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Bloodheir (The Godless World)
Brian Ruckley
Orbit, 2008
Fantasy with depth of character
+ A great "new" talent.
+ Enter the Godless World
+ Excellent follow-up!!
+ Heir Apparent for a 2nd in a Trilogy!
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Change of Heart: A Novel
Jodi Picoult
Atria, 2008
excellent book
+ Overall solid Picoult
This is one of the best books I have read. It reminds me of The Green Mile. She tells this story from different viewpoints. She includes ideas from a rabbi, a priest and the gnostic scriptures. Her characters are well developed and believable. I loved this book and did not want it to end.
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Sundays at Tiffany's
James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet
Little, Brown and Company, 2008
Sunday's at Tiffany's
+ Light, interesting, great characters
+ Bring your inner child - and you will delight in this book
+ Fantastic book!
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Johnny One-Eye: A Tale of the American Revolution
Jerome Charyn
W. W. Norton, 2008
If it wasn't like this, it should have been.
+ Rollicking Revolution
+ Pleasant fiction, from a strictly non-fiction reader
This was a thoroughly enjoyable and irreverent romp up and down the length of wartime Manhattan. The author took upon himself a daunting task--bringing many of our founding fathers, including George Washington, down to a human level, warts and all. He pulls it off brilliantly, and does it with a ...
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The Sister
Poppy Adams
Knopf, 2008
A wonderful, chilling tale.
+ 4.5/5 - stars - great Gothic Novel
If you are interested in action/adventure, this is not the book for you. However, if you are interested in a beautifully written story with a chilling ending, you should read this book.
In her debut novel, Poppy Adams has chosen as her narrator, Virginia "Ginny" Stone, seventy years old and ...
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel (P.S.)
Michael Chabon
Harper Perennial, 2008
Bittersweet like woodsmoke
+ Deliciously Multi-Layered
+ Really, really good
This is a book I am not allowed to read in bed, as my husband is opposed to books that make me cackle while he's trying to sleep.
" According to doctors, therapists, and his ex-wife, Landsman drinks to medicate himself, tuning the tubes and crystals of his moods with the crude hammer of ...
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Water for Elephants: A Novel
Sara Gruen
Algonquin Books, 2007
I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+ An authentic feel
+ Very well written
+ Too Good to be True?
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Desperation Moon
Ken Douglas
Bootleg Press, 2003
Mucho Desperation in this Finely Tuned Thriller
+ Non-Stop Action
+ A New Fan
+ A Book I Could Not Put Down
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
The Dial Press, 2008
the guernsey literary and potato peel pie society
+ Delightful, charming read
+ Grit and Grace
+ Modern Day Jane Austen
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The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
HarperCollins, 2006
Special
+ Paul Coelho
+ An Enjoying and Inspiring Read (IMHO)
+ Excelent Novel
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The Road (Oprah's Book Club)
Cormac McCarthy
Vintage Books, 2007
Two extraordinary books
+ Bleak, Bewitching and Remarkable
+ Just got the book today
+ what a journey!
+ The post-apocolyptic genre
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Consequences
Penelope Lively
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008
Romance Over Three Generations
If you are in the mood for an intelligent romance that is full of interesting characters, amply emotional but seldom sappy, you will enjoy Penelope Lively's CONSEQUENCES. All the more so if (like me) you have a British connection or have overlapped the three generations that the author describes. ...
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Loving Frank: A Novel
Nancy Horan
Ballantine Books, 2008
An excellent first novel
+ Loving This
+ Loved Loving Frank
+ A sleeper at first.
+ A Fascinating Read
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Mister Pip
Lloyd Jones
Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2008
Popeye
+ an unusual find
+ Take Me Away -
"Everyone called him Popeye." Thus begins Mister Pip, an eloquently written story about how profoundly literature can influence lives. As Popeye evolves into Mr. Pip, the personalities and character traits of the islanders also emerge. Mother and daughter, war and resistance, husband and wife, ...
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Peony in Love: A Novel
Lisa See
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008
Favorite Summer Fiction Read
+ Loved this book.
+ Wonderfully Heart Wrenching
Such a wonderful love story. I wanted to be there and in the moment. It felt so real at times. I wanted to believe in the story so much....that all of it was really possible.
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