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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia 1727 reviews
Viking, 2007
Not for everyone but highly recommended for some of you!
+ Hysterical, Insightful, A Great Read
+ Great book
+ Best.Book.Ever.
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"A Good Man Is Hard to Find" 3 reviews
Rutgers University Press, 1993
Oddball prophets caught in the web they wove themselves.
+ Careful analysis of a great story !
+ WOW! What a great story...don't read the other review!
They are misfits, wanderers, and souls searching for faith and absolution. Many of them are, to one extent or another, hypocrites; others are almost unbelievably naive. All of them are Southerners -- and yet, even the most outlandish among Flannery O'Connor's protagonists come across as entirely ...
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The Pillars of the Earth 1300 reviews
NAL, 2007
Great choice by Oprah
+ A must read
+ Simply Brilliant
+ A page-turner about cathedral construction? YES!
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations . . . One School at a Time1438 reviews
Viking, 2007
What I Learned From "Three Cups of Tea"
+ very good seller for outstanding book
+ The Power of One
What I learned from "Three Cups of Tea" was very simple: if you want to help win the war on al Qaeda, contribute as much as you can to the Central Asia Institute (https://www.ikat.org/). The key to any counter-insurgency is to gain the support of the people (see ...
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The Kite Runner2516 reviews
Riverhead, 2007
Wonderful
+ Fantastic
+ powerful and moving
+ Could Not Put it Down
+ All that an exceptional book should be.
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The Complete User's Guide to the Amazing Amazon Kindle (Or choose the paperback edition for the perfect gift ... 102 reviews
Harvard Perspectives Press (hppress.blogspot.com), 2007
A must read for the new Kindle owner
+ great book. This book should be your first Kindle purchase.
+ Great Informaton for kindle users
Mr. Windwalker's enthusiasm for the Kindle shines through in the enthusiasm of his writing as well as in the range of tips, advice, and thoughts he provides on the Kindle.
Obviously, as with any book of this type, Kindle users will have discovered some or many of the ideas presented for ...
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A Great and Terrible Beauty305 reviews
Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2003
a great read.
+ Good, but not for kids . . . (a few spoilers here)
i really really liked this book.
the premise isn't something i would normally read, but i'm glad i did. the main character, gemma doyle, is really awesome. she is witty, and strong, but she also has tremendous flaws.
kartik. i love him, he's so mysterious. he is isn't in the majority of ...
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A Thousand Splendid Suns1307 reviews
Riverhead, 2007
Enthralling...
+ Very touching
+ Very good BOOK
+ Excellent Story
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The Acorn Stories (Acorn, Texas)13 reviews, 2007
Review of Acorn Stories
+ One of my favorites of all time
+ Living in a Small Town
+ A very pleasant, worthwhile read...
+ LITERATE PEEK INTO RURAL AMERICA
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Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1)2781 reviews
Little, Brown Young Readers, 2007
This book is great for people of all ages
+ Is there another Twilight
+ Twilight Roxs my Soxs
+ It made me fall in love again!
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Wisdom of Our Fathers: Lessons and Letters from Daughters and Sons110 reviews
Random House, 2006
Wisdom from a daughter
+ Chicken Soup from our Dads
+ Ode to fathers, and Tim
+ Tim Russert was a very special man.
+ wonderful book
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Running With Scissors: A Memoir821 reviews
St. Martin's Press, 2002
Wonderful read for good laughs
+ A Childhood Undesired: A Review of Running with Scissors
+ A humorous romp through an unusual childhood
+ Liked the Movie Better
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American Women Poets of the Nineteenth Century: An Anthology 2 reviews
Rutgers University Press, 1992
Best Book Ever
The women in this American Women Poets of the nineteenth Century is aGreat Classic Book to have. These women had spirit and used their minds for more, than just having babies in that time period, and I thank God that these women had the courage to write from their lives at that time. Just a great ...
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Somewhere in Heaven23 reviews
Hyperion, 2008
You'll be touched by this powerful love story
+ Somewhere in heaven: A true love story
+ "Remarkable" is right
+ Any library strong in film or biography will find this a compelling, moving lend
+ Nice Love Story
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Middlesex854 reviews
Picador, 2007
You Are Such a Flirt
+ One of my favorites!
+ A Wonderfuf Read
+ From a pediatric Urology Nurse's view point, well done
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The Road1604 reviews
Knopf, 2007
A Thought-Provoking Nightmare
+ Wow. What a great book but - whew - don't expect to be lift up.
In a world somehow burned to a crisp, a few people survive. A father and young son travel south along a partially-melted highway to escape the winter. They have no names; nothing has a name any longer. On the way, they encounter others trying to survive, often by preying on the helpless, even ...
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Fellow Travelers: A Novel20 reviews
Pantheon, 2007
Most fascinating read
+ Wonderful
+ Loved it!
+ Fellow Travelers
+ Haunting
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Dry253 reviews
Picador, 2004
Excellent story telling
+ One of his best
+ Very nice
+ Astounding
+ Every emotion under the martini glass!
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This is Your Brain on Music: The Science of Human Obsession108 reviews
Dutton, 2007
Excellent informative read!
+ Interesting & informative, but at points difficult to grasp
+ Your Brain on Music
+ A different perspective
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Omnivore's Dilemma464 reviews
Penguin, 2007
Amazing Read
+ Thought-provoking and terrifying
+ The True Cost of Eating Your Lunch
+ Changed My World View
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