| |
|
Water for Elephants: A Novel 1468 reviews
Sara Gruen
Algonquin Books, 2007
Loved it
+ Trying a bit too hard
+ Even if this isn't your typical read, you will enjoy.
+ Good book
+ GREAT GUTSY WRITING
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Lucky: A Memoir254 reviews
Alice Sebold
Back Bay Books, 2002
Precise Memoir
+ Brave, compelling read
+ A Must Read
+ Very Worthwhile
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic90 reviews
Alison Bechdel
Mariner Books, 2007
The complexities of identity
+ Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
+ Funny and genuine
+ Brilliant. Groundbreaking. Glorious!
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Choke 465 reviews
Chuck Palahniuk
Anchor, 2002
twisted & delicious.
+ Love (or maybe oblivion) and how to get it
+ Viscosity and Vitality
After reading the novel once, I knew I had to own it. It's a must for any Chuck Palahniuk fan, or to those who haven't had the pleasure to enjoy his work, for anyone who likes things a little on the darker side. I couldn't live without a Palahniuk fix every day.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Memories of My Melancholy Whores108 reviews
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Knopf, 2005
Minotaur-mania: Garcia Marquez Explores the Myth of Love
+ "It is a triumph of life that old people lose their memories of inessential things"
+ The desires of an older man
+ That obscure object of imaginary desire...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Glass Castle: A Memoir1118 reviews
Jeannette Walls
Scribner, 2006
Such shocking behavior, it's almost unbelievable
+ BRILLIANT!
+ food for thoughts on food
+ Glass Castle
+ A COMPELLING LOOK AT POVERTY, ADDICTION, & CHILD NEGLECT
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Into the Wild1202 reviews
Jon Krakauer
Anchor, 2007
Evading the threat of human intimacy in immoderation
+ Enchanting
+ Into the Wild
After watching and liking Sean Penn's movie version of this story, I didn't think I needed to read the book. My daughter told me otherwise. She said, the book has things that are missing in the film. And the book idolizes the hero less than the film does. She is right.
Krakauer was first hired by ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Running with Scissors: A Memoir 818 reviews
Augusten Burroughs
Picador, 2006
What I learned from Running with Scissors
+ Liked the Movie Better
+ A quirky memoir to be read and re-read
+ So much better than the movie
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Tao of Pooh212 reviews
Benjamin Hoff
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1983
Not the Past, Not the Future, but The Tao...........
+ Philosophy's Favorite Bear
+ Why This Is Not Common Sense, I Have No Idea
People. It is a beautiful spring day today. The sun is shining, a warm breeze is caressing, the clouds are puffy cotton, the squirrels are scurrying and the birds are chirping. (Which is o.k. as long as they don't fly overhead!). Your Metamorpho decided to take his pen and pad to the ol' babbling ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Secret Life of Bees1399 reviews
Sue Monk Kidd
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003
The Reader On the CD Version Does a Wonderful Job!!
+ The Bees Knees
+ Wonderful Book...
+ The Secret Life of Bees and the Secret of Life
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Summer Sisters1136 reviews
Judy Blume
Dell, 2006
Timeless classic
+ Excellent, but drags at the end
+ A Winner!
+ Great Summer Read!
+ Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Secret Life of Bees1399 reviews
Sue Monk Kidd
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003
The Reader On the CD Version Does a Wonderful Job!!
+ The Bees Knees
+ Wonderful Book...
+ The Secret Life of Bees and the Secret of Life
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Lucky: A Memoir254 reviews
Alice Sebold
Back Bay Books, 2002
Precise Memoir
+ Brave, compelling read
+ A Must Read
+ Very Worthwhile
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Glass Castle: A Memoir1118 reviews
Jeannette Walls
Scribner, 2006
Such shocking behavior, it's almost unbelievable
+ BRILLIANT!
+ food for thoughts on food
+ Glass Castle
+ A COMPELLING LOOK AT POVERTY, ADDICTION, & CHILD NEGLECT
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Into the Wild1202 reviews
Jon Krakauer
Anchor, 2007
Evading the threat of human intimacy in immoderation
+ Enchanting
+ Into the Wild
After watching and liking Sean Penn's movie version of this story, I didn't think I needed to read the book. My daughter told me otherwise. She said, the book has things that are missing in the film. And the book idolizes the hero less than the film does. She is right.
Krakauer was first hired by ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Memories of My Melancholy Whores108 reviews
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Knopf, 2005
Minotaur-mania: Garcia Marquez Explores the Myth of Love
+ "It is a triumph of life that old people lose their memories of inessential things"
+ The desires of an older man
+ That obscure object of imaginary desire...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic90 reviews
Alison Bechdel
Mariner Books, 2007
The complexities of identity
+ Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
+ Funny and genuine
+ Brilliant. Groundbreaking. Glorious!
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Water for Elephants: A Novel1468 reviews
Sara Gruen
Algonquin Books, 2007
Loved it
+ Trying a bit too hard
+ Even if this isn't your typical read, you will enjoy.
+ Good book
+ GREAT GUTSY WRITING
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Choke465 reviews
Chuck Palahniuk
Anchor, 2002
twisted & delicious.
+ Love (or maybe oblivion) and how to get it
+ Viscosity and Vitality
After reading the novel once, I knew I had to own it. It's a must for any Chuck Palahniuk fan, or to those who haven't had the pleasure to enjoy his work, for anyone who likes things a little on the darker side. I couldn't live without a Palahniuk fix every day.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
The Tao of Pooh212 reviews
Benjamin Hoff
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1983
Not the Past, Not the Future, but The Tao...........
+ Philosophy's Favorite Bear
+ Why This Is Not Common Sense, I Have No Idea
People. It is a beautiful spring day today. The sun is shining, a warm breeze is caressing, the clouds are puffy cotton, the squirrels are scurrying and the birds are chirping. (Which is o.k. as long as they don't fly overhead!). Your Metamorpho decided to take his pen and pad to the ol' babbling ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
