false 12 133 112 true 5788548 read 2 true 578515 currently-reading 19 true 578514 to-read 1 false 1168590 unable-to-finish http://apps.facebook.com/good_reads/ check it out » ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58705393 to: Finn Mccool's Football Club: The Birth, Death, and Resurrection of a Pub Soccer Team in the City of the Dead (Hardcover) by Stephen Rea
a very good book about an expat from northern ireland (and a fellow fan of my favorite football/soccer team) who moves to new orleans, connects with several other expats and forms their own pub football team, only to be interrupted before their first competitive match by the devastation of hurricane katrina. the humor of the formation of the team and the bond he and his friends form is lovely, and it is equally as devastating to hear the stories of what he and his friends went through when katrina tore its way through their adopted city. a very engaging read. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7989855 to: The Master and Margarita (Paperback) by Mikhail Bulgakov
i'm not exactly sure i can pinpoint why i love this book so much and why i always want to return to it, but i do. and i'm glad for it, because i adore everything about this story.

eta: i am currently rereading it. i also just watched the 10-part russian miniseries that was done in 2005. i think i can safely say this is my favorite novel of all time. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42212699 to: A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary (Paperback) by Marta Hillers
this diary is quite amazing and, at the same time, horrifying. i hate to say i loved it because the subject matter is so devastating, but it was completely engrossing. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47483146 to: Watchmen (Paperback) by Alan Moore
okay, so i liked the movie previews and wanted to see what it was all about. i liked the story, but decided i'm not too crazy about graphic novels themselves. still want to see the film, though. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46576209 to: Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (updated edition) by Anthony Bourdain
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42212977 The Shadow of the Wind (Paperback) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42212636 No Country for Old Men (Paperback) by Cormac McCarthy
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38947882 The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales (Paperback) by Oliver W. Sacks
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