false 8 496 413 true 5627583 read 4 true 1038074 currently-reading 79 true 1038073 to-read 138 false 4600206 literature 106 false 1166221 mystery 59 false 4139998 non-fiction 51 false 1166245 all-time-favorites 49 false 4600044 classics 25 false 4600143 christianity 22 false 2334321 chick-lit 19 false 4600136 social-science 12 false 3808434 all-things-intelligence 9 false 4600087 never-finished-i-just-couldn-t 8 false 4600045 readasmuchofitasitwasneeded 8 false 5265511 sci-fi-fantasy 6 false 4600075 never-finished-couldn-t-bother 5 false 1191680 never-finished 5 false 4600145 science 4 false 3807381 technical-reading 4 false 4999573 humor 2 false 4600112 philosophy 1 false 3807384 mathematics http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72566471 to: Pursuit (Audiobook) by Thomas Perry
bookshelves: mystery
It was dry and unemotional. The story itself was detailed and well thought out - yet I did not find it enjoyable. The only thing that makes me smile as I think about the book is the author's need to darken and soil the character of one of the minor female characters just before she is murdered by the story's psychopath. It seems that he (Thomas Perry) did not want to cause undue agitation to the average reader by killing off a character who has become familiar to them. So she ends up mentally rejecting marriage because then she will not get paid for having sex with a/the man, and she ends up recalling somewhat in a matter-of-fact way the night when she allows her friend to OD just to save her own skin. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76878000 to: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (Paperback) by Mark Haddon
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76877975 to: Gone With The Wind (Paperback) by Margaret Mitchell
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72567595 to: Shakespeare's Landlord (Lily Bard Mystery, #1) by Charlaine Harris
bookshelves: chick-lit, mystery, sci-fi-fantasy
Although the book has started out slow and the writing was a bit on the stale side - I still very much enjoyed the protagonist - a woman who survived the worst, a woman who had to survive being a survivor, and a woman whose circumstances end up forcing her to heal. That made me happy.
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74994923 to: Embracing the Wide Sky: A Tour Across the Horizons of the Human Brain (Audio CD) by Daniel Tammet
It summarized well the current understanding of the human brain. Its subject overlapped with other books I have read before - so occasionally I found it a bit tedious. But if he were to write a new book I would want to read that as well. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74994988 The Naked Brain: How the Emerging Neurosociety is Changing How We Live, Work, and Love (Hardcover) by Richard Restak
bookshelves: to-read
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74003634 The Fifth Woman (Wallander #6) by Henning Mankell
bookshelves: currently-reading
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74003623 The White Lioness (Wallander #3) by Henning Mankell
bookshelves: to-read
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48957837 to: Outliers (Hardcover) by Malcolm Gladwell
bookshelves: non-fiction, social-science
I have never quite considered things from his point of view before. He makes a really good case for his claim. It is well thought out, well organized, well written book. ]]>