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The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel 583 reviews
Diane Setterfield
Washington Square Press, 2007
Beautiful book
+ A Modern Gothic Romance
+ "When one is nothing, one invents. It fills a void"
+ A little heavy on the dysfunctional, but still a great read
+ A book for book lovers
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After Hours at the Almost Home 6 reviews
Tara Yellen
Unbridled Books, 2008
A Rising Star at the "Almost Home"
+ This book will be a movie one day
+ Great read
Tara Yellen has a way with words that describes places, people and their lives in a way that compels you to keep turning the page. The setting is a bar in Denver on Super Bowl Sunday, not a locale that I know - or didn't - until I read Ms. Yellens first novel. She breathed life into her characters ...
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Desperation Moon 26 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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Perfect Family: A Novel12 reviews
Pam Lewis
Simon & Schuster, 2008
Perfect Family is a Perfect Summer Book
+ Enjoyable Read
+ An entertaining and intriguing read...
+ Enjoyable read, though a bit too easy
+ compelling reading
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Of Men and Their Mothers6 reviews
Mameve Medwed
William Morrow, 2008
Another Fine Comic Novel
+ of women and their mothers-in-law
+ Witty and Wise
+ Thank Goodness for Mameve Medwed
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The Inheritance of Loss 154 reviews
Kiran Desai
Grove Press, 2006
Great book
This book deserves a fresh endorsement, which I wholeheartedly give. The one disgruntled reader below ("Ashok") is symptomatic of newly-disgruntled Indian rightwingers--precisely the target of books like this one and Roy's "The God of Small Things." In fact, it's no coincidence that many ...
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The Shadow of the Wind512 reviews
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005
simply the best
+ Fantastic read!
+ A Must Read
+ Truly great storytelling
+ Utterly Amazing Book!
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Unaccustomed Earth119 reviews
Jhumpa Lahiri
Knopf, 2008
A Perfect 10
+ Book of short stories - Cover to cover without a break?
+ It was so good, it made me cry
+ Rich with detail and complexity, these short stories are novels that end too soon
+ Emotions will linger long after you've finished the book
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Peony in Love: A Novel 103 reviews
Lisa See
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008
Favorite Summer Fiction Read
+ Loved this book.
Such a wonderful love story. I wanted to be there and in the moment. It felt so real at times. I wanted to believe in the story so much....that all of it was really possible.
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The Gathering (Man Booker Prize)128 reviews
Anne Enright
Grove Press, Black Cat, 2007
Graceful & Imaginative
I'm not surprised that this book won the Booker Prize. Enright has a superior command of the language. She creates fluid yet surprising prose, moving between real and imagined events, past and present with astounding grace and skill. This book is a surreal meditation on family--mother love, sister ...
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The Sugar Queen52 reviews
Sarah Addison Allen
Bantam, 2008
Sweet Read
+ Sugar Queen
+ The Sugar Queen is SWEET.
+ Fairy-tale sweet
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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.
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The Witch of Portobello: A Novel (P.S.)46 reviews
Paulo Coelho
Harper Perennial, 2008
Fantastic, spiritual, educational
+ Magical
+ Love these books
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.
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Belong to Me: A Novel52 reviews
Marisa De Los Santos
William Morrow, 2008
From S. Krishna's Books
+ Smarter than most ChickLit ... but not as good as "Love Walked In"
+ Complex personal relationships
+ Always fun to reconnect with a favorite character
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Cathedral of the Sea14 reviews
Ildefonso Falcones
Dutton Adult, 2008
"Can these people really be your representatives?" - Arnau Estanyol
+ Receives Paul Michael's extensive stage and film background and talents
+ Great read- page turner.
+ Cathedral of the Sea is a Great Read
+ cathedral of the sea
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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
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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
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The Outlander18 reviews
Gil Adamson
Ecco, 2008
Read Out Loud
+ Superb reading -- finest kind
After stopping several times to read aloud particularly powerful passages in Gil Adamson's "The Outlander," I suddenly recognized that every page had passages that I wanted to read aloud to others. Adamson's language is stunningly beautiful, and her details of ordinary and extraordinary life in ...
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So Brave, Young and Handsome: A Novel82 reviews
Leif Enger
Atlantic Monthly Press, 2008
It's all about friendship ....
+ Intriguing Novel from Talented Author
+ A great modern western
+ another hit for Enger
+ Good historical novel about writer's block, personal relationships and redemption.
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Chez Moi6 reviews
Agnes Desarthe
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008
Make yourself at home in Chez Moi
+ magical
Agnes Desarthe's Chez Moi is a classic novel in the style of Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies and Chocolat that revels in the sensual and emotional power of truly great food. Its narrator, Myriam, is a talented cook with a forged ...
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