A Great and Terrible Beauty (The Gemma Doyle Trilogy)305 reviews Libba Bray Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2005 a great read. + Good, but not for kids . . . (a few spoilers here) i really really liked this book. the premise isn't something i would normally read, but i'm glad i did. the main character, gemma doyle, is really awesome. she is witty, and strong, but she also has tremendous flaws. kartik. i love him, he's so mysterious. he is isn't in the majority of ...             Ain't She Sweet?133 reviews Susan Elizabeth Phillips Avon, 2005 Another SEP hit + Superb! Smart lines. + Quality, First Rate, Multi-layered Story! + (proud heroine + sarcastic hero) x snappy dialogue = very fun read!             Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence37 reviews Paul Feig Three Rivers Press, 2002 Hilarious + FUNNY + Kickin' It + Takes us back to the not so good old days + These are the things that could break a mere boy             Hunger Point: A Novel66 reviews Jillian Medoff Harper Paperbacks, 2002 So realistic you'd never guess it was fiction + Cheers for Jillian Medoff! + Great Read + Exceptional             Slightly Single (Red Dress Ink paperback}67 reviews Wendy Markham Red Dress Ink, 2002 My thoughts + Easy Summer Read + book review + This book is so real, it hurts + Enjoyable             My Dearest Cecelia: A Novel of the Southern Belle Who Stole General Sherman's Heart9 reviews Diane Haeger St. Martin's Griffin, 2004 Good love story + My Dearest Cecelia: another facet to the Civil War + Diane Haeger is a superb author Cecilia Stovall goes to West Point along with her brothers to visit Marcellus, her oldest brother, freshman at West Point. At the Commencement Ball, she meets one of Marcellus's classmates, William Tecumseh Sherman, and she feels an instant connection to him. She spends the next few weeks with ...             Towelhead: A Novel56 reviews Alicia Erian Simon & Schuster, 2006 Like nothing I've read before... + Creepy, compelling and unbearably sad + Towelhead + Towelhead is a rare novel.             Around the Next Corner15 reviews Elizabeth Wrenn NAL Trade, 2006 Ms. Wrenn does a beautiful job demonstrating both the joy and the heartache in raising guide dogs. + Elizabeth has reached 'every woman' in this book + Too bad we can't give 10 stars . . . + A Thoroughly Enjoyable Read--for Men as well as for Women             Matchbook: The Diary of a Modern-Day Matchmaker38 reviews Samantha Daniels Simon & Schuster, 2005 Great + Me encanto - super lectura de vacaciones + Hilarious - Loved Devil Wears Prada -- this is Fun too It's a great book not only for people in matchmaking business, but for all singles. It's very easy to read and full of fun, but you can learn a lot about dating mistakes. You can't stop to read easily.             Like a Watered Garden: A Novel (Garden Gates)18 reviews Patti Hill Bethany House, 2005 Like a Refreshing Drink of Water... + I LOVE THESE BOOKS! + Like a Watered Garden - Patti Hill + A New Favorite + Treat Yourself!             Anyone But You (Hqn Romance)83 reviews Jennifer Crusie HQN Books, 2006 Hysterical!!! + light and fun + funny, sexy, romance - with a dog + Fred's Book - Wonderful Read! + What a geat story             Naphtalene: A Novel of Baghdad (Women Writing the Middle East)3 reviews Alia Mamdouh The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2006 Naphtalene by Alia Mamdouh + Memoir of a Baghdad childhood . . . The writing (in translation) is beautiful. There's no clearly defined plot. We share the experiences and memories of Huda, a strong-minded young girl growing up in Baghdad in the 1950s. We experience the smells and sounds with Huda, the smells of food and cigarettes, and the sweat and comfort of ...             A Thousand Splendid Suns1307 reviews Khaled Hosseini Riverhead, 2007 Enthralling... + Very touching + Very good BOOK + Excellent Story             Literacy and Longing in L.A.47 reviews Jennifer Kaufman, Karen Mack Delta, 2007 If you love books, you'll love this one! + A true book loving heroine... + Her life in reference to books! I have to join my voice to the chorus of those who found this novel very entertaining. It's all about a woman named Dora who is in the throes of an emotional crisis and, as she has all her life, she finds solace in books -- lots and lots of books (and plenty of wine). Even the boyfriend she takes ...             The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel560 reviews Margaret Atwood Anchor, 1998 I wasn't expecting this!!!! + A 21st century 1984 by George Orwell + Great Review This book was written very well. I had the creeps while I was reading it. It reminded me of the movie "Children of Men" and the book "The Giver". The entire time I was reading this book, I kept thinking of a certain female vice presidential candidate. I am afraid that she would love the form of ...             Chasing Ghosts: A Soldier's Fight for America from Baghdad to Washington142 reviews Paul Rieckhoff NAL Hardcover, 2006 Honest and Insightful + An important read. + Just the truth + Short and Simple + Thought-Provoking and Intelligent             The Reincarnationist66 reviews M. J. Rose Mira, 2007 Great page-turning fun! + Great story, not finished I enjoyed this book and was really drawn in by the evocative descriptions of settings, both modern and historical. You really get the feeling of being there in the story, standing by the characters, seeing, smelling and hearing what they do. And the story had several twists I wasn't expecting at ...             The Ruins986 reviews Scott Smith Vintage, 2007 Quality Horror + The Ruination of Sleep + A Good Read With Scott Smith's first novel A SIMPLE PLAN he took the literary world by storm. The novel received raves from all critics, developed a huge cult following and was called by many the best suspense novel of the year. Here we have his follow-up, THE RUINS, many years after the first and it is in a ...             Blood Makes the Grass Grow Green: A Year in the Desert with Team America23 reviews Johnny Rico Presidio Press, 2007 Yahoo! Tell It Like It Is! + A Unique Self-Styled Memoir of Combat. + Blood makes the grass grow green This is one of the greatest books I have read about soldiering in a war. I got this book at my local library and immediately started to read it and couldn't put it down. Being a psychologist with experience working with the military and returning soldiers I am glad someone had the guts to write ...             Austenland: A Novel126 reviews Shannon Hale Bloomsbury USA, 2007 Hale is Brilliant as Ever + A sweet and satisfying read... Austenland is the story of Jane Hayes, "a thirty-something woman in possession of a satisfying career and a fabulous hairdo," who finds herself unmarried and harboring a dangerous obsession with the A&E production of Pride and Prejudice. Her aged great-aunt figures out Jane's little secret and ...