Lori Anderson's Profile

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The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

The Traitor's Wife by Susan Higginbotham

Lord John And The Hand Of Devils by Diana Gabaldon

A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

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Lori Anderson is currently reading:

Everything is Illuminated

by Jonathan Safran Foer

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Feb 11, 2012 06:20am

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Lori Anderson made a comment on her review of The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) "I know, I really wanted to like it! Maybe I had WAY too much Latin in school and I got mythed out."
14 hours, 33 min ago · see review
Lori Anderson gave to: The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) by Rick Riordan read in February, 2012	My rating:
I tried reading this with my son but we're just not at all into mythology so it was more of a chore to slog through it -- which disappointed me, because I know so many people love it!
18 hours, 11 min ago · see review
Lori Anderson gave to: A Dance With Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5) by George R.R. Martin read in February, 2012	My rating:
I absolutely loved the first four books of this series -- devoured them, even. But I think the author made a critical mistake in splitting Book Four and Book Five into separate books. Book Four and Book Five take place during the same time period, ...more
Feb 11, 2012 06:51am · see review
Lori Anderson gave to: Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay (Goodreads Author) read in February, 2012	My rating:
"Sarah's Key" was hard to rate. The story line that followed Sarah through her trials and tribulations was interesting -- heart-breaking, but interesting and well-written. However, I disliked the story line of the journalist and her husband. I fou...more
Feb 11, 2012 06:40am · see review
Lori Anderson gave to: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer read in February, 2012	My rating:
I had bought this book well before the movie was promoted. When I saw the movie trailers, of the burning World Trade Center towers, I knew I'd never be able to see it. It's still too close to me to watch anything like that. The book, however, I f...more
Feb 11, 2012 06:33am · see review
Lori Anderson is currently reading: Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer	My rating:
Feb 11, 2012 06:20am
Lori Anderson marked as to-read: The Birth House by Ami McKay (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Feb 04, 2012 12:22pm
Lori Anderson gave to: Eyewitness Auschwitz: Three Years in the Gas Chambers by Filip Muller read in January, 2012	My rating:
I've mentioned this many times -- I like to read Holocaust and WWII memoirs because they show the beauty of man overcoming the ugly. Well, this book is indeed about the ugly -- the ugliest I've ever read. This is an unprecedented memoir of a man wh...more
Jan 29, 2012 10:23am · see review
Lori Anderson gave to: The Boy in the Suitcase: Holocaust Family Stories of Survival by Sheryl Needle Cohn read in January, 2012	My rating:
I am so sorry to give this Two Stars, but it just didn't do it for me. I've read tons of Holocaust and WWII memoirs and this one just didn't measure up. It's written in a more scholarly, textbook fashion, and there were a lot of punctuation errors ...more
Jan 24, 2012 10:31am · see review
Lori Anderson gave to: Lord John and the Scottish Prisoner (Lord John Grey, #3) by Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author) read in January, 2012	My rating:
Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander" series is hands down my favorite set of books ever. A related but separate branch of the Outlander books, the Lord John series, has been good, but not the same as a book with Jamie and Claire. THIS book, however, is a w...more
Jan 23, 2012 02:49pm · see review