Peony in Love: A Novel103 reviews Lisa See Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008 Favorite Summer Fiction Read + Loved this book. Such a wonderful love story. I wanted to be there and in the moment. It felt so real at times. I wanted to believe in the story so much....that all of it was really possible.             Home to Holly Springs (Father Tim, Book 1)136 reviews Jan Karon Viking Adult, 2007 A Fantastic Book !!!! + Homecoming Surprise For Father Tim + Home To Holly Springs + Gentle loving warmth and faith abounding.             The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Bronte9 reviews Laura Joh Rowland Overlook Hardcover, 2008 Valiant Victorian + Very Worth The Read + Fascinating This is a masterfully crafted historical fiction set in Victorian England in 1848. Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855) and her sisters Anne (1919-1848), Emily (1820-1849) and brother Branwell (1818-1848) are featured in this story. Readers who are not familiar with the works of the illustrious Bronte ...             A Thousand Splendid Suns1307 reviews Khaled Hosseini Riverhead, 2007 Enthralling... + Very touching + Very good BOOK + Excellent Story             Love the One You're With269 reviews Emily Giffin St. Martin's Press, 2008 Fabulous! + Nothing Tougher than the "Sexy Ex" + Beyond Chick Lit + pretty good.             A Fraction of the Whole61 reviews Steve Toltz Spiegel & Grau, 2008 An extraordinary story well told + Excellent story! + Reminds me why I became a writer + Should have won the booker! + A Stellar Debut             Suite Francaise374 reviews Irene Nemirovsky Vintage, 2007 One of the best, by far. + Unfinished masterpiece + Wanted more and more!! .such a tragedy she is gone... + Subtle, Powerful, Unfinished - An Astonishing Survival             Ghost: A Novel20 reviews Alan Lightman Pantheon, 2007 How to Interpret an Unexplainable Experience? + Poor David's life is in turmoil + David is the Ghost Over the years, I've read Alan Lightman's novels with varying degrees of enjoyment. After a couple of average outings, I thought his last novel, Reunion, was a return to form. This new novel, Ghost, continues the uptick. Like all of Dr. Lightman's novels, not a lot happens here. The entire ...             Last Night at the Lobster51 reviews Stewart O'Nan Viking Adult, 2007 Another O'Nan winner! + The Magic's In the Details + An unsparing look at working-class, service-industry America + Perfect afternoon read...             Mermaids in the Basement20 reviews Michael Lee West Harper, 2008 Southern writing at its best! + Couldn't Put It Down Ms. West never fails to make the South come alive. As other reviewers have already said, you can smell the gradenias & taste the mint juleps. Soutern stories are my favorite & Mrs. West is one of the best. I loved all the characters, even Isabella, and thought her tricks very creative. Only the ...             Celebutantes28 reviews Amanda Goldberg, Ruthanna Khalighi Hopper St. Martin's Press, 2008 Hoping for a sequal + she's no Hilton sister.... This book is so catchy. It makes you want to sneak to the bathroom at work to see what's going to happen next. It's a very light read and can definately capture all of your attention. I would recommend this book to anyone who would love to just get consumed by a novel, but not feel like they fried ...             The Gathering (Man Booker Prize)128 reviews Anne Enright Grove Press, Black Cat, 2007 Graceful & Imaginative 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 ...             The Other Boleyn Girl (Movie Tie-In) (Boleyn)827 reviews Philippa Gregory Touchstone, 2008 Enjoyed the book, much better than the movie + The Other Boleyn Girl + Great read!! + Wonderful Story + The Other Boleyn Girl             The Kept Man5 reviews Jami Attenberg Riverhead Hardcover, 2007 Beautiful Book + An Author at the Height of The Craft + A Writer To Watch Out For! THE KEPT MAN is a beautiful book about love and loss, and how people find themselves stuck and immobile. Attenberg nails modern day Brooklyn, the concept of the proxy urban family, and the art world, and sucks you right in with her stunning prose. Her narrator is compelling and wonderfully flawed ...             A Ticket to Ride: A Novel8 reviews Paula Mclain Ecco, 2008 haunting & beautifully written + Beautifully written tale of vulnerability and bad choices + A reminder of summers past + A Lyric Song to Adolescence             Tangerine Dream84 reviews Ken Douglas, Jack Stewart Bootleg Press, 2003 Shades of a Past President and his Problem + A bit of a stretch, but pretty good + Very Good Book Club Pick United States Senator Stacy Sterling is running for president. He's also running for some kind of record with young hookers that his newscaster wife doesn't know about. She's in New Zealand, he's in San Francisco. She's on vacation with her daughter Dylan. He's on vacation too, only the child he's ...             The Monsters of Templeton62 reviews Lauren Groff Voice, 2008 Whimsy Abounds + Take Your Time + Monsters and Ghosts and Scandal, Oh My! The Monsters of Templeton traces several weeks in the life of Willie Upton after she arrives in her small hometown unexpectedly, knocked up and disgraced. Shortly after her arrival, her mother drops a bomb on her: Willie's father is not who Willie thought it was, and her real father is closer than ...             Souvenir: A Novel24 reviews Therese Fowler Ballantine Books, 2008 Amazing...I couldn't put it down! + Coping with tragedy + Souvenir + unforgettable debut novel + Courtesy of Teens Read Too             The Double Bind (Vintage Contemporaries)231 reviews Chris Bohjalian Vintage, 2008 Double Bind + Excellent + Gatsby on the Rocks with a Twist + Whose Reality is Real?             World Without End419 reviews Ken Follett Dutton Adult, 2007 Wonderful stand-alone sequel! + world without end + Fabulous Book + Good novel + Wonderful read!