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One Hundred Years of Solitude 445 reviews Gabriel Garcia Marquez
HarperCollins, 2003
The Greatest Ending
+ Excellent Book + Not for everyone, but if it's for you .... Hold On!! + what a unique work of art
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The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Pocketbook Guide to Fulfilling Your Dreams (One Hour of Wisdom) 231 reviews Deepak Chopra
Amber-Allen Publishing, 2007
pocket classic
+ Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fullfillment of Your Dreams + Good read + Getting back to basics + Chopra's seven spiritual steps to success and prosperity
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Sula (Oprah's Book Club) 132 reviews Toni Morrison
Plume, 2002
"As willing to feel pain as to give pain, to feel pleasure as to give pleasure, hers was an experimental life."
+ What can kill a friendship? + Powerful + Fine work from a Nobel laureate
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Love in the Time of Cholera (Vintage International) 456 reviews Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Vintage Books, 2007
It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love.
+ Metaphorical Romp
Garcia Marquez can write. No doubt about it. The man is a marvel. I'd be puddling along, reading of Fermina Daza, and her adolescent passion (and his for her) of Florentino Ariza, or of her married life with Juvenal Urbino when I'd be swept away by a phrase or image, or the smell of bitter almonds. ...
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East of Eden 268 reviews John Steinbeck
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002
An Epic Family Classic
+ A book that stays with you + East Of Eden Work Of Genius + Knocked For A Loop + Very Interesting
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Fall On Your Knees (Oprah #45) 573 reviews Ann-Marie MacDonald, 2001
The Frightening Aspects of Realism
+ Fall On Your Knees and give thanks for a great author! + Intense
It was one of thoes books that I couldn't put down although I cringed with each passsing page. It gave me nightmares. It was real.
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The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (P.S.) 1419 reviews Barbara Kingsolver
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005
A Gem of Postcolonial Literature
+ An Eye Opener + A book for the Colonialists, not the colonised: for Westerners, not Africans + The Poisonwood bible + A Retrospective
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The Rapture of Canaan 250 reviews Sheri Reynolds, 1997
Loved this book!
+ Intriguing Story + Wow...this book is really good! + great story
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Anna Karenia Count Leo Tolstoy
The Modern Library, 1950
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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim 313 reviews David Sedaris, 2005
Sedaris knows how to show you a great time.
+ Dress Your Family in Cords or enim + This book is a truly enjoyable read.
I've loved every one of Sedaris' books, and just fininshed re-reading this one. I felt like some good laughs, and his books really deliver. Sometimes a "yikes" rather than a laugh, but always an impact. I have yet to find anyone than has the wit and style and ability to fascinate as well as ...
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Love in the Time of Cholera (Vintage International) 456 reviews Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Vintage Books, 2007
It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love.
+ Metaphorical Romp
Garcia Marquez can write. No doubt about it. The man is a marvel. I'd be puddling along, reading of Fermina Daza, and her adolescent passion (and his for her) of Florentino Ariza, or of her married life with Juvenal Urbino when I'd be swept away by a phrase or image, or the smell of bitter almonds. ...
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The Rapture of Canaan 250 reviews Sheri Reynolds, 1997
Loved this book!
+ Intriguing Story + Wow...this book is really good! + great story
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Anna Karenia Count Leo Tolstoy
The Modern Library, 1950
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East of Eden 268 reviews John Steinbeck
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002
An Epic Family Classic
+ A book that stays with you + East Of Eden Work Of Genius + Knocked For A Loop + Very Interesting
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Fall On Your Knees (Oprah #45) 573 reviews Ann-Marie MacDonald, 2001
The Frightening Aspects of Realism
+ Fall On Your Knees and give thanks for a great author! + Intense
It was one of thoes books that I couldn't put down although I cringed with each passsing page. It gave me nightmares. It was real.
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The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (P.S.) 1419 reviews Barbara Kingsolver
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005
A Gem of Postcolonial Literature
+ An Eye Opener + A book for the Colonialists, not the colonised: for Westerners, not Africans + The Poisonwood bible + A Retrospective
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One Hundred Years of Solitude 445 reviews Gabriel Garcia Marquez
HarperCollins, 2003
The Greatest Ending
+ Excellent Book + Not for everyone, but if it's for you .... Hold On!! + what a unique work of art
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The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Pocketbook Guide to Fulfilling Your Dreams (One Hour of Wisdom) 231 reviews Deepak Chopra
Amber-Allen Publishing, 2007
pocket classic
+ Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fullfillment of Your Dreams + Good read + Getting back to basics + Chopra's seven spiritual steps to success and prosperity
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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim 313 reviews David Sedaris, 2005
Sedaris knows how to show you a great time.
+ Dress Your Family in Cords or enim + This book is a truly enjoyable read.
I've loved every one of Sedaris' books, and just fininshed re-reading this one. I felt like some good laughs, and his books really deliver. Sometimes a "yikes" rather than a laugh, but always an impact. I have yet to find anyone than has the wit and style and ability to fascinate as well as ...
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Sula (Oprah's Book Club) 132 reviews Toni Morrison
Plume, 2002
"As willing to feel pain as to give pain, to feel pleasure as to give pleasure, hers was an experimental life."
+ What can kill a friendship? + Powerful + Fine work from a Nobel laureate
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