The Little Mermaid4 reviews Hans Christian Andersen Minedition, 2004 ANOTHER TREASURE FROM LISBETH ZWERGER + Even Mermaids Die of a Broken Heart + beautiful story and loved the artwork Bias admitted up front: I'm a huge fan of Lisbeth Zwerger. It would be nigh on to impossible to select my favorite from the many children's books she has illustrated. I think of the irreplaceable "Wizard of Oz" with a perky little Dorothy in her apron and red hat or the wonderful "Hansel and ...             Bright Lights, Big City93 reviews Jay Mcinerney Vintage, 1984 Much before the loss of the innocence + Excellent Service + Stunning... + Holden Caulfield Meets the Ginger Man             Ulysses393 reviews James Joyce Vintage, 1990 Mount Everest for Readers + Great performance. + Uses the reader as an active part of the story I can offer little in the way of literary criticism that has not been expounded by scholars about Joyce's masterpiece. What I can offer is the viewpoint of an 'average' reader. My edition was the 1922 text, and it was prefaced by the original publisher with a simple disclaimer: "The publisher ...             The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia)83 reviews C. S. Lewis HarperCollins, 2005 Fantasy classic + Great book, but the author is an annoying b***h + All creatures big and small + Wonderfully Written Book + One of the best children's books ever written!             Lolita450 reviews Vladimir Nabokov Vintage, 1989 A road movie of the mind + Beautiful writing confronts crude subject matter--A masterpiece + Upends your preconceptions and prejudices + Which book did you read? + The Most Beautiful Novel Ever Written             Last Exit to Brooklyn (An Evergreen Book)61 reviews Hubert Selby Grove Press, 1994 Entered another time in a place close to home + RAW + Hubert Selby is Bukowski with talent... + the second-best Selby             Sixty Stories (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)17 reviews Donald Barthelme, David Gates Penguin Classics, 2005 Brilliant but not for Everyone + A Collection of the Highest Order + Me and Mrs. Mandible + Difficult but rewarding             Sexual Politics5 reviews Kate Millett University of Illinois Press, 2000 The First of Its Kind + brilliant historic /literary analysis that prompted the modern women's movement + Fasinating Essay + classic             The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas20 reviews Gertrude Stein Vintage, 1990 You Will Enjoy and Dislike Portions of this Book [78] + There is art and then there is official art... + A Charming Memoir + Exquisite             Frommer's Europe (Frommer's Complete)7 reviews Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince, ... Frommer's, 2006 Great for yourself or as a Gift + Frommer's Europe--Missing Poland + Good guide Gave this as a gift to a friend who traveled Europe for 3 months on a study abroad program with her college. She used it every step of the way. Some people just don't think to buy something like this for traveling because they don't know that it even exists!             Little Women (Signet Classics)70 reviews Louisa May Alcott Signet Classics, 2004 The Sticking Together Sisters + One of those obvious classics + Little Women + Frustratingly realistic. + Smooth Transaction             Truman283 reviews David McCullough Simon & Schuster, 1993 Truman + Long, but well worth the length + A brilliant biography + McCullough? Buy It! + You Have To Read THIS Book!             On the Road624 reviews Jack Kerouac Penguin (Non-Classics), 1976 My perspective + The Classic Outlaw + Great book about youth I rather think On The Road is the kind of book that will either appeal to someone or it won't. I guess most books are that way. But I see so many disparaging reviews either here or in the discussion section that I wanted to start by acknowledging that point. Personally, I loved the book enough ...             The Crucible (Penguin Classics)48 reviews Arthur Miller Penguin Classics, 2003 The Devil is Precise + . + Courtesy of Mother Daughter Book Club.com + Prompt service + moving and thought-provoking             Portnoy's Complaint101 reviews Philip Roth Vintage, 1994 Funny, Influential, Modern, Psychological Jewish Novel -- that's well worth your time... + Laugh-out-loud hilarious! + I thought this was a book about gangsters + Great Reflection of 1969 and Jersey Jews [52][T]             Barefoot in the Park2 reviews Neil Simon Samuel French Inc Plays, 1999 Adorably Entertaining Play + The adventures and foibles in beginning married life I first heard of this play from my good friend, who happened to see it performed in Central Park. I later saw this old copy of the play laying around my high school stage office, and picked it up, remembering my friends mention of it... upon finishing the play (within two days, I could NOT put it ...             The Catcher in the Rye2773 reviews J.D. Salinger Back Bay Books, 2001 Will stick with you + Best Banned Books Required Reading List This is the kind of book that people of all ages remember their whole lives. It's indescribable how the story can sweep you off into Holden's life, the angst he feels, and the time in which he lived. Truly a great work that is worth reading if you have not and worth reading again if you have.             Gravity's Rainbow274 reviews Thomas Pynchon Penguin (Non-Classics), 2000 Fear and Loathing in Peenemunde + Nothing but the best This is the mother of all post-modern novels. Much has been said about Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow; even more written about it since it was published 35 years ago. There are a myriad of threads running through this novel. I have read Gravity's Rainbow four times in my life thus far; each ...             Catch-22827 reviews Joseph Heller Simon & Schuster, 1996 Fantastic, Humorous and Everlasting + Best Book I Ever Read + Most Brilliant Satire + Stubborn, heroic innocence in a mad world             White Noise (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)270 reviews Don DeLillo Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999 Consumptive Consumerism + Hmmm.... + Listen to the 'White Noise' + The Meaning of Life