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I unfortunately do not have very good retention of what I read; ask me to memorize Spanish vocab or Latin names of plants and I'm gold, but themes and plots completely escape me. Therefore all of my reviews are for books I've recently read, books I've read numerous times, or books that made an unusually lasting impression on me, good or bad.

My favorite authors are Ray Bradbury, Margaret Atwood, Barbara Kingsolver, John Irving, Tolkien, Stephen King, Carl Hiaasen and David Sedaris.]]> F The United States 01/2008 12/2009 2121 Michael Pollan 3389 Stephen King 8178 Carl Hiaasen 3541 Barbara Kingsolver 37218 Edward Abbey 3472 Margaret Atwood 11 210 188 true 5696364 read 2 true 1688128 currently-reading 20 true 1688127 to-read 42 false 1696171 book-club-selections 35 false 1693487 environment-nature-science Loving Frank (Hardcover) by Nancy Horan]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69846774 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179285637s/898885.jpg 833298 Erin http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1231103972p2/833298.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/833298-erin Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:30:34 -0800 more...]]> The Satanic Verses (Paperback) by Salman Rushdie]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81594136 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5191SWZDHSL._SL75_.jpg 833298 Erin http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1231103972p2/833298.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/833298-erin Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:43:09 -0800 Memories of a Catholic Girlhood (Paperback) by Mary McCarthy]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81594049 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166468630s/11292.jpg 833298 Erin http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1231103972p2/833298.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/833298-erin Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:42:13 -0800 God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything (Hardcover) by Christopher Hitchens]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57807356 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255879534s/43369.jpg 833298 Erin http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1231103972p2/833298.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/833298-erin Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:40:46 -0800 more...]]> A Reliable Wife (Hardcover) by Robert Goolrick]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80884401 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51isLvPLB%2BL._SL75_.jpg 833298 Erin http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1231103972p2/833298.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/833298-erin Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:50:41 -0800 Towelhead: A Novel (Paperback) by Alicia Erian]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80884337 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170444234s/54881.jpg 833298 Erin http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1231103972p2/833298.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/833298-erin Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:50:00 -0800 A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories (Hardcover) by Flannery O'Connor]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68448305 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170355800s/48464.jpg 833298 Erin http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1231103972p2/833298.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/833298-erin Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:37:32 -0800 The Lacuna: A Novel (Hardcover) by Barbara Kingsolver]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80456370 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255571578s/6433752.jpg 833298 Erin http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1231103972p2/833298.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/833298-erin Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:36:53 -0800 In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made (Paperback) by Norman F. Cantor]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79196603 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172413932s/173258.jpg 833298 Erin http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1231103972p2/833298.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/833298-erin Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:44:33 -0800 The Abstinence Teacher (Hardcover) by Tom Perrotta]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65888500 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256082902s/347143.jpg 833298 Erin http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1231103972p2/833298.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/833298-erin Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:37:45 -0800 more...]]>