http://www.goodreads.com/user/updates_rss/980249 en-US Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:56:07 -0700 60 http://www.goodreads.com/ 200 41 http://www.goodreads.com/images/layout/gr_logo.gif 18725357 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:56:07 -0700 Review17413217 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17413217 God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre (Paperback) by Richard Grant
It's interesting for maybe the first two-thirds, but same old thing after a while. I actually didn't quite finish it. On the other hand, this is likely to be as close to the lawless heart of the Sierra Madre as I am likely to get. ]]> 20821487 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:57:37 -0700 Review19109238 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19109238 to: Feeding a Yen: Savoring Local Specialties, from Kansas City to Cuzco (Paperback) by Calvin Trillin
I've loved Calvin Trillin's food writing ever since way back when he published "American Fried" -- and I think "Feeding a Yen" is his best yet. His effortless, elegant prose and self-deprecating tone is coupled with fabulous food finds like socca and the green sandwich. ]]> 19248457 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:47:20 -0700 Review17830478 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17830478 Last Night at the Lobster (Hardcover) by Stewart O'Nan
A fulfilling feeling from this novella. Can he get enough drama out of the last day of a Red Lobster that's closing? Yes. I wish that O'Nan had given us a little more of the main character, for while the whole book is told from Manny's point-of-view (third person, limited omniscience) he's still a litle too opaque by the end of the book. Still, it was a relief to read a book that felt true and not like so many out there where, as I term it in my head, "stuff keeps happening" for no reason. ]]> 18724818 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:09:46 -0700 Review17412811 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17412811 to: Coming into the Country (Paperback) by John McPhee
Three adventures from backcountry Alaska.
The first, about a canoe trip with naturalists, kept putting me to sleep (sorry, John!). The second concerns a search for a new Alaskan capital city, and that was pretty interesting especially in light of the fact that it still hasn't happened. The third section of the book, also called "Coming Into the Country," is the most compelling. It concerns those who live in back-country Alaska far from towns, sometimes in country reachable only by canoe or plane. But overall, I found the book overwritten, and McPhee too likely to quote from his subjects at too great a length. ]]> 18753787 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:26:26 -0700 Review17435474 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17435474 Hard Work and a Good Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Minnesota (Hardcover) by Barbara W. Sommer
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