http://www.goodreads.com/user/updates_rss/63076 en-US Fri, 16 May 2008 08:59:07 -0700 60 http://www.goodreads.com/ 200 41 http://www.goodreads.com/images/layout/gr_logo.gif 25081330 Fri, 16 May 2008 08:59:07 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22345966 Donna's review of The Other Boleyn Girl
by Philippa Gregory

i love the idea of having a "started-not-finished" bookshelf! ]]> 24873545 Tue, 13 May 2008 21:30:40 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22206365 World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (Hardcover)
by Max Brooks
bookshelves: to-read
]]> 24665723 Sun, 11 May 2008 18:27:35 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22046287 to: The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Hardcover)
by Brian Selznick
A slightly doddering older man came into my library the other day and said, "I'm looking for a book. I can't remember the author or title. It's about a boy, and there's both pictures and words...." I guessed this book and I was right. That's one powerfully present book, eh? ]]> 24664289 Sun, 11 May 2008 18:21:32 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22045237 to: The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume One: The Pox Party (The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation)
by M. T. Anderson
bookshelves: for-da-youf
M.T. Anderson? Can do no wrong. In any genre, in any voice, under any ambition. ]]> 24109849 Sun, 11 May 2008 18:19:40 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21617291 to: An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned but Probably Didn't (Hardcover)
by Judy Jones
I don't think I'll ever really finish this, but it'll be on my bedside table for a good while. It's pretty much a text book, albeit a scattershot, funny, extra-fascinating text book. The subtitle's right--I didn't learn most of this stuff and/but I WISH I had. So far I've bolstered up my ability to converse about early film masterpieces and European philosophies of Self. And learned the titles of all five of The Leatherstocking Tales. And quizzed Kim about the major schools of political science. He did alright. ]]> 24665017 Sun, 11 May 2008 18:12:14 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19164761 to: The God Box (Hardcover)
by Alex Sanchez
bookshelves: for-da-youf, started-not-finished
Whoah, this was one of the least well-written books I've ever encountered. I can still see its value--Sanchez has produced a whole body of work dedicated to exploring contemporary gay teens' experiences and challenges, and surely that's an important subgenre. And this one throws in being Christian, too! But, wow, the writing. It's SO bad. Like an over-earnest, under-edited, middling-talented teen wrote it. Which...contributes to its authentic voice? I dunno. There's got to be better stuff out there. ]]> 24664370 Sun, 11 May 2008 18:01:21 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22045297 My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park (Hardcover)
by Steve Kluger
bookshelves: to-read
]]> 24664265 Sun, 11 May 2008 17:59:46 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22045223 What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy (Hardcover)
by Gregory Maguire
bookshelves: to-read
]]> 24664065 Sun, 11 May 2008 17:56:40 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22045081 American Nerd: The Story of My People (Hardcover)
by Benjamin Nugent
bookshelves: to-read
]]> 24340547 Wed, 07 May 2008 12:17:03 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21795016 Chalked Up: Inside Elite Gymnastics' Merciless Coaching, Overzealous Parents, Eating Disorders, and Elusive Olympic Dreams (Hardcover)
by Jennifer Sey
bookshelves: currently-reading
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