Things I Want My Daughters to Know: A Novel10 reviews Elizabeth Noble William Morrow, 2008 Touching book! + things i want my daughters to know + A book about love: between mothers and daughters, sisters, and others This is a great book. I could not put it down. As a mother, I was moved by Barbara's need to leave something for her girls. The characters are very complicated and the author gives great insight to each of them.             The Philosopher's Apprentice: A Novel15 reviews James Morrow William Morrow, 2008 A fun, amusing read, with many dashes of philosophy + Four Stars A very good read, with a setting in the science fiction present. Lots of fun playing with philosophy and how it can or cannot infuse your life. A woman clones younger versions of herself, then hires moral counsellors to fill in the gaps in their upbringing (or lack thereof). Explores how this ...             River of Heaven: A Novel13 reviews Lee Martin Shaye Areheart Books, 2008 Another great read from a gifted storyteller + "It was a long time ago and we were different people" + My Midwest + A sweet and tragic story, well-told             The Other Boleyn Girl (Movie Tie-In) (Boleyn)827 reviews Philippa Gregory Touchstone, 2008 Enjoyed the book, much better than the movie + The Other Boleyn Girl + Great read!! + Wonderful Story + The Other Boleyn Girl             The Sugar Queen52 reviews Sarah Addison Allen Bantam, 2008 Sweet Read + Sugar Queen + The Sugar Queen is SWEET. + Fairy-tale sweet             The Memory Keeper's Daughter873 reviews Kim Edwards Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006 Freeze Frame + What a memory!!! On a snowy winter night in 1964, Dr. David Henry is forced to deliver his twins and makes a split-second decision that forever alters theh lives of everyone involved. When it is apparent to him that his daughter has Down's Syndrome, he asks the nurse to take her to an institution, without telling ...             The Forgery of Venus: A Novel18 reviews Michael Gruber William Morrow, 2008 I didn't want to put it down! + Classic Gruber + Fascinating + A Novel with Sprezzatura             March144 reviews Geraldine Brooks Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006 I Loved Meeting Mr. March And Hearing His Story + LIttle Women Grows Up + What War Does to Families + Moving, Thought, Provoking, Insightful + very well written and insightful.             The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears32 reviews Dinaw Mengestu Riverhead Trade, 2008 Worthy Debut Novel About the Immigrant Experience + The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears Mengestu's debut novel brings to life the American immigrant experience in a touching way. The novel is about an Ethiopian immigrant, Sepha, and his experiences in the Washington DC area over a seven month period in the 1970s. Mengestu captures the hopes and dreams, as well as the struggles and ...             Then We Came to the End: A Novel217 reviews Joshua Ferris Back Bay Books, 2008 I Laughed, I Cried - Three Thoughts + Adperson's anomie + Funny, fantastic, tragic book (and gorgeous dust jacket design!) + Funny, and a little bit of drama + One of the best you'll ever read!             Belong to Me: A Novel52 reviews Marisa De Los Santos William Morrow, 2008 From S. Krishna's Books + Smarter than most ChickLit ... but not as good as "Love Walked In" + Complex personal relationships + Always fun to reconnect with a favorite character             The Resurrectionist12 reviews Jack O'Connell Algonquin Books, 2008 A powerfully entertaining page turner + A Real Worcester Tornado! I hadn't read any of Jack O'Connell's novels before so I wasn't sure what to expect. What I got really impressed me. O'Connell shows he can is a master of suspense, drama, science-fiction and fantasy. The story is well narrated and constructed -- you don't know where you're going, but you don't ...             Off Season61 reviews Anne Rivers Siddons Grand Central Publishing, 2008 off season + Off Season is a good read! + Like Old Times . . . + Great author             Desperation Moon26 reviews Ken Douglas Bootleg Press, 2003 Great find! + Non-Stop Action + A New Fan + A Book I Could Not Put Down             The Cure for Modern Life: A Novel15 reviews Lisa Tucker Atria, 2008 TUCKER IS THE CURE FOR MODERN LITERATURE + What if.... With each book Lisa Tucker gets better and better. She's that rare author who writes beautiful, original stories with deep and meaningful characters. This book has her trademarks - people who crave family and carve it out of thin air if that's what they have to do - people who break your heart ...             Body Surfing: A Novel89 reviews Anita Shreve Back Bay Books, 2008 A Sequel of Sorts + Surfing Into Conflict + Shreve Does It Again Can a house be a main character? It is in this book, which features the same New Hampshire beach house that appeared in The Pilot's Wife, Fortune's Rock and Sea Glass. The house remains steadfast, but the lives of the people who occupy it are as stormy and unpredictable as the Atlantic Ocean it ...             The Plague of Doves: A Novel35 reviews Louise Erdrich Harper, 2008 Erdrich has outdone even herself + The Plague of Doves + Magnificent + The Ways We Need Each Other             The Sorrows of an American: A Novel11 reviews Siri Hustvedt Henry Holt and Co., 2008 Just This Side of Madness + The Sorrows of an American This is a complex novel that reads like a literary mystery and at other times like a psychological drama. Everyone in the book hovers at the edge of the abyss. Even the mild-mannered, kind psychoanalyst, Erik Davidsen, who narrates the story which takes place in the year following the death of ...             The Girl with No Shadow (published in the UK as The Lollipop Shoes)24 reviews Joanne Harris William Morrow, 2008 Relevant Magic + tri-perspective treat + More Witchy than Chocolat + Dark Chocolate for second helpings             Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel604 reviews Lisa See Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006 Phenomenal Women Book Club (Houston, TX) + Snowflower and the Secret Fan + SNOWFLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN + chinese culture insight