false 576276 female The United States 10/2007 09/2008 7 16 7 true 5913618 read 3 true 1108848 currently-reading 6 true 1108847 to-read The Valley of Fear (Paperback) by Arthur Conan Doyle]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8270644 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177850130s/736130.jpg 576276 Beverly http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/576276-beverly Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:36:04 -0700
We're about halfway through this, and with the American locale and the evil secret society theme, it's starting to look like a pulpier version of A Study in Scar...more...]]> The Histories (Penguin Classics) by Herodotus]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8269714 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1158208263s/1362.jpg 576276 Beverly http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/576276-beverly Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:31:19 -0700
Herodotus jumps around a bit, so it can be confusing. I've found that a plot summary is indispensible.

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Definitely a pot boiler. I particularly enjoyed the scenes where the author was poking fun at Herodotus's narrative style.]]> The Charterhouse of Parma (Paperback) by Stendhal]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8269500 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166641281s/14680.jpg 576276 Beverly http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/576276-beverly Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:03:03 -0700 Selected Tales and Sketches (Penguin Classics) by Nathaniel Hawthorne]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8269478 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170371552s/50775.jpg 576276 Beverly http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/576276-beverly Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:02:06 -0700 Salamina (Paperback) by Rockwell Kent]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8269458 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180697035s/1066617.jpg 576276 Beverly http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/576276-beverly Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:01:12 -0700 The History of the Peloponnesian War: Revised Edition (Paperback) by Thucydides]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8269412 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173226507s/261243.jpg 576276 Beverly http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/576276-beverly Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:00:19 -0700 Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings (Paperback) by ابوالقاسم فردوسی / Abolghasem Ferdowsi]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8238549 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167768153s/25869.jpg 576276 Beverly http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/576276-beverly Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:18:24 -0700