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Hostile Witness
William Lashner
Harper, 1996
You Can't Put it Down!
+ Hostile Witness is a high paced crime drama
+ Now I'm addicted
+ Impressive debut
+ Great Debut, but Overlong
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Scoop
Evelyn Waugh
Back Bay Books, 1999
Waugh's farce about the newspaper trade and making a name for oneself
+ Happy Waugh Writes Great Spoof Scoop [75]
+ A dry martini of a novel
+ Clever
+ Brilliant Wit From the Inimitable Waugh
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1776
David McCullough
Simon & Schuster, 2006
Incredible!!! Bestseller!!! Award Winner!!! Need I say more!!!
+ As if I was there, sort of
+ 1776 Indeed
+ More, please.
+ Must have
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Michael Chabon
Picador, 2001
The Most Super of All Powers
+ Comic history in the making
+ Masterful
A beautiful book about Sammy and Joe, two cousins who end up writing and drawing comic books together, the Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay is a staggering tale of dedication, commitment, human frailty, perseverance, loyalty, and the many faces of the most powerful of all super powers, love. ...
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California Girl: A Novel
T. Jefferson Parker
HarperTorch, 2006
In California in 1968, three brothers ...
+ A crime novel with a little something extra
+ Good Book
+ Reeks of Southern California
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Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: A Novel
Susanna Clarke, 2004
Great book
+ Spreading the reach of British magic
+ A fun adventure.
I can't believe I bought this for a dollar! Great book, especially if you only paid a dollar. My copy is not for sale, sorry.
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The Sot-Weed Factor (The Anchor Literary Library)
John Barth
Anchor, 1987
Spectacular; a hilarious tour-de-force
+ A hilarious book
+ A Truly Inspiring Work...
There are already some great reviews of this book here. Suffice it to say that "The Sot-Weed Factor" is a bona fide riot and one of the five or so novels I'd choose to be stranded with on a desert island. To think Barth was in his twenties when he wrote it is bewildering, so proficient is the ...
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The Corps: Book 1 Semper Fi (Corps)
W. E. B. Griffin
Jove, 1986
Griffin's The Corps Series Is a Good Start For WW II Pacific War Reading
+ The Corps series
+ semper fi
+ Griffin a Master Storyteller.
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Line of Vision
David Ellis
Berkley, 2002
Great twists in this courtroom drama
+ Very entertaining!
+ Different - in a good way
+ Pretty Good!
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon
Vintage, 2004
Terrific Read!
+ Life through different lenses
+ Groundbreaking Book
+ Charming, in its own way
+ A touching modern novel
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Shadow Fields
D. F. Whipple
BookSurge Publishing, 2005
SHADOW FIELDS by D.F. WHIPPLE
+ No no no
+ Shadow Fields an Illuminating Read
+ Shadow Fields
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The Innocent
Harlan Coben
Signet, 2006
Simple Plot with Complex Twists
+ A serious page turner
+ A little familiar, but still a great read
Harlan Coben has yet to disappoint me. The Innocent is really not an overly complex plot, yet at the same time it offered depth that really kept me interested. The characters have complex personalities and the plot twists, as with all of Coben's books that I've read, continue to surprise the reader.
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey
Signet, 1963
One Flew East, One Flew West
+ One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
+ Must Have
+ great quality!
+ McMurphy as the Metaphor for the Terrorist Suspect
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Secret Sanction
Brian Haig
Vision, 2002
Another excellent edition to the series.
+ Both a legal and political thriller
+ A good first book in a great series. Sean Drummond shines.
+ Really surprised with this one! Excellent book and well done!
+ Brian Haig does it again!
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First Degree
David Rosenfelt
Grand Central Publishing, 2004
A powerhouse novel!!
+ Clever, engaging, and good fun
+ "Andy Carpenter" mysteries
+ Whitty fun fabulous.
+ Graceful & Easy Writing
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