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The Lace Reader: A Novel
Brunonia Barry
William Morrow, 2008
Quite enjoyable::::::
I enjoyed this book. It is well written and interesting. I live near Salem and found Ms Barry's descriptions to be accurate. I was unhappy to see she "exposed" the Roger Conant statue. I enjoyed seeing friends reactions to this statue as I showed it to them. I am ...
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Watchmen
Alan Moore
DC Comics, 1995
Few comic books can claim to be Literature
This is an excellent book, I encourage you to buy it today!
Most comic books are shallow, ridiculous stories with flat, uninteresting characters. The issues are painted in black and white and one side is explicitly presented as the side of absolute Good. The ...
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When You Are Engulfed in Flames
David Sedaris
Little, Brown and Company, 2008
5 Because I Am not an Universalist
If you don't care for this book (like one star rater swine afterbirth below) then a hand will appear on your wall and write: "Mene Mene Tekhal Upharsin Sedaris!!" {OK I know biblically its a finger but I can't conceive of Diety giving anyone the finger over a book that ...
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
The Dial Press, 2008
Enjoyable, heartfelt, and an easy breeze
During World War II there was a small town occupied by German forces named Guernsey, and the enrapturing citizens of this quaint town have written down their lives during this most oppressive time. These letters written in such harrowing voices, from such tortured ...
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The Host: A Novel
Stephenie Meyer
Little, Brown and Company, 2008
Amazing read! What a page turner w/ an emotional pull!
I loved this book...yes, I agree it took me until page 60 or so before I was hooked but I definitely was hooked! Stephenie Meyer has so quickly become my favorite author by far with her writing methods. I feel the connection she does with her characters...I like that ...
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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel
David Wroblewski
Ecco, 2008
Should be on every book list to read this year!
Engrossing story from the first pages. A must read for 2008. Every avid fiction reader will not be able to pass this one by, or will miss one of the great reads of this era.
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Loving Frank: A Novel
Nancy Horan
Ballantine Books, 2008
Don't miss this true story.
I read this book for a book club that I am in. It is very well written and a real page turner. It is a novel but the reader will feel that it is 100% true. The only thing the reader needs to watch out for is I became so interested in the characters and I Googled ...
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Moscow Rules
Daniel Silva
Putnam Adult, 2008
VINTAGE SILVA/ALLON
I thoroughly enjoyed the book, as I have all the other works of Silva. His books are always fast paced, exciting and with a "can't put it down" quality. It was good for him to tackle another world problem we have today as far as hi-tech arms dealing and arming ...
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The Shack
William P. Young
Windblown Media, 2007
The Shack
Fabulous. Be ready to set aside your religious boxes and ENJOY the beauty of and the revelations of a God that loves you beyond anyone else ever could/would or should. We had the tragedy of loosing a daughter suddenly, this book is a healing balm in the face of loss, ...
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The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Scribner, 1999
Breathtaking
It has been a while since I read a book in one sitting. It has also been a while since I first read "The Great Gatsby". Since then, I read articles and saw movies about F. Scott Fotzgerald and his wife Zelda. It is hard not to draw some similarities between ...
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The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
HarperCollins, 2006
Great Read
Loved this book and I am having my boy teenage boys read it. Just wish I had read it when I was there age. A must for anyone on the side lines !
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The Road (Oprah's Book Club)
Cormac McCarthy
Vintage Books, 2007
In the midst of desolation and despair can good survive?
THE ROAD is a brutal examination of what awaits mankind when the ultimate disaster strikes. A man and his son try to survive in the desolate wasteland the Earth has become; no explanation is given for this apocalypse, but the only survivors of it appear to be human. As ...
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Things Fall Apart: A Novel
Chinua Achebe
Anchor, 1994
What makes fiction important
I know this is the classic debate of all time when it comes to literature: Is it about beautifully written prose (THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE, incidentally, is a good example of this problem) or does it tell a compelling story? (yet the prose itself is not its strong ...
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.)
Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, ...
Harper Perennial, 2008
Eat me!
Barbara Kingsolver's lyric prose is so fun to read, and it's good for you too! It's heartening to see the locavore movement get such attention on a national scale. Maybe American food culture isn't doomed after all. The inserts from her family are entertaining, but ...
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The Last Patriot: A Thriller
Brad Thor
Atria Books, 2008
Great Book
A very good intense book. The author is probubly dead when they put a fatah on him, but I really enjoyed the book.
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