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]]> 30940822 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:39:33 -0700 Comment1190400 <![CDATA[new comment from Allison]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16028495 LARRY's review of The Back Passage
by James Lear

Funny, I just came across this book the other day and it sounded quite smutty. Which means I wanted to read it :-) ]]> 24116042 Mon, 05 May 2008 04:34:17 -0700 Comment732359 <![CDATA[new comment from Allison]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14984774 Adam's review of Understanding Deaf Culture: In Search of Deafhood
by Paddy Ladd

*grins* do tell. ]]> 23137462 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:31:41 -0700 Comment676239 <![CDATA[new comment from Allison]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20841035 LARRY's review of The Spanish National Deaf School: Portraits from the Nineteenth Century
by Susan Plann

ooh, do review it! ]]> 18083723 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:01:55 -0800 Comment474762 <![CDATA[new comment from Allison]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13579854 LARRY's review of Dirty Pictures: Tom of Finland, Masculinity, and Homosexuality
by Micha Ramakers

Isn't this the guy you were telling me about? I definitely need to check this out. Mapplethorpe is fascinating as well -- not just for the sensuality but the messages about class, race, viewership, relatability, and taboo.

And p.s. I'm not a gay man, but I want to know about this anyway :-) ]]> 16249874 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:13:16 -0800 Comment418211 <![CDATA[new comment from Allison]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13579209 LARRY's review of Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's
by John Elder Robison

Sounds interesting. Will add to my to-read list, which is already miles-long, no thanks to you. Anyway... scary how much one waits for validation, and when it comes, it comes in terms of mere words and recognition from others. No (hu)man is an island. ]]> 12247210 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:33:01 -0800 Review12192515 <![CDATA[Allison added 'Stardust']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12192515 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to: Stardust (Paperback) by Neil Gaiman
I predict I will hate the movie. It's nice to read a fairy tale written for adults, but this one, like an archetypical fantasy hung by the fingernails of its premise -- characters were all flat, plot was predictable, and as soon as I turned the last page I forgot why I enjoyed reading it so much. ]]> 11650565 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 09:14:15 -0800 Review11707257 <![CDATA[Allison added 'A War of Gifts: An Ender Story']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11707257 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to: A War of Gifts: An Ender Story (Ender) by Orson Scott Card
bookshelves: sci-fi_fantasy
Finally, a return to Battle School. Card at his best - human nature meets human artificiality. And now, I swoon. ]]> 11543314 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:28:30 -0800 Review11618945 <![CDATA[Allison added 'Wuthering High: A Bard Academy Novel']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11618945 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to: Wuthering High: A Bard Academy Novel (Bard Academy, the) by Cara Lockwood
bookshelves: trashy_beach_reading
Total brain candy -- thus the three stars. A spoiled daughter of divorced parents (think Alicia Silverstone in Clueless) gets sent off to a school for delinquents where all the teachers are actually ghosts of classic authors who committed suicide. One renegade ghost tries to mix fiction with real life at the risk of causing apocalypse, and the protagonist finds she's the only one who can stop it. Totally goofy, but also totally fun and not to be taken seriously at all. ]]> 11543114 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:24:27 -0800 Review11618781 <![CDATA[Allison added 'The Darkest Evening of the Year']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11618781 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to: The Darkest Evening of the Year (Hardcover) by Dean Koontz
While not the best Koontz ever, this is also not his worst. Fun, enjoyable, suspense-filled. Golden retrievers take center stage after appearing as secondary characters in many of Koontz's other books. Koontz does what he does best -- mixes mystery of the supernatural kind with human psychology. ]]>