The Shipping News447 reviews E. Annie Proulx Scribner, 1994 Good News + Sequel please + Perfect + Wonderful Writing             The Sound and the Fury196 reviews William Faulkner Vintage, 1991 I HATED this book until I realized it was a masterpiece... + A Great American Classic that Deserves to Be + If only we all could be blessed with such failure. + A Difficult Classic             The Bostonians (Penguin Classics)21 reviews Henry James Penguin Classics, 2001 Boston Was Full Of Feminists: But James Was Not One Of Them + James In Top Form + ****... almost ***** + Insightful read. + Glad I stumbled on to this one             Pride and Prejudice (Bantam Classics)903 reviews Jane Austen Bantam Classics, 1983 Boy oh boy was I ever wrong about Lady Jane!!! + Worth paying for on the Kindle + What a Year for the Bennets + as always, better than the movie + Pride and Prejudice             The Rules of Attraction130 reviews Bret Easton Ellis Vintage, 1998 Perfectly Written + One of best fiction books I've read + Did the Eighties Ever End? + A sad but hilarious portrayal of contemporary college culture             The Color Purple446 reviews Alice Walker Pocket, 1990 Color Purple + surprise + best book ever! I love this book and I would recommend anyone to read it and watch the movie.             Revolutionary Road102 reviews Richard Yates Vintage, 2000 Classic tale of the suburban nightmare. + Revolutionary Writing + Makes Mad Men look like Happy Days Richard Yates' 1961 novel, "Revolutionary Road", is a classic that has taken far too long to get the recognition it deserves (considering Yates died in 1992). With the Hollywood version coming out the best way to describe this haunting novel in cinematic terms would be: "American Beauty" meets ...             The Portrait of a Lady (Penguin Classics)24 reviews Henry James Penguin Classics, 2003 Classic + James And The Process of Perception + This is the 1908 Edition! + hmm.             Misery322 reviews Stephen King Signet, 1998 His Best + Psycho Woman + It's not Misery to read this book!!... Um sorry. I'm truly sorry. + Still my favourite             As I Lay Dying191 reviews William Faulkner Vintage, 1991 Homegoing + Worth the effort! + A Grim, Morbid, and Compelling Tale + Now I can get them teeth...             The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children)428 reviews Jean M. Auel Bantam Books, 1983 Clan of the Cave Bear, good read. + wooooooo!!!!!!!!!!! + Clan of the Cave Bear + Good Book + Hooked me             Bright Lights, Big City93 reviews Jay Mcinerney Vintage, 1984 Much before the loss of the innocence + Excellent Service + Stunning... + Holden Caulfield Meets the Ginger Man             Empire Falls477 reviews Richard Russo Vintage, 2002 Thoughtful On the surface this is a book about an average guy who is stuck in a rut in an average small town. But when you delve deeper, you see that the book is about how pivotal choices and events shape who we are and where we end up in life. The characters in this book are memorable, realistic, and well ...             Hollywood Wives23 reviews Jackie Collins Pocket, 1987 THE epitome of Jackie Collins + The Jane Austen of the defiantly trashy novel + so true Historically, this was Jackie Collin's fourth novel (the bestselling "The World is Full of Married Men", "The Stud" and "The Bitch" having preceded it) and is, to date, her most successful, selling 15 million copies. Having invented the "Hollywood" novel, Collins is at the top of her raunchy ...             Interview with the Vampire577 reviews Anne Rice Ballantine Books, 1991 A World Beyond Your Mind's Eyes + Tower of Imagination + Love and Angst for all Eternity + vampire legend made real             Cold Mountain: A Novel1509 reviews Charles Frazier Vintage, 1998 More than just a 'heroe's quest' + An incredible addition to the canon of modern American literature... + Cold Mountain I started reading this book four years ago, during winter break, and put it down fifty pages in, swearing that I would finish reading it as soon as projects, homework, and life let up. During the four years that I let the book sit, those fifty pages haunted me. I'd already seen the movie, knew how ...             Valley of the Dolls136 reviews Jacqueline Susann Grove Press, 1997 Rambling, operatic and much more than "Chick Lit" + A Glamorous Classic of Feminist Proportions + An absolute classic! On the back of the book, there is a quote by a reviewer who spouts that most tired of cliches "I literally couldn't put it down" or something liked that. For once, I'd have to agree wholeheartedly - 450 pages and never a dull moment. The prose is lively, sensitive and articulate. The story itself ...             Wuthering Heights (Bantam Classics)502 reviews Emily Brontë Bantam Classics, 1983 Will Always Be A Classic + To be appreciated, not loved + Gothic romance I honestly didn't think that I would enjoy this book as much as I did. :] It is a love and hate story. I wasn't fond of Catherine or Heathcliff, but i enjoyed the book. It took me a little while to really get into but after that i couldn't put it down! :] But if your looking for a happy story with ...             A Fine Balance (Oprah's Book Club)565 reviews Rohinton Mistry Vintage, 2001 Devastating and Brilliant: Worth 600+ pages and more + A fine book! + Delectable and Disturbing I have never encountered a book so moving as Mistry's A Fine Balance. Following the story of Ishvar and Om, I found myself so invested in what was happening to them - the injustice of India's government is infuriating, and the ways in which the overcoming of an obstacle only leads to another is ...             The Vampire Lestat (Vampire Chronicles, Book II)352 reviews Anne Rice Ballantine Books, 1986 My favorite of the series! + Lestat gets to tell his story. + A Gothic Tale with A Modern Perspective In this book, you get to learn of Lestat's past, and how he became a vampire. The writing style of this series (the first 3 anyway), is what makes them my favorite vampire novels.