false 724183 46 female Astoria, NY 12/2007 10/2009 14 149 141 true 5665525 read 2 true 1464969 currently-reading 6 true 1464968 to-read 12 false 1543164 fiction 6 false 1534286 sports 5 false 1516619 shrink--shrank--shrunk 3 false 1491480 cookbooks 2 false 2487191 business 2 false 1601724 sci-fi 2 false 1534196 gay-lesbian--etc- 2 false 1543179 young-adult 0 false 2401715 reference 0 false 5474160 mystery Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships (Hardcover) by Daniel Goleman]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81891031 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167799464s/26324.jpg 724183 Patricia http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1198965150p2/724183.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/724183-patricia Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:45:25 -0800 The Boys Are Back (Movie Tie-in Edition (Vintage) by Simon Carr]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81890943 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51bxGdlK8FL._SL75_.jpg 724183 Patricia http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1198965150p2/724183.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/724183-patricia Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:44:24 -0800 The Art of Disappearing: A Novel (Hardcover) by Ivy Pochoda]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62146831 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255971189s/6398330.jpg 724183 Patricia http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1198965150p2/724183.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/724183-patricia Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:04:21 -0700
I look forward to reading more from this engaging and entertaining author.]]> Philip Roth: Novels 1967-1972: When She Was Good / Portnoy's Complaint / Our Gang / The Breast (Library of America) by Philip Roth]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62153925 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166483333s/11649.jpg 724183 Patricia http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1198965150p2/724183.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/724183-patricia Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:21:26 -0700

"It appears then that my analysis has 'taken'." I tell Dr. Klinger, "a tribute to you, sir." He laughs. "You were always stronger than you thought." "I would so soon never had to...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62146831 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255971189s/6398330.jpg 724183 Patricia http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1198965150p2/724183.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/724183-patricia Sun, 02 Aug 2009 10:11:43 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62153976 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51h81vZNGOL._SL75_.jpg 724183 Patricia http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1198965150p2/724183.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/724183-patricia Sun, 02 Aug 2009 10:04:32 -0700
Finished, I barely breathe hard. This annoys Picasso.

"How can someone so fat swim so well?" he asks, indignant.
I think of all the answers I might give, such as that whales swim very beautifully. But I know my place.

-"Driving Picasso" from DROWNING LESSONS]]> Drowning Lessons: Stories (Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction) by Peter Selgin]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62153976 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51h81vZNGOL._SL75_.jpg 724183 Patricia http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1198965150p2/724183.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/724183-patricia Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:59:59 -0700 Pushing Up Daisies: A Dirt-y Business Mystery (Hardcover) by Rosemary Harris]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63990951 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255911559s/1593015.jpg 724183 Patricia http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1198965150p2/724183.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/724183-patricia Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:54:27 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62146474 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170354199s/48328.jpg 724183 Patricia http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1198965150p2/724183.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/724183-patricia Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:17:44 -0700
He says this after she screams at him that she hates him when he confesses to his office fling with a woman from the secretarial pool.

****POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT****

The hospital scene is surreal.

Gee, where's my coffee?
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