false 26 382 287 true 5698387 read 1 true 1507620 currently-reading 94 true 1507619 to-read 143 false 2708886 books-for-children 82 false 2699502 every-child-should-read 62 false 2708984 favorites 48 false 2753937 mysteries-thrillers 47 false 2747358 don-t-remember-but-know-i-liked 46 false 2749289 read-as-a-child 15 false 3697922 funny 9 false 2740051 everyone-likes-them-i-don-t 6 false 3697899 good-to-read-on-an-airplane 6 false 3697844 cannot-recommend 5 false 2727101 worst-books 4 false 3699009 excellent-audio 2 false 3697683 open-to-changing-my-mind-about 2 false 4488241 beyond-description 2 false 2770258 couldn-t-finish-will-try-again 0 false 2747442 read---completely-forgot <![CDATA[Val added 'Dark Places']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79567492 to: Dark Places (Hardcover) by Gillian Flynn
]]> <![CDATA[Val added 'Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79414192 Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog (Hardcover) by Ted Kerasote
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Val read and liked Tamara's review of Little Children: A Novel:

"None of the characters in this book should be all that likeable or sympathetic, yet somehow Perrotta had me sympathizing with them, from the couple cheating on their spouses in front of their three-year-olds down to the child molester new to the neig...more "
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]]> <![CDATA[New Fanship update]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Val]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/240968-i-joined-this-group-because-i-love-it-s-name Val made a comment in the Scent of a Woman's Ink group:

And I do! ]]> <![CDATA[Val joined a group.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/26292.Scent_of_a_Woman_s_Ink Val joined the Scent of a Woman's Ink and Chicks On Lit groups. ]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Val]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/16276-introduce-yourself Val made a comment in the Chicks On Lit group:

Hi, I'm Val and I'm happily back in Goodreads again. I had to take time off, and horror of horrors, time from reading, also. This looks like a fun group and I'm looking forward to November's discussion of The Shadow of the Wind. ]]> <![CDATA[Val added 'The Hunger Games']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77804508 The Hunger Games (Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins
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]]> <![CDATA[Val wrote a story]]> http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/34729.My_Teeth_are_Yellow?chapter=1 Val wrote My Teeth are Yellow: 1.

"My Teeth are Yellow

My teeth are yellow and need whitening,
Yes, they do.
Betwe" ...more
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