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Uglies (Uglies Trilogy, Book 1)
Scott Westerfeld
Simon Pulse, 2005
Wow!!!!
+ Intriguing...
+ Not usually a science fiction fan...
+ Enjoyed this book
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Double Whammy
Carl Hiaasen
Grand Central Publishing, 1989
An Easy Read
+ Very entertaining
+ He's Done it Again
+ Wonderfully funny even if you don't like fishing
+ Definitely worth the read!
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The Other Side of Midnight
Sidney Sheldon
Grand Central Publishing, 1988
Wow!
+ Great book!
+ Reads like a tv soap opera
+ Again and again and again!
+ Totally Captivating
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The Stand: Expanded Edition: For the First Time Complete and Uncut (Signet)
Stephen King
Signet, 1991
Insane, epic and brilliant
+ One of his crowning achievements
+ outstanding vision
+ One of the longest (and greatest!) books you'll read...
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Freeze Dry
Corson Hirschfeld
Forge Books, 2003
Best yet
+ Beam Me Up, Shickie
+ Mummy dearest
+ Another winner.
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Little Earthquakes
Jennifer Weiner
Atria, 2004
Much more than a good 'beach read'
+ Wonderment!
+ Another winner from Jennifer Weiner
+ Thoroughly entertaining
+ Great Story!
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Skipped Parts: A Novel
Tim Sandlin
Riverhead Trade, 2000
A sweet novel about underage sex!
+ Hilarious Dark Comedy
+ Hilarious!!!
+ A Really Special Book
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Blood Sucking Fiends
Christopher Moore
Black Swan, 1995
Love Bites
+ Ann Rice with humor
+ Great surprise!
Christopher Moore wanted to write horror books; he dreamed of being the next Stephen King. Unfortunately for him but fortunately for us, people laughed when they read what he wrote. Thus was born a humorist of the caliber of Dave Barry or Christopher Buckley and some have gone so far as to say he ...
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Social Blunders
Tim Sandlin
Riverhead Trade, 1997
A Perfect Ending
+ Amusing, but less fully-realized than its predecessors
+ Laughs, sex, misery and a hopeful ending
+ Slightly less wonderful than Skipped Parts and Sorrow Floats
+ BIZARE
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On Beauty
Zadie Smith
Penguin Press HC, The, 2005
Satirical and sensitive
+ A pleasant surprise
+ Great writing, great characters
This is the story of two families, each family headed up by a strong-willed academic man. These two patriarchs are opposites and enemies (or rivals, if you want to be optimistic). The emotional center of the book revolves around Howard's struggling marriage to Kiki. This novel is satirical and ...
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Sorrow Floats
Tim Sandlin
Riverhead Trade, 1997
Stands on its own as a great work about personal redemption
+ If you Liked Skipped Parts, you'll LOVE Sorrow Floats
+ Sorrow Floats is an apt title
+ Amazing
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Digging to America
Anne Tyler
Knopf, 2006
wonderful audio version
+ Well I liked it.
+ Multi-Culturalism at its Finest
+ Provocative Ideas
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The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger
Harvest Books, 2004
One of my favorites.
+ loved this book
+ Dealing with loss, shame, and the imperfect
+ wonderful
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The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove
Christopher Moore
Harper Paperbacks, 2004
Randomness supreme
+ You did WHAT with the weedwhacker?
+ Christopher Moore
This is one of Christopher Moore's best works. It is very funny, random, and thoroughly enjoyable. Must be slightly eccentric to find it amusing. Not a "traditional" humor novel.
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She Lost Control
Justin Jones
PublishAmerica, 2006
Hilarious
Don't be fooled by the eerily bland cover, this is subversive novel. Imagine the main character of John Water's Hairspray crossed with Patrick Bateman of Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho and you'll have some idea of what to expect. This author has talent.
A very entertaining and hilarious ...
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