false 867010 female Mobile, AL 02/2008 12/2009 396 Robert B. Parker 1221698 Neil Gaiman 8596 Tamora Pierce 28544 Sharon Shinn 7956 Mary Roach 9237 Jacqueline Carey 10 192 135 true 5707600 read 1 true 1759496 currently-reading 56 true 1759495 to-read 46 false 8948749 favorites Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2) by Jim Butcher]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/82100015 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171229616s/91477.jpg 867010 Laura http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1211657025p2/867010.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/867010-laura Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:23:22 -0800 Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper (Paperback) by Diablo Cody]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16514871 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168030459s/29486.jpg 867010 Laura http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1211657025p2/867010.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/867010-laura Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:22:59 -0800
Everyone knows Diablo Cody is clever with phrases and pop culture references. This book isn't overwhelmed with them, however, unlike the movie, "Juno", whose screenplay she wrote.

I was entirely clueless to the World of the Stripper, and ...more...]]> Dear Fatty (Hardcover) by Dawn French]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36743573 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51y1O4eNV8L._SL75_.jpg 867010 Laura http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1211657025p2/867010.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/867010-laura Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:15:25 -0800
It's written in the style of letters to people she knows or knew and tells her story very well.

Some parts are very funny and some are very sad. Ms. French is clever with words and it makes this book a fu...more...]]> Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1) by Jim Butcher]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81343289 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255681160s/47212.jpg 867010 Laura http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1211657025p2/867010.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/867010-laura Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:11:40 -0800
Overall, I liked the world Butcher created but I wished there was a little more detail. About Dresden himself, his apartment, his city, etc.

The magic "rules" in thi...more...]]> The Last War: A Novel (Hardcover) by Ana Menendez]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80880461 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ooM4E24uL._SL75_.jpg 867010 Laura http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1211657025p2/867010.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/867010-laura Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:06:49 -0800 The Cry of the Sloth (Paperback) by Sam Savage]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80880422 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517ma1Bf9xL._SL75_.jpg 867010 Laura http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1211657025p2/867010.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/867010-laura Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:06:07 -0800 Tinkers (Hardcover) by Paul Harding]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80880386 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255979744s/4957350.jpg 867010 Laura http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1211657025p2/867010.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/867010-laura Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:05:38 -0800 Ravens (Hardcover) by George Dawes Green]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80880297 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256048209s/6101999.jpg 867010 Laura http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1211657025p2/867010.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/867010-laura Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:04:36 -0800 Bilgewater (Abacus Books) by Jane Gardam]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80880236 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182550866s/1294372.jpg 867010 Laura http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1211657025p2/867010.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/867010-laura Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:04:08 -0800 Old Filth (Paperback) by Jane Gardam]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80880224 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168791569s/37060.jpg 867010 Laura http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1211657025p2/867010.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/867010-laura Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:04:03 -0800