Alentejo Blue: Fiction11 reviews Monica Ali Scribner, 2007 Curiously Unexciting I found this book not up to par with "Brick Lane" and couldn't get into it. There are so many other books worth reading.             The Kite Runner2517 reviews Khaled Hosseini Riverhead Trade, 2004 Ki + Wonderful + Fantastic + powerful and moving + Could Not Put it Down             A Thousand Splendid Suns1307 reviews Khaled Hosseini Riverhead, 2007 Enthralling... + Very touching + Very good BOOK + Excellent Story             Memories of My Melancholy Whores108 reviews Gabriel Garcia Marquez Vintage, 2006 Minotaur-mania: Garcia Marquez Explores the Myth of Love + "It is a triumph of life that old people lose their memories of inessential things" + The desires of an older man + That obscure object of imaginary desire...             Naked414 reviews David Sedaris Back Bay Books, 1998 Absolutely fantastic + Painful to read, mostly plotless, but entertaining + FRANCINE!!! This has become a very famous book and it deserves to be. It is certainly the type that has you lending it to all your friends and telling them about which pieces are your favorites. I love reading about his family and am a big fan of sister Amy so whenever there's a mention of her I get ...             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 ...             Night (Oprah's Book Club)629 reviews Elie Wiesel Hill and Wang, 2006 Elie, a brave boy and a survivor + Scary reminder of what mankind is capable of + heart wrenching + The banal becomes terrifying, the terrifying becomes everyday "normal" + Human Words Cannot Convey the Story             The Glass Castle: A Memoir1136 reviews Jeannette Walls Scribner, 2006 Best Book all year + an amazing story of courage and perserverance. + Cant put it down!!!! + Read it against my better judgement ... and LOVED it! + One heckuva great book             A Man Without a Country190 reviews Kurt Vonnegut Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007 Vonnegut Never Fails + As of 11/04/08, Vonnegut has a country again. + Compare to Kurt and Dlyan + Final thoughts             Me Talk Pretty One Day735 reviews David Sedaris Back Bay Books, 2001 Do Not Read While Eating Because It's So Funny You Might Choke + David Sedaris does it again! + Not heartwarming... in a good way. When I opened this book I had limited time so I decided to look for the shortest essay in the book so I could sneak in a quick read. I selected "Big Boy" which started on page 97 and ended before the next essay that started on page 100. By the end of the first paragraph I was already laughing and ...             The Namesake: A Novel (Edition 001)476 reviews Jhumpa Lahiri Mariner Books, 2004 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!             Love in the Time of Cholera (Oprah's Book Club)456 reviews Gabriel Garcia Marquez Vintage, 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. ...             A Thousand Splendid Suns1307 reviews Khaled Hosseini Riverhead, 2007 Enthralling... + Very touching + Very good BOOK + Excellent Story             Love in the Time of Cholera (Oprah's Book Club)456 reviews Gabriel Garcia Marquez Vintage, 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. ...             Night (Oprah's Book Club)629 reviews Elie Wiesel Hill and Wang, 2006 Elie, a brave boy and a survivor + Scary reminder of what mankind is capable of + heart wrenching + The banal becomes terrifying, the terrifying becomes everyday "normal" + Human Words Cannot Convey the Story             The Namesake: A Novel (Edition 001)476 reviews Jhumpa Lahiri Mariner Books, 2004 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!             Alentejo Blue: Fiction11 reviews Monica Ali Scribner, 2007 Curiously Unexciting I found this book not up to par with "Brick Lane" and couldn't get into it. There are so many other books worth reading.             Me Talk Pretty One Day735 reviews David Sedaris Back Bay Books, 2001 Do Not Read While Eating Because It's So Funny You Might Choke + David Sedaris does it again! + Not heartwarming... in a good way. When I opened this book I had limited time so I decided to look for the shortest essay in the book so I could sneak in a quick read. I selected "Big Boy" which started on page 97 and ended before the next essay that started on page 100. By the end of the first paragraph I was already laughing and ...             The Kite Runner2517 reviews Khaled Hosseini Riverhead Trade, 2004 Ki + Wonderful + Fantastic + powerful and moving + Could Not Put it Down             Naked414 reviews David Sedaris Back Bay Books, 1998 Absolutely fantastic + Painful to read, mostly plotless, but entertaining + FRANCINE!!! This has become a very famous book and it deserves to be. It is certainly the type that has you lending it to all your friends and telling them about which pieces are your favorites. I love reading about his family and am a big fan of sister Amy so whenever there's a mention of her I get ...