false 578320 28 female San Francisco, CA 10/2007 12/2009 23 315 224 true 5657559 read 1 true 1112662 currently-reading 90 true 1112661 to-read 13 false 4200278 my-absolute-favorites The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, The Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals (Hardcover) by Frank Partnoy]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77202514 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cYFns4mjL._SL75_.jpg 578320 Petie http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1202951909p2/578320.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/578320-petie Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:26:30 -0800 The Secret Agent (Paperback) by Joseph Conrad]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65593950 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171075859s/86658.jpg 578320 Petie http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1202951909p2/578320.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/578320-petie Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:06:28 -0700 Three Black Skirts : All You Need To Survive (Paperback) by Anna Johnson]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68618431 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157723s/252942.jpg 578320 Petie http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1202951909p2/578320.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/578320-petie Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:35:17 -0700 The Art of Racing in the Rain (Hardcover) by Garth Stein]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67119613 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/416e8KyVWUL._SL75_.jpg 578320 Petie http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1202951909p2/578320.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/578320-petie Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:32:19 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59927113 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170314348s/46164.jpg 578320 Petie http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1202951909p2/578320.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/578320-petie Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:42:37 -0700 OK- so to balance my recs: I can't recommend enough The Art of Racing in the Rain.
In terms of style, it's an opposite.
In terms of a brilliant read...I obviously can't say it's the same...but it's as close as one could get while still paying homage to Fitzgerald. :)]]> Outliers (Hardcover) by Malcolm Gladwell]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68618388 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255608670s/3228917.jpg 578320 Petie http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1202951909p2/578320.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/578320-petie Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:22:45 -0700 The Black Pearl (Newbery Honor Book) by Scott O'Dell]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67343224 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171867014s/124245.jpg 578320 Petie http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1202951909p2/578320.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/578320-petie Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:10:33 -0700