Slake's Limbo (M Books)56 reviews Felice Holman Nelson Thornes Ltd, 1996 Adam's awsome review + Erin's Book Review Slake's Limbo by Felice Holman is one of the best books I've read. I think it teaches you to never let fear hold you back. It takes place in New York City. It's about a 13-year-old boy named Aremis Slake and a motorman named Willis Joe Whinny. Slake got chased for almost his entire life. One day ...             Girlfriend in a Coma176 reviews Douglas Coupland Harper Perennial, 1999 A Story about Friends, Love and the End of the World + I find your lack of faith disturbing. This Stephen Kingesque story follows a group of friends who live on Rabbit Street in Vancouver, BC as they grow from their senior year in high school to their mid-thirties. Jarrod, or rather his ghost, narrates the first chapter. He was the jock, the football player who balled all the hot chicks, ...             Success Stories5 reviews Russell Banks Harper Perennial, 1996 Beautifully Human + A New England version of Yawknapatawpha County + one of the best contemporary novels I've ever read + Success Stories + Success Stories             Life After God68 reviews Douglas Coupland Washington Square Press, 1995 A book that really makes you think... + Excellent + Oddly Interesting + Awsome             Johnny Got His Gun290 reviews Dalton Trumbo Bantam, 1984 A brilliant novel that hasn't dated at all, sadly.....minor spoilers... + Unforgetable and Haunting + The quintessential anti war book written in 1939. + Heartwrenching, one book you will never forget.             This Book Will Save Your Life36 reviews A. M. Homes Viking Adult, 2006 And then . . . + Forrest Gump meet Crash + i love this book + This Book Will Enrich Your Life!             Haunted: A Novel103 reviews Chuck Palahniuk Anchor, 2006 wow I thought that this book was entertaining, novel, and well written. It tells a frame story beautifully, although beautiful is not really the right word at all. Not only was it thought provoking, but it provoked a strong reaction in general, a trait that is losing strength in literature today. ...             Life of Pi1841 reviews Yann Martel Canongate Books Ltd, 2003 no words can describe how good this is! + engaging, imaginative, thought-provoking it breaks down all barriers of imagination and offers a breathtaking understanding of life through a story of simple transition from innocence to maturity...something each adult reader can relate to. be prepared for the more graphic details in the second and third section of the book which are a ...             Into the Wild1219 reviews Jon Krakauer Anchor, 2007 I went to the woods .. + Poorly Equipped Dreamer + Beauty, goodness and hope. . . That the force that is nature will ultimately change those of us who are enthralled by it. Its not surprising tht the protagnist in "Into the Wild" gives up so much to live primtively in the northern climes of Alaska .. its Thoreau revisited. The author never fails to please those who understand ...             The Man with a Shattered World: The History of a Brain Wound2 reviews Aleksandr R. Luria Harvard University Press, 2004 Fascinating and moving, by a hero of Oliver Sacks + The Brain, Brain Injuries, and Brain Functioning I learned about this book from Oliver Sacks; he's often mentioned Luria as a hero and cited this book as an example of what he's trying to do. It is a case study--collaboration between doctor and patient--of a man who suffered severe effects from a brain injury incurred during the Second World War; ...             Nine Stories158 reviews J.D. Salinger Back Bay Books, 2001 Salinger Hits Nine Home Runs. + Salinger's Little Worlds + Nine Stories More Than Just Bananafish Published after The Catcher in the Rye (1951), Nine Stories is quintessential Salinger. Having first read Salinger's collection of Nine Stories as a college student, these short stories have remained in my thoughts for years. "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" (first published in the The New ...             Music for Torching86 reviews A. M. Homes Harper Perennial, 2000 The Dark Side of the Suburbs A.M. Homes Music for Torching is a dark, twisted book, a satirical disection of a seemingly normal suburban couple and their lives. No one is faithful in their neighborhood and all hide deep, dark secrets, yet all carry on as if they just walked out of a Norman Rockwell painting. The story is ...             Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit869 reviews Daniel Quinn Bantam, 1995 Thank you Ishmael + Life Changing Novel + Original, Thought-Provoking and Intriguing + Step out of the box!             Lullaby267 reviews Chuck Palahniuk Anchor, 2002 By the balls + as good as fightclub + Unexpected dark humor... how can you resist? This book grabbed me by the balls until I was done. I normally take a few months to get through a book, like Choke, but this was about a week. I would have only liked more main characters to die.             Rule of the Bone: A Novel203 reviews Russell Banks HarperPerennial, 1996 On my "Top Ten" list! + Sadly, the novel is not as farfetched as one may think... + A Coming of Age Story for Generation X (I think) + Deserves to be read + Ugly World, Beautiful Book             Jitterbug Perfume181 reviews Tom Robbins Bantam, 1990 An amazing story that actually comes together at the end! + Life Changing + Best Book. Ever. + Huge fun. Has strong opinions on religion which I like, others may not. + wonderful             Survivor: A Novel385 reviews Chuck Palahniuk Anchor, 2000 Survivor: A Novel + Great + amazing imagination Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk ***** Survivor is the story of where it all went wrong. The point in our lives where we have all had choices to make. The choices that affect the rest of our lives. Survivor is the search for something far and something big, maybe something bigger than all of us, it ...             One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich: A Novel167 reviews Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005 only one day in the gulag + Five Star Book of Five Star Books + Icy, Enduring, Classic ... + An important book + Frightening Insight Into the Dark Side of Mankind             Fight Club: A Novel643 reviews Chuck Palahniuk W. W. Norton, 2005 a thought-provoking book + A sacred, unique snowflake of special unique specialness. + Every teenager needs to read this novel! + Fight Club - Palahnuik can do no wrong + This book is still a beautiful and unique snowflake.             Diary: A Novel195 reviews Chuck Palahniuk Anchor, 2004 Brilliant and visceral + My favorite Chuck book + Deceptively philosophical Palahniuk's brutally honest look at the suffering of his creative protagonist is haunting and grips you right away. If you've grown up in a small beach town, you understand the love-hate relationship between locals and tourists. If you're an artist, you'll understand it even more. Palahniuk uses ...