false 57 217 184 true 5684888 read 2 true 149603 currently-reading 31 true 149602 to-read 15 false 5514377 all-time-favorites 9 false 5340331 re-read 1 false 5424669 abandonded http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77955115 The Shipping News : A Novel (Paperback) by Annie Proulx
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77953369 to: Elizabeth Costello (Paperback) by J.M. Coetzee
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76835641 to: The Magicians (Hardcover) by Lev Grossman
Thoroughly enjoyable! I loved all the twisty plot threads. I loved the not-too-veiled Narnia homage. I loved the characters. I loved the "grittiness" of the magic. Hooray! ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74385674 to: The Feminine Mystique (Mass Market Paperback) by Betty Friedan
Seriously stunning how relevant about 2/3 of this book still seems. The other 1/3 has some missteps, like where she compares suburbia to Nazi concentration camps, or all the zings at gay men. BUT seriously, the rest of it... good, good stuff. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76835333 Speak (Paperback) by Laurie Halse Anderson
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1934 Renata commented on Emilia's progress update: "reading Little Women. I just got through the part where Beth gets sick the first time. Such foreshadowing! So heartwrenching. Put the book in the freezer!"

Renata wrote: "Beth nooooooooooo :( "

see all comments ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72561900 Chad's review of New Moon (Twilight Saga, #2)
by Stephenie Meyer

Hey Chad, you should check out this blog: http://markreadstwilight.buzznet.com/use... Hilarious chapter-by-chapter reviews of Twilight. And part of New Moon. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74601421 One Square Inch of Silence: One Man's Search for Natural Silence in a Noisy World (Hardcover) by Gordon Hempton
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74601345 Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America (Hardcover) by Barbara Ehrenreich
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73852520 to: Ceremony (Paperback) by Leslie Marmon Silko
As a fan of contemporary Native American fiction (is it pretentious to say that??), reading this for the first time now was interesting, since it definitely paved the way for writers like Louise Erdrich. Standing on its own, now, it's maybe not as "fresh" as it was 30 years ago--I feel like I've read these kinds of "rediscovering native culture/reclamation/rebirth" themes before. (Not that that's Silko's fault; she came first, I'm reading out of order.) But still, I enjoyed her prose, and especially the way the different stories flowed together so seamlessly. Also, I loved her descriptions of the Southwest landscape--gorgeous. ]]>