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Favourite authors include: Jane Austen, George Eliot, Carson McCullers, Miriam Toews, Richard Russo, Flannery O'Connor, Harper Lee, John Steinbeck, Lori Lansens and Tom Robbins.

I also love reading non-fiction and have enjoyed books such as Freakonomics, A Year of Living Biblically, The Tipping Point and Reading Like a Writer.

Are you a BookMoocher? If so, visit my page here: http://bookmooch.com/m/bio/jojo498]]> 42 female Toronto, ON, Canada 08/2009 12/2009 1265 Jane Austen 1825 Harper Lee 7844 Richard Russo 26826 Anna Gavalda 8359 Miriam Toews 270543 Elizabeth Hay 26 695 304 true 5906127 read 1 true 5906126 currently-reading 390 true 5906125 to-read 114 false 8128949 books-i-own 104 false 6173069 canadian 101 false 6084339 library 76 false 6084350 non-fiction 64 false 6163746 src-fall-09 64 false 6034402 wish-list-books 60 false 8382519 src-winter-09-10 57 false 7228459 5-stars 28 false 8162291 gave-away 27 false 6119702 f2f-book-group 25 false 6930961 childhood-favourites 24 false 6086891 bookmooch-ed 22 false 6026007 favourites 17 false 6412616 first-books 16 false 8162415 personal-borrow 14 false 7278572 kuenzi-tbr 10 false 6291096 books-on-writing 8 false 8162540 must-buy 5 false 7228463 1-star 2 false 8162472 won The Princess Bride (Paperback) by William Goldman]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67761791 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51244A5RWML._SL75_.jpg 2635637 Jennifer D. http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1259867533p2/2635637.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2635637-jennifer-d Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:06:48 -0800 New York: The Novel (Hardcover) by Edward Rutherfurd]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81586555 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255880129s/6257535.jpg 2635637 Jennifer D. http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1259867533p2/2635637.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2635637-jennifer-d Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:06:58 -0800 O Pioneers! (Vintage Classics) by Willa Cather]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79194630 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172118854s/140963.jpg 2635637 Jennifer D. http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1259867533p2/2635637.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2635637-jennifer-d Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:50:35 -0800 O Pioneers! is a beautiful book which evokes the senses. The style of Cather's writing and the story she unfolds are so wholly lovely, without superfluous extravagance. The novel tells the story of a family of Swedish immigrants farming in Hanover, ...more...]]> The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Hardcover) by Mary Ann Shaffer]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68461593 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41%2BRq4l8szL._SL75_.jpg 2635637 Jennifer D. http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1259867533p2/2635637.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2635637-jennifer-d Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:32:08 -0800 more...]]> Galore (Hardcover) by Michael Crummey]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68098293 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2Bg1Zeo6HL._SL75_.jpg 2635637 Jennifer D. http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1259867533p2/2635637.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2635637-jennifer-d Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:37:55 -0800 This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/253290-the-girl-who-played-with-fire http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1241306099p2/12544.jpg 2635637 Jennifer D. http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1259867533p2/2635637.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2635637-jennifer-d Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:07:08 -0800 Jeff wrote: "So, who do you think will play Lisbeth when the movies come out? Winona Ryder could have done it a few years ago maybe?"

Hmm...I can picture Paulie Perrette (Abby from NCIS) in the role...the age is a bit off but I think she could play the role really well.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/56749-scrabble http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1251246743p2/1218.jpg 2635637 Jennifer D. http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1259867533p2/2635637.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2635637-jennifer-d Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:59:26 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/250287-what-books-are-you-giving-as-gifts-for-the-holidays http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1251246743p2/1218.jpg 2635637 Jennifer D. http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1259867533p2/2635637.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2635637-jennifer-d Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:54:03 -0800 Tanja wrote: "What book would you recommend for a man's man? I had thought of hunting down a Humorous Self-Help on Being a Playah (tongue in cheek, not really a true self-help). Or a good book about improv?"

Hi Tanja!

Here are my suggestions for books my "manly-man" (he's an ironworker up on the high steel, yikes!) has liked:

I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell by Tucker Max
The Alphabet Of Manliness by Maddox
Shop Class as Soulcraft An Inquiry Into the Value of Work by Matthew B. Crawford
Befriend and Betray: Infiltrating the Hells Angels, Bandidos and Other Criminial Brotherhoods by Alex Caine

One of my husband's favourite books is The 13th Valley by John del Vecchio. It is a Vietnam War novel. The author not only fought in Vietnam but also went on to become a journalist. Because it is is a book he likes so much, I read it. It was very good ~ totally outside of what I would normally read ~ but I was really drawn in by the writing, story and characters.

I found THIS web site and thought it might be of help to you.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/231277-john-irving http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1251246743p2/1218.jpg 2635637 Jennifer D. http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1259867533p2/2635637.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2635637-jennifer-d Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:20:51 -0800 Beth wrote: "Has anyone read Last Night in Twisted River: A Novel yet? I have it but I have so many other things going I don't dare crack it open!"

Hi Beth.

I read the book in November. Here is a LINK to my review. I truly love the man (well his writing anyway) so was very eager to get my hands on this novel. Please see the link as I don't want to give anything away in the thread. My review doesn't contain spoilers, per se, but I did put a few quotes in it.

I would love to hear from others who have read the novel and learn your thoughts on the story.

:)
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/238831-winter-2009-2010-plans http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1247974662p2/21757.jpg 2635637 Jennifer D. http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1259867533p2/2635637.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2635637-jennifer-d Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:03:27 -0800
25 Point Tasks:

25.1 a) Under the Volcano: A Novel by Malcolm Lowry
b) To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
25.2 To My Dearest Friends by Patricia Volk
25.3 a) Lucky by Alice Sebold
b) The Rope Walk: A Novel by Carrie Brown
25.4 a) New York: The Novel by Edward Rutherfurd
b) The Last Witchfinder: A Novel by James Morrow
25.5
25.6 The Sea by John Banville
25.7 a) The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
b) On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
25.8 a) Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
b) Ravelstein by Saul Bellow
25.9 a) People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
b) The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
25.10 a) The Children's Book by A.S. b
Byatt
b) Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

30 Point Tasks:

30.1 Netherland by Joseph O'Neill
30.2 a) Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
b) The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
30.3 a) The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon 06Dec09
b) Galore by Michael Crummey12Dec09
30.4 The Blackwater Lightship by Colm Toibin
30.5 a) The Late, Lamented Molly Marx A Novel by Sally Koslow
b) The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
30.6 Here at the End of the World We Learn to Dance by Lloyd Jones
30.7 Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie
30.8 a) Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
b) Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West by Stephen Ambrose
30.9 a) Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
b) Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt
30.10 a) Lime Tree Can't Bear Orange by Amanda Smyth
b) The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin

35 Point Tasks:

35.1 a) The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer14Dec09
b) O Pioneers! by Willa Cather17Dec09
35.2 a) The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher
b) A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
3 Day After Night: A Novel by Anita Diamant 03Dec09
35.4 a) Accidental Happiness: A Novel by Jean Reynolds Page
b) Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert


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