Passing On7 reviews Penelope Lively Grove Press, 1999 The Sins of the Mother + Sad tale of two eccentrics + Powerful and Poignant + Some good characters, patient story with kick, a bit preachy + A Heartbreaking & Deeply Moving Novel             Wuthering Heights (Oxford World's Classics)502 reviews Emily Bronte Oxford University Press, USA, 1998 Will Always Be A Classic + To be appreciated, not loved + Gothic romance I honestly didn't think that I would enjoy this book as much as I did. :] It is a love and hate story. I wasn't fond of Catherine or Heathcliff, but i enjoyed the book. It took me a little while to really get into but after that i couldn't put it down! :] But if your looking for a happy story with ...             Persuasion (Penguin Classics)26 reviews Jane Austen Penguin Classics, 2003 Follow your heart (while you're still pretty) + I am a Jane Austen addict + Delightful character analysis + Another Enjoyable Austen + For Austen Lovers             The Time Traveler's Wife1675 reviews Audrey Niffenegger Harvest Books, 2004 Best Book I've read in a LONG time + Loved it! I absolutely loved this book. I abandoned all of my responsibilities for two days so that I could read The Time Traveler's wife without stopping. I have now recommended it to everyone I know. It's a little confusing in the beginning, but a good confusing, because the author makes you want to ...             I Capture the Castle231 reviews Dodie Smith St. Martin's Griffin, 1999 A wonderful story + A Wonderful Read + My all time favorite book + Nicely done + One of my ALL TIME FAVORITE Novels!!!             Rules of the Wild: A Novel of Africa77 reviews Francesca Marciano Vintage, 1999 True to Life + Enjoyable light read... + Fluid prose, vivid characters, spectacular imagery ... As an expatriate American who was born and raised in Kenya and attended the British boarding schools in Kenya, I can honestly say that I saw the people I grew up in this book. I first read it in 1998, when it came out; I was in the States for the first time and homesick for Kenya. When I read ...             The Lost Garden: A Novel13 reviews Helen Humphreys W. W. Norton & Company, 2003 Courageous and poetic story of Longing, Loss and Faith. + Gardens and Life + Fragrant prose It is the summer of 1941. WWII makes London a more dangerous place to live every day as bombs destroy sections of the city. The main character is Gwen, a lonely 35-year-old woman living in London and working in a laboratory. Her occupation as horticulturist provides her the opportunity to volunteer ...             First Love (Penguin Great Loves)11 reviews Ivan Turgenev Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007 Adolescent innocence. + A "Regular People" Review + "Let us be friends--that's what." + A Tight Effort + "During the past month, I had grown much older..."             Motherless Brooklyn201 reviews Jonathan Lethem Faber and Faber, 2004 So Much Fun to Read! + Wonderful and original + The star of small time + A gift from a friend on Court Street in Brooklyn + Memorable, Also Wearying             Anna Karenina (Signet Classics)238 reviews Leo Tolstoy Signet Classics, 2002 both timeless and of its era + Sometimes it's great to be a putz ... + I really like this book, but... + Anna's tale + Please enter a title for your review             Three Junes229 reviews Julia Glass Anchor, 2003 Entertaining, Insightful..a Beautiful Novel + Glad I picked it back up!! + As close to real life as fiction ever gets. + Close to Home             The Map of Love: A Novel75 reviews Ahdaf Soueif Anchor, 2000 Complex and Compelling Novel + Following the Map + Old and modern - a love story with a difference I loved everything about this novel, including its structure, which was admittedly complex, featuring a number of points of view (mix of first and third) and protagonists and time periods, all brilliantly pulled together by Soueif. I have read and re-read this and it makes me cry every time. She is ...             The Sun Also Rises478 reviews Ernest Hemingway Scribner, 2006 Bitter sweet + Interesting read + The Sun Does Indeed Look Bright I'm Jake. Jacob Barnes. American journalist. Living in Paris. I send off my cables. I work hard for a couple of hours. I put the stories in big manila envelopes. And send them out. That brings in the money. French? I speak French. Spanish? I speak Spanish. Don't think I've got it made. ...             The English Patient290 reviews Michael Ondaatje Vintage, 1993 Hauntingly Beautiful + Gorgeous prose weaves these lives together + Poetically beautiful + Some desert concepts related in this novel are not too far from home + Fragments, shards, and drifts of sand             Democracy6 reviews Joan Didion Vintage, 1995 Exceptional + At The Edge of the American Century + Glimpses Of Democracy Didion has a unique, powerful style. It reminds me of Joseph Heller's Catch 22 in its irony and suppressed rage, but Didion's prose is just so elegant. "Democracy" is both a romantic and a political novel, with both themes beautifully intertwined. This is an exceptional work. Didion's heroine ...             The Country Life: A Novel47 reviews Rachel Cusk Picador, 2000 Hungry for more of Rachel Cusk + Brilliant and haunting + Not light and breezy + Make summer last a little longer             The Map of Love: A Novel75 reviews Ahdaf Soueif Anchor, 2000 Complex and Compelling Novel + Following the Map + Old and modern - a love story with a difference I loved everything about this novel, including its structure, which was admittedly complex, featuring a number of points of view (mix of first and third) and protagonists and time periods, all brilliantly pulled together by Soueif. I have read and re-read this and it makes me cry every time. She is ...             Democracy6 reviews Joan Didion Vintage, 1995 Exceptional + At The Edge of the American Century + Glimpses Of Democracy Didion has a unique, powerful style. It reminds me of Joseph Heller's Catch 22 in its irony and suppressed rage, but Didion's prose is just so elegant. "Democracy" is both a romantic and a political novel, with both themes beautifully intertwined. This is an exceptional work. Didion's heroine ...             Wuthering Heights (Oxford World's Classics)502 reviews Emily Bronte Oxford University Press, USA, 1998 Will Always Be A Classic + To be appreciated, not loved + Gothic romance I honestly didn't think that I would enjoy this book as much as I did. :] It is a love and hate story. I wasn't fond of Catherine or Heathcliff, but i enjoyed the book. It took me a little while to really get into but after that i couldn't put it down! :] But if your looking for a happy story with ...             Motherless Brooklyn201 reviews Jonathan Lethem Faber and Faber, 2004 So Much Fun to Read! + Wonderful and original + The star of small time + A gift from a friend on Court Street in Brooklyn + Memorable, Also Wearying