, but some of these later volumes seem to miss the mark a little. This was more on the critical-review-cultural-studies side of things versus tv/movie-demonstrating-philosophical-concepts side. I was reading for the latter. Not that it wasn’t pretty interesting overall, it just wasn’t what I was hoping for. Also, there has been a marked decrease in the quality of these later volumes (as the quantity increases — there are volumes for scads of things now, baseball to The Sopranos) which results in many, many, many typographical errors and shitty copy editing. Really, it was bad. (And this coming from someone who chose to use the word “bad” instead of “appalling” because she isn’t quite sure if she is spelling “appalling” correctly.) And then Ashley chewed off half the cover. Comprehensive and apparently delicious as well. ]]> <![CDATA[Eliz added 'The Wordy Shipmates']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62945165 to: The Wordy Shipmates (Hardcover) by Sarah Vowell
Funny and as interesting as the Puritans have ever been. It would have been nice to have had this handy when I had to study them back in high school. It’s not heavy or excessive with the details; time will tell how well it stays in my brain. ]]>