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The Passion
Jeanette Winterson
Grove Press, 1997
Trust me I'm telling you stories
+ The Passion... well titled!
+ Captivating Space for Fluidity
+ "I'm telling you stories. Trust me"
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being: A Novel
Milan Kundera
Harper Perennial, 2008
great
+ I lived in this book those days
+ Mystical Love
+ great but not the best
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Getting Over Jack Wagner
Elise Juska
Downtown Press, 2003
Not for women only...
+ Excellent book
+ My favorite book ever
Juska's deeply pleasurable novel transcends its chick-lit trappings. Packed with hysterical pop-culture references and moments of genuine insight, it's the kind of book that will have you both nodding your head and laughing out loud. You don't need to be a child of the '80s--or a female--to ...
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Babe in Paradise: Fiction
Marisa Silver
W. W. Norton & Company, 2002
Compelling and Fiercely Honest Writer
The joy of reading Marisa Silver's short stories comes from never knowing what the next one will bring. She reminds me of a brilliant wizard, always conjuring up little surprises and NEVER resorting to the cliche. My suggestion is to read one story a day. You will feel like you have treated ...
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Room for Love
Andrea Meyer
St. Martin's Griffin, 2007
New York Flavor
+ room for this book!
+ risque, romantic, rewarding
+ What a fun read!
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Crime and Punishment (Enriched Classics)
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Pocket, 2004
A towering work of criminal psychology
+ Good, but overrated
+ A masterpiece from cover to cover
+ Crime and Punishment
+ Crime and Punishment ~ Kindle eBook
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Five Men Who Broke My Heart
Susan Shapiro
Delta, 2004
Transcends its Genre
+ Amazing!
+ A fun and intriguing read
+ Wonderful!!!!!
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The English Patient
Michael Ondaatje
Vintage, 1993
Hauntingly Beautiful
+ Gorgeous prose weaves these lives together
+ Poetically beautiful
+ Some desert concepts related in this novel are not too far from home
+ Fragments, shards, and drifts of sand
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The Boys of My Youth
Jo Ann Beard
Back Bay Books, 1999
Flashback
+ A Masterpiece of Creative Nonfiction
+ fresh, surprising, raw, subtle
+ My favorite book
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The Boys of My Youth
Jo Ann Beard
Back Bay Books, 1999
Flashback
+ A Masterpiece of Creative Nonfiction
+ fresh, surprising, raw, subtle
+ My favorite book
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The English Patient
Michael Ondaatje
Vintage, 1993
Hauntingly Beautiful
+ Gorgeous prose weaves these lives together
+ Poetically beautiful
+ Some desert concepts related in this novel are not too far from home
+ Fragments, shards, and drifts of sand
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being: A Novel
Milan Kundera
Harper Perennial, 2008
great
+ I lived in this book those days
+ Mystical Love
+ great but not the best
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Getting Over Jack Wagner
Elise Juska
Downtown Press, 2003
Not for women only...
+ Excellent book
+ My favorite book ever
Juska's deeply pleasurable novel transcends its chick-lit trappings. Packed with hysterical pop-culture references and moments of genuine insight, it's the kind of book that will have you both nodding your head and laughing out loud. You don't need to be a child of the '80s--or a female--to ...
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Crime and Punishment (Enriched Classics)
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Pocket, 2004
A towering work of criminal psychology
+ Good, but overrated
+ A masterpiece from cover to cover
+ Crime and Punishment
+ Crime and Punishment ~ Kindle eBook
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Babe in Paradise: Fiction
Marisa Silver
W. W. Norton & Company, 2002
Compelling and Fiercely Honest Writer
The joy of reading Marisa Silver's short stories comes from never knowing what the next one will bring. She reminds me of a brilliant wizard, always conjuring up little surprises and NEVER resorting to the cliche. My suggestion is to read one story a day. You will feel like you have treated ...
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