The Exception: A Novel19 reviews Christian Jungersen Nan A. Talese, 2007 astounding + One of the Best Ever + builds up to climax + Human chameleons             The Godmother20 reviews Carrie Adams Harper, 2007 Witty and fresh + REALISTIC, WITTY AND FRESH + Decent but not great I absolutely loved this book. It's great for a bit of light reading - certainly not challenging, but well-written and engaging enough to keep me interested on some long train trips. I found myself reading it late into the night, thoroughly involved in Tessa's world. Well done, Carrie Adams!             The Welsh Girl24 reviews Peter Ho Davies Mariner Books, 2008 One of the most Evocative Novels I have Read in Years + The Welsh Girl This story of a Welsh girl, a German POW, and the complicated social strictures of small-town life during World War II is one of the most moving stories I have read in years. In prose that is simple in the way that the best poetry often is, Peter Ho Davies delivers Wales in evocative detail, and ...             Love the One You're With269 reviews Emily Giffin St. Martin's Press, 2008 Fabulous! + Nothing Tougher than the "Sexy Ex" + Beyond Chick Lit + pretty good.             Matrimony: A Novel45 reviews Joshua Henkin Pantheon, 2007 Quiet, but good + Fell in Love with Matrimony + Life: A novel + Beautiful Writing and Great Plot + Fascinating Character Study             Maynard and Jennica5 reviews Rudolph Delson Houghton Mifflin, 2007 Ingenious! + A perfect fall novel + Everything you ever wanted to know about naming a cat (but were too vapid to ask) + Fresh coming-of-an-era tale             The Last Summer (of You and Me)71 reviews Ann Brashares Riverhead Hardcover, 2007 SOOOOOO GOOD + Sisterhood is Powerful + surprising! Perfect Summer Read! This is the perfect summer book. It is so heartfelt, warm and loving. I cannot wait to pass it along to my sisters to read.             The History of Love: A Novel278 reviews Nicole Krauss W. W. Norton, 2006 My Highest Recommendation + Life, death, and the meaning in between This tale is woven together so masterfully it's nearly impossible to put down. The characters and their distinct voices are rich, unique, and memorable in a way that has worked into my own personal history of the love of reading. We begin by getting to know "the oldest man in the world," Leopold ...             The Reluctant Fundamentalist116 reviews Mohsin Hamid Harcourt, 2007 East and West - never the twain shall meet + Gave Much To Think About + The Reluctant admirer of this novel Mohsin Hamid's "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" seeks to elucidate the complex emotions successful immigrants into Western society feel about their own ethnicity, culture. identity and place in a superficially welcoming foreign culture. The unnamed tourist Changez addresses himself to in his ...             The Art Thief: A Novel47 reviews Noah Charney Atria, 2007 Derivative but amusing at times This is a book that wants to be everything to everybody and it does it by imitating other works. There's a bit of The Da Vinci Code, a lot of Poirot in the French inspector (frankly, there's no other reason for the inspector to exist than to reference Poirot) and so on. There are some interesting ...             Watch Out54 reviews Joseph Suglia FLF Press, 2006 Do Watch Out--But Absolutely Read + Serious Reading Make No Mistake About It. + Watch Out Will Change Your Life...or at Least Give You a Good Tickle + Best Thing Written in Ages             Tomorrow15 reviews Graham Swift Knopf, 2007 What kind of judgment day will tomorrow be? The tone is unmistakeably Graham Swiftian: the monologues - the looking back from a given moment to the past - a secret to be in due course revealed - the odd tangential idea in brackets - lots of questions inside the monologue - musings about biological processes in the human and the animal world ...             Before I Die46 reviews Jenny Downham David Fickling Books, 2007 Be prepared to cry for hours!! + A reluctant reader's point of view + Good Book Tessa is a cancer patient, whom the doctors could no longer find a cure. Before she breathe her last, she wrote up a list of things to do (eg. sex, break the law, drugs etc). The novel was written with a fluent flow, completely in a teenager's perspective. I finished it in a couple of hours, ...             The Pirate's Daughter28 reviews Margaret Cezair-Thompson Unbridled Books, 2007 Low star rates only make their authors look stupid... + From S. Krishna's Books + Yeah Mon! A slice of Jamaica + A memorable tale of love, strength and Jamaica             Certain Girls: A Novel160 reviews Jennifer Weiner Atria, 2008 LOVED IT. + Lacks the magic + Weiner Delivers a Range of Emotions and Likeable Characters - Recommended! I am surprised to see that many Good In Bed readers didn't LOVE this book. Is it because of the end? I guess I am not a happily ever after person. To me, Good in Bed is all about Mothers and Daughters and the JOY (no pun intended) that comes from that bond....even though it's a small part of the ...             Skylight Confessions47 reviews Alice Hoffman Back Bay Books, 2008 hoffman never dissapoints! + Fascinating! + Praise for Skylight Confessions and Alice Hoffman :) + Completely Enjoyable!             A Person of Interest: A Novel15 reviews Susan Choi Viking Adult, 2008 Would give it 10 stars... + Very good premise, disappointing ending I found this book entirely engaging and wonderfully well-written, true literature and at the same time suspenseful. The author moved smoothly back and forth in time, revealing characters slowly and fascinatingly. Yes, it was a bit hard going at times to make out all of her meanings, but that ...             Desperation Moon26 reviews Ken Douglas Bootleg Press, 2003 Great find! + Non-Stop Action + A New Fan + A Book I Could Not Put Down             The Soul Thief: A Novel20 reviews Charles Baxter Pantheon, 2008 A Problem of Identity Readers who enjoy metafiction, fiction that is about storytelling itself, will have more than a little fun pondering Charles Baxter's newest novel. This is not his first book to call attention to the circumstances of its own creation. A Feast of Love begins with, guess who, Baxter himself out for a ...             The Age of Shiva: A Novel16 reviews Manil Suri W. W. Norton, 2008 a deeply enriching experience Bottom line: what an awesome story teller; rich in personal experiences. rich in culture. If you are interesting in reading a novel to learn about other cultures and the impact it has on a woman in a secular society - this is a book worth reading. I could not put the book down. shocker for me: ...