The Emperor of Ocean Park379 reviews Stephen L. Carter Knopf, 2002 One of my Favorite all time books + A Good Long Read + Second Time Around + "Emperor of Ocea Park" is lots of fun             Election67 reviews Tom Perrotta Berkley Trade, 1998 Even high school students can be shady politicians! + An entertaining little novel made into an even better movie + If You Liked Little Children, You'll Like This One Too In the novel Election Tom Perrotta demonstrates the microcosmic tendencies of high school during an election for school president. The novel centers around Mr. M, a high school current events teacher and the three students who are running for office, Tracy, Paul and his sister Tammy. Tracy is your ...             Al Capone Does My Shirts185 reviews Gennifer Choldenko Puffin, 2006 A Teacher's Perspective + A Great Read! + Fitting In Can be Murder + Al Capone Does My Shirts             My Sister's Keeper: A Novel1032 reviews Jodi Picoult Washington Square Press, 2005 A Heartbreaking Page Turner + Heart-wrenching, but captivating + Should we be? + Wonderful read             In Cold Blood429 reviews Truman Capote Vintage, 1994 Anarachy in the heartland : an American story + Brutal Event in Journalistic Focus + The first true crime book is still the best + In Cold Blood in a new edition + A Commentary on our 21st Century Culture             Hey! It's That Guy!14 reviews Tara Ariano Quirk Books, 2005 Fun Conversation Starter + Great for movie lovers + Excellent + WONDERFUL!             Fasting, Feasting30 reviews Anita Desai Mariner Books, 2000 Fasting, Feasting by Anita Desai In her novel, Fasting, Feasting, Anita Desai eventually accomplishes what many writers attempt and then fail to achieve. She uses light touch, simple language, uncomplicated structure, but at the same time addresses some very big issues and makes a point. Uma and Arun are children of Mamapapa, ...             McTeague (Signet Classics)51 reviews Frank Norris Signet Classics, 2003 Flawed characters and strong brutish images of greed. Great book! + We don't want literature, we want life + Funny, absurd, horrifying. Great read but lacks subtlety. + The raw view             Plain Truth261 reviews Jodi Picoult Washington Square Press, 2001 My favorite Picoult novel to date - + Plain Truth I've always been fascinated by the Amish. As a little girl, I would read stories about Amish children and their lives so when I began this novel I thought I had a decent understanding of why this situation would be so shocking to the Amish community if it were real. As it turns out, my reading ...             To Kill a Mockingbird1762 reviews Harper Lee Grand Central Publishing, 1988 Excelent Book! + There is a reason this book will be read for centuries and centuries... + Tequila Mockingbird + Great!!Love this book + LOVE THIS BOOK!             Every Inch of Her5 reviews Peter Sheridan Penguin (Non-Classics), 2004 A beautifully written, humorous tale of overcoming the past + Delightful! + You'll love Philo.... + Mighty fine reading.             Rachel and Leah: Women of Genesis22 reviews Orson Scott Card Forge Books, 2005 Engaging and insightful + solid, uplifting fiction with strong female characters I was so excited when I came across a copy of this book, and it is an amazing read, that takes us through the lives of four incredible young women later to be mothers of the Nation of Israel. First we read about Bilah, a clever young girl, who is taken by a a friend of her late father's to ...             If a Place Can Make You Cry: Dispatches from an Anxious State7 reviews Daniel Gordis Crown, 2002 For Those Who Have All the Answers + An honest witness to the struggle of Israel + A moving story + A personal and informative account of life in Israel             The Historian1422 reviews Elizabeth Kostova Little, Brown and Company, 2005 Brilliant + The Historian + Angieville: THE HISTORIAN + This is how The Da Vinci Code should have been written             If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit75 reviews Brenda Ueland Graywolf Press, 1997 If You Want To Write + A Writer is a Person Who Writes! + Study writing + A Book for Every Writer! + Liberating             Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies438 reviews Laura Esquivel Anchor, 1994 YUmmy! + An endearing little book + Quirky but fun all the same + Mystical, Erotic, and Delicious             Case Histories: A Novel145 reviews Kate Atkinson Back Bay Books, 2005 A great story filled with interesting characters + Much easier to read than I thought + A read-again book Read all the reviews you like, but a better use of your time is to get and read this book. Now in paperback, it is affordable, cleverly written contemporary fiction. I bought this book on a bargain table as a present and it turned out to be a steal. Atkinson's prose is definitely a cut above ...             One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd266 reviews Jim Fergus St. Martin's Griffin, 1999 One Thousand White Women + Fantastic story + Great book once you get into it! It was difficult to believe that this was fiction. The characters became very real and identifiable. The story, although initially unbelieveable subject matter became real and emotional. Great story with great character development.             The Magician's Assistant96 reviews Ann Patchett Harvest Books, 1998 Great Story From Unlikely Scenerio + Just Another Normal Life + A truly wonderful book + Storyteller             The Partly Cloudy Patriot64 reviews Sarah Vowell Simon & Schuster, 2003 good job + Short, Informative, and Funny + Informative, insightful, appealing + A beginner's guide to love of country. + Partly Cloudy, Always Wonderful