Easter Island45 reviews Jennifer Vanderbes Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2004 Best thing I've read in a long time + Easter Island by Jennifer Vanderbes Wow, this was just an outstanding novel in every way. The writing was beautiful, the two stories perfectly blended together into a cohesive and perfectly constructed whole. I passed it along to my husband after I finished it and he also thought it was terrific. Honestly, I can't say enough good ...             Kaaterskill Falls58 reviews Allegra Goodman Delta, 1999 My Favorite by Allegra Goodman + A story to get lost in + Tension between personal development and a tight-knit community + One of my favorite books of all time             Fieldwork: A Novel38 reviews Mischa Berlinski Picador, 2008 Excellent + First rate + Wonderful; Please write more! + Thank you Stephen King!             Year of Wonders307 reviews Geraldine Brooks Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002 Beware the Black Death! + A- + One of the best....... "Year of Wonders" is a fantastic book by Geraldine Brooks that chronicles a severe outbreak of the Bubonic plague in an isolated English village during the year 1666. The story revolves around Anna Frith, a housemaid who loses her two young children to the plague and emerges as a heroine during ...             Catherwood13 reviews Marly Youmans Harper Perennial, 1997 Powerful writing about powerful love + A good summer read + Powerful tale of woman and child in the wilderness + Excellent Short Book for a Cold Winters Day!!             In the Time of the Butterflies154 reviews Julia Alvarez Plume, 1995 "Thou art strong and great, a hero." + Remarkable + Simply Wonderful + Very Moving             My Name Is Red118 reviews Orhan Pamuk Vintage, 2002 Blood for ink Crimson blood and crimson ink feature equally in this novel of dueling artistic traditions and dual murders, and both eventually merge (literally) at the scene of the crime. Pamuk's novel opens with an account from beyond the grave told by the first victim, Elegant, who has been slain by one of ...             Intuition60 reviews Allegra Goodman Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2007 Wonderful insight into character motivation and quirkiness + original and truthful novel about the world of science This is a terrific book that deserves a higher rating than it currently has. Goodman's understanding of what makes people tick and how their strengths are also their weakness are amazing. In a delicious way the author illustrates how and why characters feed off each other to get their own emotional ...             Conclave3 reviews Roberto Pazzi Zoland Books, 2003 Stay to the end, the ridiculous turns sublime + Metaphysical satire. + Read it Now Conclave is a perfect story. The prose moves fluidly: I read it in about half a day (kudos to the translator). It is also wonderfully original, without being self-consciously experimental. It is full of magical realism, and entertaining enough to make it worth reading even superficially; but for ...             The Samurai's Garden: A Novel118 reviews Gail Tsukiyama St. Martin's Griffin, 1996 Beautiful + Beautiful and Moving + Great Read! + A beautifully crafted novel             Palace Walk (Cairo Trilogy)63 reviews Naguib Mahfouz Anchor, 1990 Egypt after WW1 through one family's eyes. A sumptuous read. I loved it! + We're not that different + Wow!! Naguib Mahrouz won a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988 and bears the distinction of being the only Arab writer who has ever done that. He recently passed away at the age of 94, having published 34 novels, over 350 short stories, dozens of movie scripts and five plays over a 70-year career. ...             In the Time of the Butterflies154 reviews Julia Alvarez Plume, 1995 "Thou art strong and great, a hero." + Remarkable + Simply Wonderful + Very Moving             Easter Island45 reviews Jennifer Vanderbes Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2004 Best thing I've read in a long time + Easter Island by Jennifer Vanderbes Wow, this was just an outstanding novel in every way. The writing was beautiful, the two stories perfectly blended together into a cohesive and perfectly constructed whole. I passed it along to my husband after I finished it and he also thought it was terrific. Honestly, I can't say enough good ...             Kaaterskill Falls58 reviews Allegra Goodman Delta, 1999 My Favorite by Allegra Goodman + A story to get lost in + Tension between personal development and a tight-knit community + One of my favorite books of all time             My Name Is Red118 reviews Orhan Pamuk Vintage, 2002 Blood for ink Crimson blood and crimson ink feature equally in this novel of dueling artistic traditions and dual murders, and both eventually merge (literally) at the scene of the crime. Pamuk's novel opens with an account from beyond the grave told by the first victim, Elegant, who has been slain by one of ...             Fieldwork: A Novel38 reviews Mischa Berlinski Picador, 2008 Excellent + First rate + Wonderful; Please write more! + Thank you Stephen King!             Catherwood13 reviews Marly Youmans Harper Perennial, 1997 Powerful writing about powerful love + A good summer read + Powerful tale of woman and child in the wilderness + Excellent Short Book for a Cold Winters Day!!             Year of Wonders307 reviews Geraldine Brooks Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002 Beware the Black Death! + A- + One of the best....... "Year of Wonders" is a fantastic book by Geraldine Brooks that chronicles a severe outbreak of the Bubonic plague in an isolated English village during the year 1666. The story revolves around Anna Frith, a housemaid who loses her two young children to the plague and emerges as a heroine during ...             The Samurai's Garden: A Novel118 reviews Gail Tsukiyama St. Martin's Griffin, 1996 Beautiful + Beautiful and Moving + Great Read! + A beautifully crafted novel             Conclave3 reviews Roberto Pazzi Zoland Books, 2003 Stay to the end, the ridiculous turns sublime + Metaphysical satire. + Read it Now Conclave is a perfect story. The prose moves fluidly: I read it in about half a day (kudos to the translator). It is also wonderfully original, without being self-consciously experimental. It is full of magical realism, and entertaining enough to make it worth reading even superficially; but for ...