The Plague of Doves: A Novel35 reviews Louise Erdrich Harper, 2008 Erdrich has outdone even herself + The Plague of Doves + Magnificent + The Ways We Need Each Other             The Outlander18 reviews Gil Adamson Ecco, 2008 Read Out Loud + Superb reading -- finest kind After stopping several times to read aloud particularly powerful passages in Gil Adamson's "The Outlander," I suddenly recognized that every page had passages that I wanted to read aloud to others. Adamson's language is stunningly beautiful, and her details of ordinary and extraordinary life in ...             The Whistling Season55 reviews Ivan Doig Harvest Books, 2007 Fantastic. + The Whistling Season + Highly recommend this book + Read this Book! + A season of The Waltons?             The View from Castle Rock (Vintage)2 reviews Alice Munro Vintage, 2008 Alice Munro tells great short stories Alice Munro is a wonderful Canadian writer. She has won numerous awards for her work in Canada, the United States and in the United Kingdom. The View from Castle Rock is her eleventh book of short stories-and it is terrific. Castle Rock is a high rocky outcropping in Scotland, not too far north ...             Wit's End17 reviews Karen Joy Fowler Putnam Adult, 2008 Family, fiction, Internet Fiction, family, loss, recovery and the Internet intersect in this novel in a fascinating mix. The Santa Cruz setting is wonderful and the political asides are great. I highly recommend it.             The Inheritance of Loss154 reviews Kiran Desai Grove Press, 2006 Great book This book deserves a fresh endorsement, which I wholeheartedly give. The one disgruntled reader below ("Ashok") is symptomatic of newly-disgruntled Indian rightwingers--precisely the target of books like this one and Roy's "The God of Small Things." In fact, it's no coincidence that many ...             The Memory Keeper's Daughter873 reviews Kim Edwards Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006 Freeze Frame + What a memory!!! On a snowy winter night in 1964, Dr. David Henry is forced to deliver his twins and makes a split-second decision that forever alters theh lives of everyone involved. When it is apparent to him that his daughter has Down's Syndrome, he asks the nurse to take her to an institution, without telling ...             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 ...             The Other Boleyn Girl (Movie Tie-In) (Boleyn)827 reviews Philippa Gregory Touchstone, 2008 Enjoyed the book, much better than the movie + The Other Boleyn Girl + Great read!! + Wonderful Story + The Other Boleyn Girl             Skylight Confessions47 reviews Alice Hoffman Back Bay Books, 2008 hoffman never dissapoints! + Fascinating! + Praise for Skylight Confessions and Alice Hoffman :) + Completely Enjoyable!             Unaccustomed Earth119 reviews Jhumpa Lahiri Knopf, 2008 A Perfect 10 + Book of short stories - Cover to cover without a break? + It was so good, it made me cry + Rich with detail and complexity, these short stories are novels that end too soon + Emotions will linger long after you've finished the book             Things I Want My Daughters to Know: A Novel10 reviews Elizabeth Noble William Morrow, 2008 Touching book! + things i want my daughters to know + A book about love: between mothers and daughters, sisters, and others This is a great book. I could not put it down. As a mother, I was moved by Barbara's need to leave something for her girls. The characters are very complicated and the author gives great insight to each of them.             The Gift of Rain: A Novel13 reviews Tan Twan Eng Weinstein Books, 2008 Packs a Huge Emotional Punch + A triad of cultures + A True Gift + Magnificent, Masterful, Mesmerizing!             Of Men and Their Mothers6 reviews Mameve Medwed William Morrow, 2008 Another Fine Comic Novel + of women and their mothers-in-law + Witty and Wise + Thank Goodness for Mameve Medwed             The Emperor's Children (Vintage)242 reviews Claire Messud Vintage, 2007 The Vanities Before the Bonfire + Intelligent and sophisticated The novel captures with perfect pitch the shallowness of American culture in the last blissful days before September 11. It's strength rests on terrifically drawn characters, flushed out in so many subtle and nuanced ways. I think Bootie may be my new hero. The irony is that he far more ...             Willing19 reviews Scott Spencer Ecco, 2008 Yes Yes Yes + Stunning + Willing Reader + **SPOILER REVIEW**             The Forgery of Venus: A Novel18 reviews Michael Gruber William Morrow, 2008 I didn't want to put it down! + Classic Gruber + Fascinating + A Novel with Sprezzatura             The Knitting Circle: A Novel50 reviews Ann Hood W. W. Norton, 2008 On Loss and Redemption + Not just for the knitting crowd + A heartwarming book + Beautifully written + The Knitting Circle             The Shadow Year: A Novel8 reviews Jeffrey Ford William Morrow, 2008 Riveting and Character Driven + Terrific Story Telling + History I'm Old Enough To Remember + Wonderful Portrayal of Childhood             The Alchemist1289 reviews Paulo Coelho HarperCollins, 2006 Inspiring + Actually life-changing + Overall, a good read Anyone unsure of what they want to do after high school should read this book.