Dating Dead Men: A Novel43 reviews Harley Jane Kozak Broadway, 2005 A Really Good Read! + A Fun Mystery + Funny! Sharp! Fast-paced! A Must Have~Already ordered the next! My daughter gave me all three of Kozak's books for my birthday and I finished reading them in the space of a few weeks. I'm so glad I had the opportunity to read them in sequence, one after the other. Each book was better than the one before. It's as if you can see her maturing as an author with ...             Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress62 reviews Susan Jane Gilman Grand Central Publishing, 2005 LOVE IT! Please publish more! + Uneven, But Often Engaging I absolutely loved this book, I laughed out loud which is something I never do. Loved everything about her, her musings and her attitude towards all things pro-woman. You wont be disappointed !             Bad Boy76 reviews Olivia Goldsmith HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2001 Very Good I read this back a few years back, and still remeber it, that goes to show you something. Bad Boy is certainly a book you should read if you haven't done so already.             Cruel and Unusual: A Kay Scarpetta Novel (Kay Scarpetta)87 reviews Patricia Cornwell Pocket, 2005 Cruel and Unusual + Thriller Morgue + Read this before Body Farm I didn't find anything wrong with it at all. It was in great shape.             American Jezebel : The Uncommon Life of Anne Hutchinson, the Woman Who Defied the Puritans26 reviews Eve LaPlante, 2005 A History Intentionally Ignored + The story of Anne Hutchinson + A Dangerous Woman American Jezebel, a scholarly work about the life of Anne Hutchinson, told through an examination of the primary sources of documentation about her life, is a well written and compelling biography of one of the true founders of what became the United States. That our educational system does not ...             Looking for Chengdu: A Woman's Adventures in China (Anthropology of Contemporary Issues)4 reviews Hill Gates Cornell University Press, 1999 on the absurdity of Amazon reviews + A view of Chinese womenýs entrepreneurial spirit + Observing the transition from Maoism on the ground + What We're Looking For When We're Looking for Chengdu             The Tall Pine Polka (Ballantine Reader's Circle)54 reviews Lorna Landvik Ballantine Books, 2001 Sweet dance in the Tall Pine Polka + Fun and lighthearted--perfect summer read I've read two other (Patty Jane's House of Curl and Oh My Stars) Lorna Landvik before The Tall Pine Polka and found this to be as fun and entertaining as the last. Landvik writes with true Midwestern values and insight into her characters and makes the characters believable and loveable. The ...             The Body Farm (Kay Scarpetta)126 reviews Patricia Cornwell Berkley, 2004 Descriptive Forensic Thriller... + A solid Scarpetta mystery + No surprises ... just a thoroughly enjoyable forensic procedural investigation! + An Old Killer             The Thin Commandments : The Ten No-Fail Strategies for Permanent Weight Loss34 reviews Stephen Gullo, 2005 The Thin Commandments + Thin Commandmants Rule + WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT,THIS IS FOR YOU. + Good Book, Horrible Crispbread!             Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things I've Learned106 reviews Alan Alda Random House, 2005 Alan Alda at his best!! + Great Response + Superior (and unusual) memoir + Getting to the heart of Hawkeye + About Life             Are Men Necessary?: When Sexes Collide147 reviews Maureen Dowd Putnam Adult, 2005 Don't read if you can't handle ideas on TRUE equality I find it interesting that some women are uncomfortable with the notion that they really are as smart as men AND also better caretakers of home and children. This book really explores all the facets of feminism and why admiting and declaring that you are as smart and capable sometimes means a life ...             A Land of Sheltered Promise: Faith/Hope/Charity (Inspirational Novella Collection)6 reviews Jane Kirkpatrick WaterBrook Press, 2005 Appealing, Authentic Characters and the Early West + A slight change of pace + A Land of Sheltered Promise + A Land Redeemed             It's a Boy: Women Writers on Raising Sons23 reviews Seal Press, 2005 Great memories + I like it! This book brought back a lot of great memories of raising my 2 sons (who liked to fight a lot when they were younger) and I'm glad they're grown up now.             The Time Traveler's Wife1675 reviews Audrey Niffenegger Harvest Books, 2004 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 ...             Shalimar the Clown: A Novel65 reviews Salman Rushdie Random House, 2005 Beautiful tale, wonderful prose + Kashmir conflict, who done it and more + Extraordinary! + A good story, told with eloquence and passion. + No Clown             A Sudden Country: A Novel29 reviews Karen Fisher Random House, 2005 Oregon trail history now grips my heart. + spectacularly beautiful prose + Best novel I've read in a long time... Growing up where the Oregon Trail ruts cut through western Nebraska, its story was familiar in a vague, serene way. Through Lucy, James MacLaren and the other characters of "A Sudden Country," my heart is now forever gripped with the pathos of that trail. Karen Fischer weaves the broken strands of ...             Sex Wars: A Novel of the Turbulent Post-Civil War Period14 reviews Marge Piercy William Morrow, 2005 Terrific Read + I learnt a lot! + (4.5 stars) Why don't they teach this in school? + Another gem from Marge Piercy + Quasi-Fictitious, Real Life Characters             With Love from Karen45 reviews Marie Killilea Lightyear Pr, 1993 A heart-warmer - well worth reading! + This book is part of me. + Historical Context + With Love From Karen & Karen             Motherhood Made a Man Out of Me: A Novel22 reviews Karen Karbo Bloomsbury USA, 2001 Now I get it! + Karbo is the man! (I mean, mom) + Humorous light tale that is laugh out loud witty + A lively and funny tribute to motherhood... + Very funny, very real...             The Wedding Day: A Novel7 reviews Catherine Alliott Ballantine Books, 2005 great chick lit stuff + This book was loads better than alliot's others + Good writing, but the American dialogue isn't very "American" If you are a fan of good, witty chick lit this is a great book. a bit predictable and slow in places, but overall great entertainment.