false 20 131 94 true 5794978 read 2 true 134111 currently-reading 35 true 134110 to-read 30 false 153522 educational 28 false 153521 fiction 13 false 153534 socialissues 12 false 230288 for-school 9 false 153530 real-lifeweirdness 9 false 153535 womensstudies 8 false 153546 politics 7 false 153525 memiorsandautobiographies 7 false 153540 shortstoriesandanthologies 4 false 1455842 scifi-guides 4 false 153531 comicsandgraphicnovels 3 false 153547 canon-and-fanfiction 2 false 153543 lettersanddiaries 1 false 2440409 religion-and-philosophy http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41567930 Lady Chatterley's Lover (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics) by D.H. Lawrence
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71257459 to: Tank Girl Armadillo!: A Novel (Paperback) by Alan C Martin
bookshelves: comicsandgraphicnovels
I don't think I've ever read a book of a comic character that actually was any good.

Fucking brotherfuckers. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65019711 to: Let the Right One In: A Novel (Paperback) by John Ajvide Lindqvist
bookshelves: fiction
I finished this book while watching Anime music videos at a convention I had been participating in over Labor Day weekend. Near the end of the book, I thought about what I might right here and nothing really seemed to sound right.

Vampires are usually horror or romance territory. Occasionally, they are associated with suspenseful thriller or supernatural action movies. With the likes of Twilight (side note: That's Enough, Stephanie Meyer), the Sookie Stackhouse series, the original Dracula and many new teen-targeted books thanks to 2009 being the year of the Vampire appearent - I could not align this book with anything else in the genre.

Eli is a vampire. She will never really admit to it, though the signs are there - aversion to sunlight, needing blood to live, being more or less immortal and undead. Oskar, the other main character, shows the basic beginnings of anti-social personality disorder (and as an adult, on the path he begins on would probably become a sociopath and possible serial killer). He keeps a ball of tissue in his pants to pee in, imagines a tree to be a bully whom he stabs and have trouble empathizing with almost everyone. In 1980s Sweden, this love story is not as much about their relationship as a small amount of time captured like an undisturbed snow bank.

This book is not for kids. This book does not have sparkles, does not have eternal romantic love and will not leave you daydreaming about how sexy vampires are. Themes of pedophilia, violence, drugs and mutilation play major roles in the story.

In a genre that is very easily played out, predictable and sometimes laughably ridiculous - "Let the Right One In" stands apart. It's is memorizing and hard to put down. While some books bring about passionate feelings, this book is unique in it's ability to be a work of art and a wonderful contribution to the world of literature.

I highly recommend the Swedish film as well. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59950150 to: The Red Tent (Paperback) by Anita Diamant
bookshelves: fiction
This book is loosely based off of the story of Dinah, in Genesis - a character that was originally relegated to a couple of lines in the Bible.

I originally picked this book up because every single Women's Studies class I had been in had brought it up as a great book. I'm glad I did.

Despite it's background, I feel it goes beyond normal historical fiction as well as feminist literature. I felt very involved with the characters - the first part solely dedicated to Dinah's mother and aunts and their trials before she is born. The second part related to Dinah's early life and the last dealing with her life after her tragedy.

I felt this book was clearly written and became interested even in their mundane of tasks.

This isn't a book for everyone - there are no explosions, no raunchy sex, no quick wit. But it is a calming book. I think that word is best way to describe it. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59952615 to: The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century (Paperback) by Harry Turtledove
bookshelves: fiction, shortstoriesandanthologies
I enjoyed some of the stories, but not all, thus I don't quite feel like it's the best. I am a huge fan of alternative history, but was kind of disappointed with some of these stories. The novella ("Bring the Jubilee" by Ward Moore) I felt could have been better off as a standalone book rather than put right in the middle of this anthology (where it takes up more than a quarter of the book). I personally disliked that story, as it seemed to drag on without much to bring you in.

However, some of the stories are worth checking out, including the "Death of Captain Future" - a retro futuristic story, that I enjoyed despite the fact that it isn't quite a "history" story. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59952513 to: The House on Mango Street (Paperback) by Sandra Cisneros
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59952456 to: Gone with the Wind (Mass Paperback) by Margaret Mitchell
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59952391 to: Dragonflight (Pern: Dragonriders of Pern, #1) by Anne McCaffrey
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59952328 to: The Crow: Quoth the Crow (Paperback) by David Bischoff
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59952289 to: Carrie (Paperback) by Stephen King
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