false 305495 female The United States 08/2007 12/2009 13369 Betty MacDonald 24 134 132 true 5959897 read 0 true 643499 currently-reading 0 true 643498 to-read 2 true 5557489 did-not-finish Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (Paperback) by Jamie Ford]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/82396169 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255569100s/6419614.jpg 305495 Barbara http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1212767013p2/305495.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/305495-barbara Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:30:26 -0800
Really good ideas; story could have been better handled. A little more subtlety would have helped--too much telling, not enough showing.

But I was inter...more...]]> The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3) by J.R.R. Tolkien]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/82154361 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255628545s/18512.jpg 305495 Barbara http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1212767013p2/305495.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/305495-barbara Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:07:17 -0800
I do like the books. I would like to read them again sometime when I can just read them to myself--but I don't know if I would have read them at all if I hadn't decided to read them to Blake. Tess was, is, mad about these, and ...more...]]> The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, Part 2) by J.R.R. Tolkien]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/82154337 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740408s/16694.jpg 305495 Barbara http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1212767013p2/305495.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/305495-barbara Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:56:28 -0800 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) by J.R.R. Tolkien]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/82154314 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156043001s/34.jpg 305495 Barbara http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1212767013p2/305495.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/305495-barbara Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:55:31 -0800 My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park (Hardcover) by Steve Kluger]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67882917 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241660539s/1189878.jpg 305495 Barbara http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1212767013p2/305495.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/305495-barbara Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:57:12 -0800 No More Dead Dogs (Paperback) by Gordon Korman]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80429891 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172286511s/160698.jpg 305495 Barbara http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1212767013p2/305495.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/305495-barbara Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:56:27 -0800 more...]]> D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths (Paperback) by Ingri D'Aulaire]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80186359 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170970293s/79626.jpg 305495 Barbara http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1212767013p2/305495.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/305495-barbara Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:38:05 -0800 Bill Peet: An Autobiography (Paperback) by Bill Peet]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80186190 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172031936s/134097.jpg 305495 Barbara http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1212767013p2/305495.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/305495-barbara Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:34:52 -0800 Mom's Cancer (Hardcover) by Brian Fies]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79369043 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174081668s/359722.jpg 305495 Barbara http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1212767013p2/305495.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/305495-barbara Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:33:00 -0800 SPIRIT OF 1787: The Making of Our Constitution (Mass Market Paperback) by Milton Lomask]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78651871 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg 305495 Barbara http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1212767013p2/305495.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/305495-barbara Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:22:12 -0800