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Sense and Sensibility (Penguin Classics)
Jane Austen
Penguin Classics, 2003
Loving Tension and a Fine Balance
+ "Sense and Sensibility" - a must-read
+ Elinor and Marianne....What great sisters!
+ An enduring classic
+ Sense and Sensibility Review- Arghavan
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The House of Mirth (Everyman's Library (Cloth))
Edith Wharton
Everyman's Library, 2008
Old New York's pomp viewed with a sharp discerning eye
+ Good book for the genre
+ Men, Women & Money in the 1900's
+ Struggle. Failure. Struggle...
+ A novel for a buck!
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The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway
Scribner, 2006
Hemingway at his best
+ Builds Into A Very Good Read
+ Takes a while, but builds into a pretty good book
+ The sun also rises
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon
Vintage, 2004
Curiously Interesting
+ Review
+ Life through different lenses
+ Groundbreaking Book
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The Good Earth (Enriched Classics)
Pearl S. Buck
Pocket Books, 2005
If You Are Going to Read This Book . . .
+ Mentally Challenged Character
+ It's all here, in The Good Earth
+ Classic required HS book
+ The Good Earth - Compare and Contrast
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The Female of the Species: Tales of Mystery and Suspense
Joyce Carol Oates
Harvest Books, 2007
Chilling and insightful
Scripture says that the sins of the fathers are visited on the sons. The meaning of this verse is commonly taken to imply the consequences of sinful parenting. For Oates, the sins of the parents are visited on the daughters. Here is an outstanding collection of women and girls of varying ages ...
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain Library)
Mark Twain
University of California Press, 2002
the adventures of tom sawyer
+ Tom Sawyer book is good
+ Great American Novel
+ The first of two by Mark Twain featuring Tom and Huck
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The Awakening and Selected Short Fiction (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics)
Kate Chopin
Barnes & Noble Classics, 2005
"The Joy that Kills...."
I actually bought the larger paperback version from Barnes & Noble but it has the same excellent Introduction and Notes by Rachel Adams.
I don't believe I would've been as enthusiastic about THE AWAKENING if I hadn't read the Introduction and got some background on the story and its writer ...
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The Assistant: A Novel
Bernard Malamud
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003
Assistant is spelled with the letters S.A.I.N.T. [T]
+ Universal humanity!
+ intriguing story but a bit too melodramatic
+ How do people respond to grace
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Indian Killer
Sherman Alexie
Grove Press, 2008
Well worth a second look
+ Beautifully written, but the strength of the story is not the mystery
+ Loved it
+ Indian Killer
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Hula: A Novel
Lisa Shea
W. W. Norton & Company, 2001
Profoundly human, insidiously honest...
+ fantastic
This is a book I constantly buy and give to others, starting with my sisters. Sensitive and spot on, this is a tale of the modern family gone awry as seen through the eyes of two sister trying to grow up in spite of their circumstance. Their story unfolds as if accidentally. A truly brilliant book. ...
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She's Come Undone (Oprah's Book Club)
Wally Lamb
Pocket, 1998
A quick read despite the 465 pages
The painful story of Dolores Price, a coming-of-age odyssey. Dolores is cynical and sarcastic and imminently lovable. We cheer for her at the same time that we are embarassed by her. An extremely quick read despite the 465 pages.
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Emma (Penguin Classics)
Jane Austen
Penguin Classics, 2003
Emma Woodhouse
+ Romantic Mystery
+ A Good Start To My Austen Book Craze
+ Comedy of Errors on a Georgian Stage
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At the Bottom of the River
Jamaica Kincaid
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000
A Genius Mind
+ Breathtaking Lyricism & Abstract Imagery
+ Love, sadness, and growing up in the Caribbean
+ Lovely
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Siddhartha
Herman Hesse
bantam, 1971
In the novel, Siddhartha, a young man, leaves his family for a contemplative life, then, restless, discards it for one of the flesh. He conceives a son, but bored and sickened by lust and greed, moves on again. Near despair, Siddhartha comes to a river where he hears a unique sound. This sound signals the true beginning of his life - the beginning of suffering, rejection, peace and, finally, ...
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