A Student of Weather23 reviews Elizabeth Hay Constable, 2004 Seasons of discontent, + Weathering family and social relaitionships + Painting one's self a life, living inside the truth of love... + Satisfyingly good + A Master of Art             All Quiet on the Western Front456 reviews Erich Maria Remarque Ballantine Books, 1987 A Great Work + Murder on the Western Front + A must for any student or non-specialist general reader + Great BOOK!!!             Gracelin O'Malley34 reviews Ann Moore NAL Trade, 2001 Beautifully written Historical Fiction + ONE EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN + Couldn't put it down A wonderful story about Irelands people before and during the potato famine. You relive these times through the eyes of Gracelin and her family. It's a haunting beautiful book that helps you get a real feel for the terrible things that happen to the people of Ireland. A sad tale, but one that ...             The Painter6 reviews Will Davenport Bantam, 2003 Great research and writing talent pay off... + Half Historical/Half Modern: All Enjoyable + Most enjoyable read! + Artful novel about a great painter and a deep mystery + Rembrandt's missing year is found!!             Bel Canto (P.S.)580 reviews Ann Patchett Harper Perennial, 2005 Stunning and Emotional + Patchett Delivers Again + simply wonderful + Bel Canto             A Small Death in Lisbon93 reviews Robert Wilson Berkley, 2002 Outstanding Thriller + Not always an easy read, always an enjoyable + A Huge Work of Fiction + The Little Phrases Uplift You             Tulip Fever56 reviews Deborah Moggach Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2001 A Tale that Blossoms Appearing at first to be shallow, predictable, and simplistic, Tulip Fever blossoms into a rich tale of passion and deception. A full cast of characters that includes a maid in a difficult situation, a servant who can't be trusted, and a doctor with regrets, all play a role in the deception ...             Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel221 reviews Dai Sijie Anchor, 2002 entertaining + Worth the reading! + Re-education for dummies fast, easy read. Liked the characters, made you think, laugh, and smile. Overall an enjoyable read.             Coastliners: A Novel30 reviews Joanne Harris Harper Perennial, 2003 Sands of change. + Images, feelings, and relationships in sure hands COASTLINERS, by Joanne Harris. Once again, Joanne Harris takes us to a small French community. This time, on Le Devin a small Breton Island. She introduces us to several inhabitants of this island, where life has remained constant for hundreds of years. Two memorable characters, are the ...             Charlotte Gray61 reviews Sebastian Faulks Vintage, 2000 Into the Underground + A good read, but... + Good stuff, but falters also Mr. Faulks takes us on a spellbinding trip into the depths of the French underground in a totally beliveable, absobing tale. We follow an ordinary young woman caught up in extraordinary situation and live though it alonside her hour by hour day by day. If you are looking for other stories of common ...             Loving Che: A Novel11 reviews Ana Menendez Grove Press, 2004 Lush, Poetic, Entrancing Read + Loving Che + Loving Che With lines from a Pablo Neruda poem, I was hooked on this amazing book from the beginning. It's a lush, poetic, entrancing read and unlike any other book I've read. Teresa's letters are dreamlike, they flow over the pages and drop insights like raindrops on a parched earth. From her marriage, to ...             The Distance Between Us10 reviews Masha Hamilton Unbridled Books, 2005 closing the distance + Exploring the Human Desire for Revenge + Gripping and important + Dark, Exlporation Journey But Not For Everyone             Stones from the River332 reviews Ursula Hegi Simon & Schuster, 1995 Couldn't put it down + not a disappointment + I loved this book, and I am here to defend it from the people who don't agree This is one of the most original and deeply "human" epics I've ever read. A must read.             Holy Fools: A Novel (P.S.)31 reviews Joanne Harris Harper Perennial, 2005 Sparks fly when fire meets fire! + Disappointment + Disappointing When a book refuses to be put down, I know that reading it is time well spent. The story did not lag at any point and every thing made sense in the end. It's a story of love, betrayal, and reconciliation. After devilish LeMerle betrays the fiery Juliette, she was sure that she never wanted to see ...             Palace Walk (Cairo Trilogy)66 reviews Naguib Mahfouz Anchor, 1990 Mahfouz Rewards Patience + Palace Walk Naguib Mahfouz, the only Arabic language writer ever to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, begins Palace Walk with Amina, the devout and devoted Muslim wife of al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad patiently waiting for her husband to return home from another long night of drinking, music, and carousing ...             Minaret: A Novel13 reviews Leila Aboulela Grove Press, Black Cat, 2005 One Woman's Story + The Pain of Reality + Excellent + Baby Boomer Muslims             The Virgin Blue157 reviews Tracy Chevalier Plume, 2003 A great debut novel + B+ I quite like Tracy Chevalier's books, although I believe she has sort of lost her touch with her two most recent novels, The Lady and the Unicorn and Burning Bright. "The Virgin Blue" is her debut novel, and while it also deals with a part of European history, the main motive of all Chevalier's ...             Trinity108 reviews Leon Uris Avon, 2006 Understanding One's Irish Heritage + You gotta love being Green + Classic - A Favorite of Many a Man Yes, this story is a wee bit over-the-top, but what a yarn! For those Americans of Irsh descent, notice we do not say the hyphenated Irish-American, for part of being Irish is being an uber-patriot, and America is now our first love, with our homeland only a distant memory, which is what causes us ...             Eucalyptus: A Novel37 reviews Murray Bail Harvest Books, 1999 Poetic and Graceful in everyway + Poetic and enchanting, a novel full of magic and splendor... + Unforgettably Enchanting + Interesting Allegory About Individuality             And She Was: A Novel22 reviews Cindy Dyson Harper Paperbacks, 2007 Haunting read + great and unique read + couldn't put it down I loved this book. Very smart read. There was a lot going on..the troubled central figure with an alcoholic father and run-around mother who tries to escape by moving to a remote Alaskan island. Her insights into Greek culture. And then the look into Aleutian women..fascinating. I can't wait ...