Lush Life: A Novel161 reviews Richard Price Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008 The Price is Right + TOUCHING THE LOST SOULS + Warning to crime novelists Richard Price is as good of a dialogue writer as exists today in my mind. "Lush Life" is his latest novel that brilliantly showcases his skills and keen knowledge and insights of city life, particularly NYC life. Other reviewers have already covered the plot so I won't spend my commentary ...             Mister Pip52 reviews Lloyd Jones Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2008 The Impact of To Kill a Mockingbird + an unusual find + Take Me Away - This book resonated with me like my first reading of "To Kill a Mockingbird". Llyod Jones paints a vivid picture of daily life on a small island in the Pacific. As trouble descends, the tension mounts. Each generation finds a different way of coping and the point of view of an adolescent girl adds ...             The Girl Who Stopped Swimming33 reviews Joshilyn Jackson Grand Central Publishing, 2008 A moving, absorbing thriller hard to put down + Highly entertaining page turner + Great reading! Jackson is an excellent writer! + Review             Desperation Moon25 reviews Ken Douglas Bootleg Press, 2003 Mucho Desperation in this Finely Tuned Thriller + Non-Stop Action + A New Fan + A Book I Could Not Put Down             World Without End395 reviews Ken Follett Dutton Adult, 2007 Why did it have to end? Great book! + A great step back in time + Cannot stop reading + Received Promptly             Love the One You're With254 reviews Emily Giffin St. Martin's Press, 2008 light fun + Her best book... + Enjoyed it! + Couldn't put it down!             The Last Summer (of You and Me)24 reviews Ann Brashares Riverhead Trade, 2008 The Last Summer (of you and me) is one of the best books of the summer! + Sweet Summer Story + Brashare's Grows Up + Soak it up             Free Food for Millionaires55 reviews Min Jin Lee Grand Central Publishing, 2008 Brilliant novel helpful for all who face East-Meets-West issues + Free Food for Millionaires + Was it really 600 pages? I'm in love with this novel for many reasons. As a novelist, I could appreciate Min Jin Lee's uncommon clarity of personal voice, the exceptionally well constructed dialogues, the authenticity of each character, the marvelous plot. Shakespeare comes to mind as my favorite comparison. I'm not ...             The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel43 reviews Stef Penney Simon & Schuster, 2008 Beautifully written, compelling story + Sorry to see it end. + Fields of Heaven + Loved it!             Dear American Airlines: A Novel29 reviews Jonathan Miles Houghton Mifflin Co, 2008 Fantastic + Entertaining Read + Great Read I listened to this wonderful book on audiobook format and it is fantastic. I rarely rate a book, but this one is so special and enjoyable. The narrator was absoultely fabulous and brought the story to life! Give it a try, you won't regret it!             A Patent Lie14 reviews Paul Goldstein Doubleday, 2008 Patent law for the non-professional + Gripping, good explanations of patent law - but no Markman! - mostly unrealistic female characters + Very good read "A Patent Lie" is an excellent read. A trial lawyer from Buffalo is brought to San Francisco on short notice to try a patent law case. The plot is well crafted, including many of the nuances peculiar to patent litigation, but without lapsing into legalese or dwelling on arcane legal procedure.             Atmospheric Disturbances: A Novel37 reviews Rivka Galchen Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008 Tzvi is real Tzvi Gal-Chen, the real one, the infamous University of Oklahoma Professor, and father of the dehyphenated author Rivka Galchen, occupied the office next to mine at OU, in the years preceding his death. The novel cleverly recycles posthumous biographical material about the real Tzvi Gal-Chen into a ...             How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone4 reviews Sasa Stanisic Grove Press, 2008 awe + A child's perspective + One of my fav reads of the year + What a firecracker!             The Cellist of Sarajevo14 reviews Steven Galloway Riverhead Hardcover, 2008 One of 2008's Best + A Must Read! + Picked Up at the End On May 27, 1992, twenty-two people died in a mortar attack in beseiged Sarajevo. They were waiting to buy bread. Vedran Smailovic, a cellist, appeared in the market and played Tomaso Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor for twenty-two days, commemorating this senseless, isolated, violence. Using this ...             The Secret Life of Bees1399 reviews Sue Monk Kidd Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003 The Reader On the CD Version Does a Wonderful Job!! + The Bees Knees + Wonderful Book... + The Secret Life of Bees and the Secret of Life             The Septembers of Shiraz: A Novel (P.S.)50 reviews Dalia Sofer Harper Perennial, 2008 Sorrow and hope in the hands of a master storyteller + A great, poignant story + I enjoyed Dalia Sofer's debut; try 'In the Country of Men' next Masterpiece is defined as the superlative work of an artist and no word better describes Dalia Sofer's debut novel. "The Septembers of Shiraz" amazes by its sheer quietness and simplicity, and its impact is powerful for such understated prose. It's 1981 in Tehran. Isaac Amin, a wealthy jeweler ...             Netherland: A Novel51 reviews Joseph O'Neill Pantheon, 2008 Authentic expat experience The story begins with the protagonist, Hans van den Broek who is a Holland native living in London with his wife and son, reminiscing about his time spent living for a few years in New York and wondering whatever happened to a West Indian friend he made there named Chuck Ramkissoon. Such details go ...             The Memory of Water15 reviews Karen White NAL Trade, 2008 One of the best I have read this year... + Good Book, Good Summer Read! + wonderful book + The Memory of Water + Gripping novel...             Tigerheart14 reviews Peter David Del Rey, 2008 Fantastical! + Wonderful book! + A Great Book for the Summer + The Best All-Ages Books I've Read in Years + One line cannot describe this book             People of the Book: A Novel126 reviews Geraldine Brooks Viking Adult, 2008 A wonderful story + a most worthwile book to read + The People of the Book + People of the Book