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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 1449 reviews Mark Haddon
Vintage, 2004
Curiously Interesting
+ How to be a square peg in a round-hole world. + Interesting read. Short Review + Review
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Plum Island 336 reviews Nelson DeMille
Grand Central Publishing, 2002
Plum Island
+ Another Excellent DeMille Novel + Part 1 of the LION'S GAME + Witty and Fun Mystery
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Water for Elephants: A Novel 1486 reviews Sara Gruen
Algonquin Books, 2007
Great Book club Read!
+ Historical perspective of early 1900's circus life + Loved it + Characters! + Really Worth The Effort...
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A Thousand Splendid Suns 1303 reviews Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead, 2007
Excellent Story
+ enlightened + Good insight into the history of Afganastan through women's eyes + A very powerful book
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A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father 120 reviews Augusten Burroughs
St. Martin's Press, 2008
Almost to close to the soul
+ A Wolf At the Table
The saying "a perfect childhood is a waste of time" points to the lack of learning of such an unlikely upbringing: No wonder Augusten has become such an awesome writer!!
Our mind suppresses bad memories, unless we dig deep. Augusten's learning and ability to dig deep (amazing recollection of ...
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The Legend of Mickey Tussler 22 reviews Frank Nappi
St. Martin's Press, 2008
Fabulous Baseball Yarn
+ Mickey Tussler Will Touch Your Heart + Simply The Best! + Great Book + Baseball like it used to be
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When Charlotte Comes Home: A Novel 5 reviews Maureen Millea Smith
Alyson Books, 2006
A true gem
+ A literary star is born! + Masterful! + When Charlotte Comes Home + Very Special First Novel!
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The Kite Runner Illustrated Edition 2515 reviews Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead Hardcover, 2007
Could Not Put it Down
+ All that an exceptional book should be. + heartbreaking tale of loyalty + A Masterpiece + Heartbreaking, yet very touching story
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The Glass Castle: A Memoir 1126 reviews Jeannette Walls
Scribner, 2006
You had me on page one!
+ Absolute Perfection! + A Truly Authentic Account! + This is a stunning book!
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Echoes from the Infantry: A Novel 29 reviews Frank Nappi
St. Martin's Press, 2005
...'Echoes From the Infantry' will leave a lasting impression upon you...
+ Reads Like A Four Star Movie + Cried Like A Baby..... + touching
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Home: A Novel 36 reviews Marilynne Robinson
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008
Coming back HOME to Gilead
+ aging children, aged father
Four years ago, I briefly inhabited Marilynne Robinson's small world of Gilead and was the better because of it. Now she returns her readers to Gilead with a new meditative novel that, I'm pleased to say, is just about every bit as good as its prequel.
Set in the mid 1950s, Glory, the youngest ...
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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel (Oprah Book Club #62) 579 reviews David Wroblewski
Ecco, 2008
loved it before oprah did
+ The Story of Edger Sawtelle
I have read a few of the reviews for this book and I have to say that one resonated with me though not in a good way. The reviewer had a problem with the story arcs not being tied up neatly or the characters were not completely good or bad and there was no explanation why some characters were bad. ...
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter 871 reviews Kim Edwards
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006
Freeze Frame
+ What a memory!!! + Haunting novel filled with so many "what if's". + Compassionate, Revealing
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The Lucky One 47 reviews Nicholas Sparks
Grand Central Publishing, 2008
Awesome!
+ The Lucky One + A hero, a villain, and a maiden in distress + The Lucky One
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The Gate House 11 reviews Nelson DeMille
Grand Central Publishing, 2008
A journeyman sequel to Gold Coast
+ Long awaited sequel to The Gold Coast
DeMille resurrects nearly all of the major players from Gold Coast and crafts a reasonably good sequel to Gold Coast. But the book could have benefited from better editing. It runs at least 200 pages too long and, despite the wise cracking John Suttor, becomes tedious and boring.
For the first ...
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The Gate House 11 reviews Nelson DeMille
Grand Central Publishing, 2008
A journeyman sequel to Gold Coast
+ Long awaited sequel to The Gold Coast
DeMille resurrects nearly all of the major players from Gold Coast and crafts a reasonably good sequel to Gold Coast. But the book could have benefited from better editing. It runs at least 200 pages too long and, despite the wise cracking John Suttor, becomes tedious and boring.
For the first ...
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When Charlotte Comes Home: A Novel 5 reviews Maureen Millea Smith
Alyson Books, 2006
A true gem
+ A literary star is born! + Masterful! + When Charlotte Comes Home + Very Special First Novel!
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The Legend of Mickey Tussler 22 reviews Frank Nappi
St. Martin's Press, 2008
Fabulous Baseball Yarn
+ Mickey Tussler Will Touch Your Heart + Simply The Best! + Great Book + Baseball like it used to be
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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel (Oprah Book Club #62) 579 reviews David Wroblewski
Ecco, 2008
loved it before oprah did
+ The Story of Edger Sawtelle
I have read a few of the reviews for this book and I have to say that one resonated with me though not in a good way. The reviewer had a problem with the story arcs not being tied up neatly or the characters were not completely good or bad and there was no explanation why some characters were bad. ...
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Echoes from the Infantry: A Novel 29 reviews Frank Nappi
St. Martin's Press, 2005
...'Echoes From the Infantry' will leave a lasting impression upon you...
+ Reads Like A Four Star Movie + Cried Like A Baby..... + touching
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