The History of Love: A Novel272 reviews Nicole Krauss W. W. Norton, 2006 equal parts of good and sad + A Wonderful novel about a novel about love + Loved this, very bittersweet Just want to share that this is the best fiction I've read in as long as I can remember. Enjoy it.             Animal, Vegetable, Miracle289 reviews HarperCollins e-books, 2007 Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: a year of food Life + Very informative, beautifully written + Animal, Vegetable, Miracle + Please forward to the author             Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: A Memoir38 reviews Nick Flynn, 2004 A fascinating take on fathers & sons + Having lived on the streets of Las Vegas... + Good memoir + I really liked this book!             Then We Came to the End: A Novel198 reviews Joshua Ferris Back Bay Books, 2008 Funny, smart, dark, moving, clever novel. + A Marvelous Read, but for a VERY Specific Audience At the risk of sounding like a snob, I have to think that any reviewers saying this book is boring or bad are just not good readers, or should stick to action packed genre fiction. This is one of the more incredible books I've read in recent years. It's slow-paced but every sentence is ...             The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics)113 reviews Alexandre Dumas père Penguin Classics, 2003 An AMAZING book! + A Tale as Rich as the Sandwich + The perfect story + Long and Worth It + The archtypal revenge story.             Things Fall Apart: A Novel529 reviews Chinua Achebe Anchor, 1994 The foundation for modern African literature + Human tragedy amid the clash of civilisations I was surprised and disappointed in some of the incredibly harsh reviews of this book. Since I've read a decent amount of African literature (not a vast amount), my first thoughts are that "Things Fall Apart" isn't superior to some of those novels. However, it is also important to realize this ...             Lolita (Everyman's Library (Cloth))450 reviews Vladimir Nabokov Everyman's Library, 1993 A road movie of the mind + Upends your preconceptions and prejudices + Which book did you read? + The Most Beautiful Novel Ever Written             Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried (Bloom's Guides)693 reviews Chelsea House Publications, 2004 Haunting book! + TIMELESS + GREAT! + Unexpectedly amazing             Cloud Atlas: A Novel169 reviews David Mitchell Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004 A Daring and Beautiful Novel + Rare Masterpiece + Interruptions and emancipations + Reading Reincarnated + A Common Thread             Sewer, Gas and Electric: The Public Works Trilogy (Public Works Trilogy)9 reviews Matt Ruff Grove Press, 2004 Matt Ruff is a genius - SGE is a symphony of words, images and characters I originally wrote this "private" review in December 2002; however, I noticed some of the negative reviews and decided to re-post. Matt Ruff is just amazing. SGE and FOTH are two of my all time favorites. I've read SGE twice but lost my original copy so now I must buy another. Thank you to ...             The World Without Us232 reviews Alan Weisman Thomas Dunne Books, 2007 The World Without Us + Give me a moment of pause + a clever book and a decent interesting read Excellent book. Full of information on what we are doing to our environment and food for thought as to possible solutions. Definitely not a scare tactic treatise like many environmentalist-type books tend to be, but a honest look at where we've come from, and where we're going. Things look OK and ...             World Without End384 reviews Ken Follett Dutton Adult, 2007 PAGE BURNER + good, although it lacks originality After I read Pillars, I thought to myself, "no I want more," and then I found out, "hey there was more." I think this one might even surpass pillars in the emotional connections the reader makes with the characters. I finished this one in 3 days, KEN FOLLETT GIVE ME MORE!!!!!!!             The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible362 reviews Simon & Schuster, 2007 A Week of Laughing Openly + Amazing book!! + I live in the "Bible Belt" + Jacobs takes his readers on an unforgettable sojourn             A Confederacy of Dunces (Penguin Modern Classics)1 review John Kennedy Toole Penguin Classics, 2000 Best Book Ever This is the best book I have ever read. I f I ever wrote a book, I would want it to be this one. I have been buying copies since I first read it in New Orleans in 1980. A must-have for anyone who loves a great laugh!             Everyman139 reviews Philip Roth Vintage, 2007 Death Comes + fantastic + Intense emotional insights into regret and aging Reading through many of the already posted reviews, it seems many people missed something in reading this book. It is in fact a book about living and ceasing to live. Yet there is something far deeper in these pages. The temptations of sexuality, battles of personal health and mortality, and ...             Kitchen Confidential Updated Ed: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (P.S.)565 reviews Anthony Bourdain Harper Perennial, 2007 Read before you board the pirate ship + B+ + Funny and disturbing at the same time + Who doesn't like this guy???             The Mosquito Coast70 reviews Paul Theroux Mariner Books, 2006 Dark, disturbing and utterly enthralling + Good Character Study + An Important Character Study + The Mosquito Coast + A haunting, disturbing read             Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?: Stories15 reviews Raymond Carver Vintage, 1992 Very good + A Clean, Well-lit, Declarative Sentence + A mixed Bag + assortment of harsh, condensed, short stories             Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia1615 reviews Elizabeth Gilbert Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007 Personal Journey not Book Review: Read with an Open Heart + A Triune Triumph... and Clever too! + If you didn't like it, you didn't get it. I, too, agree that the previous reviews of this book have been about just that: the book instead of the journey of Ms. Gilbert through the lenses of an open mind and open heart. Elizabeth takes a risk and puts herself out there by exposing to us all her struggles with food, spirituality and ...             The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel553 reviews Diane Setterfield Washington Square Press, 2007 Fabulous Literary Treat + Good English literature + The Perfect Book + A wonderful read + Beautiful