http://www.goodreads.com/user/updates_rss/809734 en-US Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:49:52 -0700 60 http://www.goodreads.com/ 200 41 http://www.goodreads.com/images/layout/gr_logo.gif 20070378 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:49:52 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18504292 to: An Abundance of Katherines (Hardcover)
by John Green
bookshelves: read-borrowed
Funny. Smart. Quick read, and full of parenthetical footnotes that add a whole nother dimension to the storytelling style.

Great for over pressured teenage sorts who feel like they're burning out before they've begun.

Equally good for people of any age who feel like they just aren't as smart as they used to be. Or that the opposite sex makes no dang sense. ]]> 19962139 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:31:10 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18418136 to: What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk Through the Fire (Paperback)
by Charles Bukowski
bookshelves: poetry
Okay. So Bukowski is kinda an asshole.

And yet not.

Because no man who is completely self absorbed could love dogs this much. I love him because he loves dogs.

Also my mother LOVES this book.

So good for CB for being a poet when it isn't glamorous and for making my mother laugh. ]]> 19956572 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:13:38 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13118960 to: Specters of Marx (Routledge Classics)
by Jacques Derrida
bookshelves: philosophy
My initial review was succinct, and to the untrained ear, somewhat obscene. This book impressed me greatly, and I'd love to hear the lectures from which it was transcribed someday.

It's no secret that Derrida indulges a tendency to ramble. Specters of Marx is full of really interesting ideas about the evolution of Marxist theory from it's conception to the print date of this book. Especially when the author confronts those situations where men have diverged from the spirit of Marxism even while acting under it's name. This idea, the separation between is and says is fun to watch the author peel away at.

I spent most of the book enjoying the manner in which the author peeled away at ideas.

Even when he wanders off from the thread of discussion, the satellite discourses he embarks upon are engaging, witty and observant. You might have to think about things that don't fall under the umbrella of the initial chapter headings. Derrida could never have written for an encyclopedia, but I know where to find an encyclopedia when I need it.

This book was very complete, it was exactly what it was supposed to be. ]]> 13838541 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:59:44 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13467480 to: The Best American Erotica 1993 (Paperback)
by Susie Bright
bookshelves: sex-porn
]]> 13838401 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:58:53 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13467369 to: The Sexual State of the Union (Paperback)
by Susie Bright
bookshelves: sex-theory
]]> 13797847 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:52:29 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13434321 The Book Thief (Paperback)
by Markus Zusak
bookshelves: fiction, to-read
]]> 13789295 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:44:00 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13427608 to: Oscar's Half Birthday (Hardcover)
by Bob Graham
bookshelves: picture-books
]]> 13789291 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:43:59 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13427605 to: Fox (Hardcover)
by Margaret Wild
bookshelves: picture-books
]]> 13789280 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:43:57 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13427599 to: Fox (Paperback)
by Margaret Wild
bookshelves: faustian-kids-books, picture-books
]]> 13789276 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:43:56 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13427597 to: Puss in Boots (Caldecott Honor Book)
by Charles Perrault
bookshelves: picture-books
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