Revolutionary Road95 reviews
Richard Yates

Vintage, 2000

America's great literary discovery

+ Devastating
+ Ozzie & Harriet did NOT live on Revolutionary Road!
+ Still up to date
+ Classic Novel of Suburban Malaise
  
  











  



  
Angelica: A Novel19 reviews
Arthur Phillips

Random House, 2007

A True Masterpiece

+ Read it in two days (on vacation--but still...)
+ Not sure what to say

Set in late-Victorian London, ANGELICA is a book like no other. It seamlessly weaves strands of a ghost story, the dissolution of a once near-perfect marriage, and a horrific descent into madness against a profound meditation on the nature of memory, identity, and truth. ANGELICA revolves ...
  
  











  



  
The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 (Vintage)283 reviews
Lawrence Wright

Vintage, 2007

The Definitive Account of The Genesis of Al Qaeda

+ The Looming Tower .......and The Wall.
+ A Monumental, but Flawed Work
+ An Excellent Primer on Al-Qaeda's Birth and Growth
+ THE book to read if you ever want to know why 9/11 happened
  
  











  



  
Loving Frank: A Novel142 reviews
Nancy Horan

Ballantine Books, 2007

Loving Frank is a book to love

+ Loving Frank at the expense of everyone else...
+ Great read.
+ Loving Frank
+ Loving Mamah....
  
  











  



  
Special Topics in Calamity Physics246 reviews
Marisha Pessl

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007

Attention! Read the entire book!

Several one star reviewers did not read past page 100. This book is very slow to start but it picks up the pace AND FAST. It is very well written and clever. Give it a go, you will love it!!
  
  











  



  
The Maytrees: A Novel49 reviews
Annie Dillard

HarperCollins, 2007

Deeply Beautiful

+ A Poetic Essay on Love
+ Almost Poetic
+ fine family redemption drama
  
  











  



  
Eat the Document: A Novel21 reviews
Dana Spiotta

Scribner, 2006

Great book, but ending peters out

+ Blessed from page 1

This is a good read - very good attention to details, informative, a little repetitive in the way that political people can be -- some of the characters just repeat what others have said, but that is not hard to believe. Mary and Bobby create new lives for themselves after a radical act goes ...
  
  











  



  
The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 (Vintage)283 reviews
Lawrence Wright

Vintage, 2007

The Definitive Account of The Genesis of Al Qaeda

+ The Looming Tower .......and The Wall.
+ A Monumental, but Flawed Work
+ An Excellent Primer on Al-Qaeda's Birth and Growth
+ THE book to read if you ever want to know why 9/11 happened
  
  











  



  
Loving Frank: A Novel142 reviews
Nancy Horan

Ballantine Books, 2007

Loving Frank is a book to love

+ Loving Frank at the expense of everyone else...
+ Great read.
+ Loving Frank
+ Loving Mamah....
  
  











  



  
The Maytrees: A Novel49 reviews
Annie Dillard

HarperCollins, 2007

Deeply Beautiful

+ A Poetic Essay on Love
+ Almost Poetic
+ fine family redemption drama
  
  











  



  
Eat the Document: A Novel21 reviews
Dana Spiotta

Scribner, 2006

Great book, but ending peters out

+ Blessed from page 1

This is a good read - very good attention to details, informative, a little repetitive in the way that political people can be -- some of the characters just repeat what others have said, but that is not hard to believe. Mary and Bobby create new lives for themselves after a radical act goes ...
  
  











  



  
Special Topics in Calamity Physics246 reviews
Marisha Pessl

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007

Attention! Read the entire book!

Several one star reviewers did not read past page 100. This book is very slow to start but it picks up the pace AND FAST. It is very well written and clever. Give it a go, you will love it!!
  
  











  



  
Angelica: A Novel19 reviews
Arthur Phillips

Random House, 2007

A True Masterpiece

+ Read it in two days (on vacation--but still...)
+ Not sure what to say

Set in late-Victorian London, ANGELICA is a book like no other. It seamlessly weaves strands of a ghost story, the dissolution of a once near-perfect marriage, and a horrific descent into madness against a profound meditation on the nature of memory, identity, and truth. ANGELICA revolves ...
  
  











  



  
Revolutionary Road95 reviews
Richard Yates

Vintage, 2000

America's great literary discovery

+ Devastating
+ Ozzie & Harriet did NOT live on Revolutionary Road!
+ Still up to date
+ Classic Novel of Suburban Malaise