John's profile

3 ratings | 3 reviews
avg rating: 3.67

John's bookshelves

read (3)

currently-reading (1)

to-read (0)

John is currently reading

	06/16 John is currently reading: Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants (Paperback) by Robert Sullivan bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
	add a comment

John's recent updates (rss)

July 17

John took the never-ending book quiz.

questions answered:	166
correct:	125 (75.3%)
skipped:	62
best streak:	7
questions added:	0

beat his score »

June 16

John is currently reading:
Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants (Paperback)
by Robert Sullivan
bookshelves: currently-reading

my rating:

add a comment

June 05

New comment on bryan's review of Spank!

John wrote: "This is the sequel to Waugh's "Jewel in the Crown", right? "

(see all 2 comments)

June 02

New comment on bryan's review of The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York (Vintage)

John wrote: "yeah, a lot of people blame him single-handedly for destroying the neighborhoods in the Bronx. He d...more "

(see all 3 comments)

May 28

New comment on bryan's review of The Day of the Jackal

John wrote: "Saw the movie on TV for the first time a few months back. Good but dated. Seen it? Similar to the...more "

(see all 2 comments)

May 23

May 13

New comment on bryan's review of Contracts: Cases and Materials (University Casebook Series)

John wrote: "Wasn't that the plot of an episode of "Gimme a Break"? "

(see all 6 comments)

October 05, 2007

John gave

to:
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City (Hardcover)
by Jonathan Mahler

my rating:

read in January, 2007

John said: "It took me forever to finish this book, but I finally did. It's basically about the summer of 1977 in New York City, which was a crazy chapter in the city's history. The city was bankrupt, crime and poverty were at an all-time high. The Son of Sam...more "

add a comment

see all 3 of John's books »