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Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Thomas Pynchon
Penguin Classics, 2006
The Mother of All War Novels
+ It Depends
+ Ambivalent on This One
+ Huh?
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Farewell Summer: A Novel
Ray Bradbury
William Morrow, 2006
I almost can't put it in words.
+ Sounds, smells, and life of one Summer
+ Sequels aren't always Equals
I read this book in one sitting, just over a month ago, and I'm still finding it hard to put it in words just how powerful it was for me. I had just read Dandelion Wine and moved straight on into Farewell Summer. The cumulative effect was nothing less than awe-inspireing, and I really think it's ...
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Those Who Trespass: A Novel of Television and Murder
Bill O'Reilly
Broadway, 2004
Can't put this book down
Would never read a murder mystery, but I read this one! It is more real than fiction and a fascinating story. You won't be disappointed. Great story line.
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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Judi Barrett
Aladdin, 1982
Great book!
+ A great classic
+ Children's book
+ A timeless children's classic.
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REAL Ultimate Power: The Official Ninja Book
Robert Hamburger
Citadel, 2004
Wittgenstein Power
+ This is a book about Computer Hacking
+ great deployment book
With REAL ULTIMATE POWER, Robert Hamburger has written a great mocking treatise on everything Ninja, using the topic to pick apart the freaky passions of the pre, or near, pubescent male in western society. Of course, this is assuming that "Hamburger" is indeed a pen name; if not, an explanation ...
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Anna Karenina (Oprah's Book Club)
Leo Tolstoy
Penguin Classics, 2004
Human emotions and relationships -- a literary masterpiece!
+ Indifference? NOT HERE!
+ Masterful
+ A deeply human book that repays many re-readings
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Cat's Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut
Dell Publishing, 1998
As relevant today as it was in the past
+ Great Read
+ Wild satire about nuclear arms and the end of the world
+ Positivist Humor
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Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: A Novel
Susanna Clarke, 2004
The Indescribable Double Life of Lady Pole
+ Spreading the reach of British magic
+ A fun adventure.
Picture an England during the Napoleonic Wars of the early 19th century, very much like the historical England, recognizable in many ways to readers familiar with the period, except that this England has a magical past, a distant connection to medieval English magic which has dissipated and ...
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Jitterbug Perfume
Tom Robbins
Bantam, 1990
Best Book. Ever.
+ Huge fun. Has strong opinions on religion which I like, others may not.
+ wonderful
+ jitter bugaboo
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Against the Day
Thomas Pynchon
The Penguin Press, 2006
"Call 'Em Communications From Far, Far Away..."
+ pelicans for hire
+ What I learned from Thomas Pynchon
+ a year of reading
+ Well Worth the Time
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Everyday Psychokillers: A History for Girls, A Novel
Lucy Corin
Fiction Collective 2, 2004
A world unto itself
+ Very, very fine
+ Not a classic, but an forebearer of classics
+ Should be a classic
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The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger
Harvest Books, 2004
Forgivingly flawed
+ emotional roller coaster
+ The most moving book I've read in a long time
+ Wonderful Characters
+ GET THIS BOOK!
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The Question of Bruno: Stories
Aleksandar Hemon
Vintage, 2001
The Question of Bruno
+ a collection of mostly very good stories
+ Blind Josef Pronek
+ Mostly excellent
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Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity (Great Discoveries)
David Foster Wallace
W. W. Norton & Company, 2003
How not to write a book on math
It was Isaac Asimov who once pointed out that to be a great science fiction writer, you must first be a great writer, but the converse doesn't necessarily hold true: you can be a great writer but a poor science fiction writer. The same is true for other genres as well as David Foster Wallace's ...
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The Master Butchers Singing Club (P.S.)
Louise Erdrich
Harper Perennial, 2005
Best read of the year.
+ Balance
+ Captivating Read
+ Intricate and filled with delightful description
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