Fahrenheit 451 (Ave Fenix)1269 reviews
Ray Bradbury

Plaza y Janes, 2004

A thrilling combination of 50's pulp sci-fi and reflective commentary

+ Fahrenheit 451: A Novel
+ a very good book
+ Timely, thought-provoking, and still hopeful
  
  











  



  
Waggle13 reviews
Joe Redden Tigan

iUniverse, Inc., 2007

An involving novel about an awakening sense of social responsibility, highly recommended.

+ Unlike a lot of stories about suburban complacency
+ Not just for golfers!

Waggle is a novel written by golf lover Joe Redden Tigan, for fellow golf lovers and suburbanites everywhere. One ordinary day in the summer of 2003, real estate appraiser Conny Bromenn decides to inject some change and meaning into the self-absorbed life he shares with his community. He decides to ...
  
  











  



  
Life at Blandings (OMNIBUS)5 reviews
P. G. Wodehouse

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1988

wonderfully funny novels by a master of humor

+ "Would that be all, my lord ?"
+ 2nd-4th Books in the Blandings Castle Series
+ Absolute delight
+ Very funny with interesting characters
  
  











  



  
We Were the Mulvaneys (Oprah's Book Club)477 reviews
Joyce Carol Oates

Plume, 1996

Not to be missed - a quintessentially American story

+ Elegant & Heartbreaking Prose
+ An Intense Novel That Kept Me Reading

We Were the Mulvaneys tells the story of the Mulvaney family: handsome, successful patriarch Michael Mulvaney Sr., who owns a thriving roofing business and enjoys the friendship and contacts of many of the movers and shakers in small Mt. Ephraim, New York; blue-eyed, lithe, religious Corinne, ...
  
  











  



  
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Penguin Classics)66 reviews
Ken Kesey

Penguin Classics, 2002

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

+ Other people may think you are crazy, but you really aren't.
+ One flew over the Cuckoos Nest
+ Once one lands in the nest he is never permitted to leave...
+ Classic!
  
  











  



  
The Short Stories (Scribner Classics)11 reviews
Ernest Hemingway

Scribner, 1997

A review of the CD set, not the author's work

+ Experience is Everything...
+ HEMINGWAY HONES HIS CRAFT
+ Fast delivery. Expectations met.
+ A suggestion to Amazon
  
  











  



  
Golf Without Tears2 reviews
P. G. Wodehouse

Breakaway Books, 1999

Like Wodehouse? Like golf? Read this!

P. G. does it again. Through the words of the "Oldest Member", Wodehouse spins his tales of love, golf and more golf. Though most modern golfers won't have a clue what a mashie or a niblick is, it doesn't matter, because the golf-stricken fanatics in his tales will light a memory in everyone's ...
  
  











  



  
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments93 reviews
David Foster Wallace

Back Bay Books, 1998

Literate Gonzo

+ What a tragedy to have lost such a genius.
+ Wallace on a Cruise Ship?

David Foster Wallace--may he R.I.P.--is one of my very favourite non-fiction writers. I'd categorize his style as a sort-of literate new journalism; while DFW is definately the main character of every essay here (even when he's purportedly talking about, say, David Lynch, DFW's distinctive voice ...
  
  











  



  
Cannery Row: (Centennial Edition)223 reviews
John Steinbeck

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002

A Small Social Gathering

+ An All American Gem
+ Cannery Row: The Great Wistful Little Fishing Town
+ John steinbeck
+ Another classic Steinbeck...
  
  











  



  
Franny and Zooey222 reviews
J.D. Salinger

Back Bay Books, 2001

Fun Fanaticism

+ Entertaining and intelligent

It was always a little embarrassing to admit that I hadn't read Franny and Zooey. In the literary world, I guess it's kind of the equivalent of a beauty queen admitting she wears dentures. Somewhere in between that admission and the other one (that I found `Catcher in the Rye' tolerably okay but ...
  
  











  



  
V. (Perennial Classics)76 reviews
Thomas Pynchon

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 1999

Thank God for the last chapter

+ An excellent first novel

I like this book. After I read the last chapter I loved the thing. It's not the most compelling read as you're going through, and half of the time I was asking myself "why keep reading?"... Then I finished the book (more importantly the last chapter) and it was as if a switch had been flipped in ...
  
  











  



  
We Were the Mulvaneys (Oprah's Book Club)477 reviews
Joyce Carol Oates

Plume, 1996

Not to be missed - a quintessentially American story

+ Elegant & Heartbreaking Prose
+ An Intense Novel That Kept Me Reading

We Were the Mulvaneys tells the story of the Mulvaney family: handsome, successful patriarch Michael Mulvaney Sr., who owns a thriving roofing business and enjoys the friendship and contacts of many of the movers and shakers in small Mt. Ephraim, New York; blue-eyed, lithe, religious Corinne, ...
  
  











  



  
Cannery Row: (Centennial Edition)223 reviews
John Steinbeck

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002

A Small Social Gathering

+ An All American Gem
+ Cannery Row: The Great Wistful Little Fishing Town
+ John steinbeck
+ Another classic Steinbeck...
  
  











  



  
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Penguin Classics)66 reviews
Ken Kesey

Penguin Classics, 2002

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

+ Other people may think you are crazy, but you really aren't.
+ One flew over the Cuckoos Nest
+ Once one lands in the nest he is never permitted to leave...
+ Classic!
  
  











  



  
Life at Blandings (OMNIBUS)5 reviews
P. G. Wodehouse

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1988

wonderfully funny novels by a master of humor

+ "Would that be all, my lord ?"
+ 2nd-4th Books in the Blandings Castle Series
+ Absolute delight
+ Very funny with interesting characters
  
  











  



  
Waggle13 reviews
Joe Redden Tigan

iUniverse, Inc., 2007

An involving novel about an awakening sense of social responsibility, highly recommended.

+ Unlike a lot of stories about suburban complacency
+ Not just for golfers!

Waggle is a novel written by golf lover Joe Redden Tigan, for fellow golf lovers and suburbanites everywhere. One ordinary day in the summer of 2003, real estate appraiser Conny Bromenn decides to inject some change and meaning into the self-absorbed life he shares with his community. He decides to ...
  
  











  



  
Franny and Zooey222 reviews
J.D. Salinger

Back Bay Books, 2001

Fun Fanaticism

+ Entertaining and intelligent

It was always a little embarrassing to admit that I hadn't read Franny and Zooey. In the literary world, I guess it's kind of the equivalent of a beauty queen admitting she wears dentures. Somewhere in between that admission and the other one (that I found `Catcher in the Rye' tolerably okay but ...
  
  











  



  
Fahrenheit 451 (Ave Fenix)1269 reviews
Ray Bradbury

Plaza y Janes, 2004

A thrilling combination of 50's pulp sci-fi and reflective commentary

+ Fahrenheit 451: A Novel
+ a very good book
+ Timely, thought-provoking, and still hopeful
  
  











  



  
V. (Perennial Classics)76 reviews
Thomas Pynchon

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 1999

Thank God for the last chapter

+ An excellent first novel

I like this book. After I read the last chapter I loved the thing. It's not the most compelling read as you're going through, and half of the time I was asking myself "why keep reading?"... Then I finished the book (more importantly the last chapter) and it was as if a switch had been flipped in ...
  
  











  



  
Golf Without Tears2 reviews
P. G. Wodehouse

Breakaway Books, 1999

Like Wodehouse? Like golf? Read this!

P. G. does it again. Through the words of the "Oldest Member", Wodehouse spins his tales of love, golf and more golf. Though most modern golfers won't have a clue what a mashie or a niblick is, it doesn't matter, because the golf-stricken fanatics in his tales will light a memory in everyone's ...