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My Sister's Keeper: A Novel
Jodi Picoult
Washington Square Press, 2005
All I can say is wow
+ loved the book, hated the ending
+ Review for the audio version
+ Mesmorizing and Masterful
+ WOW!
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Heyday: That Shocking Novel of New York's Lavender Underworld
Michael Viktor Butler
Arbor Books, 2007
A great read!
+ Heyday: Never Ceases to Surprise
+ Absolutely enjoyable
+ Fascinating!
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The Big Bow Mystery
Israel Zangwill
Dybbuk Press, LLC, 2007
Historically significant and a great read
The fact that the mystery disappears after the second chapter in no way detracts from the joy of this book. From widowed boarding house attendants to freeloading artists to a detective that might as well be the anti-Sherlock Holmes, this is one of the funniest and meanest books to come out of the ...
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When Gods Die: A Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery
C.S. Harris
NAL Hardcover, 2006
Suspenseful, fun, and historically accurate
+ Satisfying
+ Harris writes a great, fun series.
+ a good second installment
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Then We Came to the End: A Novel
Joshua Ferris
Little, Brown and Company, 2007
Funny, smart, dark, moving, clever novel.
At the risk of sounding like a snob, I have to think that any reviewers saying this book is boring or bad are just not good readers, or should stick to action packed genre fiction. This is one of the more incredible books I've read in recent years. It's slow-paced but every sentence is ...
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The Other Canyon
Patricia Geary
Last Gasp, 2002
Carla is a "sensitive"—a woman vulnerable to the vibrations and energies of metal that most people can't feel. She has settled into a comfortable Southern California nest to minimize her vulnerability and to prepare for her upcoming marriage to the über-normal Michael. When she comes into possession of a silver necklace that was probably stolen from the Navajo reservation, Carla cannot ...
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The Interior: A Red Princess Mystery (Red Princess Mysteries)
Lisa See
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007
I am hooked!
+ Nagging Little Detail
+ I too am hooked by Lisa See's Red Princess mysteries
I have to admit I have read every one of Lisa See's books. The Inspector Liu/Attorney Stark books are very different from her other books (Peony in Love, Snow Flower & the Secret Fan, On Gold Mountain), but what I love about this author is that each of her book is unique and full of surprises. I ...
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Heyday: A Novel
Kurt Andersen
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007
A "Forest Gump" Novel
+ A good look at America a decade & a half before the Civil War
The movie Forrest Gump was a huge success, even though Forrest ends up in the White House for Congressional Medal of Honor award, Ping Pong Master, etc. Talk about unbelievable coincidence(s)!
What made the movie "work" is it was enjoyable to watch with plenty of historical stuff, and great ...
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Teddy Bear Cannibal Massacre
Dybbuk Press, LLC, 2005
I edited it.
+ A BIZARRE BUT THOROUGHLY ENJOYABLE ANTHOLOGY
+ Stories of the strange and unusual
+ No cannibalism, but lots of great stories
+ An Admirable Effort from the New Master of the Grotesque
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The Kite Runner (Riverhead Essential Editions)
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead Trade, 2005
a great first novel by an incredibly talented author.
+ Excellent!!!
+ Moving and Touching!
+ Deeply moving
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Jack Haringa Must Die!
Merricat Publications, 2008
Jack Haringa. The very name strikes fear in the hearts of the grammatically challenged. But fear not semicolon abusers and malapropists! The tables are turned in Jack Haringa Must Die!, which collects the very best Haringa death scenes and tales from... Jack Ketchum Christopher Golden Brian Keene Craig Shaw Gardner James A. Moore Laird Barron Nick Mamatas Mary SanGiovanni Lee ...
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Living in Ether
Patricia Geary
Spectra, 1987
A Favorite!
+ An Novel That Has Not Received The Fame It Deserves!!
Entertaining, engaging, and thought-provoking, with the best "trick ending" I've ever read.
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Body Surfing: A Novel
Anita Shreve
Back Bay Books, 2008
A Sequel of Sorts
+ "The family never stays after Labor Day. Never."
Can a house be a main character? It is in this book, which features the same New Hampshire beach house that appeared in The Pilot's Wife, Fortune's Rock and Sea Glass. The house remains steadfast, but the lives of the people who occupy it are as stormy and unpredictable as the Atlantic Ocean it ...
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Guru Cigarettes: Original Trade Paperback
Patricia Geary
Gorsky Press, 2005
Nineteen-year-old Norma wants something exciting to happen this summer. When she accidentally stumbles across an unusual kind of cigarette and a group of fashion pornographers who smoke them, she finds something to shake up her life. Intrigued by their lifestyle, Norma joins them in a heist of the Fountain of Youth and a trip to London, and their experiments with fashion as art. Funny, clever, ...
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Burny's Journeys: Lessons and Confessions of an Aging Hipster
Brian Finkle
Trafford Publishing, 2004
A Wonderful, Fun and Insightful Journey!!!
Burny's Journeys: Lessons and Confessions of an Aging Hipster is a very well-written story which will takes you along with Burny on his odyssey through life and his quest for truth and happiness. Like Odysseus, Burny encounters many very challenging, difficult and, at times, very dangerous ...
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we recommend
a great first novel by an incredibly talented author.
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