Winter's Tale191 reviews Mark Helprin Harvest Books, 1995 The Best Work of Literary Fiction I've Ever Read + Winter Magic + A truly wonderful novel + A Book For All Reasons             Cry, the Beloved Country (Oprah's Book Club)246 reviews Alan Paton Scribner, 2003 It's on my Top 10 + Heart wrenching, sad, uplifting, moving, inspiring ...... + Still Relevant + Another MLA 100 oversight... + very good *^^*             The Remains of the Day192 reviews Kazuo Ishiguro Vintage, 1990 A reminder of the dangers of rationalizing away one's feelings + Bantering and Dignity + Heartbreaking and thought provoking I love this book. I read one of Ishiguro's other novels, Never Let me Go, and I liked it. But I don't know if I loved it. The story was compelling, and very original, but I don't know how much I identified with the main character. The Remains of the Day is a different story. The protagonist ...             Under Milk Wood: A Play for Voices15 reviews Dylan Thomas New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1954 "Time passes. Listen. Time passes." + starless and bible black & the sunny side of the street Written as a "play for voices" for the BBC, this work was originally performed in 1954, with Richard Burton as the First Voice, connecting all thirty-three characters--men, women, and small children. Depicting one full day in the life of a small town in Wales, Thomas shows its motley residents as ...             The Centaur31 reviews John Updike Ballantine Books, 1996 snow + A Mixed Bag I smelled snow when i read this book. I mean i could smell cold, and see frost, and breath and greyness. I feel like i learned how to read all over again.             Too Late The Phalarope14 reviews Alan Paton Scribner, 1996 Even better than Cry, the Beloved Country + ****1/2 stars--An Eloquently Written, Insightful and Disturbing Book + Good book + Too Late the Phalarope + High School Summer Reading             The Cider House Rules347 reviews John Irving Ballantine Books, 1997 Not only a good read, but this book might make you understand men better + A twisting saga like only Irving can write + A bit disappointing (review of the AUDIO book) + Cider Gouse Rules             Franny and Zooey220 reviews J.D. Salinger Little, Brown and Company, 1991 Entertaining and intelligent Franny and Zooey is not really a single novel. Rather, it's more like two novellas, though the novellas have overlapping characters. These stories, originally published in The New Yorker magazine, concern Franny and Zooey Glass, two members of the family that was the subject of most of Salinger's ...             A Soldier of the Great War151 reviews Mark Helprin Harvest Books, 2005 My big fat feast of a read! + Shockingly Good + In my top ten list + Deep historical novel + A Soldier of the Great War             The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop.25 reviews Robert Coover Plume, 1971 Book review + Intellectually brilliant but humanly lacking + The Boxscores Were Enough + Homo Ludens + A Brilliant Allegory of Something or Other             Small World28 reviews David Lodge Penguin (Non-Classics), 1995 sheer pleasure + David Lodge rocks my world. Early one Saturday morning (many years ago) I happened to pick up Changing Places, the 'prequel' (horrible word) to Small World. I read Changing Places to the end without putting it down, then walked straight into town and bought a copy of Small World, which I also read to the end pretty much ...             Straight Man: A Novel243 reviews Richard Russo Vintage, 1998 Funny... + "For every complex problem there is a simple solution. And it's always wrong" - H.L. Mencken, quoted from the Epilogue + the best Russo + Good, could have been great             Small World28 reviews David Lodge Penguin (Non-Classics), 1995 sheer pleasure + David Lodge rocks my world. Early one Saturday morning (many years ago) I happened to pick up Changing Places, the 'prequel' (horrible word) to Small World. I read Changing Places to the end without putting it down, then walked straight into town and bought a copy of Small World, which I also read to the end pretty much ...             The Remains of the Day192 reviews Kazuo Ishiguro Vintage, 1990 A reminder of the dangers of rationalizing away one's feelings + Bantering and Dignity + Heartbreaking and thought provoking I love this book. I read one of Ishiguro's other novels, Never Let me Go, and I liked it. But I don't know if I loved it. The story was compelling, and very original, but I don't know how much I identified with the main character. The Remains of the Day is a different story. The protagonist ...             Cry, the Beloved Country (Oprah's Book Club)246 reviews Alan Paton Scribner, 2003 It's on my Top 10 + Heart wrenching, sad, uplifting, moving, inspiring ...... + Still Relevant + Another MLA 100 oversight... + very good *^^*             A Soldier of the Great War151 reviews Mark Helprin Harvest Books, 2005 My big fat feast of a read! + Shockingly Good + In my top ten list + Deep historical novel + A Soldier of the Great War             Franny and Zooey220 reviews J.D. Salinger Little, Brown and Company, 1991 Entertaining and intelligent Franny and Zooey is not really a single novel. Rather, it's more like two novellas, though the novellas have overlapping characters. These stories, originally published in The New Yorker magazine, concern Franny and Zooey Glass, two members of the family that was the subject of most of Salinger's ...             Winter's Tale191 reviews Mark Helprin Harvest Books, 1995 The Best Work of Literary Fiction I've Ever Read + Winter Magic + A truly wonderful novel + A Book For All Reasons             The Centaur31 reviews John Updike Ballantine Books, 1996 snow + A Mixed Bag I smelled snow when i read this book. I mean i could smell cold, and see frost, and breath and greyness. I feel like i learned how to read all over again.             Straight Man: A Novel243 reviews Richard Russo Vintage, 1998 Funny... + "For every complex problem there is a simple solution. And it's always wrong" - H.L. Mencken, quoted from the Epilogue + the best Russo + Good, could have been great