The Lying Tongue18 reviews Andrew Wilson Atria, 2007 A brilliant masterpiece.... + Don't read Blurbs + Mad, Dark, Twisted Mystery + Moral Highsmith             The Spinster Sisters11 reviews Stacey Ballis Berkley Trade, 2007 Okay! + Funny, Light, with a few mistakes I enjoyed reading the book until the end. The stuff with the meetings and some long conversationg between the sisters were too much. I just wanted to get to the end already. I liked the ending though! But I think, the book "room for improvement" was better.             Desperation Moon26 reviews Ken Douglas Bootleg Press, 2003 Great find! + Non-Stop Action + A New Fan + A Book I Could Not Put Down             The Secret of Lost Things: A Novel45 reviews Sheridan Hay Doubleday, 2007 Charming read + Endearing Coming of Age Story + "I saw all the mirrors in the world and none reflected me." This is a beautifully written novel. The protagonist is naive yet strong and brave. I love the author's use of language in her discriptions and vocabulary. I'm a school librarian and way past Rosemary's age and yet I can feel for her and picture her in her settings: fixing up her dingy ...             The Namesake (movie tie-in edition)476 reviews Jhumpa Lahiri Mariner Books, 2006 You felt like you knew these people + not as good as the short story collections + A great and superbly written story + Tale of a 1st generation Indian immigrant - different!             These Three Remain: A Novel of Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman120 reviews Touchstone, 2007 Excellent Service Received item exactlly as advertised. Delivery was punctual. I'd buy from this company again. Thank you.             Whitethorn Woods87 reviews Maeve Binchy Knopf, 2007 traditions change, too + Short Stories Form an Engrossing Tale + Reflections of faith. Binchy's characters are so intensely real, it take a while to realize each person also represents a social layer and each person's choice also implies a political truth. The vivid personalities capture you as they gather into a community of individuals doing their work or committing their crime in ...             The Secret River24 reviews Kate Grenville Canongate U.S., 2006 A gripping novel that draws you in + Whisked through a portal in time + The Secret River + Confronting and totally draws you in             The Stolen Child: A Novel277 reviews Keith Donohue Nan A. Talese, 2006 The Stolen Child Steals You Away.. + A Must Read + Wonderful story. + Liked it, didn't love it. + Blew my mind             The Quilter's Homecoming (Elm Creek Quilts Series, Book 10)38 reviews Jennifer Chiaverini Simon & Schuster, 2007 She did it again! + It was an Elm Creek novel. Can;t remember name right now. + The Quilter's Homecoming + The Quilters Homecoming + The Quilter's Homecoming             Special Topics in Calamity Physics257 reviews Marisha Pessl Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007 Have Yet to Finish, but its great! + Special Topics In Descriptive Sentences and Tangents This book is very hard to read because there are so many references. It confuses me sometimes because I'm wondering...Who actually knows what the author is talking about? Although, that is what intrigues me. It leaves me guessing! It makes me want to strive to figure out exactly what the author is ...             Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman27 reviews Haruki Murakami Knopf, 2006 A Superb Short Story Collection from Haruki Murakami + red herring + Twenty-four delightful short stories "Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman" demonstrates Haruki Murakami's mastery of the short story genre. It is quite simply one of the most intriguing short story collections that I have read recently. Much to his credit, Murakami has a marvelous ability of transforming the mundane into something that's ...             This Fire Down in My Soul22 reviews J. D. Mason St. Martin's Press, 2007 Another good one + Excellent + Only for grown folks..... All of her books i've read are very good. this one included. Makes you think about the things ur doing and not doing in ur own marriage.             Divisadero74 reviews Michael Ondaatje Knopf, 2007 Superb poetic storytelling + Murky Parallels, Marvellous Prose + Misty but elegant + Enraptured by Ondaatje's style             A Spot of Bother100 reviews Mark Haddon Doubleday, 2006 This is my favorite book!I love Mark Haddon! + One very funny book To start off the storyline did not attract me at all,but i loved The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time,(Brilliant book)and figured I'll give it shot,and i was so happy i did!At first i only liked Jamie but the more and more i read i started to fall for the rest of the Hall Family were i ...             The Reluctant Fundamentalist116 reviews Mohsin Hamid Harcourt, 2007 East and West - never the twain shall meet + Gave Much To Think About + The Reluctant admirer of this novel Mohsin Hamid's "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" seeks to elucidate the complex emotions successful immigrants into Western society feel about their own ethnicity, culture. identity and place in a superficially welcoming foreign culture. The unnamed tourist Changez addresses himself to in his ...             My French Whore21 reviews Gene Wilder St. Martin's Press, 2007 Ineresting World War I vignette + Easy read by Gene Wilder + Touching! + Splendid! Short, Interesting.. got me out of my love for Biographies + Life, My First Time by Skip Donahue             Saving Fish from Drowning: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)204 reviews Amy Tan Ballantine Books, 2006 I just can't put it down + A Wonderful Adventure! + Brilliant! Amy Tan does it again! + Lighten up, naysayers!             The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel291 reviews Michael Chabon HarperCollins, 2007 Ghetto Mentality Retrogression + Chabon's best to date + Bittersweet like woodsmoke The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon: Ghetto Mentality Retrogression Review by Arthur L. Finkle Mr. Chabon writes a masterpiece of a "what-if" portion of history. In this case, what if the Jews lost their War on Independence on 1948? The solution was one proffered at that time, ...             On Chesil Beach: A Novel215 reviews Ian McEwan Nan A. Talese, 2007 The Tragedy of Assumptions, Especially in Love + Don't Let Your Hubris Be Your Hamartia + True to Ian McEwan's form...a beautiful story + heartbreaking