Who Killed Palomino Molero?11 reviews Mario Vargas Llosa Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998 Murder most foul + Who Killed Palomino Molero? + Good but Minor Work from a Major Writer The time is the 1950s, the place is Peru, and the victim is a young air force enlisted man named Palomino Molero, in Mario Vargas Llosa's spare, tightly written and excellently constructed whodunit. Palomino Molero, eighteen years old, a guitar player who enchanted everyone for miles around ...             How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (Essential Edition): (Plume Essential Edition)151 reviews Julia Alvarez Plume, 2005 LOVED THIS BOOK! + good for immigrants + How the Garcia Girls Lost Thier Accent I read this book over 15 years ago and loved it. It just spoke to me, and apparently, to all my friends who borrowed it. It is beautifully written!             Water for Elephants: A Novel1439 reviews Sara Gruen Algonquin Books, 2007 Awesome! + Captivating From Beginning To End! + Great read, but + One of the Best Books I Read This Year + Water for Elephants             She's Come Undone1671 reviews Wally Lamb Scribner, 1999 Depressingly satisfying + A quick read despite the 465 pages I was recommended this book while in a Barnes and Noble. I could hug the woman whom advised me to buy it. It was terrificly written and completely drew me in. It was highly depressing with all the events Dolores Price had been through, but still I'd recommend this novel to anyone - not just females.             Portrait in Sepia : A Novel62 reviews Isabel Allende Harper Perennial, 2002 Luscious, delicious, savory + powerfully feminine family saga + STARTED OFF SLOW BUT A GREAT READ + Nostalgic Storytelling             White Teeth354 reviews Zadie Smith Random House, 2000 White Teeth I loved this book. It is sooo clever. A truly witty, engrossing read. The author is not afraid to go places where other writers might fear to tread. Five stars.             The Rapture of Canaan250 reviews Sheri Reynolds, 1997 Loved this book! + Intriguing Story + Wow...this book is really good! + great story             Black and Blue450 reviews Anna Quindlen Arrow Books Ltd, 1999 Black and Blue with flying colors + Parts excellent, others less so + Blue on Black, a whisper on a shout Anna Quindlen - a literary treasure of our time. The book tells the story of an abused woman who has had enough and runs away from her husband, a police officer. She takes her son with her. She coincidentally finds an organization that helps women like herself to start a new life - an ...             Wide Sargasso Sea (Penguin Student Editions)5 reviews Jean Rhys Penguin Classics, 2001 Haunting Wide Sargasso Sea is the prequel to Jane Eyre, following Antoinette Cosway from childhood to her marriage to Rochester. They don't care for each other, but must accept the match, Rochester because he has no other prospects, and Antoinette because her family has a history of madness and Rochester ...             River Angel: A Novel17 reviews A. Manette Ansay, 1999 Another great Ansay novel! + Another terrific book by Ansay + Beautifully written + Unique             In the Time of the Butterflies155 reviews Julia Alvarez Plume, 1995 "Thou art strong and great, a hero." + Excellent + Remarkable + Simply Wonderful             Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club)845 reviews Jeffrey Eugenides Picador, 2002 Fascinating Story + Fabulous Work of Entertaining Literature + Great writer, but yet + great book + Eloquent writing             Read This and Tell Me What It Says : Stories (Bard Book)6 reviews A. Manette Ansay, 1998 I love this author! + I usually read a lot of nonfiction--memoirs but.. + Read This and Weep + Read This and Weep + a good read             Vinegar Hill272 reviews A. Manette Ansay, 1999 Haunting Read... + Sad, very sad This book has many horrific stories buried within the context of the main plot. The way history repeats itself is carried throughout the characters and it's only in the end we see the beginning of the cycle breaking itself. Abuse, religion and repression are recurring themes that give us a tale of ...             Mother of Pearl249 reviews Melinda Haynes Pocket, 2001 Theme and Language Combine for a Great Read This excellent first novel was written in 1999, but is set in the '50s in rural Mississippi. The setting and characters feel so genuine that it's hard to believe that Ms. Haynes didn't live through the times herself. She must have listened well to her mother and grandmother who did. Blacks and ...             The House on Mango Street602 reviews Sandra Cisneros Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, 2004 Hairs!!! + Poverty, Cultural Isolation Hairs chapter is my favorite.....it's short and sweet.....as a latina, i can really appreciate having immediate family so rich in differences....that is the beauty of being latino, is that we are so unique!             The Road (Oprah's Book Club)1530 reviews Cormac McCarthy Vintage Books, 2007 Scary, Supensful, Truly Unique Book + The Road Taken + Depressing, but good The Road is an excellent book. Through a unique writting style the author allows you to live the simply raw terrifying experience of a father care for his on a post apocalytpic america. It stirs and meddles in our most basic instincts of protection of our young vs. a scenario of complete dispair.             The Queen of the South58 reviews Arturo Perez-Reverte Penguin Group USA, 2005 Fasten Your Seat Belt + Pass a Cerveza + Queen of the South From Mexican towns ruled by drug Lords to the southern coast of Spain, Perez Reverte takes us on a wild ride. Hooked from the beginning, the reader follows the vertigenous career of Teresa Mendoza, who changes from victim of circumstances to Queen of the South. I particularly enjoyed, Reverte's ...             The Reader (Oprah's Book Club)766 reviews Bernhard Schlink Vintage, 1999 Guilty + Will make you think! + Sex, Obsession, Death + Flawless!!             Songs in Ordinary Time260 reviews Mary McGarry Morris Viking Adult, 1997 Loved it!! + Somgs in Ordinary Times + Great writing; a "page-turner"! + Life struggles make for good reads + Flawed Family Life