Wizard and Glass (The Dark Tower, Book 4)670 reviews
Stephen King

Signet, 2003

I LOVE this series

+ Awesome!
+ This book is freakin AWESOME.
+ I admit...
+ Great book
  
  











  



  
The Big Bow Mystery3 reviews
Israel Zangwill

Dybbuk Press, LLC, 2007

Historically significant and a great read

The fact that the mystery disappears after the second chapter in no way detracts from the joy of this book. From widowed boarding house attendants to freeloading artists to a detective that might as well be the anti-Sherlock Holmes, this is one of the funniest and meanest books to come out of the ...
  
  











  



  
Ogre, Ogre (Xanth Novels)31 reviews
Piers Anthony

Del Rey, 1987

Amazingly "punny"

+ Enjoyable book, but not the best of the series
+ Oh Good, Oh Good
+ Ogre, Ogre
+ If magical creatures are your thing, then enjoy this!
  
  











  



  
Great Expectations (Penguin Classics)121 reviews
Charles Dickens

Penguin Classics, 2002

Expectations Greatly Exceeded

+ Must Read Victorian Novel
+ A Novel of tears as well as laughter. An enjoyable classic.
+ Expect Great Things
  
  











  



  
Guards! Guards!76 reviews
Terry Pratchett

HarperTorch, 2001

i love this book

+ On Guards
+ The Best of the Discworld Series!
+ Hilariously funny
+ Intro to Guards
  
  











  



  
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text237 reviews
William S. Burroughs

Grove Press, 2004

fadeout

+ Beyond Good & Evil
+ "The man is never on time."
+ Brilliant
  
  











  



  
God Laughs When You Die4 reviews
Michael Boatman

Dybbuk Press, LLC, 2007

A Wonderful Debut

+ fast, violent, and unsympathetic
+ Dark, Skanky, Funky Little Twisted Tales: Performance Art

Michael Boatman's debut collection is not one to miss by any means. He blends humor with horror, the strange with the unknown--and I loved it! Reading through the pages, it just slipped right through my fingers, and before I knew it I was done with the book begging for there to be more. This is a ...
  
  











  



  
The Children of Henry VIII66 reviews
Alison Weir

Ballantine Books, 1997

Better than I thought!

+ henry's children
+ Perfect and in time
+ She did it again
  
  











  



  
Deathbird Stories1 review
Harlan Ellison

Blue Jay, 1983

Some of the best writing by Harlan Ellison

I suspect that most of these stories are already in The Essential Ellison: A 50 Year Retrospective (Revised and Expanded) and that renders this collection obsolete. Could be why it's out of print. I had a copy and I read it so many times. Then I gave it to a friend that I never talk to anymore. Be ...
  
  











  



  
Tropic of Cancer158 reviews
Henry Miller

Grove Press, 1994

don't go crazy

+ Fountain of youth
+ Puerile, vulgar, and tawdry.
+ A Gem.
  
  











  



  
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk (An Evergreen book)14 reviews
Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain

Grove Press, 2006

Please Kill Me

+ GREAT!!!
+ A Must Have for Every Punk Enthusiast!
+ A great read with a narrow focus
  
  











  



  
Lost Souls227 reviews
Poppy Z. Brite

Dell, 1993

Sayuri's Review

+ My favorite book
+ a tragic tale with a new twist on the vampire legend

I love this book. It was probably one of the best I have ever read. Brite made me sympathize with all of the characters and the story had me on edge for such a long time. I couldn't put it down! Her characters were so deep and developed that I felt as though there was no true villan to the book ...
  
  











  



  
Wuthering Heights (Signet Classics)1 review
Emily Brontė

Signet Classics, 2004

Worthy of its place in the canon

How odd that Amazon does not consolidate the comments on the various editions of this book from different publishers. I read this book out of a certain sense of obligation -- I'd been reading other 19th century English literature and, with some trepidation, picked up Wuthering Heights to ...
  
  











  



  
Dark Dance12 reviews
Tanith Lee

Dell, 1992

Tanith Lee; a Literary Genius!!

+ really good creepy
+ I hope you dance

All I am about to say about this author and this book, is that it is well worth your time to read this tale. I feel that you will leave this book, feeling amazed and smitten by the beloved Rachella. Tanith Lee tops my list of extraordinary storytellers, she has captured the hearts of all her fans ...
  
  











  



  
Howl and Other Poems (City Lights Pocket Poets Series)73 reviews
Allen Ginsberg

City Lights Publishers, 2001

Howl, And Other Pocket Poems

+ Ginsberg the 'greatest'?.. hmmm
+ Seeking Jazz or S*x or Soup
+ Amazing
+ good book
  
  











  



  
From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life 1500 to the Present149 reviews
Jacques Barzun

Harper Perennial, 2001

My enduring Top-2 pick for understanding the Meaning of Life book.

+ Hey Eric
+ One of the best books you'll read this year...
+ The in-depth flow of cultural evolution
+ This will help every student of art, music, political science,
  
  











  



  
The Catcher in the Rye8 reviews
J.D. Salinger

Bantam, 1966

A timeless classic worth reading

I write this review having to look back almost 20 years when I read this book as a child. At an age when I found it difficult to engross myself in fiction (I simply did not read a lot as a child), I traversed through this book with interest. Unless you have issues with the course language, ...
  
  











  



  
The House of the Spirits11 reviews
Isabel Allende

Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2005

A book you will read over and over again...

+ hip hip horray for house of the spirits
+ Allende's Masterpiece
+ se los recomiendo!!!
  
  











  



  
A Confederacy of Dunces959 reviews
John Kennedy Toole

Louisiana State University Press, 2000

Go Ignatius, GO!

+ One of the Best Books Ever Wrtten

Most folks it seems abhor reading with a near violent, reflexive revulsion. Almost as if the mere suggestion would cause a spontaneous eruption of projectile vomiting directed forthwith at the unfortunate proposer. People just hate to read. But this is a book that could inspire a change of heart in ...
  
  











  



  
Madame Bovary: 150th Anniversary Edition (Signet Classics)195 reviews
Gustave Flaubert

Signet Classics, 2001

Humanity Captured in Prose

+ Over the years... still a great book
+ Interesting story!

Like so many of the classics, Madame Bovary does an incredible job of recording humanity. All of the characters are whole, full-fleshed and individual. Emma's discontent with life, her yearning for something more, has probably been experienced by all of us. Her yearning destroys her, and her ...