,
Patti   Smith

year in books

Patti Smith’s Followers (121)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
Karen M...
684 books | 108 friends

Patrick...
2,411 books | 770 friends

Lana Ko...
127 books | 4,945 friends

Stewart...
18,320 books | 248 friends

Stephen
1,113 books | 87 friends

Linda J...
353 books | 338 friends

L.R.W. Lee
844 books | 4,954 friends

Mark Ba...
437 books | 2,020 friends

More friends…

Patti Smith

Goodreads Author


Born
in The United States
Website

Twitter

Member Since
January 2010

URL


Ann Arbor townie Patti Smith is a former legal aid lawyer and current special education teacher in Ypsilanti. She earned a Bachelor's Degree from Adrian College with highest honors in 1994, a Doctor of Law from University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Law in 1996, and a Master's Degree with Highest Honors from Eastern Michigan University in 2012.

She is the author of two books: Images of America--Downtown Ann Arbor and A History of the People's Food Co-op Ann Arbor. Two books will be released in 2019, HEAD OVER FEET and FORGOTTEN ANN ARBOR.

She also writes or has written for CraftBeer.com, We Love Ann Arbor, Damn Arbor, Concentrate, Mittenbrew, The Ann, AADL's Pulp blog, and the Ann Arbor Observer. Patti serves as a commissioner for the Pu
...more

Average rating: 4.24 · 29 ratings · 7 reviews · 3 distinct works
Downtown Ann Arbor

by
4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Head Over Feet in Love

4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Vanishing Ann Arbor

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

The Best of Archi...
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
The Best of Archi...
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
Locked in Time
Patti is currently reading
bookshelves: currently-reading
Rate this book
Clear rating

 

Patti’s Recent Updates

Patti rated a book it was ok
Go See the Principal by Gerry Brooks
Rate this book
Clear rating
I will update this, but I'm a few pages in and--an icebreaker of going through your staff's social media and finding pictures of them from various stages of their lives??!??! ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW? That is beyond inappropriate.

Also, he
...more
Patti rated a book it was ok
Penpal by Dathan Auerbach
Penpal
by Dathan Auerbach (Goodreads Author)
Rate this book
Clear rating
This started out SO GOOD. The balloon project, waking up in the woods--oof. It was hard to put this down and go to sleep. The next day, I read the middle part of the book and--was this the same writer? What the hell? He rambled on and on and my adhd ...more
Patti made a comment on Ash’s review of Penpal
Penpal by Dathan Auerbach
" Five year olds do NOT plan out the trip through the woods, the raft, any of that. They are FIVE. They are playing with toys, play-dough, eating sand. ...more "
Patti rated a book liked it
My Darling Girl by Jennifer  McMahon
My Darling Girl
by Jennifer McMahon (Goodreads Author)
Rate this book
Clear rating
This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.
Patti rated a book really liked it
Heaven to Betsy by Maud Hart Lovelace
Rate this book
Clear rating
This is where I have to leave Betsy and her friends. I read the first four books as a kid. I reread those and finished the series as a grown up.

I want Betsy to be as she was--independent, smart, not afraid to show the world her intelligence, fun. I
...more
Patti rated a book liked it
The Door by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Rate this book
Clear rating
Closer to 3.5 stars. I knew the killer in advance, but I still liked the story.

I feel stupid but I (view spoiler)
...more
Nobody's Girl by Virginia Roberts Giuffre
" Also, has anyone else said that Epstein threatened to kill a family member if they left? Not necessarily doubting, just wondering because I found that ...more "
Patti has read
Watching the Clock by Christopher L. Bennett
Rate this book
Clear rating
Love & Vodka by R.J.  Fox
"I found the author annoying and had a hard time reading this book. I kept thinking Katya would change her mind. Maybe she did and that is why the book ends so abruptly. The book is short but felt tedious to read. I did find the cultural differences i" Read more of this review »
Patti rated a book it was ok
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Rate this book
Clear rating
More of Patti's books…
2954 Ann Arbor/Ypsi — 99 members — last activity Jun 24, 2020 09:38PM
Here is a group where the book enthusiasts from Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Michigan can discuss books. Here we can see what events are being done around ...more
No comments have been added yet.