Pipes Output http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=8bd4cf144ec88474f4c69c95861f6b58 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:22:37 -0800 http://pipes.yahoo.com/pizzocalabro/goodreads/ http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2104836?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2104836?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:19:06 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2104863?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2104863?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:23:43 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2104827?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2104827?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:37:23 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2104854?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2104854?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:30:26 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2104829?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2104829?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:12:06 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2104833?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2104833?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:11:24 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2104828?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2104828?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:37:45 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2104851?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2104851?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:33:38 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2104866?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2104866?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:53:36 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75812825?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Grossman is obviously a gifted writer, and occasionally he allows that to shine through. Most of the time, unfortunately, he gets in his own way by focusing geekily on the soap-opera relationships between his characters, the magical powers he has endowed them with, and his manifold pastiche of... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75812825?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:18:10 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73796927?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73796927?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:43:22 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68600573?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss I have a sneaking suspicion that Peter Reinhart's method is too complex, at least for lazy old me, and I'm sure if I do incorporate his techniques into my baking in the long term that I'll be simplifying and paring them down. But still: some of the best whole-wheat bread I've ever baked has come... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68600573?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:36:37 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69718755?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69718755?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:32:56 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69370615?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss What I really wanted while I was reading this book was for it to suddenly turn into a New Crobuzon story by China Miéville. In fact, given how much his eclectic steampunk-and-sorcery world feels like Bas-Lag, I bet Stephen Hunt reads and likes Miéville's work at least as much as I do. But... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69370615?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:04:59 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69352717?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69352717?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:07:20 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68445280?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68445280?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:55:50 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2100908?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sophy is one of Heyer's more memorable characters, and the way she ruthlessly manipulates everyone around her (for the best of causes—their own good!) while remaining thoroughly likable is really very well done. But on the last two pages suddenly all her strength of character flies out the window... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2100908?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:25:17 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67843314?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss I suppose it's a spoiler to say that I find it MOST PROVOKING that Heyer almost invariably makes sure to undercut her "strong" female characters at every turn, until finally humiliating them to the point that they succumb to the dubious charms of a far inferior love interest. Hmph. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67843314?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:31:24 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67742977?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67742977?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:21:34 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7612842?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7612842?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:50:11 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2297796?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Almost nothing happens in this book! Pages and pages with no action whatsoever. The Lord of the Rings is a single novel, not a trilogy, and it should never have been split into three parts—or else it should have been rewritten so the pacing fit a three-volume work better. No wonder Peter Jackson... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2297796?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:37:48 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65790798?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65790798?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:18:50 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2297779?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2297779?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:09:07 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65674949?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65674949?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:04:12 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65674602?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65674602?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:52:33 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2117138?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2117138?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:06:31 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2117132?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2117132?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:02:14 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65184988?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65184988?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:39:47 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64750613?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64750613?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:25:07 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64621514?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64621514?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:24:01 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64621466?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64621466?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:18:58 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64274366?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64274366?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:18:12 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2101752?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2101752?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:16:28 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2101490?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2101490?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:18:02 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2101462?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2101462?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:59:27 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2101021?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2101021?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:58:53 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3857206?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss The aimless camping sequence and (mostly) unnecessary epilogue aside, this is still one of my favorite books in the series. So thrilling and full of uncomfortable moral questions! Also: we briefly meet Dumbledore's boyhood crush—although he turns out to be a psychopath. I'm sure we've all been... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3857206?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:44:43 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2128878?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2128878?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:22:20 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2128678?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss If you've only ever watched movie, do yourself a favor and read this. The movie is great! But the book is richer, more detailed, and even funnier. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2128678?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:56:11 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62674425?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Not my favorite Gaiman/McKean collaboration, but a fun romp through some very crazy hair nonetheless. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62674425?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:49:43 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61940558?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61940558?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:57:50 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61840543?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Where Tehanu was a cool, feminist look back on the existing Earthsea canon, the stories in Tales from Earthsea present a new Earthsea, one with a feminist history and feminine roots. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61840543?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:36:57 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61782210?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss I grew up reading and re-reading the original Earthsea trilogy, and Tehanu (originally subtitled "The Last Book of Earthsea") was so different from those in form, style and content that it was hard for me to accept. Openly feminist, dark, and with painful themes such as female subjugation,... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61782210?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:59:21 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61721050?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61721050?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:30:15 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61720987?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61720987?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:04:30 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61720903?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61720903?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:03:49 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60554905?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Light, somewhat underwritten, has a few problems with structure and pacing. But the world introduced in Into the Green is fascinating, and Angharad's quest managed to hold my interest long enough to finish the book. I've only ever read a couple of Charles de Lint's standalone novels (of which this... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60554905?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:43:37 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60417150?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss The first third of this book was fairly gripping. The middle third was all about sex. It would be kind of a spoiler to say what the last third was about, but what it was was BORING AND ENDLESS. ...Still, I suppose I'll try the second book in the series, but given the number of reviews that say it... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60417150?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:44:49 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60214629?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Joey's golden-boy little brother has been hit by a drunk driver. Joey's relationship with his girlfriend, Susan, is faltering. His brother will die, and his relationship will end. And Joey will begin sending out job applications, one after another, each with a cover letter full of violence and... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60214629?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:40:57 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58427205?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58427205?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:37:10 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57827961?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57827961?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:34:36 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57827954?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss This was really slow and hard to get into, but now that I've finished it I find it's sucked me in far enough that I must read the second book. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57827954?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:58:38 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57828039?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss First impression: Great writing, terrible characterization, illogical plot, interesting premise, tantalizing mythology/magic/science, anticlimactic ending. But! He comes so highly recommended! But–but! That doesn't matter if his writing doesn't work for me. But-but-BUT! The book is so stylized... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57828039?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sat, 30 May 2009 17:09:33 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57780244?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss I found myself powerfully moved by this book, in a way I had never imagined I could be by a "comedic" author such as Pratchett. Nation is a host of potentially contradictory things: it is a fantasy or alternate history, a paean to rationality and the scientific method, a coming-of-age... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57780244?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 29 May 2009 22:40:36 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57581113?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57581113?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 28 May 2009 00:10:52 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57569189?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57569189?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Wed, 27 May 2009 21:28:20 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56980261?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss I really liked certain parts of this book. The description of the tangled series of events leading up to the unveiling, reconstruction and translation of the Gospel of Judas was exciting and (at least somewhat) tense. Ehrman's discussion of the Gospel's place within the gnostic tradition and the... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56980261?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sun, 24 May 2009 16:52:24 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56309451?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss I'm not sure what kind of vetting/editing process was involved in the creation of this collection (the note inside says it was "compiled by Sue from Navel Gazing at Its Finest"), but it sure seems like the different blog posts were included as submitted--typos, structural problems and... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56309451?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Mon, 18 May 2009 10:41:09 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52334755?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52334755?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 14 May 2009 20:07:18 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56082976?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Ruth Reichl has already devoted a certain amount of space to her mother in her other books, but this at last is a book truly about and for her mother. Part of growing up is coming to terms with one's parents, and in this bittersweet portrait Reichl shows us that this is a process that can last as... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56082976?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 14 May 2009 12:48:53 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55704163?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss I need to read more Dawkins. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55704163?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Wed, 13 May 2009 23:53:08 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55549478?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Interesting premise, interesting execution, but woefully underwritten. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55549478?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sat, 09 May 2009 23:54:48 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55510150?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Reminded me of a female Seventh Son, except not written by an anti-gay bigot. In any case I'll most likely be reading the sequel whenever it comes out. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55510150?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sat, 09 May 2009 23:51:25 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54132605?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss If I have one criticism of this book, it is that it felt a bit too episodic. Some of the transitions were a bit rough, and the pacing felt off at times. That may have something to do with the fact that she has reused some material from her website here. HOWEVER. Heather Armstrong is one of the... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54132605?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:57:31 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53533331?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Long, sexy and jumbled. Not as purely wonderful as The Last Unicorn, this is still a great book by a great writer. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53533331?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:57:36 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52230962?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52230962?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:15:23 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51729817?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Not as good as my two current Martin Millar faves, Lonely Werewolf Girl and The Good Fairies of New York, but it bears Millar's mark—a chaotic, nonlinear, meandering, fantastical storyline; self-absorbed characters who bounce off each other, fall in love with each other, fuck each other, try to... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51729817?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:22:42 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2233970?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss This is only my second time reading this book, despite my well-published devotion to the related title Jonathan Strange Mr Norrell, and I enjoyed it a great deal more this time. Somehow when I read it a few years ago I found myself disturbed and dissatisfied in a vague way that I cannot quite... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2233970?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:29:25 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40272863?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40272863?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:03:24 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2102647?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss I bought Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell in 2005, and since then I have read it multiple times (quite a feat, considering the book's length) and written several reviews of it. I am surprised I've never reviewed it here. JS & Mr N was a triumph when it came out in 2005, and it remains a... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2102647?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:57:42 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51383886?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss I've never been a fan of Charles Vess's illustrations. He's a good choice for drawing fairies and sprites, but there always seems to be something feline and goblinlike about his characters, even the normal human ones. In fact, that's why I prefer the unillustrated version of [title:Stardust] to the... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51383886?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:53:08 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49265599?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss I Saw You is full of stories that are creepy, heartbreaking, puzzling and wistful--and all are based on real Missed Connection ads. You'll never ogle someone the same way again! http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49265599?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:43:24 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46879742?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss This was an excellent introduction to modern evolutionary theory. Like Dawkins, I can now say that anyone who doesn't believe in evolution "is stupid, insane, or hasn't read Jerry Coyne." http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46879742?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:22:00 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46488607?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss I read Katherine Neville's "The Eight" at the urging of a friend when I was a teenager and was bowled over by it, so when the sequel came out I decided I had to re-read the original first and then move on to "The Fire." Unfortunately, "The Eight" didn't stand up to a... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46488607?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:35:18 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46190084?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Occasionally funny and completely insane. Lots of fun, in any case. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46190084?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:05:35 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45430857?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss One of my favorite Poirot mysteries. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45430857?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:42:07 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45347916?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45347916?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:41:00 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45347568?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45347568?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:45:40 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45347593?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45347593?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:44:33 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45347638?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45347638?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:43:55 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43081862?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss I remember reading this years ago and loving it, but it didn't hold up as well this time. It just seemed more over-the-top than I remembered--and I cringed and rolled my eyes through the "romantic" parts. Anyway. It's still fun, even if it's a bit dated. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43081862?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:38:52 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43617935?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss I really enjoyed Rice Boy when I was following it as a webcomic, but I've fallen in love with it all over again in book format. Dahm's fantasy epic about the "little fellow with no arms or legs who lives in the Matchwoods" is intricate, lovely, exciting and poignant. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43617935?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:42:43 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40272843?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40272843?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:00:32 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43342960?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss I prefer the historical, nonfiction parts of the book to the fictionalized accounts that open each chapter. Still, a fairly enjoyable and informative look at gay and lesbian history in America. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43342960?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:01:10 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43342017?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss There is not a single factual bit of information in this book, except maybe in the very last lines, so this is not the kind of book I would use to teach children how babies are really made. On the other hand, the whimsical illustrations and fantastical tall tales make this exactly the kind of book... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43342017?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sat, 17 Jan 2009 07:46:03 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40935415?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss For some reason this took me a very long time to read. I just kept losing focus, losing interest, losing the thread. I have been very stressed out lately, however, so I'm not sure it's the book's fault. Cyteen is a semi-inhospitable world that has become the center of the Union, a far-future... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40935415?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:31:02 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41448994?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41448994?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:46:16 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39287640?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Even better than the hard-copy book, due to Béla Fleck's marvelous Danse Macabre and Neil Gaiman's excellent narration. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39287640?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:38:00 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40157606?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Really a fantastic introduction to the user-centered design process. Redish knows her stuff, and she proves it again and again. Highly recommended to anyone involved in or interested in web design. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40157606?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:58:13 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39815812?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss A sad but fitting close to this excellent, excellent series. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39815812?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:08:51 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39329338?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39329338?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:16:56 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38559285?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss A hilarious and fitting follow-up to his The Areas of My Expertise. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38559285?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:52:17 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38710320?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Paul Bowles once said that his wife Jane had difficulty writing because she couldn't do it the easy way like everyone else, but was forced to reinvent everything from scratch. In a way, Tender Morsels feels exactly like this kind of reinvention: nothing comes easily, or proceeds in the accepted and... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38710320?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:20:22 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32773967?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32773967?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:57:05 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15531752?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Witch Week was the first Diana Wynne Jones novel I read, and it is still one of my favorites. It takes place in an alternate world much like our own, where witches are at once extremely common and extremely illegal. The setting is a dreary boarding school, where most of the main characters were... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15531752?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:26:58 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2102657?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss I've liked Robin McKinley in a low-level way for the past ten years or so. I really liked Beauty, The Hero and the Crown and The Blue Sword, and when I've seen a new McKinley book I generally try and pick it up and read it, for old time's sake. I thought I was fairly familiar with her style and... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2102657?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:39:22 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38099708?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38099708?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:39:02 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38099390?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Chock-full of derring-do, sexy times, rocket rides and harsh governmental oppression, The Black Dossier reunites several characters from Moore and O'Neill's seminal League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, this time in 1958. The fascist era of Big Brother is winding down, and a secret black dossier on... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38099390?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:56:55 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37996295?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss I'm slowly working my way through a stack of recommendation from one of the YA librarians where I work, and so far The House of the Schorpion is my favorite. The near-future world of depravity, deprivation and corruption Farmer has created is frighteningly real, and the characters are fully rounded... http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37996295?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:52:28 -0800 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8009959?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss As usual, I loved this series. It's one of the few (all right—the many) books I can go back and read again and again and again, and one of those books I turn to when I'm down/stressed/lonely/upset that always turn my mood around. http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8009959?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:27:32 -0800