The Choice167 reviews Nicholas Sparks Grand Central Publishing, 2007 Exactly as ordered + Romance by Sparks + The Choice What can I say? I got exactly what I ordered and right on time. NO complaints here! 4 sure.             The Uncommon Reader: A Novella68 reviews Alan Bennett Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007 Short easy read - LOVED it! + `Hobbies involved preferences and preferences had to be avoided..' + Hail to the Queen! + Wonderful story by a true wordsmith + A quiet gem of a story             Dreamers of the Day: A Novel14 reviews Mary Doria Russell Random House, 2008 A fascinating and romantic travelogue + Dreamers of the Day + An interesting historical novel! Mary Doria Russell brings us a historical novel that takes place during the momentous Cairo Peace Conference of 1920, a three-day event that will change the world as we know it today. Three individuals --- the young Winston Churchill, then a mid-level cabinet officer; world traveler Lady Gertrude ...             No Country for Old Men (Vintage International)400 reviews Cormac McCarthy Vintage, 2007 Shocking, stunning and VERY relevant in our country today... + A Book That Approaches Greatness + Beautifully written + This is a great book             Gardens of Water: A Novel11 reviews Alan Drew Random House, 2008 "Many horrible things happen in the world," I, too, wish I had someone to blame for them." + Gardens of Water - A Whirlwind of Emotions + An English Teacher's Dream + Gardens of Water             The Soul Thief: A Novel15 reviews Charles Baxter Pantheon, 2008 A Novel Rich in Imagery and Style + the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth + Baxter at his best Charles Baxter is mining new territory in his latest novel THE SOUL THIEF, and while his trademark keen character development ability remains intact, he takes a step further into the realm of spiritual surrealism - and makes it work on every page! Nathaniel Mason is the character with the ...             Beautiful Children: A Novel37 reviews Charles Bock Random House, 2008 Beautiful Novel + Missing kid in Sin City This is a marvelous book -- vivid, passionate, heartfelt. I took a writing class from Charles some six years ago, and remember him as a man on fire for great fiction. He told us he'd been working on one novel for many years, to the exclusion of everything else. Frankly, I worried for him. I was ...             Curse of the Spellmans: A Novel27 reviews Lisa Lutz Simon & Schuster, 2008 No Sophmore Jinx here! + great vacation for your brain + From J. Kaye's Book Blog + Great follow-up. When's the next one? + Funny and quirky             The Scent of Rosa's Oil1 review Lina Simoni Kensington, 2008 entertaining coming of age turn of the century romance Near the end of the nineteenth century in Genoa, Rosa was born to a Luna brothel prostitute who died in childbirth; her father is an unknown patron of the facility. Madame C raises Rosa as her own with the help of her girls. However, they hide from the youngster what is going on upstairs in the ...             Playing For Pizza: A Novel252 reviews John Grisham Doubleday, 2007 Another great non legal book by John Grisham + Fun, A good true fun loving story John Grisham has written several non legal books and I loved reading every one of them. This one is again no exception.             Suite Francaise353 reviews Irene Nemirovsky Vintage, 2007 Moving and poignant reflection on the persistence of humanity + Excellent book When I started "Suite Francaise," I thought it would take a lot of time and effort to complete. Happily, I was wrong. Once I got into it, I couldn't put it down. The novel is actually composed of two novellas, "Storm in June" and "Dolce", which Nemirovsky had intended to be the first of a ...             Sharp Teeth19 reviews Toby Barlow Harper, 2008 This odd combination of werewolves and verse is engrossing, visceral, and meaningful. Very successful and highly recommended + Sharp Teeth Bites.... + Fantastic read, falls apart at the end + The L.A. novel for the 21st century + Delicious.             Charity Girl15 reviews Michael Lowenthal Mariner Books, 2008 provocative novel explores societal repression and one woman's personal liberation + Intersting insight into a piece of American histroy... + More please! During World War I, American authorities indiscriminately arrested and incarcerated over 30,000 women, most of whom committed no crime. Jailed for dressing provocatively, walking without escorts or prostitution, over half of the arrested women were detained for months while receiving treatment for ...             Home to Holly Springs (Father Tim, Book 1)125 reviews Jan Karon Viking Adult, 2007 She's Done it Again!! + WONDERFUL + Once again, a very GOOD story + Little boy lost             Songs Without Words52 reviews Ann Packer Knopf, 2007 A Journey Through Disordered Thinking "Songs Without Words," by Ann Packer, is a realistic novel dealing with the interior lives of five members of an extended suburban American family during a period of prolonged psychological crisis. This contemporary Bay Area family consists of two branches. The more normal and apparently contented ...             The Age of Shiva: A Novel12 reviews Manil Suri W. W. Norton, 2008 Destroying the Old to Make Way for the New Hindu mythology, like that of most Christian faiths, is built around a trinity of god-figures. Brahma is the creator, Vishnu the preserver, and Shiva the destroyer. Together, they form a perfect cycle of birth, life, and death, but only to set the stage for rebirth and another cycle. Shiva is thus ...             The Senator's Wife77 reviews Sue Miller Knopf, 2008 Characters are complex, not evil + This would make a good book club choice Unlike many readers, I found the ending merely sad, not shocking or a sign of Meri's moral bankruptcy. Meri is far from perfect, and what she does at the end is clearly not noble or ethical. But she has lacked love all her life -- her husband seems too self-absorbed to love her -- and she honestly ...             Tangerine Dream75 reviews Ken Douglas Bootleg Press, 2003 You Never Know What Might Change You + Made me wonder, what if? + Engaging and disturbing both at the same time + A Good Story is a Good Story No Matter What it's About             Now You See Him: A Novel63 reviews Eli Gottlieb William Morrow, 2008 Liked this book a lot Nick Framingham grew up with his best friend Rob Castor and his siblings. They lived right across the street from each other. Nick always felt deep down there was something different about Rob, but he couldn't figure out what. Rob was a minor cult celebrity when he was in his 20s for his ...             The Kite Runner2400 reviews Khaled Hosseini Riverhead Trade, 2004 I loved it!!! + Commonality + An amazingly majestic, sweeping, emotionally powerful moving story of friendship and sacrifice + kite runner - review