false 790543 trying, I swear. And I've liked most of it (despite the names).

I'm also going to be rereading a bunch of stuff I haven't read in a long while. I feel kind of guilty about rating books I haven't read in years. Maybe it's my inner obsessive-compulsive, but it just feels unfair to the books. Sadly in some cases, this re-assessing hasn't turned out to be a positive experience. ]]> 26 male Melbourne, Australia 01/2008 12/2009 15 253 73 true 5693494 read 0 true 1600844 currently-reading 180 true 1600843 to-read 123 false 3961818 owned 58 false 1628681 graphic-novels-comics 51 false 1648050 re-read 25 false 1628683 series 23 false 1759360 2009 23 false 1628868 non-fiction 19 false 2769374 supernatural 19 false 1628861 told-to-read 19 false 6729092 hitchcock 17 false 8268331 2008 17 false 4093734 fantasy 16 false 1628733 zombies 15 false 3927789 crime 14 false 8792224 favourites 14 false 1628837 unus-mundus 10 false 4239154 childrens-ya 9 false 8312610 true-crime 6 false 3925689 vampires 4 false 2769309 werewolves 3 false 4148174 kindling 3 false 3914060 something-else 2 false 3926942 photography 2 false 4605512 historical-fiction 1 false 3961819 borrowed 1 false 4093741 sci-fi 1 false 3952083 comedy 1 false 3926939 music World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (Paperback) by Max Brooks]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12660947 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165766703s/8908.jpg 790543 Matt http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1200584403p2/790543.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/790543-matt Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:50:06 -0800 World War Z is likely a fool's errand, I am rather late to the party on this one. Essentially it's a collection of short stories linked by the zombie war and told by the survivors.

As with most collections of short stories the quality varies. At worst the stories are still en...more...]]> Odd and the Frost Giants (Hardcover) by Neil Gaiman]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80747498 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1260845620s/2819137.jpg 790543 Matt http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1200584403p2/790543.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/790543-matt Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:54:26 -0800 The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks (Paperback) by Susan Casey]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80489508 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171228364s/91362.jpg 790543 Matt http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1200584403p2/790543.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/790543-matt Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:52:02 -0800 Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter (Paperback) by A.E. Moorat]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80256218 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BSGvsLv6L._SL75_.jpg 790543 Matt http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1200584403p2/790543.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/790543-matt Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:45:42 -0800 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) by Stieg Larsson]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73710895 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255570700s/2429135.jpg 790543 Matt http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1200584403p2/790543.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/790543-matt Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:07:56 -0800 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was. I suppose like most people I tend to be a little dubious when introduced to something that is surrounded by a lot of hype. I hadn't really heard anything about the series, but I had seen the books advertised in our local k-mart catalog...more...]]> Bedlam: London and Its Mad (Paperback) by Catharine Arnold]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79167580 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51bdpX76UtL._SL75_.jpg 790543 Matt http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1200584403p2/790543.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/790543-matt Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:13:34 -0800 Necropolis: London and Its Dead (Paperback) by Catherine Arnold]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79167509 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179545531s/930118.jpg 790543 Matt http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1200584403p2/790543.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/790543-matt Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:12:59 -0800 Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery (Hardcover) by Richard Hollingham]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79167073 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EsliwctiL._SL75_.jpg 790543 Matt http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1200584403p2/790543.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/790543-matt Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:09:13 -0800 There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby: Fairy Tales (Paperback) by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79021160 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255709125s/6490566.jpg 790543 Matt http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1200584403p2/790543.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/790543-matt Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:58:19 -0800 The Informers (Paperback) by Bret Easton Ellis]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78709053 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166110044s/9914.jpg 790543 Matt http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1200584403p2/790543.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/790543-matt Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:28:44 -0800