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A Clockwork Orange (Norton Paperback Fiction)
Anthony Burgess
W. W. Norton & Company, 1986
A Clockwork Orange
+ Good but have to work to get into
+ Even better than the movie
+ Dark but Philosophical
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Ishmael Beah
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007
A disturbing, but fascinating, look into Africa
+ A long way Gone
+ A Long Way Gone
+ Compelling
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The Kite Runner (Riverhead Essential Editions)
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead Trade, 2005
ENJOY
+ A gripping, heart-rending read
+ The Kite Runner
+ I just came back from a trip to Afghanistan!!!
+ Great book
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Couldn't Keep It to Myself: Wally Lamb and the Women of York Correctional Institution (Testimonies from our ...
Wally Lamb
Harper Perennial, 2004
We all live in Glass Houses
+ Beautiful Voices
+ Honest and fascinating stories.
+ Best I have ever read in my life. He is great. I could not put it down.
+ Interesting Read
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A Long Way Down
Nick Hornby
Riverhead Trade, 2006
Classic Hornby -- brilliantly funny
+ Good read.
+ Funny and an all around good book
Another New Year's Eve, another party...another group of four people who meet unexpectedly on the rooftop of a building they've all trekked out to so they can kill themselves.
I read the back-cover synopsis and went "What?!" out loud in the bookstore. (Though I don't recommend doing this, as ...
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Ransom Seaborn
Bill Deasy
Velluminous Press, 2006
A book to cherish, beautifully designed cover and all
+ Ransom Seaborn
+ Great Book - If you liked Catcher in the Rye..buy this
+ Pleasantly Surprised
+ hauntingly beautiful
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The Namesake (movie tie-in edition)
Jhumpa Lahiri
Mariner Books, 2006
Fun to read
+ Lovely and haunting
+ a good read
+ Self-Acceptance Is The Key (4.5 stars)
+ I will read all of her books now
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Unravelling
Elizabeth Graver
Harvest Books, 1999
Not easy for a girl to break out in the 1800s in New England
+ Perfect
+ thoughtful impressions
+ half of the tale
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There Is Room for You: A Novel
Charlotte Bacon
Picador, 2005
Couldn't put it down
+ Just a darn good read
+ Absolutely beautiful!
+ complexities of love between mother and daughter
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For Kings and Planets: A Novel
Ethan Canin
Picador, 1999
Perfect
+ Worth reading
+ Teeth aren't named for Kings and Planets.
This was an old fashioned novel in the best sense. The characters showed the reader who they were. Their interactions were real -- confused, incomplete. The book itself was immensely satisfying. I had to finished the last 90 pages in one flew swoop because I was so terrified of what might happen to ...
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The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger
Harvest Books, 2004
Floored
+ the ultimate woman's fantasy
+ Haunting yet relatable and warming
It took me about two days to read this one, and I must say I am blown away. I have read many, many books-this is by far one of the best. I understand why a few people may not enjoy it; however, I believe that everyone should give it a try (most of you wont walk away disappointed). Five stars.
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My Antonia (Enriched Classics (Pocket))
Willa Cather
Pocket, 2004
a timeless classic
+ Leaves You Wondering!
+ An American Classic
While Jim Burden, an established lawyer from New York City sits on the train, returning to his childhood home in Nebraska, he recalls with melancholy his years there and his friendship with the daughter of the Bohemian immigrants - Antonia Shimerda. The narrative captivates the reader from the ...
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The Cider House Rules
John Irving
Ballantine Books, 1997
Not only a good read, but this book might make you understand men better
+ A twisting saga like only Irving can write
+ A bit disappointing (review of the AUDIO book)
+ Cider Gouse Rules
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The Stolen Child
Keith Donohue
Anchor, 2007
Innovative and deeply felt
+ Delightful, Enagaging
+ Unbelievably gripping
+ A very fun book beautifully interwoven with bits and pieces of changeling folklore
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Cat's Eye
Margaret Atwood
Anchor, 1998
Haunting
+ Depressing, Entertaining, Well-Written...
+ Kids can be so cruel...
+ atwood = one of the greatest writers of our time
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