false 14 365 345 true 5666658 read 0 true 913130 currently-reading 20 true 913129 to-read 31 false 1190876 signed 10 false 4630708 top10 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59498479 to: The Jungle (Bantam Classics) by Upton Sinclair
As Morris Dickstein stated in the introduction of my edition, "Sinclair went down in history as a muckracker, a talented progressive journalist and reformer with no literary technique whatsoever." That... pretty much sums it up. There's no question that this book changed history. The details are disturbing and uncensored, and you can hardly believe that people actually lived in this manner. But as a story? Hard time getting through it, because the writing just isn't that good. But it's not about literary style. It's about history and its impact upon it. And in that respect, you can't deny its success. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78952719 to: Leviathan (Hardcover) by Scott Westerfeld
I love Scott Westerfeld, and I love steampunk. Can't expand upon that. Knew I'd love this one before I read it.

Westerfeld, I will be stalking you for the next installment (over the internet, I mean). ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79653024 How to Be Alone: Essays (Hardcover) by Jonathan Franzen
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79652969 The Fourth Hand (Mass Market Paperback) by John Irving
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79652939 Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance: A Mystery (Paperback) by Gyles Brandreth
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79652909 Brooklyn: A Novel (Hardcover) by Colm Tóibín
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