false 41 85 83 true 5720815 read 1 true 530145 currently-reading 1 true 530144 to-read 60 false 540462 read-and-kept 14 false 1141605 required-reading 13 false 1131992 borrowed-and-read 10 false 1131873 graphic-novels 8 false 1141661 reviewed 4 false 1135000 plays <![CDATA[Jim Nelson took the never-ending book quiz]]> http://www.goodreads.com/trivia 253610 Jim took the never-ending book quiz.
questions answered: 16
correct: 14 (87.5%)
skipped: 4
best streak: 7
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]]> <![CDATA[Jim added 'The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway: The Finca Vigía Edition']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42292163 The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway: The Finca Vigía Edition (Paperback) by Ernest Hemingway
bookshelves: currently-reading
]]> <![CDATA[Jim added 'Pop. 1280']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42292088 to: Pop. 1280 (Paperback) by Jim Thompson
]]> <![CDATA[Jim added 'Rickshaw: The Novel Lo-t'o Hsiang Tzu']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18637065 to: Rickshaw: The Novel Lo-t'o Hsiang Tzu (Paperback) by She Lao
bookshelves: required-reading, reviewed
The Grapes of Wrath set in Beijing, but without the stratospheric commentary from Steinbeck's godlike narrator. Rickshaw is, as the forward points out, the social realist work the Socialists of the 1930s wanted to write but never did. It's a stark and muscular read as well as a great introduction to Chinese culture and literature of the Republic between the two world wars. (If I were to teach economics, I'd have my class read this and Mildred Pierce as clearheaded rebuttals to the dismal science.) Be sure to pick up this translation and not the earlier one which changes the ending to something more palatable for us running dog capitalists. ]]> <![CDATA[Jim added 'Good-bye']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25763704 to: Good-bye (Hardcover) by Yoshihiro Tatsumi
bookshelves: graphic-novels
]]> <![CDATA[Jim added 'Rainbow's End']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34340483 to: Rainbow's End (Paperback) by James M. Cain
]]> <![CDATA[Jim added 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40407415 to: The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Hardcover) by Mohsin Hamid
bookshelves: borrowed-and-read
]]> <![CDATA[Jim Nelson voted on the book list 'Best Book Cover Art']]> http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/101.Best_Book_Cover_Art 253610 Jim voted on the book list Best Book Cover Art ]]> <![CDATA[Jim added 'The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34340456 to: The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation (Hardcover) by Philip Shenon
bookshelves: borrowed-and-read
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