false 72 114 113 true 5744724 read 1 true 2033352 currently-reading 0 true 2033351 to-read 1 false 2033356 finished 0 false 8278472 wishlist http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77426588 A Ring of Endless Light (Austin Family, Book 4) by Madeleine L'Engle
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Reading for the Shelf Discovery challenge! ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77197742 to: Everything Here Is the Best Thing Ever: Stories (P.S.) by Justin Taylor
I think Justin is a very gifted writer, and I look forward to reading more from him. My only issues with these stories (aside from--SPOILER ALERT--a cat dying) was that they centered on exactly the type of people I dislike most. People my age or a little younger with no ambition, no goals, the kind of people who will stay stuck in their dead-end towns forever. Justin got these people exactly right--but that meant that sometimes I just got disgusted with them. Still, I think some of these stories will become favorites of mine, and it's a very quick read, so I would recommend it. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75079890 to: The Dolphin People (Paperback) by Torsten Krol
This is another case where I wish you could give 3.5 stars, because I don't know if I loved this book as much as some other four star books, but "i liked it" seems too lukewarm. It doesn't denote respect, which I have for this book. To sum it up quickly, The Dolphin People is about a family of Germans after ww2 whose plane crashes in the jungle of Venezuela, where the natives mistake them for dolphins in human form. Predictably, crazy things ensue. One quote about it I read described it as "swiss family robinson for psychopaths," which I think is fairly accurate. I would also say swiss family robinson + cannibal holocaust + nazis, but also funny.

Anyway, we're publishing this in paperback in dec with a new (BETTER) cover and I recommend it. It's also an excellent palate cleanser if you normally don't read anything remotely resembling adventure. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75012106 Greg's review of Grab On to Me Tightly as if I Knew the Way: A Novel (P.S.)
by Bryan Charles

this is one of my absolute favorite books of all time, and the author is an awesome guy. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75079768 Black Water Rising (Hardcover) by Attica Locke
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75079573 to: Everything Is Wrong with Me: A Memoir of an American Childhood Gone, Well, Wrong (Paperback) by Jason Mulgrew
Completely hilarious. In his intro, the author says this is a book for anyone who's ever wondered how they came from their parents, and since I and eveeryone else I know wonders that about me, this was perfect for me. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75079310 to: More of This World or Maybe Another (P.S.) by Barb Johnson
This is a book of linked short stories about a group of new orleans residents pre-Katrina. barb johnson is an amazing, amazing writer, and this is an awesome book. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73115974 to: If You Follow Me (Paperback) by Malena Watrous
I didn't expect to like this book as much as I did. It sounded perfectly pleasant (the story of a young woman teaching english in japan after college while trying to forget her past) but not really my thing. But it's much quirkier, much more sensitive than I had thought it would be, and the main character, Marina, is thoroughly real. I'd add this to the very short list of books about women in their twenties that I actually like. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/220.Goodreads_Librarians Erica joined the Goodreads Librarians group. ]]>