The God of War: A Novel9 reviews Marisa Silver Simon & Schuster, 2008 'We are trapped by history' + Good story + The God Of War + Marisa Silver and THE GOD OF WAR...and a boy named ARES RAMIREZ             The Shadow Year: A Novel8 reviews Jeffrey Ford William Morrow, 2008 Riveting and Character Driven + Terrific Story Telling + History I'm Old Enough To Remember + Wonderful Portrayal of Childhood             River of Heaven: A Novel13 reviews Lee Martin Shaye Areheart Books, 2008 Another great read from a gifted storyteller + "It was a long time ago and we were different people" + My Midwest + A sweet and tragic story, well-told             Chez Moi6 reviews Agnes Desarthe Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008 Make yourself at home in Chez Moi + magical Agnes Desarthe's Chez Moi is a classic novel in the style of Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies and Chocolat that revels in the sensual and emotional power of truly great food. Its narrator, Myriam, is a talented cook with a forged ...             Peace12 reviews Richard Bausch Knopf, 2008 Man's (In)Humanity to Man + Nearly like Hemingway and a good summer read. + A fine piece of writing + A Perfect Novel About War + Well worth your reading time             The Girl with No Shadow (published in the UK as The Lollipop Shoes)22 reviews Joanne Harris William Morrow, 2008 Fantastic! + Relevant Magic + Dark Chocolate for second helpings I love way Joanne Harris paints her books - you can smell, taste, hear, see what the characters do. It's so atmospheric, "try me, taste me". The 3 different points of view that this book shares with it's readers gives such a full description of what's going on - and how the characters feel about ...             So Brave, Young and Handsome: A Novel80 reviews Leif Enger Atlantic Monthly Press, 2008 another hit for Enger + A great modern western + Good historical novel about writer's block, personal relationships and redemption. + On the road with the last of the Old West             Of Men and Their Mothers6 reviews Mameve Medwed William Morrow, 2008 Another Fine Comic Novel + of women and their mothers-in-law + Witty and Wise + Thank Goodness for Mameve Medwed             The Gathering (Man Booker Prize)126 reviews Anne Enright Grove Press, Black Cat, 2007 Graceful & Imaginative + All men are bookies ... I'm not surprised that this book won the Booker Prize. Enright has a superior command of the language. She creates fluid yet surprising prose, moving between real and imagined events, past and present with astounding grace and skill. This book is a surreal meditation on family--mother love, sister ...             Things I Want My Daughters to Know: A Novel9 reviews Elizabeth Noble William Morrow, 2008 Tremedous! + A book about love: between mothers and daughters, sisters, and others + Touching book! I loved every page. I have daughters of my own and found it very insightful. If only all fiction could be this griping. Recommend it for the summer and beyond.             The Sugar Queen46 reviews Sarah Addison Allen Bantam, 2008 A Delight to Read + Yummy Feel Good Read! + Just a good, sweet book! + Sweet...             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             The Memory Keeper's Daughter864 reviews Kim Edwards Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006 A real page turner + Not a book for action/adventure lovers + The Memory Keeper's Daughter I am so stunned by all of the negative reviews on this book! I think I tend to be very critical of books, and have a very short list of favorites. I absolutely loved this book. I thought the characters were very well-developed, and the author's writing positively flowed. The relationships ...             Love in the Time of Cholera (Vintage International)455 reviews Gabriel Garcia Marquez Vintage Books, 2007 books for deep thinkers If you are a deep thinker, you might want to try Rumi & Self Psychology (Psychology of Tranquility. In addition, you might want to try Sara's Therapy: The Way to Purity. A session by session dialogue of a client who went through the self actualization and self growth processes.             The Sorrows of an American: A Novel11 reviews Siri Hustvedt Henry Holt and Co., 2008 Just This Side of Madness + The Sorrows of an American This is a complex novel that reads like a literary mystery and at other times like a psychological drama. Everyone in the book hovers at the edge of the abyss. Even the mild-mannered, kind psychoanalyst, Erik Davidsen, who narrates the story which takes place in the year following the death of ...             Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel600 reviews Lisa See Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006 One of the best + asian women's relationship + Memorable! + Capitavating historical fiction             The Witch of Portobello: A Novel (P.S.)44 reviews Paulo Coelho Harper Perennial, 2008 Fantastic, spiritual, educational + Love these books + A Decent Read + quoting father Fontana             The Plague of Doves: A Novel32 reviews Louise Erdrich Harper, 2008 The interconnectedness of everything + Magnificent + The Ways We Need Each Other + Disjointed, but still Pretty Good + Plague of Doves             The Enchantress of Florence: A Novel52 reviews Salman Rushdie Random House, 2008 A Magnificent Adult Fairy Tale + Couping a set of flippant short stories to a serious novel does not work + From S. Krishna's Books + A great read             The Forgery of Venus: A Novel17 reviews Michael Gruber William Morrow, 2008 Classic Gruber + Fascinating + A Novel with Sprezzatura + A Painter's Read