Jitterbug Perfume180 reviews Tom Robbins Bantam, 1990 Best Book. Ever. + Huge fun. Has strong opinions on religion which I like, others may not. + wonderful + jitter bugaboo             The God of Small Things870 reviews Arundhati Roy Harper Perennial, 1998 Great used book + The Glimmer of An Immense Sea + Breathtaking First Novel Was able to find a used copy claimed to be in like new condition. It was just as advertised. Enjoyed the book immensely             A Season in Heaven: True Tales from the Road to Kathmandu5 reviews David Tomory Lonely Planet Publications, 1998 a great read for anyone who made the overland trail + Sketches the Istanbul-Kathmandu route through a collection of oral histories + An insight into the hippy trail + The hardships, the highs, the attitudes....             Midnight's Children180 reviews Salman Rushdie Penguin (Non-Classics), 1991 WHAT A RUSH(DIE)! + Wicked Sense of Humor If this book was described by 1001 readers, I think you'd get 10,001 different views of what they experienced. Some knowledge of the history of India & Pakistan before and after independence and the partition will be helpful. Perhaps some "-ism" (magical real(ism), coming-of-age(ism); ...             The Butter Battle Book: (New York Times Notable Book of the Year) (Classic Seuss)47 reviews Dr. Seuss, Theodor Seuss Geisel Random House Books for Young Readers, 1984 Great Book! + Wars are often fought over dumb things + The Butter Battle Book Love the book! Great for kids. My son thinks the story is so funny!!             Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart (Plume)23 reviews Joyce Carol Oates Plume, 1991 Still Waters... + The title wasn't stolen The time is the decade between the mid-1950's and the mid-1960's, and the place is Oates's familiar setting, her native upstate New York. In some ways this never loud but hard-hitting book continues many of the threads common in a multitude of Oates' previous works (a young girl, bookish, ...             The Mists of Avalon886 reviews Marion Zimmer Bradley Ballantine Books, 1982 Convinced me I am really a faerie + The Mists of Avalon + Best novel ever, literally. + WOW             The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set1012 reviews C. S. Lewis HarperTrophy, 1994 Further up and further in! + Just what I ordered + Cs Lewis Chronicles of narnia + A wonderful book for young adventurers + Good book             The Kite Runner2503 reviews Khaled Hosseini Riverhead Trade, 2004 Must read + Review for the original Kite Runner + The Voice + Beautifully touching story!             The Dharma Bums150 reviews Jack Kerouac Penguin (Non-Classics), 1976 Back to the future + Tresure Found + Beatizen + Traveling, Hiking, Buddhism             Another Roadside Attraction74 reviews Tom Robbins Bantam, 1990 Genius Robbins + first tom robbins book + Brilliant + OK that was then and it still is.....             The Temple of My Familiar48 reviews Alice Walker Pocket, 1990 Masterful Book + Enthralling + fun, full of insight and mystery I was taken aback on some of the customer reviews and I felt the need to defend this extraordinary book."Temple of My Familiar" is more than an African-American feminist polemic or a deconstruction of Judeo-Christian values or a debunking of Western myth-making (that we call history). However, this ...             The Fifth Sacred Thing80 reviews Starhawk Bantam, 1994 The Fifth Sacred Thing + Ecofeminist Utopia: Standing the Test of Time In "The Fifth Sacred Thing" enormously popular Pagan author, Starhawk explores two possible futures. San Francisco is an oasis of spirituality, peace, and ecology, where poverty and hatred are non-existent. Southern California , by contrast is a nightmare society, with an oppression state religion ...             Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? (Classic Seuss)21 reviews Random House Books for Young Readers, 1973 Great book for remembering how lucky we all are!!! + sent this- not a card or flowers + Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky YouAre? + lucky you             I Know This Much Is True (Oprah's Book Club) (Oprah's Book Club)1444 reviews Wally Lamb Harper Perennial, 1999 Great Book + All Time Favorite + I miss reading this book :( + It will stay with you             J.R.R. Tolkien Boxed Set (The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings)1243 reviews J.R.R. Tolkien Del Rey, 2001 "The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings", book set by J.R.R. Tolkien + Box set (The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings) + Good Book + Great books but too descriptive + Great Series             The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test132 reviews Tom Wolfe Bantam, 1999 Interesting and well-written + Mind-blowing experience + Very good...not great. Tom Wolfe takes us through part of the acid-movement of the 60's with Ken Kesey (author of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest") and company as they embark on their journey across America to popularize acid. Wolfe writes in a way that sort of makes you feel that you are on acid too. His writing ...             The Sneetches and Other Stories58 reviews Dr. Seuss Random House, 1961 Great use for social emotional literacy + Dr. Suess is the best + LESSONS LEARNED FOR LIFE + Wonderful collection of stories + The sneetches             One Hundred Years of Solitude443 reviews Gabriel Garcia Marquez HarperCollins, 2003 Excellent Book + Not for everyone, but if it's for you .... Hold On!! + what a unique work of art + Monumental, Mesmerizing!             Crescent: A Novel45 reviews Diana Abu-Jaber W. W. Norton & Company, 2004 Ride on a Magic Carpet + Longing for the Middle East + Read this book Reading Diana Abu-Jaber's novel, Crescent, we can fly with her on a magical carpet to Iraq and Jordan. Fly to a fairytale world of minarets and domed mosques, we can taste rich baklava with her and savor the sweet fragrance of mint tea in a Bedouin's tent, counter pointed by exploding Iranian ...