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The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (P.S.)
Barbara Kingsolver
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005
A Gem of Postcolonial Literature
+ The Poisonwood bible
+ A Retrospective
+ I loved it.
+ Fabulous Read
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The End Justifies the Means
T.H. Moore
In Third Person Publishing, 2006
Urban Flavor Meets True Literary Work
+ Getting Into the Street Life is Always Easier Than Getting Out
+ Does crime ever pay?
+ Excellent Book!
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Atonement
Ian McEwan
Vintage, 2002
Brilliant descriptive writing by a master novelist
+ Brilliant work of fiction intrigues and then rewrites itself
+ beautiful
+ Brilliant Evocation of Life-Changing Events
+ Great characters but too many words
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East of Eden (Penguin Modern Classics)
John Steinbeck
Penguin Classics, 2000
Knocked For A Loop
+ A book that stays with you
+ East Of Eden Work Of Genius
+ Very Interesting
+ Fantastic!
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My Sister's Keeper: A Novel
Jodi Picoult
Washington Square Press, 2005
LOVED this book!!
+ My Sister's Keeper is a definite keeper!
+ Amazing
+ An amazing story
+ English II Honors book revies
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Alexander Mccall Smith
Pantheon, 2005
life-affirming book with the unforgettable main character
+ Utterly Charming
+ A Glimpse of Southern Africa from an Author Who Knows
When Precious Ramotswe's father, Obed, dies and leaves her all the cattle with the advice to sell it and buy herself a good business, she decides to become a private detective, the first lady detective in Botswana, and perhaps in the whole of Africa.
Mma Ramotswe, smart, fat and good-natured, ...
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Me Talk Pretty One Day
David Sedaris
Little, Brown and Company, 2000
Not heartwarming... in a good way.
+ Loved it!
+ Good, but I was looking for more detail on his drug addiction years
Before reading this book, I very much thought from the title (and because at the time I did not know who David Sedaris is)that it would be a "heart wrenching tale" about some child who is physically unable to speak or doesn't have access to a decent education. It was one of those books I meant to ...
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The Three Musketeers (Wordsworth Classics)
Alexandre Dumas père
Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1997
A Pleasant Surprise
+ A Great book!
+ FASCINATINGLY WOVEN CLASSIC
+ My Favorite In The WORLD
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The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger
Harvest Books, 2004
One of my favorites.
+ Dealing with loss, shame, and the imperfect
+ wonderful
+ Melancholic Echo
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The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
John le Carre
Scribner, 2001
one of the masterworks of literature
+ Great Spy Novel
+ The perfect novel for a 3 day weekend
+ a spy is no superman
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The Kommandant's Mistress
Sherri Szeman
Arcade Publishing, 2000
the kommandant's mistress
+ Power and Survival Played Out in Two People's Lives
+ Powerful and mesmerizing
+ A fascinating, wrenching and daring novel.
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The Kite Runner (Riverhead Essential Editions)
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead Trade, 2005
Must read
+ Review for the original Kite Runner
+ The Voice
+ Beautifully touching story!
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A Yellow Raft in Blue Water: A Novel
Michael Dorris
Picador, 2003
A rare American novel
+ Exceptionally well written and memorable
+ Great Story
+ Three strong women
+ I still think about this book.
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The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett
NAL Trade, 2002
Enticing novel indeed
+ Great story
When I finally came to the conclusion that I was to read the Pillars of the Earth for my summer reading, I was rather skeptical that a near thousand page book, dealing with the construction of a cathedral could keep me inspired enough to read it. I was ineffably mistaken.
Ken Follet introduces ...
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A Woman of Substance
Barbara Taylor Bradford
St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2005
You'll Keep Coming Back
+ MNReview
+ Top 10 Book
+ A Woman of Substance...Indeed
+ Loooooooooooove this book!
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