Dreamtigers (Texas Pan American Series)7 reviews Jorge Luis Borges University of Texas Press, 1985 Genius in Fragments and Sketches + Borges as Borges the 'maker' + GREAT INTRODUCTION TO BORGES'S SHORTER WORKS + excellent if you're in the proper frame of mind + One of my favorite books of all time.             Disgrace337 reviews J. M. Coetzee Penguin (Non-Classics), 2000 Why J.M. Coetzee emigrated from South Africa + Challenges the reader + All it's cracked up to be Disgrace is not about a rape. It is not about an University professor having affairs with students. The fact that he is 50sh, the fact that he has a daughter running a kennel in the countryside are not relevant. The book is about the condition of living as a white in South Africa today. The rape ...             Harry Potter Paperback Box Set (Books 1-6)269 reviews J.K. Rowling Scholastic Inc., 2006 Harry Potter Series + Harry Potter + Quick shipping and in perfect condition. Better than expected! + Not as bad as some make it out to be. + Harry Potter Land             Molloy7 reviews Samuel Beckett Grove Press, 1994 The Promise + trips into a wall + Joyce is Smarter, Beckett's Deeper (?) + Molloy (Audiobook version) + Unusual             The Adventures of Augie March (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)59 reviews Saul Bellow Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999 Excellent writing + This is Not Carl Sandburg's Chicago + Growing up in the depression + Inchoate Bellow tries to flex his genius (with mixed results)             Rhinoceros and Other Plays10 reviews Eugene Ionesco Grove Press, 1994 Surprisingly relevant for our times + Audacious Absurdity + A classic reconsidered One could do worse than to commemorate the installation of George W. Bush as President-apparent of the United States by reading "The Leader," one of the short plays in this collection. (My favorite quote these days: "But -- the Leader hasn't got a head!" "What's he need a head for when he's got ...             Love in the Time of Cholera (Vintage International)455 reviews Gabriel Garcia Marquez Vintage Books, 2007 books for deep thinkers If you are a deep thinker, you might want to try Rumi & Self Psychology (Psychology of Tranquility. In addition, you might want to try Sara's Therapy: The Way to Purity. A session by session dialogue of a client who went through the self actualization and self growth processes.             The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay596 reviews Michael Chabon Picador, 2001 The Most Super of All Powers + Comic history in the making + Masterful A beautiful book about Sammy and Joe, two cousins who end up writing and drawing comic books together, the Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay is a staggering tale of dedication, commitment, human frailty, perseverance, loyalty, and the many faces of the most powerful of all super powers, love. ...             The Scions of Shannara (The Heritage of Shannara)79 reviews Terry Brooks Del Rey, 1991 shannara + Start of something...a bit...new + The future of the Four Lands... + a real page-turner! + Great Book... Looks like this could be another great series from Mr. Brooks             The Picture of Dorian Gray (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics)257 reviews Oscar Wilde Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003 Beautiful and witty + Further reading + The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame + A + Dated             American Psycho1075 reviews Bret Easton Ellis Vintage, 1991 This Is NOT An Exit + Not for the queasy readers 'American Psycho' is a satire of the 1980's (among other subjects) centered around narrator Patrick Bateman who is the yuppie-to-end-all-yuppies. Though the humor is as dark as possible, it's true to Ellis and true to the story. I cannot find any failure whatsoever with this book. For readers who ...             Moby-Dick (Dover Giant Thrift Editions)3 reviews Herman Melville Dover Publications, 2003 I love this book!! + Not an easy read but worth the trouble... + A Classic; Tough to read, though! this book has been one of my most loved books since I was a small child. it's just great and though most people wouldn't think to read the book to a child. My father read it to me and so i have read it to mine and we have all enjoyed this amazing book at bedtime.             Petersburg15 reviews Andrei Bely Indiana University Press, 1979 Worth the less than ideal translation + A book to be read twice--at least + Other Translations? + You've gotta respect it             The Brothers Karamazov109 reviews Fyodor Dostoevsky Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002 Perhaps the best novel ever written in the history of mankind + Bothers Karamazov + Dark and Beautiful + What a messed up family! + Understanding the Russian             Ender's Game Boxed Set: Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon18 reviews Orson Scott Card Tor Books, 2002 Enders Game Box Set + Starts strong, ends with a whimper (not a bang) + Fast pace, High Tempo, Leaves you wandering + the game + repeat reader             The Catcher in the Rye2773 reviews J.D. Salinger Back Bay Books, 2001 Will stick with you + Best Banned Books Required Reading List This is the kind of book that people of all ages remember their whole lives. It's indescribable how the story can sweep you off into Holden's life, the angst he feels, and the time in which he lived. Truly a great work that is worth reading if you have not and worth reading again if you have.             The Reckoning Edith Wharton Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2004 There had been no scandal connected with the divorce: neither side had accused the other of the offence euphemistically described as "statutory." The Arments had indeed been obliged to transfer their allegiance to a State which recognized desertion as a cause for divorce, and construed the term so liberally that the seeds of desertion were shown to exist in every union.             The Bell Jar : A Novel (Perennial Classics)481 reviews Sylvia Plath Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2000 Why, oh, why was I reading Holden Caulfield when I should have been reading Esther Greenwood? + I was moved One might think that a novel about a young college woman's experience with madness in the mid-20th century would come across as dated or even quaint. On the contrary, as I read I found myself nodding emphatically, and even calling up friends to tell them about passages I'd read that were ...             Awakening and Selected Short Stories, The350 reviews Kate Chopin IndyPublish, 2001 How long have I been asleep? + Lovely + not so simple, not so obvious + Great book             Prometheus Bound (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)9 reviews Aeschylus Oxford University Press, USA, 1990 Stunningly Modern Translation + A surprisingly easy to grasp translation... + Great read + a must read