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Chasing Harry Winston: A Novel
Lauren Weisberger
Simon & Schuster, 2008
Fun travel book
This book saved me during a 9 hour bus trip. It was a totally fun, light read, that was very Sex and the City. I found myself thinking about he characters days after I was finished with the book - I grew attached! The book is well researched and very current. I did think that the beginning was ...
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Luncheon of the Boating Party
Susan Vreeland
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008
Best Book Ever!
+ Pleasant Diversion
+ In love with this book
This was one of the best books I've ever read. With all that France has had to endure, the French people are celebrated here through art, food and the love of the outdoors. Ms. Vreeland did an excellent job researching her subject. If you are not an avid art lover or Impressionist fan, you will be ...
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
The Dial Press, 2008
Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
+ A wonderful read!
+ Reluctance Turns to Appreciation
+ The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
+ A wonderful book!
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Swine Not?: A Novel
Jimmy Buffett
Little, Brown and Company, 2008
more like a childs novel
+ Fun read for adults and children
I loved it, but found it more like a childs novel than for adults. It was a very fast read.
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The Third Angel: A Novel
Alice Hoffman
Shaye Areheart Books, 2008
Wow Excellent Book
+ Wistful and sad
+ Love, Heartache and The Ghost in Room 707
This is the first book I have ever read by Alice Hoffman and it will not be the last. I am on my way to my local library today. I LOVED this book.
I actually cried while reading through parts of the stories. She has so
much emotion in her writing.This book is a MUST read.
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The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein
Harper, 2008
This pup's in the fast lane.
+ One Pragmatic Pooch
+ The Art of Racing in the rain
+ Like Discovering Gold...
+ Even non-dog owners and non-race car fans will love this book
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Netherland: A Novel
Joseph O'Neill
Pantheon, 2008
A document of our time
+ So beautifully written
When this book was published in the spring of 2008, it received wonderful reviews, most notably in May on the front page of the New York Times Sunday Book Review Magazine. The usually difficult and persnickety Michiko Kakutani also gave it high marks in another review in the Times' daily edition. ...
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Dear American Airlines: A Novel
Jonathan Miles
Houghton Mifflin Co, 2008
Fantastic
+ One part was better than another ...
+ Entertaining Read
+ Great Read
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Bulls Island
Dorothea Benton Frank
William Morrow, 2008
Bulls Island
+ Easy read
+ Great Read
+ Bulls Island
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The Girl with No Shadow (published in the UK as The Lollipop Shoes)
Joanne Harris
William Morrow, 2008
Fantastic!
+ Relevant Magic
+ Dark Chocolate for second helpings
I love way Joanne Harris paints her books - you can smell, taste, hear, see what the characters do. It's so atmospheric, "try me, taste me". The 3 different points of view that this book shares with it's readers gives such a full description of what's going on - and how the characters feel about ...
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The Other
David Guterson
Knopf, 2008
Melancholy "madness"
+ Enjoyment Enhanced Due to Prior Contact with Author
+ Engaging at multiple levels, but not for everyone
+ Great Story and Detail
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Life of Pi
Yann Martel
Harvest Books, 2003
Great Fable
+ A masterpiece
+ THE RIGHT BOOK AT THE RIGHT TIME
+ Leaves you thinking about it long after you are finished
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The Double Bind (Vintage Contemporaries)
Chris Bohjalian
Vintage, 2008
Literary Suspense Plays Games with Your Mind
+ Gatsby on the Rocks with a Twist
+ Whose Reality is Real?
+ Fabulous Read!
+ fact + fiction = AN INCREDIBLE READ
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The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003
Now I know why people kept buying this book
+ Traveling made easy
+ Gorgeous Prose and Characters
+ The Secret Life of Bees
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The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel
Stef Penney
Simon & Schuster, 2008
Beautifully written, compelling story
+ Sorry to see it end.
+ Fields of Heaven
+ Loved it!
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