Perfume: The Story of a Murderer400 reviews Patrick Suskind Vintage, 2001 Chillingly brilliant + Original and delightful! It's been a while since I read a book that has truly shocked me: 'Perfume' by Patrick Suskind is a disturbing and original novel. Set in 18th century France, this is the story of Jean-Baptiste Grunouille, who has a super-human sense of smell but no natural body-odour of his own. He obsessively ...             The Lovely Bones97 reviews Alice Sebold Little, Brown and Company, 2006 Quit whining + Try and understand + Surprising + I loved this book!             Bet Me249 reviews Jennifer Crusie St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2004 SO GOOD! + Loved it - my all time favorite Crusie book!!! + Great book + Awesome Book             Anna Karenina (Oprah's Book Club)170 reviews Leo Tolstoy Penguin Classics, 2004 Human emotions and relationships -- a literary masterpiece! + Indifference? NOT HERE! + Masterful + A deeply human book that repays many re-readings             Bitter is the New Black : Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass,Or, Why You ...312 reviews Jen Lancaster NAL Trade, 2006 A bOoK tHat diLLeD mY piCkLe + This shrew is getting rich and I'm the "poor" sucker here laughing. + Book is funny, she is annoying + One of the funniest books I've ever read             The Glass Castle: A Memoir1101 reviews Jeannette Walls Scribner, 2006 Mountain Goat licked by a cheetah + Hard to put down + Glass Castle + Wonderfully written, thought-provoking memoir! + A great autobiography             The Picture of Dorian Gray (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics)256 reviews Oscar Wilde Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003 Beautiful and witty + The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame + A + Dated + Wilde at heart             Good in Bed758 reviews Jennifer Weiner Washington Square Press, 2002 My Favorite! + Entertaining and Comical I love Cannie Shapiro in this novel! She is brilliant and has an awesome personality. I highly suggest reading this book, you won't be able to put it down... when you finish, you will want to read the sequel!             The Alienist: A Novel467 reviews Caleb Carr Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006 I shouldn't have waited so long... + Raging Roosevelt Meets Freud + The Alienist + A who's who of 1890's New York + Not a fan of the era but this book is great             Blonde: A Novel174 reviews Joyce Carol Oates Harper Perennial, 2001 Ambivalent + Getting used to author's writing style + Potentially Oates's Best, But Too Tawdry, and Too Graphic + Tour de force             Kiss of the Spider Woman (Arena Books)26 reviews Manuel Puig Vintage, 2006 for the footnotes + "Reality . . . Isn't Restricted by This Cell We Live In" + An unlikely friendship, and some plot twists... + Very visual gay "Thousand and One Nights" + kiss of the spider woman             Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Penguin Classics)50 reviews Thomas Hardy Penguin Classics, 2003 A Certain Classic + Ahead of its time + Highly Recommended. + One of the most deeply moving novels in English literature             Like Water For Chocolate436 reviews Laura Esquivel Anchor, 1994 Mystical, Erotic, and Delicious + Quirky but fun all the same + Deliciously juicy + Anything is better with chocolate             Rachel's Holiday179 reviews Marian Keyes Avon A, 2002 A great read! + Straight from a Girl who has Hit Rock Bottom and Climbs Her Way Back Up Top! + It was...serious? + Despite the "Officer and a Gentleman" Ending, a Winner + fascinating look at addiction, that is amusing as well             She's Come Undone (Oprah's Book Club)1671 reviews Wally Lamb Pocket, 1998 Depressingly satisfying + A quick read despite the 465 pages I was recommended this book while in a Barnes and Noble. I could hug the woman whom advised me to buy it. It was terrificly written and completely drew me in. It was highly depressing with all the events Dolores Price had been through, but still I'd recommend this novel to anyone - not just females.             Ethan Frome (Signet Classics)225 reviews Edith Wharton Signet Classics, 2000 A Truly Beautiful Book - but have some Prozac on hand... "Life, is the saddest thing, next to death." Edith Wharton This brief peek into the lightless lives of Ethan & Zeeny Frome and Mattie Silver left this reader thankful that the novella wasn't very long. After all, how much bleakness can one person take? While I was perusing this one, I kept ...             Confessions of a shopaholic ;: Shopaholic takes Manhattan ; Shopaholic ties the knot Sophie Kinsella Book-of-the-month club, 2003 An exclusive book-of-the-month-club edition of Sophie Kinsella's "Shopaholic" novels.             Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club)845 reviews Jeffrey Eugenides Picador, 2002 Fascinating Story + Fabulous Work of Entertaining Literature + Great writer, but yet + great book + Eloquent writing             The Gold Coast197 reviews Nelson DeMille Grand Central Publishing, 1991 Worth your gold! + The Gold Coast + DeMille tackles a new subject Nelson DeMille's The Gold Coast is my favorite DeMille book. John Sutter is a local lawyer with a somewhat kooky wife from old money. In walks a mobster who buys the mansion next door even as Sutter's wife's family can't afford the upkeep on their old pile of stone. The narrative pits Sutter ...             post office: A Novel131 reviews Charles Bukowski Ecco, 2007 Bukowski was a funny guy! + Work Sucks + Love him or hate him... he's funny + Brilliant. Buy this book and borrow it to you friends.