Jim Phillips's Profile

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The Island of the Day Before by Umberto Eco

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami

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Jim is Currently Reading

Jim Phillips is currently reading:

Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

by Daniel Goleman

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Feb 10, 2012 07:26am

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Jim Phillips made a comment on Paul Alves's review of The Idiot "My favorite of Dostoyevsky's works."
Feb 10, 2012 08:25am · see review
Jim Phillips gave to: Maelstrom (Rifters, #2) by Peter Watts (Goodreads Author) read in February, 2012	My rating:
Entertaining, but half a step down from its predecessor. Still plenty of hard science fiction and not nearly enough characterization to really want to care about anyone, but far more diluted with its greater scope and larger cast. Which is really a s...more
Feb 10, 2012 07:29am · see review
Jim Phillips is currently reading: Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ by Daniel Goleman	My rating:
Feb 10, 2012 07:26am
Jim Phillips marked as to-read: Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World by Bill Plotkin	My rating:
Feb 04, 2012 10:57am
Jim Phillips marked as to-read: Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil by Tom Mueller	My rating:
Feb 04, 2012 10:31am
Jim Phillips gave to: Starfish (Rifters, #1) by Peter Watts (Goodreads Author) read in January, 2012	My rating:
Entering and original. Decidedly 'hard' SF, but it's closeted location and limited scope keep the story under control. There are some definite pieces missing, and much more that should have been done here, but overall an enjoyable read.
Feb 02, 2012 10:27am · see review
Jim Phillips marked as to-read: The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco	My rating:
Jan 07, 2012 01:55pm
Jim Phillips marked as to-read: Tomorrow, When the War Began (Tomorrow, #1) by John Marsden	My rating:
Jan 03, 2012 09:39am
Jim Phillips marked as to-read: A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson	My rating:
Jan 03, 2012 09:38am
Jim Phillips marked as to-read: Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold by C.S. Lewis	My rating:
Jan 03, 2012 09:33am