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by Kiran Desai

I thought this was incredible - I'm interested to see your review! ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79640175 A Confederacy of Dunces (Paperback) by John Kennedy Toole
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78899006 to: The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3) by Dan Brown
I wish all my problems were as easy to wiggle out of as Dan Brown makes them seem ... I hate how Brown saves his main characters with miraculous 11th hour slights of hand. In Angels and Demons, he has the hero parachute from an airplane with a t shirt and miraculously live to tell the tale (suuure) and here he has a seemingly drowned character emerge from --not a tank of water - but a "suspension chamber" filled with air/water? What the heck?

That said - it is a cool intro to the Masonic roots of my new hometown (DC), and a big shout out to my office building, which has a cameo in this book! All in all, a perfectly fine vacation read. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78898457 to: Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin (Hardcover) by Kathy Griffin
I love love Kathy Griffin and this book only reaffirms my glowing feelings ... she is truly the hardest working woman in show business. Such a cute collection of shocking stories, sweet family memories and hilarious anecdotes. If you're a KG fan - or loooove Hollywood gossip - it is a must read. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78388094 to: My Sister's Keeper (Paperback) by Jodi Picoult
Gimmicky ending, but such a great bus read. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78349244 to: The Inheritance of Loss (Paperback) by Kiran Desai
This book was beautifully written - and incredibly sad. It reminds me of "the things they carried' but ten thousand times more beautiful. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75954374 to: Mercy (Paperback) by Jodi Picoult
surprisingly good, considering how much i wanted to hate this book. picoult reminds me of dan brown, only she is a better writer who (at least with this book) writes about less interesting stuff. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74846747 to: The Lady Upstairs: Dorothy Schiff and the New York Post (Hardcover) by Marilyn Nissenson
Can't tell if I loved Schiff or not (she sounded hopelessly out of touch) - but Nissenson's book was awesome. Probably for journalism junkies only. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75953737 to: I See You Everywhere (Hardcover) by Julia Glass
Can't tell if I would have liked this more if I read it before Three Junes (Glass' other novel, which I LOVED and will continue to reread until its little binding breaks in half). The author clearly likes to write about certain themes - the tension between siblings who choose different life paths, alienation from family, AIDS ... while these were woven together beautifully in Three Junes, this book seemed more awkward - and the characters were far less loveable. Disappointing. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74846339 to: Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia (Paperback) by Elizabeth Gilbert
for chick lit, entertaining. as a woman's tale of self-discovery ... hate hate hate this book. what a pathetic, self-involved whiner. if only we all could afford to traipse off to the most chi-chi part of italy after heartlessly divorcing our devoted spouses. writing a vomit-inducing novel does not justify a year of entertaining your every desire, ms. gilbert. your husband is better off without you. ]]>