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675 reviews
Kurt Vonnegut

Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1999

Quirky and entertaining
This was my first Kurt Vonnegut book. It took perhaps 50 pages for me to get into his unique style of writing. I did not particularly enjoyed it at first. I was especially annoyed by the constant use of the phrase, "so it goes". But once I decided to go with the unusual style and writing I began to enjoy it a lot. The story follows the life of a WWII veteran. and jumps through time (past, present ...

Mister Pip

38 reviews
Lloyd Jones

Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2008

You cannot pretend to read a book...
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones, is a story about so many things, it is hard to make any definitive statement about it. It is a story about literature, and at least one student's journey to falling in love with it, it is about family and the struggles with loyalty and resentment, it is a story about war and the destruction it caused to one village simply minding their own business, and it is the story ...

In the Country of Men

19 reviews
Hisham Matar

Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2008

An Excellent Audio Book / Information from Interviews with Matar
THE AUDIO BOOK (Unabridged) Though I have yet to listen to the CDs, my mother reports that "not only is the book is beautifully written; the reader is also terrific." By this she especially means 1) that he read slowly enough for her to digest the material and savor the language and 2) that he did not overly dramatize it. FROM INTERVIEWS WITH THE AUTHOR By the time I was ready to write a ...

Beach Music

280 reviews
Pat Conroy

Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2002

A Masterpiece!
What else can be said? This book is simply excellent--one of the best books I've read in years. It's funny, moving, surprising, and sometimes heartbreaking. Conroy knows how to write about REAL people with REAL emotions. My only little quibble is that he makes every character so unrealistically witty--but if he didn't, we'd miss out on so many great lines! Buy this book, read this book--now.

Mother Night

96 reviews
Kurt Vonnegut

Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1999

A Dark Novel with a Valuable Moral Lesson
~Mother Night~ by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. is a dark novel set against the backdrop of Nazi Germany initially in the 1930s. An American expatriate living abroad Howard W. Campbell, Jr. marries a German woman Helga, and works as a playwright in Germany. But a dark cloud looms over the horizon, the spectre of Nazi Germany and its violent ideology of ultra-nationalism. Campbell's parents depart Germany ...

Drinking: A Love Story

144 reviews
Caroline Knapp

Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1997

Inside Information
This book is so well written, and is so honest and informative, it is perhaps the most compelling (and useful) story about addiction I've ever read. Caroline Knapp, an Ivy-League educated columnist and editor, shares the story of her slide into alcoholism and her road to recovery with brutal honesty. Her down-to-earth, conversational tone pulls you in, and paints a very credible picture of ...

Can You Keep a Secret?

396 reviews
Sophie Kinsella

Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2005

High Laughter Outburst to Page Ratio!
If you want a book with a high laughter outburst to page ratio, you need to get a copy of Can You Keep a Secret? Emma Corrigan is a marketing assistant with loads of secrets. Most of these are innocuous--the kind that wouldn't cause any problems if she kept them to herself, which, of course, she doesn't. And that's where the fun begins! Emma is a protagonist I could care about and root for ...

The Undomestic Goddess

265 reviews
Sophie Kinsella

Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2006

Sophie Kinsella Fans read on!!
As always, Sophie Kinsella delivers! I love her work! Of course, Becky Bloomwood is my FAVORITE character. However, this story is a close second!

Shopaholic & Baby

167 reviews
Sophie Kinsella

Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2007

Great Addition to the Shopaholic Series!
Babies are in right now so this is a perfect addition to the series! I read it when I was pregnant with my first baby and totally feel her! Great read even if you don't have a kid!

Breakfast of Champions

242 reviews
Kurt Vonnegut

Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1999

Calling Kilgore Trout!
Vonnegut's favorite science fiction writer Kilgore Trout is in this one. But sort of the main guy in here is Dwayne Hoover, nouveau-rich auto-man in town. He's a guy whom most of us can plug in to. He ultimately goes berzerk. How he reaches this point in his life is the point of the book... sort of. Here we have more Vonnegut brilliance and hilarity and most readers will plug in to his ...

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

78 reviews
Kurt Vonnegut

Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1998

A misunderstood messiah
In one of his last books, Vonnegut imagines a meeting with Eugence Debs, American socialist. "As long as there is a lower class, I am it it," Debs once said, "As long as there is a criminal element, I am of it. As long as there is a soul in prison, I am not free." Vonnegut had to report to Debs that people "snicker and snort" at that quote today. But they reacted the same way, Vonnegut ...

Intuition

59 reviews
Allegra Goodman

Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2007

original and truthful novel about the world of science
I liked the idea behind "Intuition", because it was the first novel I have ever encountered, which was so close to my own life and profession. Allegra Goodman managed to find the underappreciated niche and filled it with a remarkable book. The world of academic life sciences is rendered with precision in "Intuition"; it is obvious that the author took her time to really get into the work in the ...

The House of the Spirits

9 reviews
Isabel Allende

Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2005

Dark and sinister novel....
Chilean writer Isabel Allende is often compared to Marquez. 'The House of the Spirits' tells the Trueba family saga up to the period after the Chilean coup in 1973, in which Allende's own uncle was assassinated. Patriarchy here is represented by the conservative Esteban Trueba, spirit and intuition by his telepathic wife Clara. Allende's perspective is staunchly feminist and deeply romantic, ...

The Water is Wide

51 reviews
Pat Conroy

Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2002

Pat's Best
This book is inspiring to say the least. I love Pat Conroy and have read every one of his books and this one is by far the best. Perfect for all age ranges especially as a teacher gift. It is funny, sad and just flat out good on so many levels.

Galapagos (Delta Fiction)

109 reviews
Kurt Vonnegut

Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1999

Once again, Vonnegut ends the world.
I wouldn't usually presume to review Vonnegut, as he is among my favorite authors and my bias would tend to get in the way. That said, I was surprised (pleasantly so) by this book. It is the logical middle point between Slaughterhouse Five and Timequake, stylistically, and I would venture to say that it is in this book that Kurt perfected his nonlinear narrative style. Vonnegut keeps no ...

The Brothers K

112 reviews
David James Duncan

Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1996

Breathtaking novel
I have to say that this book has become one of those books I will be glad to read a second, third, even fourth time. The name itself, once fully explained in the novel is a great definition of the book in it's entirety. I was at first a little scared at it's enormous size and by the fact that I had to complete this book in as little as about a month, having to do it for a school assignment. ...

The Other Side of the Bridge

21 reviews
Mary Lawson

Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2007

One of my top reads this year!
This book is so beautifully written and I just finished it so the words are still fresh in my mind. I think this author has a wonderful talent to create images and can write bringing it all together. This book defiinitely makes my top- rated books for this year. It is not a long book but it took me a while to read (a couple of weeks) because I found myself rereading beautiful passages and ...

Shopaholic Gift Set (Shopaholic Ties the Knot / Shopaholic Takes Manhattan / Confessions of a Shopaholic)

14 reviews
Sophie Kinsella

Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2004

Awesome Collection
I absolutely love the Shopaholic series. I bought the set as a gift for my bestfriend knowing she would get a kick out of them too.

The Prince of Tides

214 reviews
Pat Conroy

Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2002

Amazing
This book was gorgeously written. The language was captivating and almost poetic. I couldn't put it down. The story was hilarious to gut-wretching, and everything in between. Characters so three dimentionally written, one would believe they were real-life acquaintances. One of the most moving books I've ever read.

Crow Lake (Today Show Book Club #7)

119 reviews
Mary Lawson

Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2003

Rich with family history
This is the best book I've read in recent months. From the perspective of Kate, the third child, it tells the story of her family and, to a lesser but equally compelling degree, the neighboring family in this tiny Canadian community. Lawson's plot is tight; she develops the characters very well, and ties each of their stories back to things in the past, namely their great grandmother and her ...

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