false 422624 female The United States 09/2007 12/2009 16 105 93 true 5669753 read 6 true 874767 currently-reading 6 true 874766 to-read 4 false 1124954 aborted http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79300914 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230829367s/334176.jpg 422624 Lynn http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1190938741p2/422624.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/422624-lynn Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:48:12 -0800 I am getting curious about sci fi - in the past I have never been able to get into it, but it might be changing, esp with more female authors in this genre.
I also liked District 9 - a sci fi film made by South Africans, now available on DVD. I rarely go to sci fi films either but liked this one.
The effect of the two Russell books and Distict 9 is to discourage me from eating meat. Esp 9, where the aliens are very prawn-like - I have stopped eating prawns entirely.]]> The Given Day: A Novel (Hardcover) by Dennis Lehane]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81959663 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255734804s/2830067.jpg 422624 Lynn http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1190938741p2/422624.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/422624-lynn Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:42:55 -0800
Set in 1919 during the police strike in Boston, the intertwined stories of an Irish cop, a smart black dude from the midwest, and a fictionalized but believable Babe Ruth. Lots of local atmosphere.

I learned quite a bit about US labor history (we nev...more...]]> The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2) by Stieg Larsson]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/82596704 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1261485506s/6578592.jpg 422624 Lynn http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1190938741p2/422624.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/422624-lynn Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:40:54 -0800 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) by Stieg Larsson]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/82595165 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255570699s/5291539.jpg 422624 Lynn http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1190938741p2/422624.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/422624-lynn Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:36:07 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52765168 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255790409s/19089.jpg 422624 Lynn http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1190938741p2/422624.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/422624-lynn Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:29:24 -0800 Children of God (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by Mary Doria Russell]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81518301 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166764493s/16948.jpg 422624 Lynn http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1190938741p2/422624.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/422624-lynn Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:58:46 -0800 Memoirs of Hadrian (Paperback) by Marguerite Yourcenar]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81575632 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180985714s/1100618.jpg 422624 Lynn http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1190938741p2/422624.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/422624-lynn Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:51:00 -0800 The Kite Runner (Paperback) by Khaled Hosseini]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81517829 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255573780s/77203.jpg 422624 Lynn http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1190938741p2/422624.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/422624-lynn Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:43:21 -0800
The return to Afganistan under the Taliban was interesting, but a bit...more...]]>