false 38 112 107 true 5639745 read 1 true 681627 currently-reading 4 true 681626 to-read 47 false 1185800 young-adult 12 false 824072 favoriteclassics 11 false 3320620 manga 8 false 1403152 books-about-reading 7 false 1185852 arkansas-writers 6 false 815074 poetry 2 false 1964202 on-hold <![CDATA[Jon added 'The Book Thief']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68079871 to: The Book Thief (Hardcover) by Markus Zusak
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Good Call Boyd--this is now probably the most practical book in my professional library. I look forward to discussing it. ]]> <![CDATA[Jon added 'America America: A Novel']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61448127 to: America America: A Novel (Hardcover) by Ethan Canin
The tension between a politician's wishes for the greater good on the one hand and for personal power on the other, is something all participants of democracy should be aware of. It is because the protagonist of Canin's masterpiece is a first-rate newspaper journalist that he is able to observe, analyze, and help us to measure for ourselves both sides of the ficticious politician Henry Bonwiller. America, America is, among other things, a reminder of how hard one must work to reach accurate conclusions about any politician. ]]> <![CDATA[New Update update]]> <![CDATA[Jon Medders took the never-ending book quiz]]> http://www.goodreads.com/trivia 324270 Jon took the never-ending book quiz.
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