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A novel novel

Stephenie Meyer

Little, Brown and Company, 2008

I want more!
I was sad when this book ended. Actually I did not read this book, I listened to the audio book version. When the book begins, it seems that there is no hope for humans, but as the story goes on it is apparent that hope can never be lost completely and this book ...

The Shack

William P. Young

Windblown Media, 2008

The simplicity of life and GOD
I had heard how wonderful this book was, and insightful. BUT WOW! I am a strong catholic and an average christian. Like most people I go to church, but there is something i just don't get about God. I have never been able to sit and read the bible. I know God exists ...

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
Jeff Kinney

Amulet Books, 2009

The highly anticipated third book in the critically acclaimed and bestselling series takes the art of being wimpy to a whole new level. Let?s face it: Greg Heffley will never change his wimpy ways. Somebody just needs to explain that to Greg?s father. You see, Frank Heffley actually thinks he can get his son to toughen up, and he enlists ...

Just After Sunset: Stories

Stephen King

Scribner, 2008

King, Revitalized
Although I have never been an advocate of the view that Stephen King was losing his touch, this collection seems to offer a version of King with so much energy and creativity that some of his more recent works pale in comparison. It is an intense and generous sampler ...

Cross Country (Alex Cross Novels)

James Patterson

Little, Brown and Company, 2008

Disappointing
I am a big fan of James Patterson and the Alex Cross series. Please Mr. Patterson, let Alex Cross do what he does best ... investigate murders in Washington D.C. or elsewhere in the US. I simply was not engaged in the story this time. I was very disappointed this time ...

The White Tiger: A Novel (Man Booker Prize)

Aravind Adiga

Free Press, 2008

Interesting view of an interesting culture
Very interesting story told in a week's worth of letters written from an Indian entrepreneur (former servant/driver and now his own man and the proud owner of a taxi service and a chandelier in Bangalore) to the Premier of China, who is planning a visit to India, ...

A Mercy

Toni Morrison

Knopf, 2008

Superb, concise, and great depth.
"A Mercy" is Morrison's latest masterpiece and explores the relationship among its primary charters during the early formation of America. A farm in early Virginia is the main setting; its laborers - white, black, native, and a combination of all three - comprise the ...

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel (Oprah Book Club #62)

David Wroblewski

Ecco, 2008

I'm in awe.
I have read thousands of books in my lifetime, but I can't remember how long it's been since I read one that so moved me that I couldn't even discuss it with anyone without crying. It's hard to believe that this is a first novel. Not only is the story unique, but the ...

Watchmen

Alan Moore

DC Comics, 1995

Very impressive
Powerful story, fine art, an intriguing mix of stories within stories. Basically we have a set of back stories illuminating the lives of the heroes, mixed with intercut 'documents' and an overarching narrative concerning a putative plot to eliminate the heroes so that ...

The Hour I First Believed: A Novel

Wally Lamb

Harper, 2008

A Wild Ride
I waited, with much anticipation, for this novel. I was not disappointed. Being familiar with the general area in which the story is set, I enjoyed the setting references and "changed names" of the places Mr. Lamb used to create the backdrop for this "wild ride" of a ...

Loving Frank: A Novel

Nancy Horan

Ballantine Books, 2008

Interesting fictionalized bio
I did not know the background of Frank Lloyd Wright's life so this book read like a pleasant romantic novel. I had been told that it had a startling ending. At one point, I put it down for the day and said to my friend, "I don't get it. I'm enjoying the book but I'm ...

The Joker

Brian Azzarello

DC Comics, 2008

It's All About the Joker
I was really excited when I found out this book was coming out. The joker has always been one of my favorite villains and to have an entire book about him, was just exciting. I loved Ledger's darker version of the joker, and it's something I've loved about the ...

Unaccustomed Earth

Jhumpa Lahiri

Knopf, 2008

A writer's workbook
Jhumpa Lahiri is a writer's writer. These stories are very romantic about missed loves. She uses stream of consciousness, changes of point of view, description, storytelling, and other writing techniques very well. I am amazed at her style. She writes what she ...

The Brass Verdict: A Novel

Michael Connelly

Little, Brown and Company, 2008

A Home Run
I only discovered Michael Connelly a couple of years ago when I got one of his audiobooks from the library. I realized that his books are perfect to listen to while driving, and have listened to many since that first one. But.... I absolutely could not wait to get ...

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Jeff Kinney

Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2007

diary of a wimpy kid
Amulet Books, 2007, 217 pp. ISBN 0-8109-9455-0 In this funny graphic novel by Jeff Kinney about a "wimpy" kid, that I wouldn't call exactly wimpy, Gregory Heffly goes to a pretty much normal middle school with one very abnormal friend, Rowley. Greg thinks that he ...