The Reserve30 reviews Russell Banks Harper, 2008 The Reserve I was enthused about reading my first Russell Banks novel. It started with great promise: Adirondack setting in the 1930s, good mix of rich v. rural cultures, powerful and eccentric personalities and attention to the current themes of those times. Unfortunately, the plot unfolds in such a way that ...             The Senator's Wife87 reviews Sue Miller Knopf, 2008 The Senator's Wife + The Price of Love I loved the book, it held my interest the whole time and had a shocking twist near the end. Very Good             Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel604 reviews Lisa See Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006 Phenomenal Women Book Club (Houston, TX) + Snowflower and the Secret Fan + SNOWFLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN + chinese culture insight             The Somnambulist55 reviews Jonathan Barnes William Morrow, 2008 great characters with snark + Terrific novel! Edward Moon is a "conjurer", an entertainer struggling to preserve what little reputation and income he has left. Among polite society he is now more likely considered a laughingstock than the once promising investigator propelled by his sharpened abilities of examination. Considered past his ...             The Memory Keeper's Daughter873 reviews Kim Edwards Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006 Freeze Frame + What a memory!!! On a snowy winter night in 1964, Dr. David Henry is forced to deliver his twins and makes a split-second decision that forever alters theh lives of everyone involved. When it is apparent to him that his daughter has Down's Syndrome, he asks the nurse to take her to an institution, without telling ...             The Road (Oprah's Book Club)1607 reviews Cormac McCarthy Vintage Books, 2007 A Road To Treasure You know who they are. Those people that get upset when stories are told that aren't a sugar coated version of the world, stories that seem like they were written by authors who truly believe that ignoring cold, hard reality is the best medicine. Cormac McCarthy is not one of those authors. At ...             The Last Cowgirl8 reviews Jana Richman William Morrow, 2008 Great read - doesn't disappoint + A Marvelous Work + Worth more attention than it's getting... + if you like Kingsolver, you'll like this book + Great reading             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             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 Invention of Everything Else12 reviews Samantha Hunt Houghton Mifflin, 2008 absolutely wondrous! + Dreamy historical fiction + fantastic!!!!!!!! + The fine line between fact and fiction + "Quite honestly, radio is a nuisance. I know. I'm its father."             Remember Me?199 reviews Sophie Kinsella The Dial Press, 2008 First Time Kinsella Reader + Not What I Was Expecting + I was very pleased with this book This was my first Sophie Kinsella book and it won't be my last. The story was well written and kept me turning the pages even while stopped in traffic. Really enjoyed the situation the heroine found herself in.             Gardens of Water: A Novel13 reviews Alan Drew Random House, 2008 The Turkish mind + A Tragedy for Our Times + Gardens of Water - A Whirlwind of Emotions + An English Teacher's Dream             Father Michael's Lottery: A Novel of Africa Johan Steyn Schaffner Press, Inc., 2007 A beleaguered doctor and his staff struggle to maintain a hospital in a remote, rural community on the front lines of the African AIDS epidemic in this inspirational and life-affirming novel. The hospital and its patients do battle against meddlesome superiors, find eccentric saviors from the village, and provide readers with an unflinching look at the human cost of ignorance and apathy. The good ...             The Scent of Rosa's Oil1 review Lina Simoni Kensington, 2008 entertaining coming of age turn of the century romance Near the end of the nineteenth century in Genoa, Rosa was born to a Luna brothel prostitute who died in childbirth; her father is an unknown patron of the facility. Madame C raises Rosa as her own with the help of her girls. However, they hide from the youngster what is going on upstairs in the ...             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 Alchemist1289 reviews Paulo Coelho HarperCollins, 2006 Inspiring + Actually life-changing + Overall, a good read Anyone unsure of what they want to do after high school should read this book.             The Kite Runner2517 reviews Khaled Hosseini Riverhead Trade, 2004 Ki + Wonderful + Fantastic + powerful and moving + Could Not Put it Down             March144 reviews Geraldine Brooks Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006 I Loved Meeting Mr. March And Hearing His Story + LIttle Women Grows Up + What War Does to Families + Moving, Thought, Provoking, Insightful + very well written and insightful.             The Witch of Portobello: A Novel (P.S.)45 reviews Paulo Coelho Harper Perennial, 2008 Fantastic, spiritual, educational + Love these books + A Decent Read This is one of the best books I have read. I have learned alot from it and I find it easy to apply those teachings to my life.             The Eye of Jade: A Mei Wang Mystery (Mei Wang Mysteries)11 reviews Diane Wei Liang Simon & Schuster, 2008 Double Lucky Read + Don't read it for the mystery + a good debut! + Exciting New Chinese Mystery Series