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I read a lot because I love to learn new skills and ideas. If I'm interested in a subject, I'll try to get as much information about it as I can. I hope I never want to stop learning.

The books on my shelf are mainly those that I have read in the past few years to the present, or ones that are personal favorites.]]> female Westerville, OH 11/2007 12/2009 1265 Jane Austen 1221698 Neil Gaiman 7956 Mary Roach 10733 Camille Paglia 36 942 486 true 5623153 read 4 true 1151718 currently-reading 452 true 1151717 to-read 155 false 4017682 history-bio-memoir 83 false 4016374 womens-studies 77 false 4017687 non-fiction 70 false 4016376 young-adult-juvenile 60 false 4030336 science-nature-anthropology 56 false 4017723 pop-culture 44 false 4017704 social-criticism 40 false 4017683 philosophy-religion-myth-folklore 34 false 4017720 classic 33 false 4017721 humor 31 false 4016383 craftophile 30 false 4595221 fantasy-scifi-horror 30 false 4033314 art-artists-photography 29 false 4017686 historical-fiction 24 false 4074066 disappointing 23 false 4091766 death-dying-mourning 22 false 4032749 fashion-beauty-design-decor 18 false 4156154 manga-graphicnovels 17 false 4016379 could-not-finish 16 false 4660343 fiction 16 false 4426870 books-on-books-language-writing 15 false 4355585 burlesque-pinup-lowbrow 14 false 4156038 want-to-buy 12 false 4016375 atheist-agnostic-skeptic 4 false 4348341 try-again-later 2 false 4768448 food-diet-recipes-health Alice I Have Been: A Novel (Hardcover) by Melanie Benjamin]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80607794 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513bgm0bMrL._SL75_.jpg 596983 Jodi http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238951155p2/596983.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/596983-jodi Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:38:36 -0800 Becoming Jane Eyre: A Novel (Paperback) by Sheila Kohler]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80607750 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1247245547s/6394951.jpg 596983 Jodi http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238951155p2/596983.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/596983-jodi Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:38:16 -0800 Condom Nation: The U.S. Government's Sex Education Campaign from World War I to the Internet (Hardcover) by Alexandra M. Lord]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79862376 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Fzs4Ci%2BAL._SL75_.jpg 596983 Jodi http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238951155p2/596983.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/596983-jodi Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:49:22 -0800 Hardboiled Hollywood: The True Crime Stories that Inspired the Great Noir Films (Hardcover) by Max Décharné]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79862051 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51p4yShPN6L._SL75_.jpg 596983 Jodi http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238951155p2/596983.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/596983-jodi Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:47:09 -0800 Jane's Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World (Hardcover) by Claire Harman]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79861747 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235778539s/6011246.jpg 596983 Jodi http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238951155p2/596983.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/596983-jodi Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:44:49 -0800 Look at This F*cking Hipster (Paperback) by Joe Mande]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79861472 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/612NI%2B-YSbL._SL75_.jpg 596983 Jodi http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238951155p2/596983.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/596983-jodi Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:42:38 -0800 In Triumph's Wake: Royal Mothers, Tragic Daughters, and the Price They Paid for Glory (Hardcover) by Julia P. Gelardi]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79861256 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228696304s/3155489.jpg 596983 Jodi http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238951155p2/596983.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/596983-jodi Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:40:10 -0800 "In Case Atom Bombs Fall": An Anthology of Governmental Explanations, Instructions and Warnings from the 1940s to the 1960s (Paperback) by Michael Scheibach]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79860924 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51wyA1QUJcL._SL75_.jpg 596983 Jodi http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238951155p2/596983.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/596983-jodi Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:36:47 -0800 Dispatches from the Abortion Wars: The Costs of Fanaticism to Doctors, Patients, and the Rest of Us (Hardcover) by Carole Joffe]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79860113 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KqPn5NINL._SL75_.jpg 596983 Jodi http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238951155p2/596983.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/596983-jodi Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:28:41 -0800 To Tell the Truth Freely: The Life of Ida B. Wells (Hardcover) by Mia Bay]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79859548 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QkzzXpCnL._SL75_.jpg 596983 Jodi http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238951155p2/596983.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/596983-jodi Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:22:12 -0800