false 10 156 139 true 5645063 read 1 true 570515 currently-reading 16 true 570514 to-read 20 false 570604 history 12 false 2069268 novels 8 false 2183682 anthro 6 false 1569753 science 6 false 5128379 historic-fiction 6 false 1436646 reference-books 5 false 2069291 mystery 4 false 5128391 political 4 false 5128461 natural-history 3 false 5128399 history-military 3 false 5122917 saga 3 false 5128421 biography 2 false 2183706 philosophy 2 false 4154804 historic-travel 1 false 6637705 fantasy 1 false 5134736 archaeology 1 false 5240349 criticism-poetry 1 false 5240313 music 1 false 6874361 food 1 false 2183690 short-stories 1 false 2183707 psych 0 false 6396876 us-native-american http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79473885 Priscilla's review of The Toughest Indian in the World
by Sherman Alexie

Is he as raunchy as when he speaks? ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79342251 Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens: Frank Oppenheimer and the world he made up (Hardcover) by K.C. Cole
bookshelves: to-read
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57686757 to: Kristen Lavransdatter (Hardcover) by Sigrid Undset
bookshelves: historic-fiction, novels, saga
Re-read this trilogy after 30 years and still like it;

now have to consider the 'definitive' new translation by
Tina Nunnally - but do enjoy the 'stilted language and false archaisms' of the Archer translation I read, but then I like the King James Bible too.

Nunally did 'Doghead' and 'Smilla's Sense of Snow' and appears to be a Scandinavian specialist. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75622829 to: Three by Annie Dillard: The Writing Life, An American Childhood, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Paperback) by Annie Dillard
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69523763 Steven's review of Dance Me Outside
by W.P. Kinsella

Read the book and saw the Canadian movie years ago.
To me it was a heavy impact story with humor, on the reservation, serious and entertaining both.
Read a bunch of W.P. Kinsella based on Eric John's enthusiasm, great author - his topics are native american life and baseball (also wrote Field of Dreams).
Short stories are great. Don't have it. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73302981 to: The Simple Art of Murder (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) by Raymond Chandler
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73302620 to: The Lost Steps (Paperback) by Alejo Carpentier
Adventure as erudite commentary, condemnation of decadent thought and stab at Rousseau back to nature values, verging on magical realism. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72134124 to: Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise (Paperback) by Ruth Reichl
bookshelves: food
Entertaining - dining in disguise. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72133784 to: Prodigal Summer: A Novel (Paperback) by Barbara Kingsolver
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70750169 to: Twilight (Twilight, #1) by Stephenie Meyer
bookshelves: fantasy, novels
Anyone who's ever been a teen from a broken home with affectionately clueless parents, not fit in at school, moved to a new town, infatuated and probably female is the audience for this series, which does a good job with all that.
The Mormon author has figured out how to have an exhilarating relationship without sex, and it's a fun fantasy superhero plot even if the speech is a little too neat. It's hard to believe she's never heard any valley-girl speech or stammered a little. ]]>