false 7 705 170 true 6758372 read 3 true 6758371 currently-reading 532 true 6758370 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77098370 to: White Center (Paperback) by Richard Hugo
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77961705 to: Things I've Learned From Women Who've Dumped Me (Hardcover) by Ben Karlin
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77599914 to: The Crying of Lot 49 (Perennial Fiction Library) by Thomas Pynchon
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71697656 Infinite Jest: A Novel (Paperback) by David Foster Wallace
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71449641 to: Hardcore Diaries (Hardcover) by Mick Foley
Not as solid as the first two volumes of his memoirs, but interesting nonetheless. Foley's a solid writer: competent, effortless prose that is light without being pointless. The time-period this covers (2004-2007) is when I wasn't watching wrestling at all anymore, making the inside view of the proceedings (there are plenty of interactions with Vince McMahon) the most compelling part of the read for me. With everything in his two previous autobiographies, I was already aware of the angles and events that happened. With The Hardcore Diaries, I was getting all of it for the first time. Regardless of the context in which it's read, it's a good read that shows--of all people--a wrestler being an admirable man: humanitarian, political activist, father, husband, New York Times Best Seller, and--of all things--wrestler. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71456989 to: The Best American Essays 1997 (Paperback) by Ian Frazier
The essays by Jo Ann Beard, Richard Ford, Le Thi Diem Thuy, Charles Simic, and Naton Leslie are all fantastic. The rest are decent, if not a bit quirky (Ian Frazier made the choices for this year), and the only real clunker is Susan Sontag's namedropping essay on the death of cinema. There are plenty of nice essays here, but aside from the first five I listed (and, really, only Beard's essay on the 1991 Iowa City shooting is an essential read), nothing else stands out. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71452701 Licks of Love: Short Stories and a Sequel, "Rabbit Remembered" (Paperback) by John Updike
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71456751 to: KISS and Make-up (Hardcover) by Gene Simmons
Gene Simmons talks about pussy and money for 270 pages. Apparently, the obnoxious prick played music, too. The best way to read this is to go to the bookstore, look up "Frehley, Paul 'Ace' " in the back, and read just the pages listed there. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71687768 to: The Road (Hardcover) by Cormac McCarthy
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