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Cities in Flight
James Blish
Overlook TP, 2005
You don't know what science fiction is until you've read Cities in Flight
+ It shows its age, but the grandeur is still there...
+ Renewing an old friendship
+ Cities in Flight
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Duma Key: A Novel
Stephen King
Scribner, 2008
Best King Book In Years!
+ Duma Key by Stephen King
+ A very nice book to read !
+ Durma Key
+ Chilly Keys
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The Rest Falls Away: The Gardella Vampire Chronicles
Colleen Gleason
Signet, 2007
Destiny is Powerful
+ A wonderful debut
+ Vampires? In my romance novel? It's more common than you think!
Victoria Gardella Grantworth is about to make her debut when destiny intervenes. Like countless Gardellas before her, she is meant to become a Venator - a vampire hunter. Victoria must be on guard for the familiar `chill at the back of her neck' that signals a nearby vampire. And the vampires seem ...
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Fathers and Sons
Ivan Turgenev
Signet Classics, 2005
The previous generation is always stupid!
+ One of the most meaningful novels ever written
+ Family Values
+ A good one
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The Lost Language of Cranes: A Novel
David Leavitt
Bloomsbury USA, 2005
Remarkable Novel
+ The Rich Language of Cranes
+ One word "amazing"
+ Good first novel
+ Wonderfully well written characters and story.......
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Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison
Vintage, 2004
Masterpiece [25]
+ Morrison's gold
+ perfection!
Morrison's "Song of Solomon" encapsulates her strongest skills into one novel.
The story line is unparalleled - it eclipses even some of her other highly acclaimed pieces like "Sula" or "Beloved." The dialect delivered by the people is equal to that shown in "Jazz" or "Beloved." And, her ...
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Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders (P.S.)
Neil Gaiman
Harper Perennial, 2007
Short tales from the Master of Fantasy
+ It's Only Problem is That There's Too Much of It
+ Imaginative and Fast-Paced
+ Delightful and Spooky: a Good Haloween Book
+ low star = shallow reader
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The Witches
Roald Dahl
Puffin, 2007
another great Dahl story!
+ A Gem
+ The Witches
+ Disasterously wicked, with a smile
+ Danielle's Favorite Book
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The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch
Spectra, 2007
Now HERE'S something completely different
+ "I can't believe it isn't sci-fi!"
+ Great book with lots of promise for books to come
+ Excellent Fantasy Novel
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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
Michael Pollan
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2002
The best
+ worth the time
+ Short, Sweet, Insightful
+ The Coevolution of Human Cultures and Domesticated Plants.
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The Naked Sun
Isaac Asimov
Spectra, 1991
Asimov takes a murder mystery WAY beyond merely clever!
+ The Victorian tradition
+ JS on Asimov
+ Strong follow-up to Caves of Steel
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Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally
Alisa Smith, J.B. Mackinnon
Harmony, 2007
A truly inspirational read
+ Best Memoir I've Read
+ Two excellent writers tell a personal and informing tale
+ Satisfying to Stomach and Soul
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The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot
Naomi Wolf
Chelsea Green Publishing, 2007
Must Read!
+ Right and Left
+ A Timely Warning
+ Organize, and fill the streets with protest
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Furies Of Calderon (Codex Alera, Book 1)
Jim Butcher, 2004
Creative new world and a great first book
+ "Pokemon meets Lost Roman Legion"
+ Good, but gets better
+ Puzzling at first, but excellent by the end.
+ A great hero book
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A Great and Terrible Beauty
Libba Bray
Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2003
A fantastic enthralling read
+ Amazing!
+ Loved it!
+ A terrible great read!!!!
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