The Lord of the Rings. 3 Vol. Set1002 reviews J.R.R. Tolkien Houghton Mifflin, 2003 Lord of the Rings Book Review + Amazing trilogy + Great book, great illustrations, great buy! Hello there, I am about half-way through the first book of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and I am loving it. I am amazed at how Tolkien is so descriptive in his writing and puts so much thought to it. The first one-hundred pages are a little rough, but after that it is impossible to put the ...             One Hundred Years of Solitude442 reviews Gabriel Garcia Marquez HarperCollins, 2003 dazzling panorama of life & death, love & loss, energy & dissipation + Not for everyone, but if it's for you .... Hold On!! + what a unique work of art + Monumental, Mesmerizing!             The Grapes of Wrath (Centennial Edition)588 reviews John Steinbeck Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002 A master at his craft! + [Good] required reading + Classic for Good Reason + The Grapes of Wrath + A top classic of American History...but some weaknesses             The Natural100 reviews Bernard Malamud Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003 A must for any literate baseball fan + Not so sugary sweet + The Defining Work My father was an English teacher who also happened to be a baseball fanatic, and I still have his marked-up copy of "The Natural" somewhere in the basement. He actually built an entire English class around baseball fiction, with this book as its centerpiece. You can't help but appreciate the ...             The Bluest Eye (Vintage International)6 reviews Toni Morrison Vintage, 2007 Bluest Eye + Realsim is profanity + Mature Book for Mature People + She uses the f word? Christ on a cracker!             Ball Four: The Final Pitch92 reviews Jim Bouton Midpoint Trade Books, Inc., 2008 the first to expose how players used the groupies + Funny, Profane and Honest. Play Ball + important book + Ball Four was a HIt + Knee Surgery Gift             To Kill A Mockingbird3 reviews Harper Lee Warner Books, 1982 Everyone's Favorite . . . + Tightly written with a message for everyone I honestly have no idea how many times I have read this book. I read it first as an assignment in the eighth grade; most recently, at the age of 41, I read it aloud to three of my children. As with the more recent readings that I recall, I choked up a bit at the end as Scout is experiencing the ...             The Best of Roald Dahl36 reviews Roald Dahl Vintage, 1990 thrilling strories (for adults!) + Roald Dahl for Grownups + For adults or kids, Roald Dahl rocks! + The Best of Roald Dahl + Delightfully dark             East of Eden (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) John Steinbeck Penguin Books, 1992             To a God Unknown (Penguin Modern Classics)33 reviews John Steinbeck Penguin Classics, 2000 Not your Average Steinbeck - A Spiritual Allegory + Aptly titled + Do not fear Steinbeck! An easy, enjoyable read. To a God Unknown is a book full of powerful images. Reading about the mossy stone in its lonely pine grove still makes me shudder, and I am not a superstitious or particularly spiritual person. To the protagonist Joseph, the land is god and god is everything, and it exacts great and terrible ...             Memoirs of a Geisha: A Novel3 reviews Arthur Golden Vintage, 1999 An Exceptional Novel + I'll keep this short... + a great read By using his detailed long-term research on the geisha culture in Japan, Arthur Golden wrote a historical fiction novel entitled "Memoirs of a Geisha." The book drives one to experience the entire life of young geisha by the name of Nitta Sayuri, beginning from her origins as a fisherman's blue-ish ...             Animal Farm5 reviews George Orwell 1st World Library - Literary Society, 2004 Required Reading + Incredibly Powerful + Back to Basics + love the fact that the publisher, 1stWorld Library has made the text slightly larger + No animal may drink alcohol "to excess"             Last Days of Summer146 reviews Steve Kluger, 1999 I'm heartbroken + Good, breezy read + Tossed the Bookmark + Great book! + Most Enjoyable             The Jungle: The Uncensored Original Edition57 reviews Upton Sinclair See Sharp Press, 2003 The reason I pay my union dues + Important, not-to-miss + Jungle + Timeless Classic             The Kite Runner2470 reviews Khaled Hosseini Riverhead Trade, 2004 Heart wrenching tale of friendship and growing up! + Beautifully Moving + Great Story of Redemption + A must read             East of Eden (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) John Steinbeck Penguin Books, 1992             Ball Four: The Final Pitch92 reviews Jim Bouton Midpoint Trade Books, Inc., 2008 the first to expose how players used the groupies + Funny, Profane and Honest. Play Ball + important book + Ball Four was a HIt + Knee Surgery Gift             Last Days of Summer146 reviews Steve Kluger, 1999 I'm heartbroken + Good, breezy read + Tossed the Bookmark + Great book! + Most Enjoyable             The Grapes of Wrath (Centennial Edition)588 reviews John Steinbeck Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002 A master at his craft! + [Good] required reading + Classic for Good Reason + The Grapes of Wrath + A top classic of American History...but some weaknesses             To a God Unknown (Penguin Modern Classics)33 reviews John Steinbeck Penguin Classics, 2000 Not your Average Steinbeck - A Spiritual Allegory + Aptly titled + Do not fear Steinbeck! An easy, enjoyable read. To a God Unknown is a book full of powerful images. Reading about the mossy stone in its lonely pine grove still makes me shudder, and I am not a superstitious or particularly spiritual person. To the protagonist Joseph, the land is god and god is everything, and it exacts great and terrible ...