The Memory of Running159 reviews Ron McLarty Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005 A great trip! + An Excellent Summer Read + Funny and Entertaining + Exceeded my expectations             Possible Side Effects100 reviews Augusten Burroughs St. Martin's Press, 2006 Possible Side Effects + Very good- + My first Burroughs + I LOVED this book! + Freaking Highlarious             The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Oprah's Book Club)155 reviews Carson McCullers Mariner, 2004 A Favorite Over 45+ Years + Still a great read I first read this book as a teenager and have read it again several times over the years. There is something so deeply revealing about the human condition in the book that it is as meaningful to me in my sixties and it was in my teens - I think that something is perhaps a window into the angst of ...             Truck: A Love Story24 reviews Michael Perry HarperCollins, 2006 the natural philosopher's handbook + A sweet, kind tale with deeper meanings + Mike fixed his truck, and along the way his broken heart + Perry proves he is a midwestern gem!             Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia1696 reviews Elizabeth Gilbert Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007 Best Book I've Ever Listened To + Beautiful Nuggets of Wisdom + A great read + EAT PRAY LOVE + Eat, Pray, Love             To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)20 reviews Harper Lee Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006 Everyone's Favorite . . . + A sublime Masterpiece of 20 th Century American Literature + In Jim Crow Times + Truly a Masterpiece             Go Tell It on the Mountain86 reviews James Baldwin Dell, 1980 Second time for me, also + A black guy wrote this? + A Great Day In Harlem + If you can get past the religious aspect, you might grow to like this book             Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6)3591 reviews J.K. Rowling Scholastic Paperbacks, 2006 Know your enemy + Breath Taking + the begining of lord voldmort is revealed. + Another winner + I loved this book.             Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)3223 reviews J. K. Rowling Arthur A. Levine Books, 2007 HPDH cd review + Loved it! + Great ending to a great series + Great book! + Welcom to the end of a great saga             Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time50 reviews Rob Sheffield Crown, 2007 A soundtrack to their lives + Music Tells a Story + Some love for "Love is a Mixtape" + Music that soothes your soul             The Elegant Gathering of White Snows86 reviews Kris Radish Bantam, 2003 Really liked it + I couldn't put it down... + A Walk I enjoyed + Woman's book             We Got the Neutron Bomb : The Untold Story of L.A. Punk27 reviews Marc Spitz, Brendan Mullen Three Rivers Press, 2001 Anyone who loves punk needs to read this. + Starts slow, improves, but could be better overall The first time i read this book was in college and I loved it so much that I checked it out over and over again untill a few years down the road I eventually purchased it. Anyone who loves Fear, The Germs, X, The Go-Go's, The Screamers must read it, but I can guarentee you will want to read it ...             Breakfast at Tiffany's: A Short Novel and Three Stories (Modern Library)102 reviews Truman Capote Modern Library, 1994 Pure Genius + Breakfast At Tiffany's + Fantastic Summer Reading + Capote's Unique Literary Gifts on Display in the Original Story of Holly Golightly and Three Other Tales             The Grapes of Wrath (Penguin Classics)11 reviews John Steinbeck Penguin Classics, 2006 A Classic in every respect + Classic + The Grapes of Wrath + One of the greatest stories ever told.             The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones73 reviews Anthony Bourdain Bloomsbury USA, 2007 Love it! + Great and all TRUE + Quick read + I love Tony             Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim312 reviews David Sedaris Back Bay Books, 2005 Dress Your Family in Cords or enim + This book is a truly enjoyable read. + charasmatic This book is hysterical! Probably one of his best works if not the best.If you like Sedaris at all then you must read this (even though it's not his latest). It's even funny a second time around, the semi biographical short stories don't get dated.             Traveler18 reviews Ron McLarty Viking Adult, 2007 McLarty Scores Again + Fantastic character novel + Five Star Review for Traveler Ron McLarty has done it again. Ron McLarty, author of The Memory of Running, writes of wonderfully human protagonists whose lives and experiences resonate with the reader. Jono Riley is an aging bartender and part-time actor with a wonderful girlfriend and a fear of commitment. The death of ...             Alice Waters and Chez Panisse: The Romantic, Impractical, Often Eccentric, Ultimately Brilliant Making of a ...23 reviews Thomas McNamee Penguin Press HC, The, 2007 Eating local!! fresh and best!! + Fascinating... This is living proof that if we would only eat what is fresh and in season, we would experience flavor and taste, and "better for you" foods, as the food is FRESHER---this remarkable chef has treated food with respect-no contrivance here. Read and eat!             Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper86 reviews Diablo Cody Gotham, 2006 A great read! + B+ I loved this book! Not only was it hilarious, it also gave an interesting look into a world I knew nothing about. I laughed out loud at many parts of this book--Cody is truly talented at getting humor on paper! I have passed this book on to others, both men and women, and they have all also ...             My Secret: A PostSecret Book (Postsecret)90 reviews Frank Warren William Morrow, 2006 A voyeristic journey into others lives! + My Secret: A PostSecret Book + Awesome + Awesome