The Bridges of Madison County376 reviews Robert James Waller Grand Central Publishing, 1995 Oldie but goodie + Not Pure Romantic Fluff I love this book. Great love story. The book arrived in perfect condition and very quickly. Thank you             Love in the Time of Cholera448 reviews Gabriel Garcia Marquez Vintage, 2003 Worth the time + Depressingly beautiful... + Love in the Time of Cholera Several people have indicated that this is a difficult read. It is. Perhaps it's the translation, perhaps it's the abundance of imagery. But whatever it is, it's worth the effort. Having read One Thousand Years and The Handsomest Drowned Man, I'm familiar with his use of prose and magical ...             Like Water for Chocolate436 reviews Laura Esquivel Random House Audio, 2006 Mystical, Erotic, and Delicious + Quirky but fun all the same + Deliciously juicy + Anything is better with chocolate             Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe: A Novel183 reviews Fannie Flagg Random House, 2005 A Southern Charmer + One of my favorite! + Literary Analysis and Review for Fired Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe + The Book vs. The Movie + One of my favorite novels             The English Patient287 reviews Michael Ondaatje Vintage, 1993 I loved it. + Some desert concepts related in this novel are not too far from home + Fragments, shards, and drifts of sand This book was given to me on an airplane and I read it because I had nothing else to read. I had seen the movie and thought it was OK. The book however, I absolutly loved. The movie focused primarily on the English Patient, but the book was different in that you got to know each character quite ...             The Blood of the Lamb: A Novel5 reviews Peter De Vries University Of Chicago Press, 2005 A Book That Takes One's Breath Away + Humor, Drama, Spiritual Reflection, and Artistry. + Very enjoyable read + A little known gem of a book. + Moving and Funny             I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings303 reviews Maya Angelou Bantam, 1983 South Mill Young Readers Book Club Review (Jr. High Readers) We are the members of the South Mill Young Readers Book Club located in Conyers, Georgia. We are in the thirteen year old age bracket and thought it would be challenging to attempt to read and understand this story. As a result of our reading, we rate the book as follows: Creativity - B+ ...             Goodbye Without Leaving9 reviews Laurie Colwin Harper Perennial, 2000 A loving portrayal of modern womanhood. + One of Colwin's best + Laurie loved music + Dreamy fun and witty contempt             The Passion77 reviews Jeanette Winterson Grove Press, 1997 Trust me I'm telling you stories + Captivating Space for Fluidity + "I'm telling you stories. Trust me" A mate of mine and I catch up every three months over a coffee and invariably the topic of our conversation drifts to our favourite films and books. A few years ago he recommended this book to me as his favourite book of all time - lofty praise and he tends to have pretty good taste. So I read ...             The House of Mirth (Dover Thrift Editions)108 reviews Edith Wharton Dover Publications, 2002 Men, Women & Money in the 1900's + Old New York's pomp viewed with a sharp discerning eye + Good book for the genre + Struggle. Failure. Struggle... + A novel for a buck!             The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel548 reviews Margaret Atwood Anchor, 1998 A timeless classic with a unique concept! + Intriguing + Wonderful read... + Masterpiece             The Scarlet Letter (Penguin Classics)405 reviews Nathaniel Hawthorne Penguin Classics, 2002 A wonderful piece of literature, however + Sin, Redemption + Hawthorne's Masterpiece + Useful for AP Lit + Timeless Classic             Crossing to Safety (Modern Library Classics)108 reviews Wallace Earle Stegner Modern Library, 2002 Fabulous! + One of the best books I have ever read + Crossing To Safety Beautifully written, provocative, and enduring. Hated for it to end. Wanted to reread it immediately.             A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain: Stories34 reviews Robert Olen Butler Grove Press, 2001 One of the best books I have ever read + Well Worth the Pulitzer Prize This book has been reviewed many times. I only wanted to say that I read it when it first came out, and all these years later, it is still one of my all-time favorite books. It truly did deserve the Pulizter.             Lamb in His Bosom (Modern Southern Classics)17 reviews Caroline Miller, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese Peachtree Publishers, 1993 Who will enjoy this wonderful book + Lamb in His Bosom + Beautiful Journey into the Backwoods I can't say I agree with other readers, but then I can understand why some wouldn't get as much out of this amazing story. Perhaps you'll love it more if you're a MOTHER. Sharing the same feelings as Cean surprized me. I thought living in a time where babies and children often die, you would be ...             Licorice3 reviews Abby Frucht Grove/Atlantic, 1993 Loss and love in a town where everybody's leaving. Under the calm surface of this Temporary Letter Carrier, her heart is filled with the struggle between loss and love, sadness and lust. In a town that everyone is moving away from, she is privvy and witness to emotions and events that seem to escape everyone else             The Secret History533 reviews Donna Tartt Vintage, 2004 Engrossing + Amazing Read + Good, weird, but a stretch of the imagination + A stunningly brilliant debut novel. + Remains one of my favorite books             Waiting to Exhale62 reviews Terry McMillan NAL Trade, 2006 To Have a Man or Not Have a Man, That Is the Question + "4" Stars for a different reason Because of the subject matter, I thought that this book would be dull. On the outside, it seems to be about "getting a man." But the primary theme of this paperback is the importance of friends. As the four friends struggle in their efforts to find "a good man", they find that their girlfriends ...             The Grapes of Wrath (Penguin Classics)11 reviews John Steinbeck Penguin Classics, 2006 A Classic in every respect + Classic + The Grapes of Wrath + One of the greatest stories ever told.             The Bostonians (Penguin Classics)21 reviews Henry James Penguin Classics, 2001 ****... almost ***** + James In Top Form + Boston Was Full Of Feminists: But James Was Not One Of Them + Insightful read. + Glad I stumbled on to this one