The List: A Novel18 reviews Tara Ison Scribner, 2007 Great Read + When Love Takes all the Wrong Offramps + A Man's Book Too I picked this book up while housesitting for a friend and I'm glad I did. The characters and the story are so compelling... I couldn't stop reading it because I just had to find out whether this couple was actually going to break up or not. I would recommenend this book to anyone. The ...             Franny and Zooey222 reviews J.D. Salinger Back Bay Books, 2001 Fun Fanaticism + Entertaining and intelligent It was always a little embarrassing to admit that I hadn't read Franny and Zooey. In the literary world, I guess it's kind of the equivalent of a beauty queen admitting she wears dentures. Somewhere in between that admission and the other one (that I found `Catcher in the Rye' tolerably okay but ...             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 ...             Never Let Me Go193 reviews Kazuo Ishiguro Vintage, 2006 Won't ever fade + Will stay with you for days + Sensitive, ultimately credible "...complaining about how memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don't go along with that. The memories I value most, I don't see them ever fading. I lost Ruth, and I lost Tommy, but I won't lose my memories of them." For a novel that packs so much broiling ...             The Magician's Assistant96 reviews Ann Patchett Harvest Books, 1998 Great Story From Unlikely Scenerio + Just Another Normal Life + A truly wonderful book + Storyteller             A Thousand Splendid Suns1307 reviews Khaled Hosseini Riverhead, 2007 Enthralling... + Very touching + Very good BOOK + Excellent Story             Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel319 reviews Jonathan Safran Foer Mariner Books, 2006 Incredible + Good book for a book club discussion + Beautiful + A heartbreaking work of staggering genius + Flawed but still very good.             The Tiny One: A Novel29 reviews Eliza Minot Vintage, 2000 mind of a child.....book of a genius + Wonderful and sparkling + Little sister of Susan Minot scores This book was touching, of a girl who has lost her mother and tries to remember everything so not to forget her mom. Her childhood is funny, written from a childs perspective, recounting all the funny stories of childhood we all share- family road trips, embarrasing moments at school, etc.....a ...             Twins of Tribeca, The30 reviews Rachel Pine Miramax, 2006 Ultimately silly, but captivating + Dishy and Delicious - If You're Interested... Worlds apart from your average ridiculous "chick-lit" book, this is a great tale about a hapless but ambitious young woman who goes to work for a nightmare of a movie studio in New York's TriBeCa neighborhood. The author worked at Miramax pictures for three years and it's very plain that she didn't ...             Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia1728 reviews Elizabeth Gilbert Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007 Not for everyone but highly recommended for some of you! + Love Hate Relationship + Hysterical, Insightful, A Great Read + Great book             The Spinster Sisters11 reviews Stacey Ballis Berkley Trade, 2007 Okay! + Funny, Light, with a few mistakes I enjoyed reading the book until the end. The stuff with the meetings and some long conversationg between the sisters were too much. I just wanted to get to the end already. I liked the ending though! But I think, the book "room for improvement" was better.             Lolita449 reviews Vladimir Nabokov Vintage, 1989 A road movie of the mind + Beautiful writing confronts crude subject matter--A masterpiece + Upends your preconceptions and prejudices + Which book did you read? + The Most Beautiful Novel Ever Written             Ines of My Soul: A Novel46 reviews Isabel Allende Harper Perennial, 2007 A Fabulous Read I don't think I've had a book read to me since grammar school. I had resisted books on CD since I believed that I had an inadequate attention span, but a long commute and the expense of the Teaching Company classes made me reevaluate my stand. I decided to start with the "A"s, so picked up Ines of ...             Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)3238 reviews J. K. Rowling Arthur A. Levine Books, 2007 Great Book ,simply love it! + one of my favorite books + Big Equations! + Amazing, the way Rowling comes up with all of this. + The Magic of Harry Potter             Enchanted, Inc. (Katie Chandler, Book 1)94 reviews Shanna Swendson Ballantine Books, 2005 A cute series + Great start to a paranormal series + OMG! I LOVE THIS BOOK!!! + A new favorite!! + Loved it!             The Family Fortune: A Novel13 reviews Laurie Horowitz Harper Paperbacks, 2007 light, fun & funny + enjoyable Read + A great read if you know and love New England + Jane Austen's Persuasion updated - a delight! + Light, enjoyable read             Luncheon of the Boating Party40 reviews Susan Vreeland Viking Adult, 2007 Best Book Ever! + Pretty Good Book - - Though Slow + Pleasant Diversion This was one of the best books I've ever read. With all that France has had to endure, the French people are celebrated here through art, food and the love of the outdoors. Ms. Vreeland did an excellent job researching her subject. If you are not an avid art lover or Impressionist fan, you will be ...             A Great and Terrible Beauty (The Gemma Doyle Trilogy)305 reviews Libba Bray Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2005 a great read. + Good, but not for kids . . . (a few spoilers here) i really really liked this book. the premise isn't something i would normally read, but i'm glad i did. the main character, gemma doyle, is really awesome. she is witty, and strong, but she also has tremendous flaws. kartik. i love him, he's so mysterious. he is isn't in the majority of ...             Valley of the Dolls136 reviews Jacqueline Susann Grove Press, 1997 Rambling, operatic and much more than "Chick Lit" + A Glamorous Classic of Feminist Proportions + An absolute classic! On the back of the book, there is a quote by a reviewer who spouts that most tired of cliches "I literally couldn't put it down" or something liked that. For once, I'd have to agree wholeheartedly - 450 pages and never a dull moment. The prose is lively, sensitive and articulate. The story itself ...             Literacy and Longing in L.A.47 reviews Jennifer Kaufman, Karen Mack Delta, 2007 If you love books, you'll love this one! + A true book loving heroine... + Her life in reference to books! I have to join my voice to the chorus of those who found this novel very entertaining. It's all about a woman named Dora who is in the throes of an emotional crisis and, as she has all her life, she finds solace in books -- lots and lots of books (and plenty of wine). Even the boyfriend she takes ...