http://www.goodreads.com/user/updates_rss/802583 en-US Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:40:10 -0800 60 http://www.goodreads.com/ 200 41 http://www.goodreads.com/images/layout/gr_logo.gif 13420785 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:40:10 -0800 Review13065699 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13065699 to: The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs (Paperback) by Alexander McCall Smith
This book and the others in the series are the funniest books I have ever read. The humor is very dry so the over the top situations feel credible rather than cartoonish. ]]> 13334778 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:39:37 -0800 Review13065713 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13065713 to: Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations (Paperback) by Alexander McCall Smith
I love McCall Smiths other books but including the pedophiles story in this collection crossed all sorts of lines for me. ]]> 13334295 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:35:21 -0800 Review13067455 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13067455 to: The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories (Hardcover) by Susanna Clarke
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It gets 5 stars because my grandma had a copy on her shelf. And everything she did was cool. ]]> 13333443 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:28:48 -0800 Review13066781 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13066781 to: The Virgin Suicides (Paperback) by Jeffrey Eugenides
This is one of the most beautifully written books I have ever read. It was haunting and illuminating. I still re-read it every now and then, if only to mourn the fact that I don't write like that. ]]> 13333299 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:26:49 -0800 Review13066678 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13066678 to: Me Talk Pretty One Day (Paperback) by David Sedaris
I am increasingly of the opinion that all David Sedaris' books should be read as case studies in narcissism. ]]> 13333088 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:25:03 -0800 Review13066508 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13066508 to: I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert
Like that kid in your fourth grade class who just wouldn't quit, this was funny for a minute. Then it was annoying. Then you wanted a ritalin dart gun so you could make him stop. It would be funny if it weren't trying so very very very hard to be. ]]> 13332892 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:22:27 -0800 Review13066354 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13066354 to: The Hillary Trap: Looking for Power in all the Wrong Places (Paperback) by Laura Ingraham
Nothing new here. Yes she is a conniving shrew. How many more books can cover that? ]]> 13332679 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:21:07 -0800 Review13066201 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13066201 to: Thank You Power: Making the Science of Gratitude Work for You (Hardcover) by Deborah Norville
I just never got over the "lookie here, a cheerleader published her term paper" feeling. Gratitude is important. It has been discussed elsewhere with greater success. ]]>