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The Gathering (Man Booker Prize)
Anne Enright
Grove Press, Black Cat, 2007
Graceful & Imaginative
I'm not surprised that this book won the Booker Prize. Enright has a superior command of the language. She creates fluid yet surprising prose, moving between real and imagined events, past and present with astounding grace and skill. This book is a surreal meditation on family--mother love, sister ...
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In the Woods
Tana French
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008
Brilliant, Creepy, Haunting, a great great read
+ Haunting
It seems like most of the complaints people have about this book revolve around one of the mysteries not being solved. Trust me--French did it that way on purpose, not because she 'couldn't think of anything', and it is brilliant. What you imagine from the terribly creepy, disturbing details you DO ...
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Divisadero (Vintage International)
Michael Ondaatje
Vintage, 2008
Superb poetic storytelling
+ Murky Parallels, Marvellous Prose
+ Misty but elegant
+ Enraptured by Ondaatje's style
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The Friday Night Knitting Club
Kate Jacobs
Berkley Trade, 2008
Friday Night Knitting Club
I really enjoyed this book. It was fairly predictable throughout, though there were a few unexpected twists. The message seemed to be that we can't run away from our family, and family love overcomes all other.
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Then We Came to the End: A Novel
Joshua Ferris
Back Bay Books, 2008
I Laughed, I Cried - Three Thoughts
+ Adperson's anomie
+ Funny, fantastic, tragic book (and gorgeous dust jacket design!)
+ Funny, and a little bit of drama
+ One of the best you'll ever read!
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Swine Not?: A Novel
Jimmy Buffett
Little, Brown and Company, 2008
more like a childs novel
+ Fun read for adults and children
I loved it, but found it more like a childs novel than for adults. It was a very fast read.
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Water for Elephants: A Novel
Sara Gruen
Algonquin Books, 2007
A Circus Ride That Never Tarries
+ You may enjoy these books
+ Great read....
+ Water for Elephants----MUST READ!!!
+ Wonderful read, book has sentimental value also!
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The Third Angel: A Novel
Alice Hoffman
Shaye Areheart Books, 2008
A Magically Delicious Read!
+ Lovely
+ Wistful and sad
+ Wow Excellent Book
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Spook Country
William Gibson
Berkley Trade, 2008
so real...
+ Still good
+ Cyberpunk meets John le Carré, but not Tom Clancy.
So real after these last money melting weeks.
A must read to get away from it all.
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Barefoot: A Novel
Elin Hilderbrand
Back Bay Books, 2008
Great summer read
+ If you're planning to wait for hours in the airport or somewhere else..
+ K. Bills Barefoot Review
Entertaining, the characters are so real, you feel like you are part of the Nantucket summer.
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The Witch of Portobello
Paulo Coelho
HarperCollins, 2007
Fantastic, spiritual, educational
+ Magical
+ Love these books
This is one of the best books I have read. I have learned alot from it and I find it easy to apply those teachings to my life.
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Change of Heart: A Novel
Jodi Picoult
Atria, 2008
Changes Hearts and Minds
+ This one really made me think...
+ One of the Best Picoults Yet
+ Mesmerizing. One of a kind.
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The Last Summer (of You and Me)
Ann Brashares
Riverhead Trade, 2008
Lovely book
+ Excellent page turner
+ loved this book.
This story really touched me - the story of the friendship of the three children (two sisters and a summertime neighbor boy) and how that relationship changes as they get older and the complications that result hit a nerve with me. Who hasn't been the one left out? And how do the two in the new ...
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Sundays at Tiffany's
James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet
Little, Brown and Company, 2008
Refreshing and Unique
+ Purely Heartwarming
I was delightfully surprised by a Patterson book that escapes the confines of his usual murder mystery novels and suspends the very reality that makes many of his other novels so powerful. I related greatly to Jane as a child, and it brought back many of my own painful memories that were good to ...
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel
Lisa See
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006
Phenomenal Women Book Club (Houston, TX)
+ Buy this book!
+ Snowflower and the Secret Fan
+ SNOWFLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
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