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]]> 49 male West Linn, OR 02/2008 11/2009 11 108 85 true 5783378 read 4 true 1753451 currently-reading 19 true 1753450 to-read 3 false 1755669 life-changers 2 false 1755667 history The Teapot Dome Scandal: How Big Oil Bought the Harding White House and Tried to Steal the Country (Hardcover) by Laton McCartney]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65126024 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51wz6awz%2BoL._SL75_.jpg 864287 George Mead http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1201911972p2/864287.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/864287-george-mead Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:48:28 -0800
2) I was appalled th...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/151078-atonement-by-ian-mcewan http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1218843025p2/6968.jpg 864287 George Mead http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1201911972p2/864287.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/864287-george-mead Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:16:56 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/17288-of-human-bondage http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1184700395p2/426.jpg 864287 George Mead http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1201911972p2/864287.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/864287-george-mead Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:59:42 -0700
Philip is a frustrating character, but i think he's meant to be that way. One of Maugham's favorite themes is human indecision and weakness. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/198375-heart-of-darkness-by-joseph-conrad http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1184700395p2/426.jpg 864287 George Mead http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1201911972p2/864287.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/864287-george-mead Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:52:57 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/16861-books-you-wanted-to-loathe-but-couldn-t http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1184700395p2/426.jpg 864287 George Mead http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1201911972p2/864287.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/864287-george-mead Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:50:35 -0700 Sean wrote: "Stephen King's "The Stand." I went through a period in college (as many lit. majors do) of serious book snobbery. I had read one or two of King's books, and had found them mildly entertaining. N..."
I agree about the Stand. For awhile there, King was being compared favorably to Poe. The Stand did a lot to put his name there. I think like a lot of prolific and popular artists ( Think Springsteen and Elton John) , there's "Classic Period". For King this would include The Stand, Dead Zone, Salem's Lot, and Stand By Me.

Then he wrote Pet Semetary and Cujo and I thought he had lost the spark and I stopped reading him. . I'm sure he's written good stuff since. I just don't have the time or inclination to sort through it.
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/143795-terrible-books-you-had-to-read-for-school http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1184700395p2/426.jpg 864287 George Mead http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1201911972p2/864287.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/864287-george-mead Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:39:28 -0700
I was an English major and pride myself on reading most of Dickens and Austen. I am baffled why Eliot receives the accolades she does. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1.Best_Books_Ever http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1201911972p2/864287.jpg 864287 George Mead http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1201911972p2/864287.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/864287-george-mead Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:16:22 -0700 As I Lay Dying (Paperback) by William Faulkner]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14305978 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170899847s/77013.jpg 864287 George Mead http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1201911972p2/864287.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/864287-george-mead Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:06:53 -0700
The story is sad, G...more...]]> The Wapshot Chronicle (Paperback) by John Cheever]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65125949 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21oiy66YKvL._SL75_.jpg 864287 George Mead http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1201911972p2/864287.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/864287-george-mead Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:58:29 -0700