The Decameron (Signet Classics)9 reviews
Giovanni Boccaccio

Signet Classics, 2002

Which Translation?

+ Bawdy tales of love
+ excellent translation
+ A suprisingly easy read
+ If stranded on an island, this is the book to have.
  
  











  



  
Little Red Riding Hood17 reviews
Trina Schart (RTL) Hyman

Holiday House, 1987

Still beautiful

+ Good compromise between horrible and cutesy
+ Beautiful Illustrations
+ Good retelling of the traditional stories - beware of reviewers who should know better
  
  











  



  
A Day No Pigs Would Die294 reviews
Robert Newton Peck

Peter Smith Pub Inc, 1999

dark and humorous, meaningful and beautiful

+ The meat, not the pudding.
+ WOW! This is such a heartbreaking book.

A coming of age story for a young boy in 1920s rural Vermont, as he learns to run the farm and understand his father and his father's role. The book is a series of humorous tales and Robert's growing understanding of his world. He hunts, delivers calves, goes to the Rutland Fair, takes care of his ...
  
  











  



  
Curses, Hexes and Spells (Weird & Horrible Library)1 review
Daniel Cohen

Everyman Ltd, 1977

doesn't work

Tried to turn Pepsi into Coca-Cola with this book and it didn't work.
  
  











  



  
A Clockwork Orange619 reviews
Anthony Burgess

W. W. Norton & Company, 1986

Fantastic, yet complicated

+ Fantastic novel
+ A Clockwork Orange
+ Good but have to work to get into
  
  











  



  
Bridge to Terabithia24 reviews
Katherine Paterson

Harper Collins Publishers, 1996

Bridge to Teribithia

+ Bridge to Terabithia
+ sad
+ Bridge to Terabithia
+ Bridge To Terabithia
  
  











  



  
Fallen Angels285 reviews
Walter Dean Myers

Collins, 1990

The awful truth

+ Courtesy of Teens Read Too
+ Unfallen
+ Parents of Younger Readers Beware!
  
  











  



  
Daddy's Roommate (Alyson Wonderland)21 reviews
Michael Willhoite

Alyson Books, 1994

Perfect!

+ Just sent a copy to Wasilla Public Library
+ Positive and Family Friendly!

As a child of gay parents, I wish I had this book when I was growing up in the 70's. !!! It is perfect! Thanks soooo Much! Hopefully, we'll soon be able to embrace love and do away with our violence praising culture....
  
  











  



  
Annie on My Mind126 reviews
Nancy Garden

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2007

I agree with almost everyone else

+ a rare story which outlines the signs and progression of true love
+ Superb book
+ mew
  
  











  



  
Blubber103 reviews
Judy Blume

Yearling, 1976

Funny, intriguing, and yet a great moral lesson...

+ The story of Bullies and the Bullied
+ Great lesson for bullies to read!
+ Blubber
  
  











  



  
Carrie400 reviews
Stephen King

Doubleday, 2007

Excellent Book

+ Everyone isn't bad, Mama! Everything isn't a sin!
+ Carrie
+ carrie review
+ Great First Novel
  
  











  



  
Fanny Hill: Memoirs Of A Woman of Pleasure (Wordsworth Classics) (Wadsworth Classics)
John Cleland

Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 2001

Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, better known as Fanny Hill, is one of the most notorious texts in English literature. As recently as 1963 an unexpurgated edition was the subject of a trial, yet in the eighteenth century John Cleland's open celebration of sexual enjoyment was a best selling novel. Fanny's story, as she falls into prostitution and then rises to respectability, takes the form ...
  
  











  



  
Brave New World729 reviews
Aldous Huxley

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006

Open the book and open your eyes

+ This book is more enjoyable with some soma!
+ Frighteningly Prophetic
+ Dystopia, i long for thee
+ Good Book
  
  











  



  
Christine (Signet)194 reviews
Stephen King

Signet, 1983

MY FAVE STEPHEN KING NOVEL

+ Streeb's Class
+ Character driven story.

Christine is by far my faveorite of all stephen kings novels. The story of a posessed car and the teenager that loves her. I can relate to the character of roland lebay and his spirit of unending vengeance. This is not only a must read for all of us stephen king fans but i would highly recommend ...
  
  











  



  
I Have To Go! (Classic Munsch)13 reviews
Robert N. Munsch

Annick Press, 1989

No! No! No!

+ Excellent Service
+ Another great Munsch

Andrew's parents ask him frequently if he needs to "Pee." He always says, "No!" But, a few minutes later the answer is "Yes, right now!" We liked this book because of it's realism. It is a typical problem for moms and dads of preschoolers. This book has a similar twist to his other books. The ...
  
  











  



  
Catch-22: A Novel (Simon & Schuster Classics)832 reviews
Joseph Heller

Simon & Schuster, 1999

Lighthearted and comical, yet dark and meaningful

+ 25 words or less
+ Incredible
+ Great Characters Living With Death
  
  











  



  
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4)5177 reviews
J. K. Rowling

Scholastic Paperbacks, 2002

Goblet Gives Gryffindor Gang Great Gobs of Guesswork, Goosebumps

+ you should read this book because....
+ Enjoyable but over hyped
+ Glorious
+ GREAT BOOK
  
  











  



  
Leaves of Grass: The Original 1855 Edition (Thrift Edition)5 reviews
Walt Whitman

Dover Publications, 2007

What More Can Be Said?

+ He understood what we all feel about being alive.
+ A small part of 'Leaves of Grass'
+ Sigh...................
+ Loverly
  
  











  



  
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings307 reviews
Maya Angelou

Virago Press Ltd, 1993

The time of book that moves you

+ Quick Read
+ Well Written Account
+ South Mill Young Readers Book Club Review (Jr. High Readers)
  
  











  



  
East of Eden218 reviews
John Steinbeck

Penguin Books, 2002

East of Eden - A beautifully written classic

+ This IS the Great American Novel
+ Possibly the Best Fictional Book I've Ever Read...
+ Good job!