false 3 3 3 true 6135559 read 0 true 1947231 currently-reading 0 true 1947230 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52288760 Douglas's review of The Game (Mary Russell, #7)
by Laurie R. King

Yup, a permanent escape! I confess I just read The Shack. Christian fiction. Need I say more? (No, actually, I read it because so many students and others here have been talking about it so I read it because I felt I should at least know what people are talking about. Not bad, as that genre goes. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51668091 Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time (Paperback) by Greg Mortenson
Did love this book! Transported me to Pakistan--I need to know more! So appreciated his support of GIRLS' education in particular. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50562410 Jacinda 's review of Where's Wallace?
by Hilary Knight

I LOVE Where's wallace! Where did you find this book, which got so eclipsed by where's waldo?! Wallace the orangatan at the circus. love it love it! ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38685456 Jacinda 's review of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
by Dave Eggers

Jacinda wrote: "Hi Lawrie!

I really enjoyed it in the beginning. But when I got to the middle, I lost interest. I am at the part where he is being interviewed for the mtv reality show and I can't seem to get thr..."

Hi! So glad you remember that I wanted to hear your thoughts on this. Keep reading and let me know. BTW, where are you and what is up in your life? And when are you going to grad school???

]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16724322 Jacinda 's review of Notes from a Big Country
by Bill Bryson

I love Bill Bryson! I assume you've read Notes from a Small COuntry, right? Some time, pick up Mother Tongue and Made in America, his 2 books about the English language--you won't read them straight through (it'd overwhelm you with detail) but it is fascinating--how our words and expressions originated, etc. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22939992 Jacinda 's review of Girl Meets God: A Memoir
by Lauren F. Winner

This is a book I recommend a lot! She is less traditional in both her coming to Christianity and her approach to it. I also admire (actually, I am in awe!) her intellectual approach to scriptures and her passion for digging deeper into the word.

Jack, what did YOU think? ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18983571 to: Things Fall Apart (Paperback) by Chinua Achebe
Of course, a must-read classic. What I appreciated on this time through it was how immersed I was in the characters worldview, rather than being a white European person looking in on their worldview. Thus, when the white authorities come in, it seems so illogical and out of balance. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16823533 to: Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia (Paperback) by Elizabeth Gilbert
Loved this! I'm sure most people love the "Eat" part and I did like it (also salivated a lot!) but it was a bit "cute" (in the way that Annie Lamott gets to "cute" for me--too self aware and too much hamming it up) but I really loved the "Pray" part in Indonesia--much more thoughtful and even soft and slow, the way I imagine her own experience was there. And I love, love, love the fact that Richard-from-Texas calls her "Groceries." Go read this book. Really! I was determined to only like it but I liked it a LOT and, more importantly, I want to own it and I want to recommend it to others... ]]>