Touch: A Novel Charlotte Watson Sherman Harpercollins, 1995 Pursuing her dream of becoming a successful painter while enjoying a potentially idyllic relationship, Rayna Poinsett is devastated when she is diagnosed HIV positive, a discovery that causes her to reevaluate her life.             Never Let Me Go193 reviews Kazuo Ishiguro Vintage, 2006 Won't ever fade + Will stay with you for days + Sensitive, ultimately credible "...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 Sea (Man Booker Prize)83 reviews John Banville Knopf, 2005 The Sea will make readers cry and cheer for the love of it. + lyrical + The Power and Peril of Memory John Banville is a crying out loud genius. I am a writer, and this book will carry me through several of my own books on inspiration alone. I have read it four times friom front to back. Only a consummate genius of spirit, language, and craft could possibly have written this. Reading it requires, ...             Wonderland (Modern Library Paperbacks)11 reviews Joyce Carol Oates Modern Library, 2006 Oates' Best - A World of Constant Battles + Classic Oates + the great american novel + Gripping (mostly)             Saturday293 reviews Ian McEwan Anchor, 2006 Fantastic! + Excellent + Well worth the effort. + Good but not great             Motherless Brooklyn201 reviews Jonathan Lethem Vintage, 2000 A gift from a friend on Court Street in Brooklyn + So Much Fun to Read! + Wonderful and original + The star of small time + Memorable, Also Wearying             The Bell Jar (P.S.)481 reviews Sylvia Plath Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005 Why, oh, why was I reading Holden Caulfield when I should have been reading Esther Greenwood? + I was moved One might think that a novel about a young college woman's experience with madness in the mid-20th century would come across as dated or even quaint. On the contrary, as I read I found myself nodding emphatically, and even calling up friends to tell them about passages I'd read that were ...             Arrowsmith (Signet Classics)39 reviews Sinclair Lewis Signet Classics, 1998 Sinclair Lewis Classic + First-rate fiction + Arrowsmith hits the mark + Must read for anyone who aspires to become something in life! + worth reading             Three Junes227 reviews Julia Glass Anchor, 2003 As close to real life as fiction ever gets. + Close to Home + Simply a Work of Art + oh how i love this book...             The Sea (Man Booker Prize)83 reviews John Banville Knopf, 2005 The Sea will make readers cry and cheer for the love of it. + lyrical + The Power and Peril of Memory John Banville is a crying out loud genius. I am a writer, and this book will carry me through several of my own books on inspiration alone. I have read it four times friom front to back. Only a consummate genius of spirit, language, and craft could possibly have written this. Reading it requires, ...             Touch: A Novel Charlotte Watson Sherman Harpercollins, 1995 Pursuing her dream of becoming a successful painter while enjoying a potentially idyllic relationship, Rayna Poinsett is devastated when she is diagnosed HIV positive, a discovery that causes her to reevaluate her life.             Motherless Brooklyn201 reviews Jonathan Lethem Vintage, 2000 A gift from a friend on Court Street in Brooklyn + So Much Fun to Read! + Wonderful and original + The star of small time + Memorable, Also Wearying             The Bell Jar (P.S.)481 reviews Sylvia Plath Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005 Why, oh, why was I reading Holden Caulfield when I should have been reading Esther Greenwood? + I was moved One might think that a novel about a young college woman's experience with madness in the mid-20th century would come across as dated or even quaint. On the contrary, as I read I found myself nodding emphatically, and even calling up friends to tell them about passages I'd read that were ...             Three Junes227 reviews Julia Glass Anchor, 2003 As close to real life as fiction ever gets. + Close to Home + Simply a Work of Art + oh how i love this book...             Saturday293 reviews Ian McEwan Anchor, 2006 Fantastic! + Excellent + Well worth the effort. + Good but not great             Never Let Me Go193 reviews Kazuo Ishiguro Vintage, 2006 Won't ever fade + Will stay with you for days + Sensitive, ultimately credible "...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 ...             Wonderland (Modern Library Paperbacks)11 reviews Joyce Carol Oates Modern Library, 2006 Oates' Best - A World of Constant Battles + Classic Oates + the great american novel + Gripping (mostly)             Arrowsmith (Signet Classics)39 reviews Sinclair Lewis Signet Classics, 1998 Sinclair Lewis Classic + First-rate fiction + Arrowsmith hits the mark + Must read for anyone who aspires to become something in life! + worth reading