The Canterbury Tales (Oxford World's Classics)84 reviews Geoffrey Chaucer Oxford University Press, USA, 1998 a classic with good reason + Nice surprise + canterbury tale review Had wanted to read this for about 15 years, but it's funny how more books are published and then you have to read them? How 'bout that? This book has been out six centuries, so I guessed another 15 years would not hurt me. Chaucer's facility with language, his ability to rhyme, his familiarity ...             The Light of Day: A Novel5 reviews Graham Swift Vintage, 2004 "To love is to be ready to lose, it's not to have, to keep." + Better than these guys let on Initially resembling an old-fashioned, hard-boiled detective story, this novel by Graham Swift becomes, as the perspective widens, an investigation of love, man's need for love, and the sacrifices we are all willing to make for love. Private detective George Webb allows the reader to "tag along" ...             Never Let Me Go237 reviews Kazuo Ishiguro Knopf, 2005 Won't ever fade + Immensely Tragic, Heartrendingly Sad + Questions of loss and mortality "...complaining about how memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don't go along with that. The memories I value most, I don't see them ever fading. I lost Ruth, and I lost Tommy, but I won't lose my memories of them." For a novel that packs so much broiling ...             The Devil and Miss Prym: A Novel of Temptation (P.S.)5 reviews Paulo Coelho Harper Perennial, 2007 I thought this was as good or better than the Alchemist + Entertaining but very simple + Fantastic book! After reading the Alchemist (which was recommeneded to me by four people) I wanted to read more by this author. This is the best book I have read in a while! It made me reflect on human nature and will stick with me for years to come. The book explores whether people are naturally good or evil. ...             On Beauty201 reviews Zadie Smith Penguin Books, 2006 Great Novel + A pleasant surprise I loved this novel by Zadie Smith. I'm so poor--I was an English major--that I have to get my books from the library. So, I checked out and read On Beauty last year. However, tonight I was at Borders and I saw this book on the remainder table. I choked! How could such a great, well written novel be ...             Breakfast at Tiffany's: A Short Novel and Three Stories (Modern Library)107 reviews Truman Capote Modern Library, 1994 Holly Golightly's 50th Aniversary Edition + modern lit + The real Breakfast at Tiffany's + Breakfast at Tiffanys             The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test135 reviews Tom Wolfe Bantam, 1999 Great Book + Good, better if you have read "On The Road First" + Fascinating to contemplate + Interesting and well-written             The Island of Dr. Moreau77 reviews H. G. Wells The Editorium, 2008 When men bring out the beast in the animal + Exciting and gripping + A freaky tale of man playing God. + perfect + Hard to believe this was published in 1896             Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1)3333 reviews Stephenie Meyer Little, Brown Young Readers, 2006 Love it! + Twilight, book 1 + unbelievably good story + Excellent + Couldn't put it down!             Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Signet Classics)85 reviews Lewis Carroll Signet Classics, 2000 It's Amazing + I don't know...is it good? Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll I am very happy with this ebook! Well done. Illustrated. I would recommend this product to any fan of Alice in Wonderland!             Saturday295 reviews Ian McEwan Anchor, 2006 Excellent + Daughter-in-law will love it!! + Pretty good. Suspenseful, descriptive. + Well worth the effort.             Old Man And The Sea (Scribner Classics)687 reviews Ernest Hemingway Scribner, 1996 "It is easy when you are beaten" + To catch the fish is not enough... + The Old Man and The Sea Review I have a different interpretation of The Old Man and the Sea. Many view this novella as a symbol of struggling and beating the odds when life gets hard. However, I see this as a symbol of when one is in their darkest hour, one has to struggle or choose to drown on their own accord. This is my ...             The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy662 reviews Douglas Adams Del Rey, 1995 Comic work of genius + One of my all-time favorite books + My go-to gift for 12 year old boys + improbably great             The Sea37 reviews John Banville Vintage, 2006 "Perhaps all of life is no more than a long preparation for leaving it." + A story for lovers - and lovers of language. + Another Banville Journey of Self-Loathing Booker Prize-winning author John Banville presents a sensitive and remarkably complete character study of Max Morden, an art critic/writer from Ireland whose wife has just died of a lingering illness. Seeking solace, Max has checked into the Cedars, a now-dilapidated guest house in the seaside ...             Less Than Zero225 reviews Bret Easton Ellis Vintage, 1998 Ennui. "Less Than Zero" is a semi-autobiographical novel of youthful disaffection and depravity among wealthy Los Angelinos, written when author Bret Easton Ellis was 19 years old. Clay is a college freshman who has returned to his native L.A. for Christmas break after his first semester in New Hampshire. ...             Lord of the Flies (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)1277 reviews William Golding Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999 "To express mankind's essential illness..." + One of the best books I've read + Lost Innocence + Lord of the Flies Book Review By Conlan Mueller             New Moon (The Twilight Saga, Book 2)1284 reviews Stephenie Meyer Little, Brown Young Readers, 2006 Review of New Moon + Great sequel + new moon review + gotta read it if you want to know what happens... + New Moon Twilight saga review             Paradise Lost (Penguin Classics)26 reviews John Milton Penguin Classics, 2003 Possibly the Best Edition Out There + In Breathless Wonder + A cosmic battle + Rise and Fall + The Epic Poem of the English Language             Eclipse Special Edition (The Twilight Saga)1156 reviews Stephenie Meyer Little, Brown Young Readers, 2008 GREAT BOOK! + Eclipse ( The Twilight Saga 3) + Awesome + Great Books + gift to granddaughter             Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck Centennial Edition)1110 reviews John Steinbeck Penguin, 2002 One of the most perfectly conceived & executed novels America has produced, ever + True Classic Art + Steinbeck Masterpiece + Of Mice and Men Review