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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?
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The Girl with No Shadow (published in the UK as The Lollipop Shoes) 24 reviews
Joanne Harris
William Morrow, 2008
Relevant Magic
+ tri-perspective treat
+ More Witchy than Chocolat
+ Dark Chocolate for second helpings
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Netherland: A Novel58 reviews
Joseph O'Neill
Pantheon, 2008
Amazingly sublime
+ Lyrical and flexible prose captures relationships and sports
+ Cricket in New York
Joe O'Neill captures the angst that pervaded the city post 9/11 by channeling a collection of fascinating characters and genres.
Even if you're not a cricket fan you'll get this!
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Mudbound 37 reviews
Hillary Jordan
Algonquin Books, 2008
Mudbound people and relationships
+ Excellent. This book will touch all your emotions!
+ Compelling, gripping and tragic as fierce, brave women emerge
+ A Bit Shy of Originality
+ Language and voices tell the same story
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The Secret Life of Bees1433 reviews
Sue Monk Kidd
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003
Nostalgically Current
+ the secret life of bees
+ SECRET LIFE OF BEES
+ A Beautiful Story
+ The Secret Life of Bees
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The Art of Racing in the Rain261 reviews
Garth Stein
Harper, 2008
Confessions of a dog lover
+ stein truly knows the love and devotion of man and woman's best friend.
+ THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
+ dog lovers cry on the first and last page
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The Girl Who Stopped Swimming34 reviews
Joshilyn Jackson
Grand Central Publishing, 2008
The Girl Who Stopped Swimming
+ A moving, absorbing thriller hard to put down
+ Highly entertaining page turner
+ Great reading! Jackson is an excellent writer!
+ Review
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The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel48 reviews
Stef Penney
Simon & Schuster, 2008
cold northern Territories...and more than one mystery to solve.
+ Lyrical - one of the best books I have read in a long time
+ Best Read of the Year!
+ An impressive debut from Penney
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The Road (Oprah's Book Club)1606 reviews
Cormac McCarthy
Vintage Books, 2007
Wow. What a great book but - whew - don't expect to be lift up.
Another outstanding book from Cormac. And out of his normal genre. I really enjoyed the book but it is gonna leave you feeling like you need some sunshine afterwards. Dark book, dark story telling done very well.
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Dear American Airlines: A Novel32 reviews
Jonathan Miles
Houghton Mifflin Co, 2008
Fantastic
+ charmingly hilarious and sad
+ Funny and original self examination from a talented writer
+ One part was better than another ...
+ Entertaining Read
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Chasing Harry Winston: A Novel 122 reviews
Lauren Weisberger
Simon & Schuster, 2008
Good Book!
I'm not sure I agree with many of the other 1,2, & 3 star reviews, but it might have something to do with this being my first novel read written by Lauren Weisberger. No, I only saw the movie, "The Devil Wears Prada" - never read the book. So, I had nothing to compare "Chasing Harry Winston" to ...
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The Things They Carried705 reviews
Tim O'Brien
Broadway, 1998
"Some dumb thing happens a long time ago and you can't ever forget it..."
+ O'Brien Cuts To the Core Of Our Fragile Lives
+ Perfection
+ Great read - Not what I expected
+ The ThingsThey Carried
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City of Thieves: A Novel 65 reviews
David Benioff
Viking Adult, 2008
Great story
+ A dystopian journey through WWII Leningrad
+ Great
+ Heart-warming, Stomach-turning
+ Good as entertainment, less so as a serious novel
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North River: A Novel43 reviews
Pete Hamill
Little, Brown and Company, 2007
Understanding another time
+ "Forever's" Missing Pieces Found in "North River"
+ "North River" by Pete Hamill
+ True To The Times
+ North River a joy from beginning to end
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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel649 reviews
David Wroblewski
Ecco, 2008
From the inside out ...
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle is a rare and stunning rebuke to the ordinariness of many a lesser novel. Over nearly 600 pages, Wroblewski traces the slow arc of a boy and dog story, fairly reinventing the genre in the process. Countless passages ring with a heartbrearking purity and clarity, ...
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The Other 23 reviews
David Guterson
Knopf, 2008
Melancholy "madness"
+ Compelling tale
+ "I don't want to participate in any of it."
+ Engaging at multiple levels, but not for everyone
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The Last Summer (of You and Me)29 reviews
Ann Brashares
Riverhead Trade, 2008
Lovely book
+ Excellent page turner
+ loved this book.
This story really touched me - the story of the friendship of the three children (two sisters and a summertime neighbor boy) and how that relationship changes as they get older and the complications that result hit a nerve with me. Who hasn't been the one left out? And how do the two in the new ...
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Nineteen Minutes452 reviews
Jodi Picoult
Washington Square Press, 2008
WOW
+ Very good book!
+ wow
I may be young but let me tell you that this book was probably the best book I have ever read in my life. It is written SO well and I love the little pieces of information that show what leads up to Peter doing what he did. I cried and cried SO much when I read because this book is so emotional and ...
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Desperation Moon26 reviews
Ken Douglas
Bootleg Press, 2003
Great find!
+ Non-Stop Action
+ A New Fan
+ A Book I Could Not Put Down
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society296 reviews
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
The Dial Press, 2008
If you like epistolary novels you'll love this one
+ Love, love, love this book!
+ light & sweet read
+ Cynical Free
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