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Florence of Arabia: A Novel 32 reviews Christopher Buckley
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2005
Superb Satire!
+ C. Buckley does It Again + A fun, funny read! + Funny and controversial + Wickedly funny
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Snuff 97 reviews Chuck Palahniuk
Doubleday, 2008
Not as good as his other books
I hate to be mean to authors because they're giving it their best (or at least I hope so), but this book made me feel like Palahniuk is just writing because it's his job. It wasn't a gripping tale like Fight Club or even Diary, and it was only 180 pages so it's only entertaining for a day. He ...
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Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story 32 reviews Leonie Swann
Flying Dolphin Press, 2008
A good, fun read
+ sheep detectives + Talking Sheep + . . . in the field with a spade.
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Watership Down: A Novel 951 reviews Richard Adams
Scribner, 2005
The best of the hardcover editions
+ A Classis Adventure Story + Yes , Rabbits! + Watership Down + Not for young children, but teenagers and adults will enjoy it.
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Vamped: A Novel 31 reviews David Sosnowski
Downtown Press, 2005
wonderful
+ Overall a great read...I just hated the ending. + Great start, horrible ending. (Spoilers... kind of) + A delight to read
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Soon I Will be Invincible (Vintage) 99 reviews Austin Grossman
Vintage, 2008
Loved This Book
+ Great fun! + Very, Very Fun + Couldn't put it down
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The Undead Kama Sutra 8 reviews Mario Acevedo
Eos, 2008
Another fun romp with vampires, sexual inuendo, and pleanty of humor
+ Great Fun + Acceptable reading
Acevedo has an interesting "take" on modern day vampirism. This story is no exception. I found that this story had enough references to previous happenings that it would not be fully required to read the other stories first.
Might as well read them though as they are also highly entertaining.
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Bad Monkeys: A Novel (P.S.) 55 reviews Matt Ruff
Harper Perennial, 2008
Solid Read
+ Excellent Read + plausibly undeniable + Very compelling read
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The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove 111 reviews Christopher Moore
Harper Paperbacks, 2004
... dies laughing.
+ Randomness supreme + You did WHAT with the weedwhacker?
If you've read Chris Moore, you know you'll be laughing from the first page on. If you haven't read his books before, get ready. He's got to be the funniest fiction writer to come along in at least 30 years!
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Severance Package 31 reviews Duane Swierczynski
St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008
As sudden as a blood soaked Pink Slip
+ What a ride! + A "Kill Bill" sensibililty
Brutal. Violent. Relentless. Fun. This could be easily be a four-word review, as these particular words go a long way in preparing you for Bill Swierczynski third novel, out on the heels of The Blonde. Severance Package does a wonderful job of combining corporate office politics and the deadly ...
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The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oxford World's Classics) 260 reviews Oscar Wilde
Oxford University Press, USA, 1998
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame
+ "Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter"-Oscar Wilde + Further reading
Wilde sees the world more clearly than any writer of fiction in the last century. It is for that reason that his work is so filled with countless paradoxes and contradictions that challenge the mind and titillate the senses. Wilde lived in an infinitely ironic age, when society had grown so ...
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The Mirror of Her Dreams 92 reviews Stephen R. Donaldson
Del Rey, 2003
Not a Disapointer!!
+ Another Much Needed Original Contribution to Fantasy By Donaldson + Great reading + You'll never look at mirrors the same way again.
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Island of the Sequined Love Nun 136 reviews Christopher Moore
Harper Paperbacks, 2004
Christopher Moore
+ Highly enjoyable, but not his best + Pure Christopher Moore! + Moore is always a refreshingly original read + This book is wicked funny!
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The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove 111 reviews Christopher Moore
Harper Paperbacks, 2004
... dies laughing.
+ Randomness supreme + You did WHAT with the weedwhacker?
If you've read Chris Moore, you know you'll be laughing from the first page on. If you haven't read his books before, get ready. He's got to be the funniest fiction writer to come along in at least 30 years!
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The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oxford World's Classics) 260 reviews Oscar Wilde
Oxford University Press, USA, 1998
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame
+ "Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter"-Oscar Wilde + Further reading
Wilde sees the world more clearly than any writer of fiction in the last century. It is for that reason that his work is so filled with countless paradoxes and contradictions that challenge the mind and titillate the senses. Wilde lived in an infinitely ironic age, when society had grown so ...
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The Mirror of Her Dreams 92 reviews Stephen R. Donaldson
Del Rey, 2003
Not a Disapointer!!
+ Another Much Needed Original Contribution to Fantasy By Donaldson + Great reading + You'll never look at mirrors the same way again.
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Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story 32 reviews Leonie Swann
Flying Dolphin Press, 2008
A good, fun read
+ sheep detectives + Talking Sheep + . . . in the field with a spade.
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Snuff 97 reviews Chuck Palahniuk
Doubleday, 2008
Not as good as his other books
I hate to be mean to authors because they're giving it their best (or at least I hope so), but this book made me feel like Palahniuk is just writing because it's his job. It wasn't a gripping tale like Fight Club or even Diary, and it was only 180 pages so it's only entertaining for a day. He ...
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Florence of Arabia: A Novel 32 reviews Christopher Buckley
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2005
Superb Satire!
+ C. Buckley does It Again + A fun, funny read! + Funny and controversial + Wickedly funny
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Island of the Sequined Love Nun 136 reviews Christopher Moore
Harper Paperbacks, 2004
Christopher Moore
+ Highly enjoyable, but not his best + Pure Christopher Moore! + Moore is always a refreshingly original read + This book is wicked funny!
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