Atonement739 reviews Ian Mcewan Anchor, 2007 Gorgeous + Atonement a love story + Atonement blows me away + Wonderful!             Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel569 reviews Lisa See Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006 kept me up all night + Culture Shock + This book has so much to learn one might think you are in school. + Pretty good read             A Person of Interest: A Novel13 reviews Susan Choi Viking Adult, 2008 Would give it 10 stars... I found this book entirely engaging and wonderfully well-written, true literature and at the same time suspenseful. The author moved smoothly back and forth in time, revealing characters slowly and fascinatingly. Yes, it was a bit hard going at times to make out all of her meanings, but that ...             No Country for Old Men (Vintage International)398 reviews Cormac McCarthy Vintage, 2007 Beautifully written + This is a great book + Not Bedtime Reading - take it to the beach + Disturbing             The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao138 reviews Junot Díaz Riverhead Hardcover, 2007 Superb + Book Club Pick + a surprise This work is a masterpiece- it's a comic tragic take on one person's quest in finding his way in the world. At a broader level, it resonates with the challenges faced by each and every succeeding generation. Great narrative, reflective prose, laugh out loud passages, awesome characters, a fusion of ...             The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel519 reviews Diane Setterfield Washington Square Press, 2007 an amazing novel + Buy This Book + One of the Best Books I've Read in Long Time! + Couldn't put it down + Nice Surprises             The Double Bind (Vintage Contemporaries)208 reviews Chris Bohjalian Vintage, 2008 wonderful book + Wasn't expecting that!! + Great, great story I enjoyed this book from start to finish. It is the first book i have read about a german family dealing with the horror of the war and their downfall when they lost their perfect life and had to face the truth about what their country had done to the jews. great book!!             Love the One You're With101 reviews Emily Giffin St. Martin's Press, 2008 I really liked it + Arrived so fast I almost fainted... + Easy Read + Another great one!             Out Stealing Horses: A Novel61 reviews Per Petterson Graywolf Press, 2007 Out Stealing Horses is Why I Read. + Father and Son + The Bookschlepper definitely recommends + his life during the summer of 1948 + couldn't put it down!             The Monsters of Templeton48 reviews Lauren Groff Voice, 2008 Lauren Groff is brilliant + Wow. Monsters. + Completely original, intriguing and heartwarming! + Funny, sharp, touching and mysterious + A Classic!             Salvage6 reviews Jane Kotapish Macadam Cage Pub, 2008 Kotapish weaves magic into her imagery + Watch This Writer + Dealing with depth + Startling writing + Jane Kotapish paints a verbal masterpiece in Salvage             The Gathering (Man Booker Prize)97 reviews Anne Enright Grove Press, Black Cat, 2007 Raw but riveting... + An Engaging Narrator Takes You to Liam's Wake While Shrouding the Past in Mystery + The Gathering Review + A secretive family history in very well-written prose + Sometimes the Booker Prize is a Curse             Mudbound25 reviews Hillary Jordan Algonquin Books, 2008 Mudbound + Racial and human cruelty at its worst + Debut Novel Leaves You Waiting for #2 + Well-written + exceptional. historically accurate. gripping. addicting.             A Summer Affair: A Novel Elin Hilderbrand Little, Brown and Company, 2008 Sheila Crispin Cook, mother of four young children and nationally renowned glassblower, bites off more than she can chew when she agrees to co-chair the Nantucket's Children Summer Gala. Sheila is asked to chair the benefit, in part, because she is the former high school sweetheart of rock star Max West. Max agrees to play the gala and it looks like smooth sailing for Sheila-until she promises ...             The Girl Who Stopped Swimming21 reviews Joshilyn Jackson Grand Central Publishing, 2008 I'd give it 10 stars if I could + So close to excellence . . . + This novel is stitched up to perfection! + great book!             Desperation Moon25 reviews Ken Douglas Bootleg Press, 2003 Mucho Desperation in this Finely Tuned Thriller + Non-Stop Action + A New Fan + A Book I Could Not Put Down             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 ...             Certain Girls: A Novel106 reviews Jennifer Weiner Atria, 2008 Laugh & Cry + A well-written and absorbing tale...just not a true sequel to "Good in Bed" + Good read! + Cannie is back, with more surprises             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 ...             The Philosopher's Apprentice: A Novel12 reviews James Morrow William Morrow, 2008 Morrow's brilliance continues + this book, this book is like wild dude!!!!!! + "Wouldn't last two sentences in Tehran..." James Morrow continues to poke Western society in its most sensitive spots, never resorting to the cudgel, and always making us laugh, chortle, or smirk even as we wince. The Philosopher's Apprentice continues the grand Morrow tradition, slaughtering the sacred cows of cloning, abortion, the value ...