false 12 124 120 true 5649444 read 4 true 64211 currently-reading 0 true 64210 to-read 37 false 424303 youngadult 23 false 470316 youngadultfantasy 21 false 678891 fantasy 18 false 1505659 retelling 15 false 1321372 fairy-tales 10 false 483066 sciencefiction 9 false 470286 memoir 7 false 1313507 non-fiction 6 false 580502 religiousfiction 5 false 580482 graphicnovels 4 false 1165862 arthurian 4 false 1841173 classics 3 false 1174750 literary-fiction 2 false 3185402 lgbtqi 2 false 6507095 animals 2 false 3247382 historical-fiction 1 false 5606673 cowboy-romance 1 false 886835 diaries 1 false 6051300 novel-in-verse 1 false 4303000 post-modern 1 false 3335415 apocalyptic-postapocalyptic 1 false 1368638 autobiography 1 false 5249860 theology 0 false 4433006 crappy-romances <![CDATA[new comment from Lacey]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3150924 Lacey's review of Specials (Uglies, #3)
by Scott Westerfeld

Yeah, he was my favorite character. Also, I don't like it much when an author attaches us to a character only to take him away from us. It didn't seem to serve any bigger purpose in the story, either, except to give Tally an easy out of the love triangle. ]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Lacey]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77096073 Keir's review of Specials (Uglies, #3)
by Scott Westerfeld

This is my least favorite book in the trilogy. :/ ]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Lacey]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51851558 Keir's review of Uglies (Uglies, #1)
by Scott Westerfeld

Keir wrote: "Well, I'm halfway through and just ordered the second book from the library. I think that says something for it. It's like candy after reading The Game of Kings. I feel like I've accomplished so..."

Yeah, it does feel a bit like a "candy" read, but I think the social commentary keeps it from being junk -- even though it does have a really terrible opening line. ]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Lacey]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73874486 Spoonbridge's review of Scary Stories Treasury: Omnibus
by Alvin Schwartz

Wow, Harris, what a blast from the past! My older sister had a couple of these volumes when I was probably ten or so. I was also squeamish about scary movies (still am!), but found these books strangely irresistible as well. Jessica sometimes directed me to the "joke" stories to prove to me that they "weren't really scary," but I certainly stumbled upon a handful of "really scary" stories inside as well! The only one I remember vividly is one about a girl who's head fell off when the ribbon around it was untied -- for a while after that, just the site of a choker around a woman's neck was enough to freak me out! Now you have me curious about whether this book is still lying about somewhere in my parents' or my sister's house -- I'll have to look into that! ]]> <![CDATA[Lacey added 'Bodily Harm']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76073388 Bodily Harm (Paperback) by Margaret Atwood
bookshelves: currently-reading
]]> <![CDATA[Lacey added 'Secret Keeper']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75539772 Secret Keeper (Hardcover) by Mitali Perkins
bookshelves: currently-reading, youngadult
]]> <![CDATA[Lacey is on page 32 of Secret Keeper ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75539772 Lacey is on page 32 of 272 of Secret Keeper ]]> <![CDATA[Lacey added 'The Frog Princess']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75539666 The Frog Princess (Tales of the Frog Princess, #1) by E.D. Baker
bookshelves: currently-reading, fairy-tales, fantasy
]]> <![CDATA[Lacey added 'Starting from Scratch: How to Correct Behavior Problems in Your Adult Cat']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72071707 to: Starting from Scratch: How to Correct Behavior Problems in Your Adult Cat (Paperback) by Pam Johnson-Bennett
bookshelves: animals, non-fiction
This is probably one of the best books about cat behavior that I've ever read. Pam Johnson-Bennett's approach is both compassionate and practical, and errs on the side of the cat's mental health (although there were some sections in here about cats that seemed SO messed up I'm not sure I'd be able to put up with them . . . I got through it feeling like I had pretty well-adjusted cats after all).

Pam doesn't offer any quick fixes, which is disappointing at times, and it can feel as though actually following ALL her suggestions could be a full-time job. Still, although I only bought this book for a few chapters (scratching, counter-hopping, move adjustments, and intercat aggression), I was so impressed that I ended up reading it cover-to-cover because in doing so, I knew I'd learn a lot about cats. Although reading it this way made some of the sections feel repetitive (it's obviously written as a book in which "chapter hopping" is common), I'm sure I'll appreciate its comprehensiveness when I continue to refer to it in the future. A reference that should be on all cat-owners' bookshelves. ]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Lacey]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74691204 Theodora's review of Prom Dates from Hell
by Rosemary Clement-Moore

I've got this one and Highway to Hell on my bookshelf. Haven't read either yet, though. ]]>