Heyday: A Novel46 reviews Kurt Andersen Random House, 2007 A "Forest Gump" Novel + A good look at America a decade & a half before the Civil War The movie Forrest Gump was a huge success, even though Forrest ends up in the White House for Congressional Medal of Honor award, Ping Pong Master, etc. Talk about unbelievable coincidence(s)! What made the movie "work" is it was enjoyable to watch with plenty of historical stuff, and great ...             If You Lived Here: A Novel15 reviews Dana Sachs William Morrow, 2007 Dana Sachs' "If You Lived Here" + Couldn't put it down! + Great read + If You Lived Here + a novel on friendship and love             Boomsday90 reviews Christopher Buckley Twelve, 2007 Insanely Hilarious + Almost too true to be funny - but it still is + Killing yourself for the good of your country + Very entertaining...             Mission to America: A Novel12 reviews Walter Kirn Doubleday, 2005 Alien Terrestria + Accurate, cutting satire + Two for the road . . . + A funny, funny man. + A good read!             Purity of Blood (Captain Alatriste)30 reviews Arturo Perez-Reverte Putnam Adult, 2006 Another Period Swashbuckler with An Almost Modern Perspective + The blood runs deep! + pure delight + Auto de Fe, Anyone?             Body Surfing: A Novel89 reviews Anita Shreve Little, Brown and Company, 2007 A Sequel of Sorts + Surfing Into Conflict + Shreve Does It Again Can a house be a main character? It is in this book, which features the same New Hampshire beach house that appeared in The Pilot's Wife, Fortune's Rock and Sea Glass. The house remains steadfast, but the lives of the people who occupy it are as stormy and unpredictable as the Atlantic Ocean it ...             One Hundred Years of Solitude (P.S.)55 reviews Gabriel Garcia Marquez Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006 Hater of Magic + Garcia Marquez is great! + Excellent, but not typical of Marquez. I knew I would hate the book. I can't stand magic, fantasy books or huge sprawling books. The short elegant novel is for me. But I thought I'd just try a few pages. A day later, my work copletely ignored, I emerged exhausted but exilerated. Yet, this is one of the greatest books I've ever read ...             Tangerine Dream84 reviews Ken Douglas, Jack Stewart Bootleg Press, 2003 Shades of a Past President and his Problem + A bit of a stretch, but pretty good + Very Good Book Club Pick United States Senator Stacy Sterling is running for president. He's also running for some kind of record with young hookers that his newscaster wife doesn't know about. She's in New Zealand, he's in San Francisco. She's on vacation with her daughter Dylan. He's on vacation too, only the child he's ...             In Lucia's Eyes6 reviews Arthur Japin Knopf, 2005 Tracy Chevalier, move over + Intelligent, Tender Life of a Prostitute, 1750's Amsterdam + Lush, rich, excellent I love stories that steep you in the sounds, the sights even the smells of history. The Girl With the Pearl Earring is a book I adored. But that book now seems a beginner's effort to bring the past to life. Japin writes so believably as an 18th century courtesan, the book is like a found ...             The Master: A Novel65 reviews Colm Toibin Scribner, 2005 THE REAL LINE OF BEAUTY + A Delightful Book + Most highly recommended + Beautiful, but Slow             The Reading Group: A Novel (P.S.)64 reviews Elizabeth Noble Harper Paperbacks, 2005 Fun and predictable + Books within a book-wonderful ideas for booklovers and reading groups! + Of course it's a good read! + Good book             The Kite Runner2517 reviews Khaled Hosseini Riverhead Trade, 2004 Ki + Wonderful + Fantastic + powerful and moving + Could Not Put it Down             Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral91 reviews Kris Radish Bantam, 2006 Great Story! Really enjoyed it! + A "Must Read" + Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral I enjoyed this book so much I purchased a copy for several of my friends!             Alphabet Weekends: Love on the Road from A to Z16 reviews Elizabeth Noble Harper Paperbacks, 2007 Great Vacation Reading! + didnt want to put down + Very sweet, nice premise, good read! + Confusing but still fun.             Water for Elephants: A Novel1502 reviews Sara Gruen Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2006 wonderful and entertaining + Under the big top, under the bright light... + A SURPRISE READ + Gripping Story and Characters + great book             Little Children: A Novel238 reviews Tom Perrotta St. Martin's Griffin, 2005 Big Children + A- Tom Perrotta is a master of realism. A few of the blurbs on the inside cover refer to Little Children as "satirical," but I haven't ever read anything that better describes the normal lives of normal people while keeping entertainment a part of the process (See Dave Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work of ...             The Time Traveler's Wife1675 reviews Audrey Niffenegger MacAdam/Cage, 2005 Best Book I've read in a LONG time + Loved it! I absolutely loved this book. I abandoned all of my responsibilities for two days so that I could read The Time Traveler's wife without stopping. I have now recommended it to everyone I know. It's a little confusing in the beginning, but a good confusing, because the author makes you want to ...             Third Girl from the Left16 reviews Martha Southgate Mariner Books, 2006 Great Read + Moving forward by leaving your background behind + A beautiful story, beautifully written. + Sharing with Our Daughters + Fast moving, very engrossing             A Thousand Splendid Suns1307 reviews Khaled Hosseini Riverhead, 2007 Enthralling... + Very touching + Very good BOOK + Excellent Story             Beginner's Luck: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)59 reviews Laura Pedersen Ballantine Books, 2003 Quickwitted sarcastic humor + CHARMING FIRST NOVEL SPAWNS GREAT SERIES + We should all be so lucky to find a home like this! + A fast, fun read. + BECAUSE OF WINN DIXIE for an older teenage audience