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Into the Wilderness
Sara Donati
Bantam, 1999
Wonderful
+ COMPELLING READING
+ Life after The Outlander
+ If you like Gabaldon - you'll like this
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Granny Dan
Danielle Steel
Corgi Books, 2000
From the author of HEARTBEAT, JEWELS and THE GHOST, a novel set in 1902, featuring a motherless young girl who arrives in Russia and becomes a great ballerina who is welcomed into the heart of the Imperial family. However, war, revolution and illness upset her life, and force her to make a heartbreaking choice.
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Watership Down: A Novel
Richard Adams
Scribner, 2005
A Classis Adventure Story
+ Yes , Rabbits!
+ Watership Down
+ Not for young children, but teenagers and adults will enjoy it.
+ Sometimes unbelievable or slow, but largely intelligent, compelling, and strongly written. A satisfying book. Highly recommended
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Pride and Prejudice (Vintage Classics)
Jane Austen
Vintage, 2007
Boy oh boy was I ever wrong about Lady Jane!!!
+ Pride & Prejudice--all time favorite book and movie
+ A Nice Novel
+ Classic
+ Justifiably a Classic
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Anna Karenina (Oprah's Book Club)
Leo Tolstoy
Penguin Classics, 2004
Indifference? NOT HERE!
+ A classic worth reading
+ Masterful
I haven't had/made time to read other translations of this Great work, but IMHO, Anna Karenina 'Must Be' in the top five list of all-time Greatest Romances...
(trying NOT to be selfish): Reading Anna Karenina has enriched my life; It has INCREASED my love, devotion, & respect for-to my wife, my ...
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The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger
Jonathan Cape, 2004
Absolutely amazing
+ Fascinating Time Travel
I picked up this book on whim from a must read list and was not disappointed. It is a story of patience and lost, of love on it's most enduring levels. It does jump around a lot, but everything comes full circle and blends harmoniously.
It is the story of Clare and Henry. He meets her as a ...
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The Historian
Elizabeth Kostova, 2005
First Class Suspense!
+ If You Like to Travel
+ Great book
This book was the perfect novel to read during the fall season, with Halloween slowly approaching. The book picks up right in the beginning when Professor Rossi tells Paul that Dracula is indeed alive and a vampire. That sentence freaked me out for a moment and I was hooked for the entire length of ...
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I Know This Much Is True: A Novel (P.S.)
Wally Lamb
Harper Perennial, 2008
It's hard to get into..
+ Great Book
+ All Time Favorite
But it's worth it.
It took me over 2 years to read this book. I struggled with not just with the length of the book - but also with the narration. I admit I didn't admire Dominick - I even disliked his character, and couldn't even bring myself to read more than a few paragraphs at times. But ...
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The Lovely Bones: Deluxe Edition
Alice Sebold
Back Bay Books, 2007
5 stars for lovely read....
+ Amazing Read
+ If you can get past the first chapter, you'll love it
+ Unlike Any Other Novel I've Read
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Gone with the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
Pocket, 2008
Margaret Mitchell's epic novel of love and war won the Pulitzer Prize and went on to give rise to two authorized sequels and one of the most popular and celebrated movies of all time. Many novels have been written about the Civil War and its aftermath. None take us into the burning fields and cities of the American South as Gone With the Wind does, creating haunting scenes and thrilling ...
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Anna Karenina (Oprah's Book Club)
Leo Tolstoy
Penguin Classics, 2004
Indifference? NOT HERE!
+ A classic worth reading
+ Masterful
I haven't had/made time to read other translations of this Great work, but IMHO, Anna Karenina 'Must Be' in the top five list of all-time Greatest Romances...
(trying NOT to be selfish): Reading Anna Karenina has enriched my life; It has INCREASED my love, devotion, & respect for-to my wife, my ...
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Gone with the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
Pocket, 2008
Margaret Mitchell's epic novel of love and war won the Pulitzer Prize and went on to give rise to two authorized sequels and one of the most popular and celebrated movies of all time. Many novels have been written about the Civil War and its aftermath. None take us into the burning fields and cities of the American South as Gone With the Wind does, creating haunting scenes and thrilling ...
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The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger
Jonathan Cape, 2004
Absolutely amazing
+ Fascinating Time Travel
I picked up this book on whim from a must read list and was not disappointed. It is a story of patience and lost, of love on it's most enduring levels. It does jump around a lot, but everything comes full circle and blends harmoniously.
It is the story of Clare and Henry. He meets her as a ...
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Granny Dan
Danielle Steel
Corgi Books, 2000
From the author of HEARTBEAT, JEWELS and THE GHOST, a novel set in 1902, featuring a motherless young girl who arrives in Russia and becomes a great ballerina who is welcomed into the heart of the Imperial family. However, war, revolution and illness upset her life, and force her to make a heartbreaking choice.
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Watership Down: A Novel
Richard Adams
Scribner, 2005
A Classis Adventure Story
+ Yes , Rabbits!
+ Watership Down
+ Not for young children, but teenagers and adults will enjoy it.
+ Sometimes unbelievable or slow, but largely intelligent, compelling, and strongly written. A satisfying book. Highly recommended
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