false 554681 male Frankfurt, Germany 10/2007 12/2009 5 105 95 true 5699207 read 1 true 1067757 currently-reading 9 true 1067756 to-read Rising Up and Rising Down (Hardcover) by William T. Vollmann]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20671304 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166501582s/12385.jpg 554681 Marc http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1221217646p2/554681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/554681-marc Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:04:33 -0800 The philosophy was for the most part very convincing to me (even though his arguing did not always wor...more...]]> The Drawing of the Three (Dark Tower, #2) by Stephen King]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80056840 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517583s/5094.jpg 554681 Marc http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1221217646p2/554681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/554681-marc Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:17:13 -0800 more...]]> The Gunslinger (Dark Tower, #1) by Stephen King]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80056381 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248798072s/43615.jpg 554681 Marc http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1221217646p2/554681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/554681-marc Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:02:23 -0800 I like the setting so far and King is giving us a nice impression of Roland and his obsession to get to that tower for reasons we don't know, yet.
On the negative side of things, the book ends in a som...more...]]> The Atlas (Paperback) by William T. Vollmann]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77131787 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170294902s/45680.jpg 554681 Marc http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1221217646p2/554681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/554681-marc Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:22:13 -0800 An Afghanistan Picture Show: Or, How I Saved the World (Hardcover) by William T. Vollmann]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70134962 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170294785s/45638.jpg 554681 Marc http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1221217646p2/554681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/554681-marc Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:49:54 -0700 The Punch: One Night, Two Lives, and the Fight That Changed Basketball Forever (Paperback) by John Feinstein]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33001266 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170878985s/75650.jpg 554681 Marc http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1221217646p2/554681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/554681-marc Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:10:45 -0700 Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw (Paperback) by Mark Bowden]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34560491 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174582762s/419083.jpg 554681 Marc http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1221217646p2/554681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/554681-marc Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:59:22 -0700 The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion, #2) by Dan Simmons]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63326126 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255632070s/77565.jpg 554681 Marc http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1221217646p2/554681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/554681-marc Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:33:09 -0700 Still suffers one of the same problems of the first book, it is a lot longer than it needed to be....more...]]> Hyperion (Hyperion, #1) by Dan Simmons]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60151173 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1241903945s/77566.jpg 554681 Marc http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1221217646p2/554681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/554681-marc Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:16:16 -0700
The overarching story contains six short stories giving more insight about the major characters of this book. Unfortunately these stories vary great...more...]]> Tyson: Nurture of the Beast (Polity celebrities series) by Ellis Cashmore]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21421268 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518SG91SMZL._SL75_.jpg 554681 Marc http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1221217646p2/554681.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/554681-marc Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:30:08 -0700 Cashmore is not an ordinary sports journalist, but a professor in sociology and sports and it shows throughout his scientific apporach. ]]>