Welcome to the Monkey House78 reviews Kurt Vonnegut The Dial Press, 1998 Perfect Timing + You'll never look at the game of chess the same + Glen Williamson performs two of these stories as a play I purchased this book as a gift for my husband. It arrived on time, and the book was such a great read, my husband purchased another book from the same author as soon as he finished this one.             Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2)2657 reviews J.K. Rowling Arthur A. Levine Books, 1999 Second favourite in the series! + Step 2 in a 7 step program + Thrills, Chills, Ill Wills & The Wiz Kids' Sleuthing Skills + Excellent 2nd book             Ragtime: A Novel120 reviews E.L. Doctorow Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007 History? Fiction? Fictory? Who cares, it's great! + Powerful and Thought Provoking!! + If only all books were this great! Give this one a few chapters to hook you, as Doctorow's style here won't suit everyone's tastes. There is very little dialogue, and often he employs repetitive staccato sentences in brief summary descriptions, like: "He came in. He sat down. He counted his change. He put it in his pocket and ...             The Namesake: A Novel (Edition 001)476 reviews Jhumpa Lahiri Mariner Books, 2004 You felt like you knew these people + not as good as the short story collections + A great and superbly written story + Tale of a 1st generation Indian immigrant - different!             Zen And The Art Of Faking It7 reviews Jordan Sonnenblick Scholastic Press, 2007 Zen Rocks! + Great book! + Zen and the art of faking it + If you had trouble fitting in at school, this is your book             The Book Thief437 reviews Markus Zusak Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2006 Beautiful, Poignant, Touching + For middle school through middle age and then some + Great Book for Any Season! + amazing + Haunting             Listening Now22 reviews Anjana Appachana Random House, 1998 very unusual indian story + It's hard to listen when nobody's talking + One of the best I've read in awhile + In My List of 10 Favorites             Everything Bad is Good for You90 reviews Steven Johnson Riverhead Trade, 2006 Not bad, better than expected This books starts out on rather slippery footing, but gains a foothold in the subject quickly. Quite a bit of time is spent on the topics of modern television and video games, but that is perhaps because those two things occupy so much of our daily lives nowadays. Johnson raises several salient ...             Hidden Kitchens: Stories, Recipes and More from NPR's The Kitchen Sisters7 reviews Nikki Silva, Davia Nelson Rodale Books, 2006 A cookbook worth owning + More than just the chronicle of the beloved National Public Radio Morning Edition series + Hidden Kitchens: Stories , Recipes and more from NPR's The Kitchen Sisters arrived fast and in excellent condition. This is definitely a cookbook worth owning. And great for gift giving. Janet Sue Terry author of "A Rich, Deliciously Satisfying, Collection of Breakfast Recipes".             The Family Orchard30 reviews Nomi Eve Virago Press Ltd, 2002 orchard growing and old jerusalem + Poetic and poignantly written book + Eve makes you feel like a member of the family ...two things i knew nothing about when i picked up this book. I found this family story of succeeding generations, renewing the cycle of life over and over, to be fascinating. The author takes the bare facts her father writes down and lets her imagination take her back to tell the stories of her ...             Heart-Shaped Box: A Novel291 reviews Joe Hill William Morrow, 2007 A legacy in horror honored + A great, debut thriller This first novel by Joe Hill, author of the acclaimed collection 20th Century Ghosts, makes its US debut with no little fanfare. And it lives up to its billing. From the moment aging Ozzy Osbourne-style rocker Judas Coyne is tricked into adding one more item to his collection of bizarre ...             The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel291 reviews Michael Chabon HarperCollins, 2007 Ghetto Mentality Retrogression + Chabon's best to date + Bittersweet like woodsmoke The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon: Ghetto Mentality Retrogression Review by Arthur L. Finkle Mr. Chabon writes a masterpiece of a "what-if" portion of history. In this case, what if the Jews lost their War on Independence on 1948? The solution was one proffered at that time, ...             The Man Who Ate Everything66 reviews Jeffrey Steingarten Vintage, 1998 Better Than a Midnight Snack + He's been there and eaten that + Deliciously fabulous! + I can't get enough!             Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4)5177 reviews J.K. Rowling Scholastic Press, 2000 Goblet Gives Gryffindor Gang Great Gobs of Guesswork, Goosebumps + you should read this book because.... + Enjoyable but over hyped + Glorious + GREAT BOOK             834 Kitchen Quick Tips: Techniques And Shortcuts for the Curious Cook16 reviews Cook's Illustrated Magazine America's Test Kitchen, 2006 Lots of great tips + Worth 5 stars, however... + Something for every cook + 834 Kitchen Quick Tips: Techniques and Shortcuts for the Curious Cook + Kitchen Quick Tips             The Probable Future (Ballantine Reader's Circle)29 reviews Alice Hoffman Ballantine Books, 2004 Quality Hoffman + Hoffman creates illusions and spins a memorable tale + My First Hoffman Novel The story starts out in Boston Massachutus, and then eventually takes place in a small bumpkin town called Unity, where the story centers around the main characters and an entire town made up of individuals and their famlies. Stella Avery has just turned thirteen and has developed a gift for ...             If on a winter's night a traveler133 reviews Italo Calvino Harvest Books, 1982 Italo Calvino's Masterpiece + "I read, therefore it (the world) writes" + If On a Winter's Night a Traveller + Entertaining and Ingenious + Creative and Complex             Portuguese Irregular Verbs53 reviews Alexander Mccall Smith Anchor, 2004 Hilarious - great summer reading + Von Igelfeld is not "Precious", but He's Interesting This is the first book by this author I've read. Anyone who is around academics should get a kick out of this parody of neurotic and self-absorbed academics plodding away at their own tiny slices of obscurity. This is a quick read, perfect for the plane or the beach.             Mariette in Ecstasy56 reviews Ron Hansen Harper Perennial, 1992 Glimpses of passion, of ecstasy + "Mar-iette, like a flaw." + Believeable! + Beautiful + Exquisite...             Digging to America: A Novel20 reviews Anne Tyler Ballantine Books, 2007 A Senior Citizen's Romance + Understanding Cross Cultures + I loved it + Digging To America