false 8 137 107 true 5709287 read 1 true 1208704 currently-reading 29 true 1208703 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66457104 Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America And American in Iran (Paperback) by Azadeh Moaveni
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71509488 to: First Meetings in Ender's Universe (Mass Market Paperback) by Orson Scott Card
This is an excellent collection of short stories. It relates some of the background and depth of the Ender saga. I recommend this to any Ender fan or to someone who has not yet read the series. I really enjoyed the stories about Ender's father. We also get an look into the younger versions of the Battle School commanders. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16099559 to: Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life (Hardcover) by Steve Martin
This is an excellent book. I really enjoyed the large print and ample amount of white space. This is a greatly written book. Martin can just tell stories, any kind in any way. It is interesting to see how this man who has made us laugh came to be. His frankness is amazing. He puts life as it is (I do not mean in the way that comics put it). I really enjoyed the quote from Joni Mitchel. I am now constantly wondering if I will hear this before a seventh date. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16707400 to: Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West (Hardcover) by Benazir Bhutto
This is a pretty good book. The first half does make one want to put the book down but is actually worth further reading. While the book officially is geared to everyone, I feel the the main audience that needs to read it are the Muslim people. I did feel as if my intelligence was being insulted as I read this book.

I really liked the author's candor about the issues. She hit the nail on the head, the West (as it is called) has made some mistakes but the Muslim countries make their own litany of mistakes. Democracy can really take a hold in many more countries but the same old things continue (from within and without) continue to impede. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57584879 bridget.'s review of Eclipse (Twilight Saga, #3)
by Stephenie Meyer

"If one watches the movies, might as well consume the literature."

Unfortunately, the kids that I work are not fans of this type of literature. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66392061 The Last Fighting Tommy: The Life of Harry Patch, the Oldest Surviving Veteran of the Trenches (Hardcover) by Harry Patch
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66390892 Bride of Acacias: Selected Poems of Forough Farrokhzad (Modern Persian literature series) by فروغ فرخزاد / Forough Farrokhzad
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66390877 A Cup of Sin: Selected Poems (Modern Middle East Literature in Translation Series) by Simin Behbahani
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66390869 The Love Poems Of Ahmad Shamlu (Hardcover) by Firoozeh Papan-Matin
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